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Icy Weather Puts a Damper on Pre-Super Bowl Festivities

The runup to this year’s Super Bowl, airing this Sunday on Fox starting at 6:30 p.m. ET, may be remembered for the absence of the usual excitement, and Mother Nature is to blame, CNN reports. With a deep freeze blanketing…

MTV Officially Kills Reality Show From Star of ‘Laguna Beach,’ ‘The Hills’

MTV has made it official that a planned reality show featuring the star of “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills” is dead, Entertainment Weekly reports in its Inside TV blog. The documentary-style show from Lauren Conrad was expected to showcase her…

Girlfriend of Lakers Coach Phil Jackson in Talks for Part on ‘Real Housewives’

L.A. Lakers executive Jeanie Buss–the girlfriend of Lakers coach Phil Jackson and the daughter of team owner Jerry Buss–is meeting with casting execs from “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” about possibly joining the show, TMZ.com reported. Producers for the show…

‘Glee’ Stars Spill Secrets of Upcoming Super Bowl Episode

Some of the stars of the Fox musical series “Glee” have spilled insider info about this Sunday’s Super Bowl episode, using terms such as “epic” and “ginormous” to describe the hotly anticipated production, SheKnows Entertainment reported. Fans of the show…

Breakout Cable Hit Shakes Things Up Again, Brings in New EP and New Writers

A successful cable show that recently eliminated its writing staff has had a change of heart, Deadline.com reports. The show, AMC’s hit zombie series “The Walking Dead,” is bringing in a new executive producer and a new team of writers….

Hall of Fame QB, Winner of Two Super Bowls, Retires From Broadcasting After 29 Years

A Hall of Fame NFL quarterback and ABC/ESPN college football announcer is retiring from broadcasting after 29 years behind the microphone, reports SportsNewser.com. Bob Griese, who played for the Miami Dolphins from 1967-1980 and won two Super Bowl rings during…

BBC Apologizes for ‘Top Gear’ Host’s Wisecrack Against Mexicans

The BBC has apologized to Mexico for comments made by "Top Gear’s" Richard Hammond, reports the AP. Hammond, one of the presenters on BBC’s "Top Gear," created a firestorm when he criticized Mexican automobiles and suggested that the Mexican people…

‘Idol’ Leads Fox to Another Nightly Ratings Win

Ratings for the new season of “American Idol” are off from past seasons, but they’re still strong enough to give Fox nightly wins in the prime-time tallies. It happened again Thursday, when Fox ended the night as the top network…

Report: A Senior News Corp. Executive Says Hulu CEO’s Job Is in Jeopardy Because of Blog the CEO Wrote Knocking Traditional TV

A senior, unnamed executive at News Corp–which co-owns Hulu–says Hulu’s CEO job is in jeopardy due to a blog the CEO has written that knocks traditional TV, according to the respected Business Insider website. According to the article, "A top…

3D Bust: Toshiba Sells 50% Fewer 3D TV Sets Than It Had Projected–And These Are the 3D Sets That Don’t Require Any Glasses!

During its first month of sales, glasses-free 3-D television sets have failed to attract as many buyers as Toshiba had estimated, reports Bloomberg News. Toshiba started selling the sets in late December, and has sold just 500 of the 20-inch…