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‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Coming Back for Second Season

Bravo is bringing back “Real Housewives of New Jersey” for a second season, the New York Daily News says, citing a report from Life & Style. The hold-up in the renewal was money, but with compensation worked out, shooting on…

Billy Mays Died of Heart Attack, Not Head Injury

TV pitchman Billy Mays apparently died of a heart attack, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Preliminary autopsy results show that Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said during a televised news conference this…

Rabbi Foresaw Jackson’s Tragic End

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a friend and advisor to Michael Jackson, blogged on the Huffington Post that he saw the superstar’s tragic end coming years ago. "In the two years that I had attempted, ultimately unsuccessfully, to help Michael repair his…

NBC Buys Rights to Bashir’s 2003 Jackson Documentary

ABC News’ Martin Bashir was all over rival MSNBC’s telecasts over the weekend weekend, after NBC News bought the rights to “Living with Michael Jackson,” a 2003 ITV1 documentary that Bashir conducted, Variety says. NBC will also air the one-hour version…

Upfront Market Could Become Clearer This Week

The extent of the drop in upfront spending may become apparent this week, with at least one initial deal poised to conclude and other negotiations starting, Variety says. ABC is getting closer to beginning negotiations, even as NBC Universal is…

Kate Gosselin’s Next Book May Be Postponed

Publisher Zondervan looks like it’s going to push back the publication date of Kate Gosselin’s new book in the wake of her divorce from Jon, says the New York Post. Her cookbook, “Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals Into…

Paula Abdul, Nigel Lythgoe Negotiate Over Twitter for Jackson Tribute

Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe, creator of “So You Think You Can Dance,” twittered through the weekend about possible plans to produce a tribute to Michael Jackson on the Fox show, the New York Post says. Lythgoe, who uses the…

Fox’s L.A. TV Stations Anticipate Laying Off Up to 95 Staffers

Fox’s Los Angeles KTTV-TV/KCOP-TV duopoly stations notified staffers on Friday that as many as 95 of them could be laid off, the Hollywood Reporter says. The employees were given 60-day layoff notices, which could result in the actual headcount reduction…

Disney Channel’s ‘Princess’ Movie Scores

Disney Channel’s “Princess Protection Program” gave the network its highest original movie performance in more than a year with its June 26 debut, says Multichannel News. The premiere drew 8.5 million viewers, putting it third on the network’s original movie…

Airplane Repo Reality Show in the Works

Craig Piligian, the executive producer of “Dirty Jobs,” is looking to the busy and profitable world of airplane repossession work for his next series, Variety says. The producer secured rights to repo man Nick Popovich — whose Sage-Popovich specializes in…