Television News

ABC picks "Daisies" while rivals show Obama (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:57 AM CDT Reuters - ABC will air "Pushing Daisies" in its usual time period Wednesday night -- not the Barack Obama ad.

"Mad Men" ends second season with record ratings (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:06 AM CDT Reuters - "Mad Men," AMC's Emmy-winning drama set in an ad agency during the JFK era, ended its second season on a high note.

A&E takes a shine to new series "The Cleaner" (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:04 AM CDT Reuters - A&E Network has picked up a second season of its drama series "The Cleaner," which stars Benjamin Bratt as a real-life extreme interventionist.

ABC Family takes leap with "Perfect 10" (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:56 PM CDT Reuters - ABC Family is hoping to score a "Perfect 10," handing out a pilot pickup to a drama set in the world of competitive gymnastics.

Monday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:51 PM CDT AP - Eight days to go before the election, late-night TV hosts are getting out their final campaign jokes. A selection from Monday night:

'DWTS' pro Julianne Hough to have appendix removed (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:35 PM CDT AP - The pain that sent Julianne Hough from the "Dancing with the Stars" ballroom to the hospital turned out to be more serious than a stomachache — and it will keep her off the dance floor.

Hollywood insiders rip MSNBC, defend Palin (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:58 PM CDT Reuters - In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election.

McCain getting hammered on late-night TV (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 07:04 PM CDT AP - As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren't enough, the McCain-Palin ticket has been taking it on the chin from late-night comics.

Julianne Hough, Dancing Star Without Appendix (E! Online) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:20 PM CDT E! Online - Julianne Hough's dancing feet are working just fine. Her appendix...well, that's another story.

Belgian TV scraps show on Hitler's favorite meal (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 12:57 PM CDT AP - Amid widespread criticism, a Belgian public broadcaster on Monday scrapped a television show on Adolf Hitler's favorite meal.

Pushing Daisies: Ed and Lost Star Is Chuck's Dad! (E! Online) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 12:18 PM CDT E! Online - He's aliiiiiiive! Chuck's daddy, that is. And, well, perhaps "undead" is the more appropriate term.

Amy Poehler's Weekend Update: A Baby Boy (E! Online) Posted: 26 Oct 2008 08:55 PM CDT E! Online - Live from New York...it's a Saturday night baby.

Shepherd, Dunaway in Lifetime's Nora Roberts films (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 04:32 AM CDT Reuters - Lifetime has lined up Cybill Shepherd and Faye Dunaway to play grandmothers in the first two of its four movie adaptations of Nora Roberts novels.

Live from New York, it's Amy Poehler's baby (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:20 AM CDT AP - "Saturday Night Live" just won't be the same without Amy Poehler — who gave birth to a son hours before the "Baby Mama" star was to appear on the NBC show.