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In the ‘Event’ NBC Does Poorly This Fall, Blame This Show

NBC’s greatest hope for the fall TV season is "The Event," according to The New York Times, which notes that the show is getting a "multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that is entering its final weeks." "The Event" is clearly NBC’s big…

Talk About Your Dynamic Duo, A Dream Team Batman & Robin: J.J. Abrams Teaming With ‘Dark Knight’ Co-Writer For TV Project

J.J. Abrams–whose credits include "Alias," "Fringe" and the last "Star Trek" movie–is shopping around a crime-thriller project created by "The Dark Knight" co-writer Jonah Nolan, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. Nolan co-wrote "The Dark Knight" with his brother, Christopher Nolan….

Football Coach Legend Jimmy Johnson Explains Why He Spent a Lot of Time in His Underwear on ‘Survivor’ … And How the Show Literally Saved His Life

Football coaching legend Jimmy Johnson explained to reporters on Thursday why he spent a lot of time in his skivvies on the forthcoming edition of  "Survivor,"  reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. Johnson, 67, who coached the Dallas Cowboys…

Google Instant Search: Some Marketers Are Saying It’s the End of Online Marketing As We Have Known It

Some in the online marketing community are saying that Google’s new instant seach spells the end of online marketing as we’ve known it, the Telegraph reports. According to the article, "Search Engine Optimizers, who try to get websites to the…

NBC Exec Says Goal Is to Displace ABC

NBC’s goal this season is to displace ABC as the third-ranked network in the ratings, Bloomberg reports. "Our real competition is ABC," says Angela Bromstad, president of prime-time entertainment, the article notes, adding that that means dislodging ABC from its…

He’s No Joaquin Phoenix: Set Your DVRs For, Well, A Rarely Shown Real Stinker (Not Available on DVD) Wherein Johnny Cash Plays a Sociopathic Killer In His Movie Debut

‘Nuff said. It’s “Five Minures to Live” on TCM at 2 a.m. tonight (really Saturday morning) eastern time, and earlier in all other time zones. If you really want to torture yourself, below we present a short clip of  Cash…

Bloom Off the Rose: The Sagging Economy Finally Catches Up With Wii and the Other Video Gamers

Video game hardware and software posted their worst August sales results in four years, with Nintendo’s Wii showing its worst sales month ever, reports MercuryNews.com. U.S. retail sales of game hardware, software and accessories fell 10% from a year earlier,…

Oprah Trying to Score Post-Jail Interview with Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan is in discussions to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which begins its last season on Monday, reports RadarOnline.com. The talks between the two sides are going well and the outcome is looking good, the story says. A…

Syfy’s ‘Caprica’ to Come Back on Air Sooner Than Planned–Three Months Earlier

Syfy is returning "Caprica" to the airwaves about three months earlier than originally planned, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. "Caprica," which is a prequel to cult series "Battlestar Galactica," was originally supposed to air the second part of its first…

FX’s ‘Terriers’ Gets Slow Start on Wednesday’s Debut

While critics have praised FX’s new show "Terriers," the program got off to a slow start on Wednesday with just 1.6 million viewers, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Less than half of those viewers were in…