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CNN Names Chief Congressional Correspondent

CNN has named a new chief congressional correspondent. TVNewser.com reports that the cable news channel promoted Dana Bash to the position. Bash moved from the White House beat to Capitol Hill in 2006, and before her on-air role with the…

Oscar Winner Replaces Rosemarie DeWitt on HBO Series

An Academy Award-winning actress has been cast to replace Rosemarie DeWitt on the HBO show "The Newsroom," reports TVLine.com. Marcia Gay Harden, who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2001 for “Pollock,” is joining the series. As previously…

NBC Orders Dick Wolf Project, Show From ‘Lost’ Writer

NBC has ordered several projects to pilot, including one from “Law & Order” mastermind Dick Wolf and a show from "Lost" writer Carlton Cuse, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Cuse’s project is "The Sixth Gun," an adaptation of…

CBS Gives Pilot Orders to ‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ ‘Backstrom’

CBS has given pilot orders to "Beverly Hills Cop" and the drama "Backstrom," with the latter from "Bones" creator Hart Hanson, reports Deadline.com. The network also gave a pilot order to the comedy "Friends With Better Lives," from writer Dana…

Greg Kinnear Project Gets Pilot Order from Fox

A comedic drama starring Greg Kinnear has received a pilot order from Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project, “Rake,” received the green light after Kinnear, who was given the right to sign off on the script, OK’d the script last week,…

ABC Loads Up on Pilot Orders

ABC ordered four new pilots Tuesday, including a drama from “ER’s” David Zabel and a comedy executive produced by “Office” writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, TVLine.com reports. “The Zabel project, ‘Betrayal,’ centers on a beautiful but unhappily married female…

Fox News Slips to No. 3 in Cable Viewership for Inauguration

Ratings for President Obama’s second inauguration declined significantly from four years ago, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. CNN was the leader among the cable news networks while the oath of office was administered and Obama…

This Story Has Lots of Bull: Stock Market on Fire as Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Hit Highest Levels in More Than Five Years

The bulls have gotten a hold of the stock market and won’t let go. "The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 62.43 points, or 0.5%, to 13,712.13 on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, recovering from a morning slide of as much as…

Son of a Bitch: ABC Yanks Sitcom From Schedule — Co-Star Tweets ‘We’ve Basically Been Canceled’

ABC has yanked one of its sitcoms from its schedule, effective immediately, reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The sitcom involved is "Don’t Trust the B– In Apt. 23." Writes Andreeva, "While ABC does not call this a cancellation,…

Strong Opening for Fox’s New Kevin Bacon Drama Series

Fox scored the second-highest-rated drama premiere of the season with the debut Monday night of the new Kevin Bacon series “The Following,” TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The series turned in a time zone-adjusted 3.2 average rating in the key 18-49 demo, ranking…