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Sheen Sells Out Two New York Shows

Charlie Sheen’s self-destruction–or whatever it is that’s going on with the recently fired star of “Two and a Half Men”–is a hot ticket. People magazine reports that tickets to the latest shows to go on sale in his upcoming tour,…

Congressman Wants NCAA Tournament Game Moved From Cable to Broadcast

A Connecticut lawmaker is unhappy with the new television arrangement for the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, and is lobbying to have the first-round game featuring the University of Connecticut moved from cable to network television outlets in the…

Damon Wayans to Headline CBS Pilot

Damon Wayans has locked in a deal to star in a sitcom pilot about a sports radio station from CBS TV Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot for the multicamera comedy is written by Bill Martin and Mike…

NBC Renews Three Thursday Night Sitcoms

NBC announced that it is bringing back three of its Thursday night sitcoms next season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, made the announcement that “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Community” will be back…

Golden-Voiced Homeless Man to Be Subject of TV Documentary

The rags-to-riches-to-rehab story of Ted Williams will be retold in an episode of Bio’s "Biography," reports the L.A. Times. Williams’ story broke in early January when he was discovered asking for handouts at an intersection in Columbus, Ohio, and then…

Syfy Gives Second-Season Orders to Two Shows

Syfy has given second-season orders to two shows, reports Entertainment Weekly. The latest announcement is that “Being Human” will be back for another round. The heavily female-skewing show has averaged 1.8 million viewers and has been Syfy’s most successful launch…

‘Insider’ Host Jumps to ‘GMA’

Lara Spencer, co-anchor of the syndicated entertainment news show "The Insider," is returning to ABC’s "Good Morning America" after an absence of seven years, reports TVNewser.com. Spencer will be the lifestyle anchor for "GMA," covering such topics as family, health,…

‘Idol’ Continues to Slip in Ratings, But Fox Continues to Destroy the Competition

Fox’s “American Idol” continued to dip in the ratings, down 9% Wednesday in the 18-49 demo from a week ago and also down 9% from the comparable episode last season, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But its numbers were still easily strong enough…

TV Station Runs Bra Infomercial In Place of Newscast

A cup-ple things didn’t seem right on-air at WLNE, the ABC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island, on Tuesday night, March 15, 2011, at 7 p.m. The station’s 7 p.m. newscast wasn’t on. Instead, WLNE ran an infomercial for the Genie…

Album Ranked the 25th Greatest of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine Will Be Focus of Future ‘Glee’ Episode

The album ranked the 25th greatest of all time by Rolling Stone magazine will get the "Glee" treatment in a future episode, reports TVLine.com. It was an album full of dreams. It made loving fun, Later, members of the band…