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Andrew McCarthy will return to NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle” for the entire second season, Entertainment Weekly reports. McCarthy’s character, Joe Bennett, was dumped by Lindsay Price’s character in last season’s finale, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman
Warner Bros. TV wants to retool its failed Fox sitcom pilot starring Bernie Mac, Entertainment Weekly reports. Meanwhile, CBS is attempting to find a TV show for LL Cool J, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman
Jeffrey Tambor will guest star on HBO’s “Entourage” next season, E! Online reports, citing unnamed sources. Tambor will play himself on the show, the Web site notes. The article didn’t indicate whether producers had been contacted to confirm or deny…
Singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is close to signing a production deal with E! for a reality show, Entertainment Weekly reports. Kelley also is shopping two pilots that he wrote, which he says a couple of networks have shown interest in, the…
The International Olympic Committee has announced that broadcasters will be able to transmit live by satellite from around Beijing and Tiananmen Square, Reuters reports. Broadcasters were previously in the dark about whether they’d be able to film live transmissions during…
Seth MacFarlane’s exclusive Google series “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” will debut in September, Reuters reports. The 50 two-minute animated vignettes will be presented online by AdSense’s network with advertising embedded in multiple formats, including preroll and “sponsored by”…
Ashley Dupre, a call girl hired by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is shopping a reality dating show with production company Reveille, Entertainment Weekly reports. The show would follow Dupre as she works with a therapist to deal with…
NBC Universal’s acquisition of The Weather Channel could provide the company with a “secret weapon” in the form of the ZIP codes that weather.com collects from users, Online Media Daily reports. Gartner media analyst Andrew Frank argues that the ZIP…
Brie Larson will play the daughter of Toni Collette’s character on Showtime’s upcoming series “United States of Tara,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The role was played by Portia Doubleday in the pilot, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
A&E Television Networks’ Bio has ordered “Shatner’s Raw Nerve,” a celebrity interview series hosted by William Shatner that will feature guests such as Jimmy Kimmel, Leonard Nimoy, Judge Judy, Jon Voight, Jenna Jameson and Kelsey Grammer, Broadcasting & Cable reports….