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Abdul Roundup: Details of Why She Really Left ‘Idol’; Why She Won’t Be on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ This Season; Who Should Replace Her

1) Paula Abdul left “American Idol” in part because she felt the producers of the Fox show had shown her disrespect, partly by failing to fend off talk of her flakiness and possible substance abuse, reports the New York Times…

ABC Has Summer Ratings Swoon, Hits Wrong Kind of Record

ABC for the third time this summer last week hit a ratings low in its target demo of viewers 18 to 49, reports the New York Times. The network posted an average 1.1 rating in the demo, a record low…

Joan Rivers’ Roast Ratings Down 32%

Comedy Central’s Sunday night roast of Joan Rivers drew 2.8 million viewers, a full 32% fewer than its last one in March, which put Larry the Cable Guy in the hot seat, Variety reports. The winner of “Celebrity Apprentice” had…

Quick: Which Co-host of ‘The View’ is Getting Her Own Sitcom on Lifetime?

One of the co-hosts of ABC’s daytime hit "The View" will soon have her own sitcom. Lifetime has set an Oct. 5 premiere date for “Sherri,” the new sitcom from Sherri Shepherd, reports the New York Post. Shepherd, who is…

Two-Time Oscar Best Writer Nominee to Write, Direct and Exec Produce New AMC Series

AMC has lined up an Oscar nominee for a new series. Writer-director Frank Darabont, who was nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays "The Green Mile," and "The Shawshank Redemption,"  will write, direct and serve as exec producer on a…

USA, TNT, TBS Lead With Smallest Pricing Losses in Cable Upfront

High-rated cable networks  USA, TNT and TBS have emerged as the standouts in this year’s upfront market, even compared with some of their broadcast competitors, Advertising Age reports. The three basic cable networks are said by multiple executives to be leading…

What Hitchcock, Lassie, Lucy, ‘The Honeymooners,’ ‘Perry Mason’ and Groucho Marx All Have in Common

They are all the subject of new stamps issued this week by the U.S. Postal Service, reports the Associated Press. The stamps all feature characters from classic 1950s TV shows. Those making the cut include “Lassie,” “I Love Lucy,” Milton…

CBS, DreamWorks to Adapt U.K. Hit ‘Wire in the Blood’ to U.S. TV

CBS and DreamWorks Television are joining forces to adapt the British crime hit "Wire in the Blood" to American TV, Josef Adalian reports at TheWrap.com. "Wire," which has been given a script commitment, will concern a clinical psychologist who teams…

Leno Cleared in Writers Guild Strike Allegations

Jay Leno has been cleared by the Writers Guild of America of allegations that he violated the union’s strike rules during last year’s work stoppage, reports the Los Angeles Times. The comedian, who is working on the launch of his…

TV Academy Members to See Abortion-Themed ‘Family Guy’ Episode Fox Declined to Air

Members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the press tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 12,  will get to see what Fox has deemed too controversial for television at a screening of the abortion-themed episode of “Family Guy,” says the…