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Disney Slates ‘Jonas’ Debut for May 2

Disney Channel will debut the new Jonas Brothers series “Jonas” on May 2. Full-episode previews of “Jonas” will be available April 25 on Disney Channel on Demand through Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Verizon, RCN, Blueridge, Wide Open West, Comspan, Knology/Prairiewave…

ESPN Takes the Lead With 42 Sports Emmy Nominations

ESPN led the nominees for the 30th annual Sports Emmy Awards with 42 nominations, followed by NBC with 28. Fox and HBO were tied for third with 18. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will announce the winners…

Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC Other Discovery Channels Roll Out Shows

Discovery Communications rolled out new shows for the Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC, Animal Planet and Science channel at its upfront presentation of programming for advertisers. TLC is renewing its vows with the wedding genre with three new wedding themed series….

MSNBC to Go HD on June 29

MSNBC will begin broadcasting in high-definition on June 29. MSNBC’s HD launch will build on the NBC News HD infrastructure that’s already in place. “MSNBC is in the best competitive place it’s ever been, beating CNN in primetime last month…

CMT Goes ‘Runnin’ Wild … From Ted Nugent’

CMT will premiere eight episodes of “Runnin’ Wild … From Ted Nugent” in August. The competition series teaches people how to survive in the wild through endurance challenges created by Mr. Nugent and his son Rocco. The contestants then must…

Lifetime to Make ‘Everything’ Miniseries

Lifetime is working on a four-hour miniseries called “Everything She Ever Wanted,” based on Ann Rule’s book, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will star Gina Gershon as a woman with a younger husband, played by Ryan McPartlin, who wants…

Freeman to Work on Space Show

Morgan Freeman is working with the Science Channel on a space exploration show called “Through the Worm Hole,” the Associated Press reports. The show is likely to air in early 2010 and will explore topics such as the possibility of…

HBO Working on Korshak Project

HBO is working with Paramount Pictures and Robert Evans on a six-hour miniseries about Sidney Korshak, a Chicago attorney who came to Hollywood and became a fixer, Daily Variety says. The network bought the rights to the Vanity Fair article…

‘Damages’ Softens Close Character

FX’s “Damages,” which ended its second season on Wednesday, has transformed Glenn Close’s character by allowing her to show her fear and vulnerability, the New York Times reports. Still, with her goal of bringing down the evil Ultima National Resources,…

Diane Farr Joins ‘Californication’

Diane Farr is joining the third season of Showtime’s “Californication,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The actress, who has been on “Rescue Me” and “Numb3rs,” will play a sex-crazed grad student, the publication reports. It’s her first role since giving birth to…