Television News

NBC making "Mistakes" with innovative series (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT Reuters - NBC is developing an hourlong drama based on the "do-over" novel "Pretty Little Mistakes," which allows readers to decide the path the female protagonist takes at the end of each chapter.

E! orders second season of "Denise Richards" (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:58 AM CDT Reuters - E! Entertainment Television has picked up its half-hour reality series "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" for a second season. Production will begin early next year on the series, which averaged 1.1 million viewers per episode in its first season.

Wednesday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 11:52 PM CDT AP - As the presidential campaign enters the home stretch, late-night TV hosts aren't letting up. A selection of jokes from Wednesday:

Air it out: Senators want more NFL games on TV (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 11:38 PM CDT AP - Senators have asked the NFL commissioner to make game broadcasts on the NFL Network available on free television to more fans.

Designer's sexual assault trial nears its end (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 08:16 PM CDT AP - Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander sexually assaulted aspiring models after luring them to Los Angeles with promises of glamorous photo shoots and stays in a luxury hotel, a prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments of his trial.

Actors union opposes same-sex marriage ban (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 08:05 PM CDT AP - The Screen Actors Guild officially stands opposed to the California ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage.

Study: NBC News doesn't follow MSNBC's left drift (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 07:11 PM CDT AP - The mix and tone of political stories on NBC News broadcasts "Nightly News" and "Today" has not been affected by cable sibling MSNBC's move to the left during this campaign, a nonpartisan study concluded on Tuesday.

Model loses NY lawsuit but claims personal victory (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 06:16 PM CDT AP - Carol Alt, claiming a victory of sorts in a court loss, smiled through her tears Wednesday as she said a judge's decision that her ex-husband owed her no money finally frees her from the most important relationship of her supermodel years.

More of Denise Richards' reality on the way (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 05:46 PM CDT AP - It's apparently still complicated for Denise Richards.

BBC suspends TV stars over "juvenile" radio prank (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:06 PM CDT Reuters - The British Broadcasting Corporation suspended two of its most successful and highly paid presenters on Wednesday after they verbally abused a 78-year-old comedy actor in a radio stunt that went wrong.

Is Top Model's Nigel Barker Gay? (E! Online) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:41 PM CDT E! Online - Nigel Barker on America's Next Top Model! So smokin' hot! Quiet, sexy and talented. Gay or straight?

Julianne Hough "Not Worried" About Surgery (E! Online) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 09:47 PM CDT E! Online - Julianne Hough is taking some of that dancer's poise into the operating room with her.

U.S. media ready for possible early election outcome (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT Reuters - U.S. television news teams that sent election-night viewers to bed without a sure winner in the last two presidential races now face what many political pundits expect to be a swifter outcome next Tuesday.

The View Vents, People Watchâ€"and the Top 10 Things to Know About This Week's TV Ratings (E! Online) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 07:02 PM CDT E! Online - The "Hot Topics" just seem hotter this fall. So do the ratings.

Obama's final TV blitz to focus on economy (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 11:56 AM CDT Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launches an unprecedented television blitz on Wednesday to push his economic message on U.S. networks ranging from CBS and NBC to Comedy Central.

TV shows based on foreign series struggle in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:15 AM CDT Reuters - It was billed as the season of foreign formats.