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Even though it drew its lowest ratings in five years, last Tuesday night's American Idol still was the second-most watched show of the week....

Read news story: FALLEN IDOL STILL ON TOP

Talk show host OPRAH WINFREY has cancelled her charity spectacular OPRAH'S BIG GIVE.
The show, which recently completed its first run on U.S.....

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Actress DANA DELANY has confirmed she will feature in the next series of hit TV show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
Delany joined Terri Hatcher and Eva....

Read news story: DELANY RETURNS TO WISTERIA LANE

Frustrated by a writers' strike which forced it to postpone many of its development plans for the fall season, ABC announced that it will only air....

Read news story: NOT MUCH NEW ON ABCS FALL SCHEDULE

Former GREY'S ANATOMY star ISAIAH WASHINGTON is fuming after the show's bosses used him to promote the latest episode - after he had been fired.
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Read news story: WASHINGTON FUMES OVER GREYS ANATOMY PROMO

In what amounts to a significant expansion of its existing intern program for college students, ABC News is planning to open actual student-staffed....

Read news story: ABC SETTING UP STUDENT BUREAUS

ABC-TV production crew members, already experiencing sleepless nights as they worry about the possibility of an actors' strike shutting down the....

Read news story: FIRST A STRIKE NOW RUNAWAY PRODUCTION

It certainly didn't look like a sweeps week last week as many ordinarily top-rated television shows recorded some of their lowest ratings....

Read news story: SWEEPS SWEPT BY LOW RATINGS

U.S. gay rights activists are saluting TV bosses at ABC for staging the first same sex marriage between cast regulars in a hit TV show.
The....

Read news story: GAY RIGHTS OFFICIALS PRAISE TV WEDDING

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD) has applauded ABC and the producers of the series Brothers & Sisters for its....

Read news story: BROTHERS AMP SISTERS SEASON CLOSER TO SHOW GAY WEDDING

Lindsay Lohan is to make a guest appearance in hit sitcom Ugly Betty, it has been confirmed. The Mean Girls actress will appear in six....

Read news story: LINDSAY LOHAN SET FOR SIX-EPISODE RUN IN UGLY BETTY

The audience for ABC's Desperate Housewives appeared to be returning to the show Sunday after two weeks in which its ratings sank to their....

Read news story: HOUSEWIVES NO LONGER SO DESPERATE

UGLY BETTY star AMERICA FERRERA has laughed off reports she is engaged to longtime beau RYAN PIERS WILLIAMS.
The star - who plays the hit show's....

Read news story: UGLY BETTY STAR FERRERA NOT ENGAGED SAYS REP

Thus far during the May sweeps, network executives and ad buyers are undoubtedly asking, "Where has the audience gone and how are we going to get....

Read news story: NETWORKS LOSE ONE OUT OF FIVE VIEWERS

JOHN CARGHER, the host of Australian broadcast network ABC's longest-running radio show, has died. He was 89.
He passed away at his home in....

Read news story: RADIO HOST CARGHER DIES

Thanks in large measure to the success of new episodes of its Thursday-night lineup, CBS recaptured the weekly primetime ratings crown last week.....

Read news story: CBS UP CBS NEWS DOWN

Dancing With the Stars danced away with another ratings victory for ABC Monday night as a 90-minute edition averaged 17.92 million viewers,....

Read news story: DANCING DANCES OVER HOUSE

Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters were among the winners at the annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) media....

Read news story: UGLY BETTY BROTHERS SISTERS HONOURED AT GAY AWARDS

Jimmy Fallon is to succeed Late Night host Conan O'Brien on NBC in 2009, the Hollywood Reporter has quoted sources as saying. O'Brien is....

Read news story: JIMMY FALLON TO SUCCEED CONAN OBRIEN ON NBC LATE SHOW

ABC will attempt to capture some of the ratings magic of its sibling Disney Channel's High School Musical when it debuts a talent contest based on....

Read news story: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL AS A TV TALENT CONTEST

New episodes of Grey's Anatomy returned to the ABC lineup Thursday night, but they gave the network little reason to cheer. Thursday night's....

Read news story: GREYS STRUGGLES IN ITS RETURN

Both CNN and MSNBC attracted more viewers in the key 25-54-year-old demographic for their coverage of the Pennsylvania primary results Tuesday....

Read news story: CNN AND MSNBC BEAT FOX IN RATINGS FOR PA PRIMARY

Actress REBECCA ROMJIN is quitting UGLY BETTY after the current second season, claiming new writers on the show have wrecked her character.
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Read news story: UNHAPPY ROMJIN TO QUIT UGLY BETTY

Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL is to follow in the footsteps of fellow fashion queen VICTORIA BECKHAM after accepting a cameo role in hit TV series UGLY....

Read news story: CAMPBELL TO STAR IN UGLY BETTY

While CBS News executives continue to point out that it took Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings a long time to climb to the top of the ratings, the....

Read news story: COURICS NEWSCAST FALLS TO NEW LOW

With ratings for last week's performance edition of American Idol falling to a five-year-low and its results edition to a four-year low, Fox....

Read news story: FALLING IDOL

The major television networks have no plans to interrupt their regular programming to present reports about results in today's (Tuesday) crucial....

Read news story: NETS ABANDON PRIMARY COVERAGE

ABC's Dancing With the Stars continued to dominate the Monday-night ratings as it posted an average 11.8 rating and a 16 share during its....

Read news story: DANCING DEALS DEAL A BLOW

CLUELESS star ALICIA SILVERSTONE is set to play a mum on TV.
The 31-year-old actress will play the mum of a 16-year-old in new ABC TV show Bad....

Read news story: SILVERSTONE TO BE A MUM - ON TV

ABC's switchboard and website were flooded with thousands of complaints from viewers about the network's handling of the Clinton-Obama debate on....

Read news story: ABC SWAMPED BY COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEBATE MODERATORS