August 28, 2009

TV network viewers are getting older and older
Eight years ago the median age of a network viewer was 43. Now it's 51, with CBS having the oldest viewers.


"Reading Rainbow" says goodbye after 26 years

After 250 awards, including two dozen Emmys, the LeVar Burton-hosted series aired its last episode this morning due to lack of funding. Each episode cost $150,000 to $175,000, but additional funds never came through. PLUS: Remembering "Reading Rainbow."


Jon Gosselin admits marriage was over last October, says he's in love with Hailey

"I went to therapy," says the "Jon & Kate" star. "I have huge bills so (detractors) can't denounce that … For (Kate) to say she'd been working on it – well, I'd been working on it too, and at one point in time I just gave up. There's a point in time where you just say, 'This is not going to work.' So I just moved on." That point, he says, was October 2008. In May, he started "talking to Hailey Glassman, but they didn't start dating until the divorce papers were filed. Now, he says, they are "boyfriend and girlfriend." PLUS: "Jon & Kate" send their sextuplets to school.


"Ugly Betty's" braces will come off later this season, but fans are "freaking out"

So says Ana Ortiz, who points out that fans are divided over Betty's makeover. "There’s a huge sort of battle," she says, "half the people are like, get them off! And other people are like, no! It’s Betty!”


IBM files patent for a Twitter TV remote control

You'll be able to tweet instantly from the couch, without a laptop or smartphone.


"Bones" in talks to reunite the Deschannel sisters

Emily and Zooey may appear together in a December episode.

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