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Gun Rights Advocates Missing From Sunday Talk Shows

The Sunday political talk shows were virtually absent of gun rights advocates, with the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School the major subject on the programs — even though the shows tried to book some gun rights voices, reports…

ABC Developing Justin Bieber Sitcom

ABC is taking another swing at a Justin Bieber comedy project. The network is developing a single-camera comedy that’s based on the pop star’s life, reports TVGuide.com. The comedy was set up at the network last year, but has been…

Project From ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Producer Among Top Contenders for Series Order at Syfy

Syfy is closing in on pickups, with a top contender said to be a project from "Battlestar Galactica" developer and executive producer Ron Moore, reports Deadline.com. The project is “Helix,” which is about scientists investigating a possible outbreak of disease…

NBC Denies Offering ‘Today’ Job to Pippa Middleton

NBC has denied a report in a U.K. newspaper that it is offering a role on the "Today" show to Pippa Middleton, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, reports the New York Daily News. According to the U.K.’s Daily…

‘Hunger Games’ Star Tapped as ‘Saturday Night Live’ Host

"The Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence will host the Jan. 19 episode of "Saturday Night Live," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. She will be joined by musical guest the Lumineers. In its Saturday night broadcast, following the massacre…

ABC Gives Pilot Order to ‘How the F Am I Normal’

ABC has given a pilot order to "How the F Am I Normal," a comedy from "Breaking In" creator Adam F. Goldberg, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is said to be a "dysfunctional ‘Wonder Years,’" set…

Obama, During Speech at Newtown Vigil, Vows to ‘use whatever power this office holds to engage our citizens … to save another child or another parent or another town’

[Updated on 12/17/12 at 1:30 a.m. PT to include excerpt of official White House transcript of Obama’s remarks.] President Obama, speaking on Sunday night, Dec. 16, 2012, at a vigil in Newtown, Conn., vowed to "use whatever power this office…

Mass Shooting at Connecticut Elementary School

[Updated on 12/14/12 at at 6:23 p.m. to correct that the name of the shooter, identified by a number of news orgainizations as Ryan Lanza, has been corrected by those news outlets, and that the shooter was actually his brother, Adam Lanza, 20.] Local…

All-Time High for ABC Series, All-Time Low for NBC Show in Thursday Ratings

It was the best of times and the worst of times in the Thursday prime-time ratings, with one broadcast series hitting an all-time high while another series hit an all-time low, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s “Scandal”…

Who’s Buying What in Super Bowl 2013

Top marketers including Anheuser Busch, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola and Best Buy are rolling out their ad plans for the upcoming Super Bowl, and Advertising Age is keeping track of the details — what they’re buying, which agencies are handling the campaigns…