Oscar Ad Bucks--Easy as ABC (E! Online)
March 2, 2006E! Online - The Best Picture Oscar is still up for grabs, but ABC is already the big winner.
Burnett to Appear on 'Desperate Housewives' (AP)
March 2, 2006
AP - Carol Burnett, paying a visit to "Desperate Housewives" as stepmother to Bree Van De Kamp, won't be dispelling any wicked stepmom myths.
Ivanka Trump to Appear on 'Apprentice' (AP)
March 2, 2006
AP - Ivanka Trump has boardroom duty in next week's "Apprentice."
Study: Children's TV Studded With Dark Acts (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - Children's television is studded with violence, much of it darker and more realistic than when an anvil dropped on Wile E. Coyote's head, a watchdog group reported on Thursday.
"Last Comic" Still Standing (E! Online)
March 2, 2006E! Online - No joke: Despite the creative and ratings disaster that was Last Comic Standing's third season, NBC has announced plans to resurrect the reality series--albeit in an overhauled form.
17 Sinclair Stations Join Fox Mini-Network (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - Seventeen TV stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. will carry programming from a new mini-network being launched by News Corp.'s Fox television unit this fall, the companies announced Thursday.
Al Roker Keeps Off Weight With Small Bites (AP)
March 2, 2006
AP - "It's all about small bites." That's Al Roker's line about how he keeps off about 100 pounds — in the company of some of America's finest chefs and their culinary creations.
Correction: Don Knotts Obituary (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - In obituaries Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 for actor Don Knotts, The Associated Press reported erroneously that "The Andy Griffith Show" character Deputy Barney Fife carried just one bullet, in his shirt pocket, after shooting himself in the foot. The character was accident prone, but never shot himself.
"Last Comic" Returns
March 2, 2006
No joke: Despite the creative and ratings disaster that was "Last Comic Standing's" third season, NBC has announced plans to resurrect the reality series for a summer run.
This go round, "Yes, Dear" star Anthony Clark will take a stab at hosting the search for the next great stand-up, replacing former smack-talking emcee Jay Mohr.
Reclusive Barry Bonds stars for free in new TV show (Reuters)
March 2, 2006
Reuters - Baseball slugger Barry Bonds, one
of the most private and prickly giants of pro sports, has
agreed to appear in a weekly reality television show,
apparently in an effort to improve his public image.
Oscars Red Carpet Gets Royal Treatment (AP)
March 2, 2006
AP - Oscar's red carpet — Hollywood's celebrated route of royalty and runway for the world's most-watched fashion show — arrives very humbly: split into dozens of rolls, wrapped in plastic and freighted on two flatbed trucks.
"West Wing" Alums Reunite (E! Online)
March 2, 2006
E! Online - A bevy
of big-name alumni are set to return to The West Wing for the
political drama's last hurrah this spring, the network has announced.
Ratings for Basic Cable Networks (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Feb. 20-26. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses.
"West Wing" Reunion
March 2, 2006
That's gonna be one jam-packed wrap party.
A bevy of big-name alumni are set to return to "The West Wing" for the political drama's last hurrah this spring, the network has announced.
Rob Lowe, Mary-Louise Parker, Emily Proctor, Marlee Matlin, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Timothy Busfield, Anna Deavere Smith and Annabeth Gish are all set to reprise their roles for at least once during the series' five remaining episodes.
Canadian broadcaster to relaunch MTV (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - Canadian broadcaster CTV on Wednesday said it will relaunch the MTV brand in Canada on March 21.
Barry Bonds series on deck for ESPN slot (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - Now on the verge of possibly breaking the career home run record of Henry Aaron, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds will be the focus of an ESPN documentary series.
Dane Cook, HBO make "long-term" comedy team (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - HBO said Wednesday that it has signed a multiproject deal with stand-up comedian Dane Cook that will include series, specials and other projects, marking the first deal of its kind for the premium cable service.
Bradford fields ABC's "Questions" (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - Jesse Bradford will star in the ABC drama pilot "Twenty Questions," playing an idealistic young State Department employee who stumbles upon a major conspiracy.
TNT trailing private eye reality show (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - TNT may be ready for a real-life detective to join its programming roster of fictional sleuths.
Man Charged With Killing TV Actress (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - A suspected gang member was charged Wednesday with fatally shooting teen actress Tara Correa-McMullen, who portrayed a former gang member on the TV show "Judging Amy."
"Country" fried as DVD buyers look elsewhere (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - A pair of high-profile Oscar nominations couldn't help lift "North Country" to the top of the latest DVD sales chart.
Fox, "Idol" sing victory song again Tuesday (Reuters)
March 2, 2006Reuters - Powered by another "American Idol," Fox ran away with Tuesday's primetime ratings race, spoiling the premiere of "The Amazing Race" and the second of the five-night run of "Deal or No Deal."
Sophia Bush Seeks to Annul Marriage (AP)
March 2, 2006AP - Sophia Bush is seeking to annul her brief marriage to her "One Tree Hill" co-star Chad Michael Murray, citing fraud.
'The Office' Makes Home in Scranton, Pa. (AP)
March 2, 2006
AP - Dunder-Mifflin, the fictional paper-supply company where preposterous boss Michael, oddball salesman Dwight and the rest of the quirky characters on NBC's "The Office" spend their days, is a member in good standing of the real-life Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.