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CBS Gives Full-Season Orders to Two Rookie Dramas

CBS announced that it is picking up two of its rookie dramas for full seasons, the Los Angeles Times reports in its Show Tracker blog. The shows are "Unforgettable” and “Person of Interest.” “Unforgettable” stars Poppy Montgomery as a police…

CBS Hit With Lawsuit Over Photos of John Edwards’ Mistress

A photographer is suing CBS after the network featured his photos of the mistress and child of former presidential candidate John Edwards, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. Alan Zanger, a paparazzo, claims the network used the images…

Wow. Netflix Stock Plummets Another 35% on Tuesday. It’s Now Down 75% From Its High This Year. At Least One Savvy Player Thinks It’s Finally Time to Stop Shorting the Stock and Start Buying It

Following Netflix’s plunge in share prices — after another sell-off on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, the stock is now off 75% from its high for the past year — at least one investor who had bet against the video-streaming service…

‘X Factor’ Unveils Relationship With Social-Networking Site, Adds New Fan Voting Option

"The X Factor" will allow people to vote via a social-networking site starting next week, as producer Simon Cowell — who once dismissed Twitter as a list of strangers’ lunch plans — has apparently had a change of heart, reports…

One Day After Leaving Turner, Yaccarino Lands a Big TV Job

Linda Yaccarino, an 18-year veteran with Turner Broadcasting, has landed another big television job just a day after announcing her departure from Turner, Multichannel News reports. Yaccarino is poised to accept an offer from Comcast to take a senior ad…

AMC Renews Drama

Barely into the current season of one of its dramas, AMC has announced that it is bringing the series back for another season, EW.com reports. The show is the zombie drama “The Walking Dead,” which has aired only two episodes…

Ten Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities: Top Two Are Just Who You Would Expect, but List Has a Few Surprises

The new Forbes list of the top-earning dead celebrities is a mix of the expected and the unexpected, with one huge superstar well ahead of the pack, the magazine reports. The King of Pop and the man known simply as…

Harry Potter and the Case of the Vanishing Video Releases

All DVDs and Blu-ray discs in the "Harry Potter" series will be yanked from the shelves Dec. 29, following a strategy made famous by Disney with its classic animation titles, reports TheWrap.com. The last major "Potter" release will be the…

Veteran TV Interviewer in Talks With CBS’s ‘Early Show’

CBS’s "The Early Show" is in discussions to hire a veteran TV interviewer, according to an interview in Newsweek with PBS fixture Charlie Rose. "I’m having conversations with CBS because I’m a member of that family," Rose said, referring to…

Steve Jobs’ Vision for Revolutionary TV Set Could Be One Year Away

Apple continues to work toward fulfilling the vision of the company’s recently deceased founder to create a television set that could revolutionize the medium, Bloomberg reports. The project has been turned over to Jeff Robbin, who helped develop the iPod…