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NBC Friends Facebook to Hype ‘Community’
Forward a clip of the net’s new fall show to five friends, get to see the pilot for free.
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HBO’s Nevins Lands Governors Award
Longtime HBO executive Sheila Nevins has been named this year’s reciepient of the TV Academy’s Governors Award, the organization announced Wednesday. Nevins, president of HBO Documentary Films, is just the 15th person or organization to be given the Governors Awards since it was launched in 1978. The Academy says the award is meant for…
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More ‘Family Guy’ Violent Video
The "Family Guy" viral video attack on the other best comedy Emmy nominees continues. After first taking on "The Office," the show’s creators are now going after "Entourage" ("It’s ‘Sex and the City’ with guys") and "Flight of the Conchords" ("They’re not even from here"). It looks like all of the videos will feature…
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CW Undresses Sexy Campaign for Ashton’s ‘TBL’
The stars of the CW’s new "The Beautiful Life: TBL" are baring all in the network’s latest attempt to stir up buzz. The network has unveiled a series of racy posters featuring four of the young stars of the Ashton Kutcher-produced soap completely nekkid. Their private parts are, of course, obscured– though just barely,…
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‘Cheers’ Alum Long Has a New ‘Family’
ABC’s "Modern Family" is saying "Cheers" to a sitcom legend. Shelly Long, best known for playing Diane Chambers on the classic NBC half-hour "Cheers," has signed on to play the ex-wife of Ed O’Neill’s Jay. O’Neill, of course, is himself a former star of a legendary 1980s sitcom ("Married…with Children"). "Modern Family" is…
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TV Academy, Lippin Group Part Ways
After a dozen years, the Lippin Group and the TV Academy are parting ways. Lippin, the corporate PR powerhouse that represents a number of major Hollywood business clients, has told the Academy that it won’t be renewing its contract when it expires at the end of the year. That’s according to a letter sent…
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Shaq No Match for the ‘Bro’ Code
ABC’s new Shaquille O’Neal reality show got off to an OK start Tuesday, but the big guy proved powerless to stop the ratings juggernaut that is "Big Brother." "Brother," which began the season strong and has only picked up Nielsen steam as the summer’s continued, drew 8.08 million viewers and a 2.9 rating/8 share…
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Fox Asks Fans to Pimp for ‘Glee’
Fox is hoping to harness the power of social media in a big way in order to promote its new hourlong comedy "Glee." The network this week began beta testing for a sweepstakes that asks potential viewers, "Are you the biggest Gleek? Prove it!" Just how does on demonstrate love for the "Glee"?…
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‘Big Brother’: Anatomy of a Meltdown
Tonight’s episode of "Big Brother" promises to be one of the most dramatic in the show’s history, as producers finally let fans see the much buzzed-about exit of diva, er, contestant Chima Simone. Simone was booted/walked away from the show over the weekend. Here’s a look at some of the events leading up to her…
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It’s No Conspiracy: Stone Headed to Showtime
The wingnuts are going to love this. Showtime is getting into business with Oliver Stone, signing a deal with the oft-controversial director for a 10-part documentary series exploring events in U.S. history that might have been underreported. Stone will narrate, create and exec produce the project, scheduled to debut next year and appropriately titled…
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A&E Scores Another Psychotic Hit with ‘Hoarders’
A&E continues to mine ratings gold from OPP– other people’s problems. The network of "Intervention" and "Obsessed" has apparently launched another hit with "Hoarders." Monday’s debut of the People Who Can’t Throw Crap Away series gave A&E its best premiere numbers ever in adults 18-49. Overall, episode one of "Hoarders," airing at 10…
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The Sunshine Scenario: Big Network Hits Still Sizzling
Not all is doom and gloom in the world of network TV this summer. Last week, The Hollywood Reporter asked why everything was tanking on TV this summer, calling it the "Summer of Fail." And over the past few days, TheWrap has been looking at some pretty scary doomsday scenarios for the network model.…
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Robert Novak: Not that Dark After All
Some sad news today from the worlds of Washington and cable news: Robert Novak has died. Novak passed away Tuesday morning, ending a bout with brain cancer, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He was 78. Novak– a Sun-Times columnist who became nationally known through his TV work on CNN ("The Capitol Gang," "Evans &…
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‘Family Guy’s’ Violent Emmy Video: ‘Eat Schrute and Die’
"Family Guy" may not win the best comedy Emmy. But nobody can accuse producer 20th Century Fox TV of not going all out to snag a statuette for Seth MacFarlane and Co. First, there was the "Vote for Change" riff on the Obama campaign Emmy posters. Then the non-controversy over the abortion episode of the…
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‘Time Traveler’s Wife’ Series Travels to ABC
“Friends’” Marta Kauffman to adapt the novel for the small screen.
