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Video: Jon & Kate’s Relatives (Her Brother and Sister-in-Law) Complain About TLC During Appearance on CBS’ ‘The Early Show’

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ESPN Adds Hours to ’30 for 30′ Documentary Slate; Morgan Freeman, Spike Jonze, Frank Marshall Sign On

ESPN has added eight hours of programming to its "30 for 30" documentary slate, the Hollywood Reporter says. The documentary series covers specific topics in the sports world since 1979, the year ESPN launched. Among the people committed to the…

Donal Logue Joins FX Pilot ‘Terriers’

FX’s hourlong pilot "Terriers" has cast Donal Logue as the lead, the Hollywood Reporter says. Logue will play former police office who joins a partner to form a private investigation agency. The project comes from "The Shield’s" Shawn Ryan and…

Actor/Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. Gets New Series on Planet Green

Ed Begley Jr. wll be in 13 more episodes of "Living With Ed," Variety reports. The series has been ordered by Planet Green, which has been airing reruns of the show, which originally was on HGTV. Furthermore,  the channel will…

Eight Emmy Categories to Be Prerecorded and Cut Into Live Awards Telecast

Presentations in eight of the 28 Primetime Emmy Awards categories will be prerecorded and then cut into the main broadcast this year, according to a proposal presented to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ board Wednesday night, Variety reports. Citing…

TLC President Eileen O’Neill: ‘Jon & Kate’ Mess Meant ‘Heaven and Hell’

TLC President and GM Eileen O’Neill described her first year at the helm of the cable network home of the controversial reality hit "Jon & Kate Plus 8" as "heaven and hell," the Los Angeles Times reports. While enjoying a…

The Perils of Live Blogging the TV Critics Tour—on an iPhone

TVWeek’s own Chuck Ross gets flummoxed at the TV Critics Association’s summer press tour by a screaming baby,  modern technology, tough competition and Joan Rivers, in his latest must-read blog entry. (Gawd, this part is so embarrassing): —Chuck Ross

No Love Interests to Be Allowed on New Season of ‘Jon & Kate’

The new season of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” will feature single parenting but not dating, RadarOnline.com reports. The showed has resumed taping for an Aug. 3 return after enjoying record ratings last season. In the TLC show’s new…

Dan Rather Asks President Obama to Save Democracy by Helping Rescue the News Business

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, in a speech at the Aspen (Colo.) Institute Tuesday night, called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press, the Aspen Daily News reports. “I personally encourage…

Verizon Offers DSL Customers Free NFL Sunday Ticket to Stem Losses To Cable

Verizon is offering customers who sign up for certain triple-play bundles with DirecTV free access to the satellite operator’s out-of-market NFL Sunday Ticket games package for the 2009 season, Multichannel News reports. The promotion is aimed at stopping DSL customers…