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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Paces ABC to Huge Win in Monday Ratings

With “Dancing With the Stars” racking up the best numbers of the night, ABC coasted to a huge ratings win Monday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC averaged a 3.8 rating for the night in the 18-49 demo, way ahead of Fox…

WE Unveils New Shows, Orders Another Season of ‘Braxton’

Singer Toni Braxton and her clan, stars of the unscripted drama series "Braxton Family Values," have been given a second season by WE tv, reports Deadline.com. The Braxtons will check in with 13 new hours, three more than season one….

CBS Rolls Out Plans for New Season of ‘Big Brother,’ New Reality Show

CBS has unveiled the premiere date and other plans for the upcoming 13th season of reality competition “Big Brother,” Entertainment Weekly reported. The show’s next season premieres Thursday, July 7, with Julie Chen expected back as host. The series will…

Al Pacino Joins Lineup of ‘Gotti’–to Appear Alongside Lindsay Lohan, John Travolta

Al Pacino will join the cast of “Gotti: Three Generations,” the eagerly anticipated mob movie from Fiore Films, Entertainment Weekly reports in its PopWatch column. Pacino joins a lineup that already includes Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Preston and John Travolta, and…

NBC Will Make Viewers Wait for ‘The Voice’

It’s a near certainty that NBC will announce at next week’s upfront that "The Voice" will be back, but don’t expect to see it until midseason, reports the Los Angeles Times. The music competition series has been NBC’s most successful…

Famed Billionaire Will Apply for Position Vacated by Steve Carell on ‘The Office’

The season finale of NBC’s “The Office” will feature a surprising guest appearance, with a well-known billionaire applying for the job left open by Michael Scott–played by Steve Carell–when Carell left the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live…

Fox Renews Two Series

The Fox Network announced that it has renewed two prime-time series, Entertainment Weekly reported in its Inside TV blog. The shows are both animated sitcoms: "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show." "Family Guy" will return for a 10th season, while…

Battle of Iconic Blondes: ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Elly May Sues Barbie

Donna Douglas, the actress who played Elly May Clampett in the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," is suing Mattel over a Barbie doll that she claims resembles her, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Douglas claims the toy,…

Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion in Cash

" Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Skype Global S.à.r.l. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led…

‘House’ Stars Signed, Show Close to Renewal for What Appears to Be Final Season

Fox’s "House" is nearing a renewal for its eighth and likely last season after co-stars Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps signed deals to return, reports Deadline.com. Leonard, Epps and Lisa Edelstein were the three original cast members whose contracts…