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HBO Plans Special ‘True Blood’ Screenings

In anticipation of the HBO premiere of season three of "True Blood" on June 13, the network will host special screenings in 50 theaters across the country on June 1 at midnight. "True Blood" fans can enter to win VIP…

Disney Channel Cooks Up New Sitcom With Dancing

There’ll be a new buddy comedy on the Disney Channel this fall called "Shake It Up!" It’s the story of two teens and a Chicago dance show and is the creation of Chris Thompson, who was in on the writing…

Will Eliot Spitzer Replace Campbell Brown on CNN?

Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York who left amid a prostitution scandal, has been working hard to revive his image, restyling himself as a TV pundit and even standing in for MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan. That hasn’t gone…

Dish Network Drops The Weather Channel, Starts its Own Weather Service

Dish Network dropped NBC Universal’s the Weather Channel after contract negotiations broke down and has started its own network to deliver weather coverage, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.  The service will run 24 hours and was created because Dish said the Weather…

MTV to Be Focus of Written History by Former Blender Editors

MTV will be the focus of a written ‘oral history’ from the former editors of Blender magazine, Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, reports the New York Post.  The pair will track the network’s history from its start in 1981 to…

Alleged ‘Housewives’ Gate Crashers Stopped Near Site of Another White House State Dinner

Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the couple reportedly featured in Bravo’s upcoming "Real Housewives of D.C." who allegedly crashed a White House state dinner in November, were stopped very close to the site of another state dinner on May 19, the…

CW Plots 2010-11 Schedule With Three New Series During Upfront 2010

There will be three new series on the CW for 2010, "Nikita," "Hellcats" and "Plain Jane," while "Melrose Place," "Fly Girls" and "High Society" are officially canceled, reports TVSquad.com. In addition, returning series are moving: "90210" and "One Tree Hill" are changing…

Parents Television Council Objects to CBS’ New $#*! Sitcom

 The Parents Television Council is upset with CBS over the new series it ordered for the fall schedule, "$#*! My Dad Says," reports B&C. The name of the show is based on one man’s Twitter account which was called "Shit My…

Style Network and Spice Girl Make a Deal

Scary Spice, Mel B, one of the originals from the Spice Girl music group, has signed on with the Style Network for a new show called "The Mel B Project," according to the Hollywood Reporter. There will be 10 episodes of…

Fuchs Joins Starz to Oversee ‘Camelot’

Veteran Hollywood producer Fred Fuchs, whose credits include "The Godfather, Part III," has left the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to oversee the new version of Take 5’s "Camelot" for Starz Entertainment, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "Camelot" will be filmed in…