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VMA Hightlights: Madonna Tribute to Michael Jackson; Pink on a Trapeze; Kanye West Gets Booed for Bad Behavior; and Oh Yeah, Beyonce Won For Best Video

It was non-stop entertainment during Sunday night’s Video Music Awards live from the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show got started with a moving tribute to Michael Jackson from Madonna. Then there were dynamite performances from…

Tina Fey Wins Emmy for Portrayal of Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’ at Creative Arts Emmys

 Tina Fey won an Emmy for playing Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live," it was announced Saturday night at the annual Creative Arts portion of the Primetime Emmys. Other guest-star Emmy winners were Michael J….

A Titan Talent Dies: Writer Larry Gelbart, Who Developed ‘M*A*S*H’ For TV, Succumbs to Cancer at Age 81

Larry Gelbart, who developed "M*A*S*H" for TV and wrote the Emmy-winning "Barbarians at the Gate" TV movie for HBO, has died of cancer at age 81. Gelbart also was nominated for Oscars for writing "Oh God" and co-writing "Tootsie." Gelbart…

‘VMAs’ to Premiere Michael Jackson Movie Trailer

MTV will premiere the official trailer for the Michael Jackson movie “THIS IS IT” during “The Video Music Awards” awards ceremony on Sunday, the New York Post reports. The movie is scheduled for a limited theatrical release beginning Oct.theatri 28….

ABC News’ Sean Smith Makes Tracks for Fox

ABC News veteran Sean Smith is the latest to cross over to Fox News Channel, according to TVNewser. Smith follows in the footsteps of John Stossel beginning Sept. 21. Smith, who becomes vice president of news at Fox, has spent 18…

‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns to DirecTV With New Episodes in October

The Emmy-winning drama series about Texas high school football, "Friday Night Lights," returns for its fourth season at 9 p.m. on Oct. 28, when it will be broadcast on DirecTV’s Channel 101, reports Ohio.com. NBC will air those fourth-season episodes…

OK. Everyone in the TV Business Stop What You Are Doing, Find Your Bearings and Bow Toward Detroit: GM to Break Major Ad Campaign Next Week

One of the big reasons for the ad slump in the TV business is the corresponding slump in the auto business. So it’s great news that General Motors is breaking a multimillion-dollar, multimedia ad campaign next week. Our colleagues at…

Fran Drescher Wants a Talk Show, and Reportedly Is Talking to Two Networks About It

Fran Drescher–Hollywood activist, Democrat and everyone’s favorite Nanny–wants a talk show. She’s told USNews.com’s Washington Whispers blog that she’s talking to both Fox News Channel and MSNBC. Drescher is best known from her years as the star of CBS sitcom “The Nanny.”…

What’s Really Going on With the Advertisers, Media Agencies and Networks Coalition to Explore New Ways of Measuring Media. How Nervous Should it Make Nielsen?

Big announcement on Thursday. As expected, 14 major media players, everyone from P&G to NBCU to Viacom to Group M, announced they were forming a coalition to improve the way viewing habits are measured across conventional TV, online and mobile…

‘NYC Prep’ Student Isn’t Returning to Her Posh Private School This Fall; Is Bravo’s Reality Show to Blame?

Camille Hughes, one of the cast members of Bravo’s “NYC Prep,” isn’t returning to the Nightingale-Bamford school for her senior year, and there’s speculation that her participation in the show is to blame, says Cityfile. The school wasn’t named in…