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Report: With Ratings Problems, Comcast’s NBC Considers Cuts at ‘Today’ Show to Keep Up Show’s Profit Margins

"Staffers at NBC’s struggling ‘Today’ show are bracing for possible cutbacks and layoffs, and wondering whether Matt Lauer will give up any of his $25 million annual salary to save jobs there, sources tell Page Six," reports the New York…

‘E! News’ Replaces Ryan Seacrest

"E! News" has found a permanent replacement for Ryan Seacrest, after a period in which Seacrest’s increasing media profile and wide-ranging entertainment activities saw his role on the show diminish, Deadline.com reports. The new “E! News” co-anchor is "106 &…

Wildest Story of the Day: TV Show That’s Repeated at 3 in the Morning Draws More Than Twice the Number of Viewers Who Watch It at 6 O’Clock in the Evening. Check Out the Unique Explanation as to Why This Happens

One show is doing better in its rebroadcast during the wee hours than during its live evening telecast, the New York Post reports. The CNBC show "Mad Money," which features former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer, has developed a following…

Summer Box Office Marked by String of Flops, With Attendance Sinking to Lowest Level in Almost 20 Years — Labor Day Weekend Sees One Movie Earn the Dubious Distinction of Lowest Opening of All Time for a Movie in Wide Release

Despite a few key hits at the box office during the summer of 2012, the season wrapped up as a disappointment for the movie industry, with box office receipts down about 3% from last year and attendance down about 4%,…

Petition Drive Under Way to Have the Most Beloved of TV Actresses Introduce Obama at Democratic Convention. Would She Do It? Is She Even a Democrat? Will She Be Asked?

Fans of a popular TV actress have started a petition drive to get her a new gig: introducing President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, reports TheWrap.com. The actress is "Hot in Cleveland" star Betty White. The petition argues…

Summer’s Top-Rated New Series Gets Renewed

The show that was the highest-rated new series of the summer in the key demo of adults 18-49 has received a renewal for a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is Fox’s “Hotel Hell,” starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The…

Frank Darabont — Who Developed ‘The Walking Dead’ for TV — Comments on the Death of Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Who Was the Oscar-Nominated Star of Darabont’s ‘The Green Mile’

Commenting on the death yesterday, Sept. 3, 2012, of Michael Clarke Duncan, who starred in "The Green Mile," Frank Darabont, who wrote and directed the movie, said Duncan was "one of the finest people I’ve ever had the privilege to…