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Dec 28, 2007 6:55 PM CST

Obama Fires Back with Iowa TV Request

Dem wants live spot on eve of caucuses to counter Clinton ad

(Newser) - Barack Obama is getting a lesson in the politics of local TV as he angles for airtime on the evening before the Iowa caucuses, ABC News reports. After Hillary Clinton’s campaign purchased a 2-minute spot during all of the state’s 6 pm Wednesday newscasts, Obama began requesting a...

Writers' Strike Deals Strong Dose of Reality

Dec 9, 2007 2:46 PM CST

Writers' Strike Deals Strong Dose of Reality

If no deal comes soon, expect more dancing, survivors, idols on TV

(Newser) - Reality will likely strike primetime TV with a vengeance if stalled talks between screen scribes and networks don't kick into gear, the New York Times reports. With most popular dramas on hiatus for lack of scripts, reality shows are about to explode onto the airwaves—and they may well stick...

Writers Pitch New Deal at Talks

Dec 5, 2007 3:35 AM CST

Writers Pitch New Deal at Talks

WGA seeks $150M share of web revenue

(Newser) - Striking Hollywood writers presented a new contract proposal at talks yesterday that would cost studios some $150 million over three years, Bloomberg reports. If accepted, the deal would give writers a percentage share of revenue from internet and digital media. It's a potential starting point for fresh negotiations to seek...

Regis Picked for New 'Password'

Oct 11, 2007 6:08 PM CDT

Regis Picked for New 'Password'

Morning maven chosen for remake of classic 'Password'

(Newser) - Regis Philbin will return to the game show format with a remake of the classic “Password” called “Million Dollar Password.” CBS has ordered six hour-long episodes to be aired later this season, Variety reports; a channel exec was excited to score the “ever-enthusiastic” host, who helped...

Housewives Desperately Backpedals From Slur

Oct 5, 2007 7:21 PM CDT

Housewives Desperately Backpedals From Slur

Philippines in uproar over Hatcher dis

(Newser) - “Can I check those diplomas? I want to make sure they're not from some med school in the Philippines,” Teri Hatcher's character tells her doctor in Sunday's Desperate Housewives premiere. Turns out Filipinos are quite proud of their med schools, the Independent writes, and 50,000 or so—...

New TV Season Disappoints

Sep 20, 2007 4:56 PM CDT

New TV Season Disappoints

First set of debuts get lukewarm reception

(Newser) - The fall TV season isn't wowing audiences so far, Variety reports. Four fresh shows hit the small screen last night, but none made a big splash. Fox's "Back to You" was tops among 18- to 49-year-olds and attracted 9.4 million viewers overall. But it won by a slim...

CBS Lands Bruckheimer's 'Eleventh Hour'

Sep 19, 2007 10:24 AM CDT

CBS Lands Bruckheimer's 'Eleventh Hour'

Huge $25M-$30M deal for British scientific thriller beats out ABC

(Newser) - CBS beat out all comers, mainly ABC, for the rights to a Jerry Bruckheimer/Warner Brothers adaptation of the British series Eleventh Hour, a scientific thriller a la X-Files. The deal, pronounced the biggest of this development season, puts CBS on the hook for $25 million to $30 million, Variety reports.

Writer Blames Clintons for Stalled DVD

Sep 6, 2007 1:44 PM CDT

Writer Blames Clintons for Stalled DVD

'Path to 9/11' on hold as Hillary's campaign moves forward

(Newser) - The Clinton campaign has blocked the DVD release of "The Path to 9/11," the writer of the controversial miniseries tells the LA Times. Democrats criticized it when it aired last year, and writer Cyrus Nowrasteh says the Clintons don't like the way it portrays Bill's presidency. "This...

Daddy Don't You Dance so Fast

Aug 29, 2007 4:47 PM CDT

Daddy Don't You Dance so Fast

Newton joins Scary Spice, Marie Osmond on new season of Dancing with the Stars

(Newser) - A Spice Girl, a billionaire, a supermodel, a racecar driver, and a soap hunk will all be breaking out their dancing shoes for season five of Dancing with the Stars. The ABC hit, which revealed its new 12-person cast today, is slated to premiere next month with a new format...

'GMA' Host Has Breast Cancer

Jul 31, 2007 3:56 PM CDT

'GMA' Host Has Breast Cancer

Roberts says she'll have surgery, urges viewers to undergo screening

(Newser) - Good Morning America's Robin Roberts revealed she has breast cancer today and will be undergoing surgery shortly and follow-up treatment in the coming months. After filming a special about colleague Joel Siegel's battle with cancer, she told ABC News, "I went to bed, I did a self breast exam...

Whoopi Joins
'The View'

Jul 27, 2007 1:15 PM CDT

Whoopi Joins 'The View'

Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd get in on the girltalk

(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg and comedian Sherri Shepherd will be adding their views to daytime television this fall. "The View” will announce the new additions next week, the LA Times reports, two months after Rosie O’Donnell’s acrimonious departure.

NBC Win$ Battle to Chat Up Paris

Jun 22, 2007 11:36 AM CDT

NBC Win$ Battle to Chat Up Paris

Checkbook journalism charges and denials fly as 'Today' beats out Barbara Walters

(Newser) - NBC seems to have beaten out ABC in a bidding war for the first TV interview with post-jail Paris Hilton, although both networks and the Hilton family officially deny that money changed hands. Paris will come clean to Meredith Vieira rather than family pal Barbara Walters, the Times quotes anonymous...

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

Jun 14, 2007 10:54 PM CDT

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

'Saddened' by firing, Washington won't rule out returning to ABC hit—for a cameo

(Newser) - Isaiah Washington "can only apologize so many times" for the behavior that prompted his dismissal from ABC's hit series "Grey's Anatomy," the actor tells Entertainment Weekly in his first post-firing interview. But contrition evidently wasn't enough to save his job: The network couldn't justify the risk of...

Paris Declares She's Got God Intentions

Jun 12, 2007 6:17 AM CDT

Paris Declares She's Got God Intentions

Prison turns heiress towards religion, ABC

(Newser) - Paris Hilton says she's found God and will change her life at the end of her 45-day jail term. Barbara Walters chatted with the heretofore mischievous and materialistic heiress on a collect call from prison, and recapped the conversation on yesterday's View. "I have become much more spiritual,"...

'Extreme Makeover'? Try 'People's Court'

May 13, 2007 2:13 PM CDT

'Extreme Makeover'? Try 'People's Court'

Heartwarming reality-TV episode ends in orphans' bitter lawsuit

(Newser) - It was supposed to be a great story: ABC's hit reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" transformed the home of Phil and Loki Leomiti and their five adopted children into a nine-bedroom dream house. Today the children, who moved out within weeks of the show's broadcast, are locked in...

'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery

May 8, 2007 6:36 AM CDT

'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery

Producers to unlock the puzzle in 2010 series finale

(Newser) - Lost will end in 2010, ABC announced yesterday, after three more seasons of just 16 episodes each. The unusual strategy is an attempt to reverse a ratings slump caused by scheduling shifts and a slew of increasingly baffling plot twists. Co-creator Damon Lindelof tells USA Today the team behind the...

Rudi Says Judi Could Sit In
On Cabinet

Mar 30, 2007 9:09 AM CDT

Rudi Says Judi Could Sit In On Cabinet

Denies she broke up marriage number two, or estranged his son

(Newser) - "I couldn’t have a better adviser,” Rudy Giuliani gushed about his wife, Judith Nathan, on ABC's 20/20. He would encourage Nathan, a registered nurse and the third Mrs. Giuliani, to sit in on the occasional cabinet meeting and consult on policy in his administration, the GOP frontrunner...