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Discovery Launches Science and Tech News Web Site

Discovery Communications spun out the news section on its Discovery.com into a stand-alone science and technology news site, reports The Hollywood Reporter. DiscoveryNews.com will cover such topics as the Earth, space, animals, dinosaurs, technology and archaeology. –Elizabeth Jensen .

Syfy Adds ‘Outer Space’ Comedy

Syfy will debut a five-episode comedy "Outer Space Astronauts" on Dec. 9, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show, produced in an unusual mix of live-action, 2D and 3D animation, is about eight astronauts who travel to the far reaches of…

Lou Dobbs Quits

Lou Dobbs announced on-air tonight that he is leaving CNN "effective immediately" after his show ended. “Some leaders in the media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and engage in constructive…

‘She’s Got the Look’ Gets Third Season on TV Land

TV Land has picked up the reality model competition show "She’s Got the Look" for a third season, reports The Wrap. The new season of the series, which showcases over-35 models, will air in 2010. Self magazine and Wilhelmina Models Inc. are…

Top Male Earner on TV Is Smart, Sarcastic and Spiteful, Is on a Reality Show and Made, Pretax, $75 Million from June 2008 to June 2009

Forbes.com is reporting the top 10 men earners on primetime TV, based upon their pretax earnings from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009. At the top of the list, with $75 million in earnings from all his entertainment venures, is…

Zucker Would Run New NBCU Unconditionally

 If the Comcast Corp.-General Electric deal for NBC Universal goes through, the companies have agreed to that NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will run the new joint venture, Reuters reports. Anonymous sources said Zucker would lead the new company with…

FearNet Slates Celebrity Talk Show

The horror-themed on-demand and online channel FearNet has picked up "Post Mortem With Mick Garris," featuring the creator of the anthology "Masters of Horror" as he talks with writers, producers and stars of the genre, Variety reports. The five-minute episodes…

White House Communications Director Who Pushed Combative Stance Toward Fox News Stepping Down

White House communications director Anita Dunn is stepping down, in what the Los Angeles Times reports was an expected move, noting that she joined the administration with the understanding that she’d stay only a few months. Recently, Dunn presided over…

Nick’s ‘Fanboy and Chum Chum’ Has Big Debut

Nickelodeon’s “Fanboy and Chum Chum” set some series opening records for the network on Friday night, thanks partly to a huge lead-in from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Multichannel News reports. The new series was the highest-rated series debut among Nickelodeon’s target kid…

Report: Jon Gosselin Will Countersue TLC

Jon Gosselin will countersue TLC for $5 million, RadarOnline is reporting. Gosselin, who is being sued for breach of contract by the cable network, on which he starred in the reality series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," will file his own lawsuit on…