Piniella added to Fox Sports MLB lineup (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - Famed Yankees outfielder and World Series-winning manager Lou Piniella will join the Fox Sports baseball broadcast booth this month.
"Today" show debuts on MSNBC Web site (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - NBC Universal on Monday began streaming the first hour of its top-rated NBC News morning show "Today" on MSNBC's Web site.
'House' Taking Off for Fox (AP)
May 1, 2006
AP - The producers of "House" kept expecting a call from Fox ordering them to soften Hugh Laurie's irascible doctor character. It never came.
Love Is in the Air on 'Grey's Anatomy' (AP)
May 1, 2006AP - Meredith Grey really is trying to stay celibate. But with the sexy McVet pursuing her, it just doesn't seem possible.
Magician Spending Week in Water Tank (AP)
May 1, 2006AP - Take a deep breath. David Blaine's latest stunt is spending a week living in an 8-foot acrylic sphere filled with water.
Fox, NBC Get Head Start on Fall Lineups (E! Online)
May 1, 2006
E! Online - A missing wife and a crabby married man. That may sound
suspicious to us, but to Fox, it sounds like an hour and a half of good
television.
Jessica Alba to Host MTV Movie Awards (AP)
May 1, 2006
AP - Jessica Alba has a new starring role: host of the MTV Movie Awards.
Winfrey Honors Late Teen Activist (AP)
May 1, 2006
AP - Oprah Winfrey made a rare public appearance to honor her "angel friend" — late teen poet and peace activist Mattie Stepanek.
Bree Is Hooked on a Sex Addict (AP)
May 1, 2006AP - Bree was sticking with her sex-addict beau despite obvious pitfalls, while Karl dumped fiancee Edie with a goodbye note he left on her pillow on this week's episode of "Desperate Housewives." (Spoiler alert: stop reading now if you've taped this edition for later viewing.)
ABC wins Sunday with "Housewives," doctors (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" helped ABC's case Sunday as it battled Fox for the adults 18-49 demographic in the first Sunday of May sweeps.
Fox, NBC Line Up Early
May 1, 2006
A missing wife and a crabby married man. That may sound suspicious to us, but to Fox, it sounds like an hour and a half of good television.
The network announced Friday it was giving the early go-ahead to two new series--"Vanished," a cleverly named missing persons drama, and the Brad Garrett sitcom "Til Death," about a longtime married couple whose next door neighbors are newlyweds.
"In the case of both shows, given the quality of them, the decision was inevitable," Craig Erwich, executive VP at Fox Broadcasting, told Variety. "Sometimes when you know, you know. They fit into the brand and the strategy of what were trying to do here."
"Lost" Star Released
May 1, 2006
Michelle Rodriguez survived jail, now all she's got to worry about is getting off the island. Not that one.
The "Lost" star was released from a Hawaiian jail early Friday morning after serving just 65 hours of her five-day DUI sentence. Unfortunately, Rodriguez's legal woes are far from over: She's due back in court Wednesday, this time in Los Angeles, for a probation revocation hearing to see whether her drunken-driving arrest violated probation she's been serving since 2004.
Bloggermann: Yankees and Red Sox - and Damon
May 1, 2006Keith Olbermann blogs: "That's the backdrop as the Yankees and the Red Sox meet this week in Boston, for the first time this season. That's what Damon's jump from Boston to the Bronx literally means - a can of the Red Bull of hustle that is no longer in the Red Sox line-up, and instead is in the Yankee one."
"Lost" Star Sprung (E! Online)
May 1, 2006
E! Online - Michelle Rodriguez survived jail, now all she's got to worry
about is getting off the island.
"Daily Show" players ready for primetime (Reuters)
May 1, 2006
Reuters - In the news this
pilot-casting season: Comedy Central's fake newscast "The Daily
Show With Jon Stewart" has become a hotbed of primetime talent.
Carter reality series among new E! slate (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - Pop singers Nick and Aaron Carter are coming to E! Entertainment Television in a reality series focusing on their unwieldy family.
"Missing" M.I.A. at Lifetime (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - Lifetime Television has decided not to pick up its one-hour crime drama "Missing" for a fourth season, saying the series "ran its course."
"Bonaduce" back on VH1 schedule for fall (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - VH1 is bringing back "Breaking Bonaduce" and a fleet of other returning series to its bustling "Celebreality" Sunday block, the network said.
Behind-the-scenes drama at "Desperate Housewives" (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - The top producer on ABC's hit comedy-drama "Desperate Housewives" walked off the job late last week and may be replaced next season.
Bette Davis comes to life in new documentary (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - The most fascinating aspect of Peter Jones' new documentary on Bette Davis, "Stardust: The Bette Davis Story," is its visual content.
CBS wins first three nights of May sweep (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - CBS won the opening night of the May sweep with a surpassingly large margin of victory.
Matlin playing lesbian lover in 'L Word' (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is joining the cast of cable channel Showtime's lesbian drama "The L Word" when it returns for its fourth season next year. On board for 11 episodes, Matlin plays a love interest to the character played by Jennifer Beals.
MTV Germany blasted over 'Popetown' satire (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - The British satirical cartoon series "Popetown," canceled in the U.K. before its first episode following a wave of protest letters in 2004, is now causing an uproar in Germany.
'Guiding Light' shines brightest at Daytime Emmys (Reuters)
May 1, 2006Reuters - CBS' "Guiding Light" led the 33rd annual Daytime Emmys with four awards, but ABC's "General Hospital" won for best drama series during Friday's ceremony in Hollywood, the first time the event has taken place outside of New York.