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Baseball’s Charlie Hustle to Star in TV Series — Which Will Also Feature The Ex-Big Leaguer’s Playboy Model Fiancee

A former baseball great who has continued to make headlines after his Major League career will take a swing at a TV career with a new reality show starting next month. TheWrap.com reports that "Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs." will…

Ann Curry May Be Headed to CNN Prime Time

Incoming CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker plans to hire ousted "Today’ co-host Ann Curry and would like to create an 8 p.m. show for her, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. That would mean Curry would take the time…

ABC Has a Change of Heart, Shelves New Scripted Series Just Days After Greenlighting It

Less than a week after giving the go-ahead to a new series for the summer schedule, ABC had a change of heart and has shelved the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is the paranormal drama…

Cinemax Is Sued by Actress Claiming to Have Been Bullied Into a Nude Performance

Cinemax, HBO, Time Warner and a production company called True Crime LLC were sued Tuesday by an actress who claims she was bullied into performing nude scenes and was sexually harassed and placed in a dangerous work environment, according to…

Top TV Series of 2012: Plenty of Reality, Lots of Sports … and Not Much Scripted

The top 10 regularly scheduled television broadcasts of 2012 were dominated by sports and reality shows, with very little scripted programming represented, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. Three of the top 10 regularly scheduled shows were sports, with NBC’s "Sunday Night Football"…

Google Creates an Easter Egg for ‘Seinfeld’ Holiday

Google has turned to "Seinfeld" for inspiration on an Easter egg, or a hidden message inside its search results, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The reference is to the holiday Festivus, which was created in a 1997 episode of the NBC…

HBO Options Rights to ‘Game Change’ Sequel

HBO has optioned the rights to a sequel to bestseller "Game Change," which was about the 2008 presidential campaign, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The new book, set to be published in fall 2013, will come from "Game…

CBS Orders a New Chuck Lorre Project

A comedy project from Chuck Lorre, the man behind "The Big Bang Theory" and “Two and a Half Men,” has received a pilot production order from CBS, reports Deadline.com. The project, called "Mom," is about a newly sober single mother…

Jennifer Love Hewitt Overseeing ‘Pride & Prejudice’ for Lifetime

Jennifer Love Hewitt is executive producing a modern-day take on the classic Jane Austen novel "Pride & Prejudice" for Lifetime, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project, "Darcy’s Town," retells the novel in a small Virginia town, the…

PBS Names New Programming Chief

PBS has named a new head of programming, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The job goes to Beth Hoppe, who has worked at the public broadcaster since August 2011. Hoppe replaces John Wilson, who is…