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Emmy Winner in TV Movie Category Taking First Role in Potential TV Series

Don Johnson is getting an Emmy-winner as his co-star for his NBC pilot "A Mann’s World," Deadline.com reports. Marking her first television series role, Ellen Barkin is set to co-star in the pilot. As TVWeek previously reported, the NBC pilot…

Big Rise in Time-Shifted Viewing

"[T]ime-shifting usage rose 17.9% in the third quarter of 2010 and 13.4% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Looking at overall TV usage, there were some 289.2 million average TV viewers, about a 1.0% rise over the same period a…

Most Interesting Non-TV Survey of the Day: Once Working Men and Working Women Get Home, Women Are Far More Stressed Than Men When Contacted About Work Related Issues by Co-Workers

"In fact, when co-workers contacted them at home, women felt guilty about it twice as often as men, even if the communications didn’t actually interfere with family life. The survey, which included more than 1,000 U.S. workers, was published this…

Rainbow Media To Be Renamed a) Independent Networks; b) Dolan Media; c) AMC Networks; d) Mad Men Media; e) NKN (Not the Knicks Nets); f) Z.O.M.B. I. E. (the Zone Of More, Better, International Entertainment); or g) None of These

Cablevision, the corporate parent of Rainbow Media–which consists of AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WEtv–is getting a new name as it prepares to be spun-off in a few months as a new public company, Bloomberg reports. The unit will now…

Lorre Fires Back at Sheen’s ‘Fantasy’ Lawsuit

“Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre was quick to respond to a $100 million lawsuit filed against him and Warner Bros. by Charlie Sheen, TMZ.com reported. Lorre’s attorney, Howard Weitzman, called the allegations against Lorre in the lawsuit…

‘Parks and Rec’ EP Shoots Down Rumor That Rob Lowe Will Join ‘Two and a Half Men,’ Says Lowe Isn’t Getting Out of His Contract With the NBC Show

The rumor that Rob Lowe will be replacing Charlie Sheen on CBS’ "Two and a Half Men" is untrue, says "Parks and Recreation" executive producer Michael Schur, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That’s because Lowe has a "multiyear contract" to…

Political Analyst David Broder, ‘Dean of the Washington Press Corps,’ Dead at 81

Longtime political analyst and TV commentator David Broder died Wednesday at the age of 81, UPI reported. Broder, an award-winning columnist who was dubbed “the dean of the Washington press corps,” succumbed to complications from diabetes. Broder was a Sunday…