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Bass, Braxton Join Dancing With the Stars

Athletes, reality faves round out competitors for ABC's next season

(Newser) - Dancing With the Stars' seventh season will be a record-breaker, ABC News reports. Thirteen celebrities will vie for victory, including the show’s youngest- and oldest-ever contestants. A few more familiar faces to expect:
  1. Lance Bass: The former 'N Sync heartthrob and wannabe astronaut’s dancing experience should give him
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The Office Jinx Strikes Again
 The Office Jinx Strikes Again 
GLOSSIES
Aug 22, 2008 2:12 PM CDT

The Office Jinx Strikes Again

Wilson repeats big-screen failures to which his sitcom-mates have become accustomed

(Newser) - Do The Rocker's poor reviews and sagging ticket sales prove there's an Office curse? Office stars can't replicate that show's success on the big screen, Dan Kois writes in New York, and the evidence backs him up: After The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Steve Carell starred in a series of mostly forgettable...

At 840M Viewers, China TV Wins Global Attention

Western companies line up to advertise on propaganda network

(Newser) - This year's Olympic opening ceremonies, perhaps the most watched television event in history, were a huge programming coup for CCTV, one of the main propaganda conduits for the Chinese government. CCTV has a larger audience than every major TV station in the US and Europe combined, writes the New York ...

Fishburne Joins CSI Cast
 Fishburne Joins CSI Cast 
Aug 18, 2008 5:17 PM CDT

Fishburne Joins CSI Cast

(Newser) - Laurence Fishburne, who starred in Boyz in the Hood and The Matrix, will return to TV this fall, joining the cast of CSI. Fishburne will replace William Petersen and will play an ex-pathologist now teaching a college course in criminalistics, reports TV Guide. He'll first appear in the hit CBS...

Close Casting Calls for Stars
 Close Casting Calls for Stars 
Aug 18, 2008 2:51 PM CDT

Close Casting Calls for Stars

TV roles that almost changed the course of their careers

(Newser) - Some of today's brightest stars nearly landed iconic TV roles, but didn't for better or worse. Author Eila Mell reveals a few near-misses to the New York Post:  
  • Harrison Ford turned down the part of "Meathead" in All in the Family.
  • Mickey Rooney also passed on bigot Archie
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PBS Unleashes Martha for Vocab Help

(Newser) - What if the family dog ate alphabet soup by mistake? Susan Meddaugh answered her 7-year-old son’s question by writing a book, Martha Speaks, which has now become a PBS show about the talking dog. PBS hopes it will teach challenging vocab—"diminish," "concoct," and "...

Dallas Family Goes Home Again
 Dallas Family Goes Home Again
Aug 14, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

Dallas Family Goes Home Again

Cast returns to ranch for 30th anniversary

(Newser) - JR, Bobby, Sue Ellen, and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together at  Southfork Ranch for a Dallas reunion party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the hit primetime soap opera, the Dallas Morning News reports. Tickets to the November reunion will cost  $100 to $1,000....

Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50

Standup comic moved on to film, TV

(Newser) - Comedian and actor Bernie Mac has died at 50 of pneumonia after a week’s hospitalization in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an unusual autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the lungs. Born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, the comedian was a late bloomer, achieving fame in his...

Teen TV That Flunked College
 Teen TV That Flunked College
OPINION
Aug 6, 2008 2:50 PM CDT

Teen TV That Flunked College

10 shows that fizzled after high school

(Newser) - Heading off to university is typically viewed as an accomplishment, but one blog contends that most TV shows tank when their characters take this major life step. College on the Record lists the top 10 series muddled by matriculation:
  1. Boy Meets World
  2. Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  3. Dawson’
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Mad Men Invades Your Closet
 Mad Men Invades Your Closet 
Aug 5, 2008 4:27 PM CDT

Mad Men Invades Your Closet

Designers and labels copy, coordinate with hit show

(Newser) - Mad Men isn’t just one of the best shows on TV—it’s also a fashion trendsetter, Advertising Age reports. Bloomingdale’s features Mad Men-themed displays and clothing, GQ recently published a 6-page spread with a cast member, and the show’s network has started a Target-sponsored fashion blog....

$heen $its Atop TV Heap
 $heen $its
 Atop TV Heap 
Aug 5, 2008 11:26 AM CDT

$heen $its Atop TV Heap

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid primetime TV actor at $825,000 per episode, but the Two and a Half Men star's $20 million per year pales in comparison to Oprah's haul. The media mogul took home $385 million last year, Reuters reports in deconstructing TV Guide’s annual list of...

Christina Applegate Battling Cancer

Full recovery expected for star of Samantha Who?

(Newser) - Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but her doctors expect a full recovery, Reuters reports. Applegate—who played ditzy daughter Kelly Bundy on Married…With Children and now stars as an amnesiac on ABC’s Samantha Who?— has been an advocate for breast cancer research. Her mother battled...

Miley: End Near for 'Hannah'
 Miley: End Near for 'Hannah'
Jul 30, 2008 12:15 PM CDT

Miley: End Near for 'Hannah'

Miley Cyrus says next season the last

(Newser) - Tween queen Miley Cyrus is ready to part ways with her Disney show and alter ego Hannah Montana. "We’re thinking this is our last season," 15-year-old Cyrus told E! Online. "I just think we did a lot of episodes. We basically did two seasons in one...

Swayze Filming New Show
 Swayze Filming New Show
Jul 30, 2008 11:21 AM CDT

Swayze Filming New Show

Actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze was back at work for the first time since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the Daily Mail reports. The 55-year-old actor was joined by his wife on the Chicago set of A&E’s The Beast. The actor, who is undergoing chemotherapy, has called himself a “miracle”...

Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?
 Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?
Jul 26, 2008 5:41 PM CDT

Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?

Critics says it's exploitation, but others call it education

(Newser) - CBS’ Kid Nation has drawn its share of controversy, which hasn’t stopped a new crop of kid-centric reality shows from cropping up. NBC is letting teenagers care for babies and toddlers on The Baby Borrowers; a Nickelodeon channel probes children’s emotions on The N’s Student Body; and...

Why I Loved Scully
 Why I Loved Scully 
COMMENTARY
Jul 24, 2008 1:03 PM CDT

Why I Loved Scully

Unlike most onscreen women, Scully was portrayed with nuance and power

(Newser) - The X-Files’ Dana Scully was everything women in entertainment today are not: intellectual, nuanced, tortured, Rebecca Traister writes in Salon. So as the sci-fi classic hits the big screen once again this weekend, we need Scully, “the cerebral head of the X-Files, torn between her Catholic faith, her scientific...

Don't Expect Dora at Your Kid's Party

Copyright holders crack down on use of TV character costumes

(Newser) - Want to book Elmo for your kid’s birthday party? Better expect “Big Red Tickle Monster” instead, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corporations that control the use of children’s entertainment characters are targeting costume-rental services that offer unauthorized versions of their cash cows, resulting in lawsuits, grotesque lookalikes,...

'Sophia' of Golden Girls Dead at 84

Veteran actress Estelle Getty suffered from dementia

(Newser) - Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84. The two-time Emmy winner, who suffered from advanced dementia, died this morning at home,...

TiVo-Amazon Deal Offers Onscreen Buying

DVR pioneer aims to create 'underpinnings of a future business model for TV'

(Newser) - TiVo and Amazon have teamed to introduce a “product purchase” tool that will allow viewers to buy the products being plugged onscreen, the New York Times reports. Soon, when Oprah Winfrey plugs a book or David Letterman talks up his musical guest, TiVo customers will be able to order...

Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine
 Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine 
Jul 21, 2008 1:27 PM CDT

Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

Federal panel says FCC acted capriciously with $550K penalty

(Newser) - A federal appeals court today threw out the FCC $550,000 fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction.” The decency watchdogs were found to have acted arbitrarily in changing their policy of not punishing fleeting nudity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The court separately said...

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