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Diane Keaton to Headline Sexy Comedy Series for HBO

Diane Keaton will star in an yet-untitled half-hour HBO comedy about a feminist icon who attempts to rekindle the movement by starting a sexually explicit magazine for women, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Writer-producer Marti Noxon told the trade publication…

AMC Partners With Eight O’Clock Coffee for ‘Mad Men’ Social Media Promos

AMC, along with gourmet coffee bean maker Eight O’Clock Coffee, has come up with three viral marketing and social media applications to promote the new season of "Mad Men," which starts August 16. One will be a trivia game, "Which MadMan…

TLC Serves Second Servings of ‘Cake’; ‘Boss’ Renewed for Second Season, ‘Cake Off’ to debut Aug. 31

TLC has ordered a second season of "Cake Boss," set to debut at some point this fall, Daily Variety reports. "Cake’s" first season debuted in late spring on the heels of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and its extra media…

Jackson’s Chef Talks Publicly About Doctor’s Routine of Carrying Oxygen Tanks Out of Jackson’s Room; Investigators Tell AP that Theory is an Anesthetic Caused Jackson Heart to Stop

"With toxicology reports pending, investigators are working under the theory that the powerful anesthetic propofol caused Jackson’s heart to stop, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press," the wire service reports. That’s from a story that focuses primarily on…

How the Silverman NBC Exit Story was First Reported Publicly by….Ryan Seacrest??!!

Though it had been rumored for months that Ben Silverman was going to leave NBC, when the event actually happened, it was first reported not by a professional reporter, but by Ryan Seacrest on his Twitter account. The Los Angeles…

Google Partners with Visible World to Make its Auction Based TV Initiative More Attractive

Google has been pushing its auction-based Google TV initiative for some time now. According to the Wall St. Journal, Google "is teaming up with Visible World Inc., a well-known New York technology company that uses software to create multiple versions of a…

USA Network Ratings Winner Among Cable Networks for July; TNT is 2nd, Fox News, 3rd

USA Network will finish July as the most-watched cable network, averaging 3.15 million total primetime viewers and winning all three major demos, Mediaweek reports. Citing Nielsen data for June 30 through July 27, Mediaweek says USA averaged 1.45 million adults…

Time Warner Profit Takes a 34% Dive in Second Quarter; Ad Slump, Slow DVD Sales Blamed

Time Warner Inc.’s second-quarter profit shrank 34 percent due to revenue declines in its publishing, movie and online properties, which were affected by the ad slump and slow DVD sales, the Associated Press reports. Time Warner, owner of Warner Bros., the HBO and…

No Brainer: USA Renews ‘Burn Notice’ and ‘Royal Pains,’ Hits Behind Its Ratings Surge

USA Network has renewed its popular action drama "Burn Notice" and freshman hit "Royal Pains," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Thursday team of "Burn" and "Pains" has been the force behind a ratings surge for USA, which finished first…

Harrison, Inaba to Host TV Guide’s Revamped Red Carpet Coverage

The TV Guide network has signed "The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison and "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba to host its new red carpet coverage, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The duo will make its debut with coverage of the Emmy…