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Talk About Visual Influence: Oscar-Winning Artist Who Created the Look of ‘Star Wars,’ ‘E.T.’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Dies. He Also Designed the Look of the Original ‘Battlestar Galactica’ on TV

An Oscar-winning conceptual designer and illustrator who is credited with creating the look of the original “Star Wars” trilogy has died, Entertainment Weekly reports. Ralph McQuarrie, 82, died Saturday in Berkeley, Calif., from complications arising out of his long battle with Parkinson’s disease,…

Video: Charlie Sheen Puts His Bad-Boy Image to Good Use

Subject of Documentary Series Executed in Texas

The reported ringleader of a Texas prison break who was a focus of an upcoming four-part TV documentary series has been executed in Texas, Realscreen reports. George Rivas is a subject of the Investigation Discovery series “On Death Row,” from…

Lindsay Lohan’s ‘SNL’ Appearance Pumps Up Ratings; Video: Lohan’s ‘SNL’ Opening

Lindsay Lohan’s appearance as host of “Saturday Night Live” was a ratings success for NBC, delivering the show’s second-best numbers of the season in metered-market households, NBC reports. The show pulled a 5.5/14 household number in metered markets, second only…

Fox Tweaks Prime-Time Schedule

Fox has announced that it’s moving one show and holding off on the start of another one, Deadline.com reports. The network will yank "The Finder" from Thursdays and move it to Fridays for the remainder of the season, the story…

Daytime Drama Emmy Winners Will Come From This List. Lots of Emotion This Year Because This Is the Last Time Actors and Actresses From the Canceled Soaps ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ Can Win

It’s soon time for the Daytime Emmys, and the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in cooperation with the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has announced the list of actors and actresses on the…

‘Awake’ Premiere Fails to Snap NBC Out of Its Thursday 10 p.m. Doldrums

NBC’s new series “Awake,” premiering against repeat programming on CBS and ABC, was a case of good news/bad news for the Peacock Network, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The good news is the show did better than the 1.4 for “The Firm” in…

Thanks to the Super Bowl, NBC Wins February Sweeps

NBC has won the February sweeps, paced by the Super Bowl along with strong numbers for “The Voice.” For the period from Feb. 2-29, NBC led the way in the key 18-49 demo with a 3.7 average rating, ahead of CBS…

ABC Casts Lead for ‘Beauty and the Beast’

ABC has found its “Beauty” for "Beauty and the Beast." The role in the new drama pilot will be the first U.S. acting job for a young Irish actress, Ruth Bradley, Deadline.com reports. Bradley will play Grace, an embattled princess,…

Biography Pays Tribute to Davy Jones and the Monkees; Public Memorials in the Works

With the death this week of pop star Davy Jones, a member of the quartet created by NBC as a TV singing group called "The Monkees," the Biography Channel will honor Jones and the 1960s group with two hours of…