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Tiger Woods Bet: Largest Betting House in Ireland Makes Book on Which Advertiser Will Drop Woods Next–Guess Who’s the Favorite at 7 to 4

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the largest bookmaker in Ireland (it’s legal there) is taking bets as to which of the companies that Tiger Woods has endorsements  will drop him next. Leading the pack is AT&T at 7/4, meaning that if…

VH1 Adding Couples to the ‘Tough Love’ Franchise

VH1 will let couples on the verge of becoming engaged take part in its “Tough Love” boot camp, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The network picked up eight episodes of the spinoff "Tough Love: Couples" for the second quarter of next…

Erin Andrews to Confront Stalker Today

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews is expected to be in a Los Angeles courtroom today when Illinois insurance executive Michael David Barrett is expected to enter a guilty plea to stalking her, the Associated Press reports. Barrett has been accused of…

Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ Finale Sets Record; Showrunner Departs

Season four was a breakthrough for Showtime’s “Dexter,” which set a network record in its finale Sunday, Multichannel News reports. The show was the most-watched original series episode in the cable channel’s history, averaging 2.5 million viewers. That was up…

Nike Chairman Phil Knight: Tiger’s ‘Indiscretions’ Are a ‘Minor Blip’

Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight says that when Tiger Woods’ career is over "you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip," according to an interview Knight did with Tripp Mickle of the SportsBusiness Journal. Woods is the…

‘Jersey Shore’ Gets an Edit to Remove Controversial Scene

An upcoming episode of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” has been trimmed of a controversial scene, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The network cut a scene in which a female participant is punched in the face, a scene that the network has already…

VP Biden Among Those to Meet Tuesday on Intellectual Theft

Vice President Joe Biden will be among the government officials meeting with the entertainment industry Tuesday at the White House to discuss how to fight theft of intellectual property, the Los Angeles Times reports. Also attending the meeting, the paper…

Susan Boyle Plays Well on TV Guide Network

The story of Scottish singer Susan Boyle proved appealing to TV Guide Network viewers, Multichannel News reports. The one-hour Sunday night “I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story,” averaged 1.1 million viewers in its time period. –Elizabeth Jensen

AFI Picks Top 10 TV Shows of 2009

The American Film Institute has issued its list of the Top 10 TV shows of 2009, including Fox’s breakout hit "Glee" and — in a surprise — the Starz comedy, "Party Down," reports HitFix.com. The Top 10 also included: AMC’s…

‘Kardashians’ Return Sets Records for E!

Sunday’s fourth-season premiere of E!’s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" set records for the network, averaging over 4.1 million total viewers, more than seven times E!’s fourth-quarter 2009 average, E! announced. The show was E!’s most-watched telecast ever in the adults…