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Country Singer’s Death Is the Fifth Among ‘Celebrity Rehab’ Participants

The VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab" has again been touched by tragedy, with the death of country singer Mindy McCready marking the fifth participant in the show to die in the past two years, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. As previously…

CNN Brings Back the Ticker

CNN has brought back the ticker — the scroll of news that appears in the bottom third of the screen — after abandoning it a few years ago in favor of the Flipper, reports TVNewser.com. The decision comes from new…

‘Underdog’ Co-Creator W. Watts Biggers Dies at 85

W. Watts Biggers, who helped create the 1960s cartoon show "Underdog" and composed its catchy theme song, has died at 85 after suffering a heart attack, reports The New York Times. Biggers and his co-creator, Chet Stover, were working at…

‘War and Peace’ to Get BBC Treatment

The epic Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace" is becoming a BBC miniseries, written by Andrew Davies, who adapted "Pride and Prejudice" for the BBC’s 1995 version starring Colin Firth, reports Deadline.com. Davies is writing a six-part miniseries that will…

CBS’s ‘Amazing Race’ Airs Lowest-Rated Premiere Ever

CBS’s reality competition "The Amazing Race" returned to its lowest-rated premiere ever, continuing a midseason ratings slump for the broadcast networks, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The series returned Sunday night with 9.5 million viewers and a 2.4 rating among adults…

‘Killing Lincoln’ Draws Record Audience for Nat Geo

National Geographic pulled a network record for its Sunday premiere of the scripted drama "Killing Lincoln," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The drama drew an average of 3.4 million viewers during its two-hour premiere, a new high for…

Roger Ebert — the Best-Known Movie Critic in the Country — Has Second Thoughts About His Oscar Choices, and Now Says Another Movie May Win as Best Picture

Roger Ebert, the best known movie critic in the country, now says he may be wrong about his previously published prediction of the Best Picture winner that will be announced this coming Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, on ABC’s coverage of…

CBS Pulls Series After Two Airings

It’s generally been tough for midseason entries this year. Latest word is from CBS, which has pulled one of its shows after  just two airings, reports The Hollywood Reporter. "The midseason reality competition [‘The Job’], which counted Mark Burnett among…

Country Music Star Mindy McCready Dead at 37, Apparent Suicide. Follows the Recent Apparent Suicide of the Father of Her Youngest Child

This is from TMZ. It’s a statement from the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas: “At 3:31 PM, Sunday, February 17th Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of gun shots fired in the area…

‘Girls,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Louie’ Top Writers Guild Awards for TV. ‘Argo’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Take Top Movie Awards. We Have All the Winners.

"HBO’s ‘Girls’ was hailed as the best new series of the year during the 2013 Writers Guild Awards,  while the awards for drama and comedy series went to the writing staffs of, respectively, AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ and FX’s ‘Louie,’ reports…