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News Veteran Bill Moyers Returns to TV With New Show

News anchor Bill Moyers, once a mainstay on PBS, is returning to television with "Moyers & Company," a new hourlong interview show that will appear on American Public Television, reports The New York Times. The program will seek to interview…

Rev. Al Sharpton Gets Nightly Show

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has been appearing on a fill-in basis on MSNBC, has been given a weeknight show on the cable network, Multichannel News reports. The new show, “PoliticsNation,” will air nightly at 6 p.m. ET, starting Aug….

NBA Stars Head to ‘Law & Order: SVU’

While the NBA continues to have a labor dispute that threatens the upcoming season, two major NBA stars will be appearing as themselves on NBC’s "Law & Order: SVU," reports NBCNews.com. Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat and the New…

Veteran Feature Director Inks Deal With ABC Studios

Jon Turteltaub, a veteran film director and the executive producer of "Jericho," has inked a deal with ABC Studios to produce TV series through his Junction Entertainment production company, Deadline.com reports. Turteltaub had been with CBS TV Studios for four…

Dueling ‘Glee’ Divas? Show May Have Downsized One Singer’s Appearances to Avoid Upsetting Another Star

Fox’s “Glee” reportedly cut down dramatically on the screen time and singing time for one big-voiced diva during the past season to avoid upsetting another one. According to a source, Charice Pempengco had her vocal numbers cut back to avoid…

David Letterman Responds to Al Qaeda Death Threat

After receiving a death threat from a message board used by Al Qaeda, late-night host David Letterman responded Monday by poking fun of it in his "Top 10" list and monologue, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media…

‘Housewives’ Husband Called Bravo Executives ‘Bastards’ in Interview Shortly Before Hanging Himself

In one of Russell Armstrong’s final interviews before he committed suicide earlier this month, the estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong lashed out at Bravo, reports Maer Roshan at TheFix.com. "As it happens, I’d met…

TV Industry Employing Fewer Women, Both In Front of and Behind the Camera; Study Reveals Which Broadcast Networks Had the Highest and Lowest Ratios

The television industry employed fewer women in the 2010-11 season, with fewer females both in front of the camera and behind it, reports the Los Angeles Times. Just 15% of the writers on prime-time dramas, comedies and reality shows on…

‘Modern Family’ Star Working on HBO Project About One of the Most Infamous Show Biz Scandals of All Time

One of the stars of ABC’s "Modern Family" is working on an HBO Films project focusing on one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Eric Stonestreet, who plays…

A Headline on The New Yorker Website Says It All: ‘Jerry Leiber: Half of Everything.’ One of the True Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll Has Died. Leiber Co-Wrote Classics Including ‘Stand By Me,’ ‘Hound Dog,’ ‘Poison Ivy’ — the List Goes On & On

"Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner Mike Stoller created a songbook that infused the rock ‘n’ roll scene of the 1950s and early ’60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died," reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 78….