Television News

DWTS Backstage Dirt: Cody Cries! And Derek Disses (E! Online) Posted: 19 Nov 2008 01:43 AM CST E! Online - Tween girls weren't the only ones bawling their eyes out at tonight's elimination show for Dancing with the Stars.

Disney's Cody Linley doesn't make 'Dancing' finals (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 11:23 PM CST AP - Cody Linley won't be graduating "Dancing with the Stars."

Dancing Down to Final Three (E! Online) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 09:33 PM CST E! Online - The seventh season of Dancing With the Stars has flown by, leaving in its wake three contestants with a shot at the championship on next week's finale.

Patricia Heaton's new ABC sitcom going ahead (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:43 PM CST Reuters - It's a go for ABC's "The Middle."

ABC News keeps "Spirit" up (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 08:21 PM CST Reuters - ABC News is trying to look on the bright side in these troubled times, launching a series called "Spirit of America" that will air weekly during "World News With Charles Gibson."

Big changes in store for low-rated Daytime Emmys (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 07:59 PM CST Reuters - The Daytime Emmys could become a lot less soap-centric next year as organizers -- faced with the prospect of ABC and CBS shunning the low-rated telecast -- entertain new ideas that could include shifting the show to cable.

ESPN, college football defend rich Bowl deal (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 07:59 PM CST Reuters - ESPN and the organizers of Bowl Championship Series played defense Tuesday about their new four-year deal that would put the high-profile college football series squarely on cable TV for the first time.

Begley, Daly add texture to Lifetime's "O'Keeffe" (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 07:38 PM CST Reuters - Ed Begley Jr. and Tyne Daly have been cast opposite Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in Lifetime's cable TV movie "Georgia O'Keeffe."

Miley Cyrus: From Hannah Montana to Reality TV? (E! Online) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 06:11 PM CST E! Online - Is Miley Cyrus looking for a career change?

CSI's Grissom Problem (E! Online) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 05:50 PM CST E! Online - What if CSI wasn't CSI?

Prime-Time Nielsen ratings for Nov. 10-16 (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:41 PM CST AP - Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

Barack Obama the week's biggest TV star (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:33 PM CST AP - A president-elect and a Navy investigator — one real and the other one fictional — are ratings "sweeps" month stars at CBS.

Forest Whitaker and Sundance trying to save Newark (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:47 AM CST Reuters - Sundance Channel is taking an in-depth look at the challenges facing Newark, N.J., in a new documentary series backed in part by Forest Whitaker.

`Diddy' to make guest appearance on `CSI: Miami' (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:41 PM CST AP - Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor — at least on television.

Unhappy people watch more TV: study (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:45 AM CST Reuters - An extensive new research study has found that unhappy people watch more TV while those consider themselves happy spend more time reading and socializing.

Rashida Jones Joins Untitled Amy Poehler Show (E! Online) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:34 PM CST E! Online - It's official: Rashida Jones is joining The Untitled Amy Poehler Show (or as we like to call it around here, Amy Poehler Beyond Thunderdome), the new NBC show being created by Office exec producers Mike Schur and Greg Daniels.

Spitzer prostitute sits down for TV interview (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:06 PM CST AP - The prostitute at the center of the salacious scandal that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and generated national headlines is going to dish on her life as a pricey escort.

House and Cuddy Headed for Nooky? She Spills! (E! Online) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:32 PM CST E! Online - We all know what Lisa Edelstein's lips have been up to lately...playing tonsil hockey with Hugh Laurie. Mmmhmm!

`Idol' champ David Cook keeps rocking on new album (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:43 PM CST AP - When he was on "American Idol," David Cook — as cool as a cucumber for much of last season — fought back tears after performing for a studio audience that included his brother Adam, who's fighting brain cancer.

ESPN in $500 million deal for U.S. college football bowls (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:51 PM CST Reuters - ESPN, Walt Disney Co's sports cable television network, outbidding Fox Sports, will pay $500 million for a four-year deal to broadcast several popular college football bowl games.

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