Television News

Thursday, 20 November 2008 at 00:13 Posted by smp

Television News

Cable channel FX will televise the revolution (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:58 AM CST

Reuters - FX is plotting a revolution. The cable network is developing "AR2," a drama about a group of Midwestern youths who spark a second American Revolution.

Five set for ABC Family's "10 Things" remake (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:23 AM CST

Actress Lindsey Shaw attends a screening of 'High School Musical' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood May 13, 2006. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - ABC Family has assembled the main cast of its high school comedy pilot "10 Things I Hate About You," an adaptation of the 1999 feature that in turn was based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

New Discovery series will be a blast (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:03 AM CST

Reuters - Discovery Channel has greenlighted a 13-episode series that will spotlight demolition blasts around the world and explain the science behind the explosions.

Publicist: Paris Hilton and Benji Madden split (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:25 PM CST

This Sunday, June 1, 2008 file photo shows Benji Madden, of Good Charlotte, and Paris Hilton at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up.

"Bing bang" goes on in Iceland's "Lazy Town" (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:16 PM CST

Magnus Scheving (L), creator and star of the international children's television show 'LazyTown', is seen in his character of 'Sportacus' along with his co-star 'Ziggy' in an undated handout screen grab. As the Icelandic economy melts down, 'Lazy Town' -- which directly employs just 50 people normally and 160 when the show is in production -- has been bombarded with job applications, many from soon-to-be redundant bankers. (LazyTown Entertainment/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - On a quiet Sunday in the "Lazy Town" warehouse, the man many of the world's children know as Sportacus was working up some optimism for Iceland.

Jack Bauer back with "24" TV movie (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:56 PM CST

Reuters - In nearly every respect, the TV movie "24: Redemption" makes perfect sense, a brilliant idea that will extend the life of an important franchise even as it pumps new vigor into the Fox series.

"CSI" dilemma: keeping corpses fresh (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:46 PM CST

Reuters - Proof, if ever any was needed, that dead bodies are big business: CBS' "CSI: New York" is about hits 100 episodes Wednesday, and the entire "CSI" franchise is about to strike the 500 bell.

Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:54 PM CST

In this image released by Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report,' is shown during his one-hour musical holiday special, 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All,' airing Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, at 10:00 p.m. EDT on Comedy Central. (AP Photo/Comedy Central, Kristopher Long)AP - The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots.

Counter suit filed over "Project Runway" rights (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:34 PM CST

Host Heidi Klum talks to audience members during the taping of the season finale of Project Runway during New York Fashion Week September 12, 2008. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)Reuters - The Lifetime cable TV network has counter-sued NBC Universal, Bravo and The Weinstein Company over the rights to the TV program "Project Runway" in the latest legal action that has left the hit show in limbo.

Van Der Beek back creekside in North Carolina (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 01:35 PM CST

In this photo released by Warner Bros. Television, actor James Van Der Beek appears on the set of 'One Tree Hill' in Wilmington, N.C. in October 2008. Van Der Beek will play a director interested in turning a book written by actor Chad Michael Murray's character into a film. Van Der Beek is scheduled to appear in three episodes. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Television, David Giesbrecht )AP - James Van Der Beek is back creekside.

"CSI: NY" turns 100 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:45 AM CST

The cast of 'CSI: NY' in an image courtesy of CBS. The show is hitting its milestone 100th episode Wednesday night. (CBS/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - "CSI: NY," the so-called "stepchild" in the venerable crime franchise, is hitting its milestone 100th episode Wednesday night.

Spitzer prostitute sits down for TV interview (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:39 AM CST

In this image released by ABC, ABC correspondent Diane Sawyer sits with former call girl Ashley Dupre, left, whose tryst with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, led to his resignation, during an interview, Nov. 13, 2008, in New York. The interview will air, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, on ABC's '20/20,' at 10:00 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/ABC, Heidi Gutman)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.

`Diddy' to make guest appearance on `CSI: Miami' (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:36 AM CST

In this Feb. 24, 2008 file photo, Sean 'Diddy' Combs poses on the press line at the Elton John Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)AP - Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor — at least on television.

Flat-footed journalist quits British dancing show (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:09 AM CST

AP - The public adored him, but the judges hated him. One called him a "dancing pig in Cuban heels."

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