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Reclusive Three-Time Oscar Nominee for Best Actress Eyeing HBO Series

She been nominated for an Academy Award three times as best actress, but she’s never won. Now she’s eyeing a regular role in HBO’s "In Treatment," Deadline.com reports. It’s Debra Winger, who would play a former star who’s dealing with…

NHL Playoffs on Versus: Most Watched Opening Night on Cable Since 2004

Wednesday night’s (April 14) opening night triple-header coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs drew the best NHL playoff opening night ratings on cable in six years. The games, on Versus, did a .5 rating and drew an average of…

Season Four Not Even on Air, Yet Series Renewed for Seasons 5 AND 6

How do those song lyrics go again? "I have confidence in confidence…" Here a confident deal: Words come down that a cable series has been renewed for seasons five and six, even though season four hasn’t debuted yet. The show…

Commentary: If You Love Movies, And Have A Big HDTV Set, Spend $35 This Weekend For a Truly Great Experience

By Chuck Ross I’m going to spend a couple of hours this weekend doing exactly what I did last weekend, and I’ll be repeating one of the most pleasurable experiences I’ve had in months. I’m smiling just thinking about it…

‘Lost’ Producer Signs Two-Year Deal with CBS TV Studios

One of the co-executive producers of "Lost" has entered a two-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, in what is a "seven-figure pact," Deadline.com reports. That would be Paul Zbyszewski. Under the agreement, he’ll develop new drama products for the…

Kool: Company Developing App to Turn iPhone in Univeral Remote Control for Your TV, Set Top Box and DVD Player

Dunno about you, but we’re always misplacing our remote control for our TV. So get this: A company called L5 Technologies has submitted to Apple an app that will let an iPhone act as a universal remote control for a…

Viewers Divorcing Themselves From the Other King: CNN’s ‘John King, USA’ Hits New Ratings Low

"John King, USA" has hit a new low point for the four-week-old show, TVNewser reports. The show drew an average of just 54,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demographic on Wednesday, the lowest for the cable-news network since Dec….

Hmm. This Makes Us Nervous. The ‘Dog Whisperer’ is One Thing, But Now ‘The Bear Whisperer’?

Yep, The Bear Whisperer. That would be Steve Searles. Animal Planet is giving a short three episode order to the documentary project "The Bear Whisperer," the Hollywood Reporter reports. The show follows professional bear expert Searles as he uses humane techniques to…

Hail! Hail! Taxi Cab-based Game Show Renewed

It’s either every New Yorker’s worst nightmare or best dream: you get in a cab and there’s Ben Bailey driving. Bailey’s the guy who shows up when unsuspecting people who are hailing a cab and find him inside, conducting a…

All Public Tweets Will be Archived by Library of Congress, Searched by Google

The United States Library of Congress will archive all public Tweets since Twitter started in March, 2006, it was announced today. Separately, Google said it will search that archive. Both announcements were covered by various media, including Wired. According to…