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‘Love Connection’ Creator Lieber Dies “Love Connection” producer Eric Lieber died Wednesday of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Associated Press reports. Lieber created the dating show in 1983 and also produced talk shows for Dick Cavett, Sammy Davis Jr….
“The Line” will be the first project from America Saga Prods., former Showtime programming President Jerry Offsay’s new production company, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “The Line” is a four-hour miniseries starring and directed by Robert Duvall that explores tensions…
Portable, battery-powered TVs will become useless after the digital TV transition, the Los Angeles Times reports. With no battery-powered converter boxes manufactured yet, Americans will lose a valuable means of communication during public emergencies, the newspaper says. While retailers are…
Holly Marie Combs, Brooke Burns and Rochelle Aytes have been cast in the Lifetime drama pilot “Mistresses,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Michael Weaver and Mary Birdsong have joined HBO’s Barry Sonnenfeld-directed pilot “Suburban Shootout,” the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Denis Leary, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dallas Mavericks owner and HDNet founder Mark Cuban and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos will lend their voices to “The Simpsons” next season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Louis-Dreyfus reprises her role as Snake’s girlfriend in the Sept. 28…
Former Time Warner executive Roger Keating has been named senior VP of digital media for Hearst-Argyle Television, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will be responsible for expanding and launching new-media initiatives for the company, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Adam Carolla, Kate Walsh, Andy Dick, Ron White, Dave Navarro, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton and JB Smoove will serve as celebrity judges on Comedy Central’s “The Gong Show With Dave Attell,” Multichannel News reports. The first episode, which premieres July…
Hollywood ReporterBill Clinton, Lou Reed, Tony Bennett and Elton John will be featured on the first four episodes of Elvis Costello’s new talk/music series, which will air on Sundance Channel in the U.S., the Hollywood Reporter says. Clinton is set…
Eighty-five percent of ABC.com viewers are female, which makes their presence even bigger online than in ABC’s TV viewership, Silicon Alley Insider reports. ABC’s research also found that viewers are more than twice as likely to remember an ad watched…
The White House announced today that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will attend the Opening Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8, the Hollywood Reporter says. The confirmation ends speculation over whether Bush would boycott the event…