"Smallville" star busted in drug deal
Sam Jones was allegedly the "Hollywood connection" in a plot to purchase and distribute more than 10,000 pills of oxycodone.
CW gives "Vampire Diaries" and "Melrose Place" full seasons
For "Melrose," a full season will equal, for the moment, 18 episodes compared to 22 for "Diaries."
Carnie Wilson goes "Unstapled" for GSN
The Game Show Network is doing a reality show, "Carnie Wilson: Unstapled," that will delve into "The Newlywed Game" host's life after gastric-bypass surgery.
Lifetime pulls Balloon Boy's "Wife Swap" episode
Their episode was scheduled to be repeated next Thursday.
Is Oprah interviewing Sarah Palin to win back conservative viewers?
Ratings have declined for the Oprah Winfrey show since she endorsed Obama.
Introducing the TV set inside a bra
The specially made "Boob Tube Bra" is being auctioned off in Texas to benefit breast cancer services.
Did "Glee" go overboard flooding the Web with 8 previews of tonight's episode?
Fox has posted nearly a whopping 10 minutes of footage from tonight's show, or nearly a quarter of the episode.
"Addams Family" song writer's death is a reminder that TV theme songs are dying
As the Wall Street Journal notes, many of today’s TV themes are absent, completely forgettable, or painfully brief.
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Television — not the Internet — is responsible for worldwide social change
Thanks to TV, poor people in small villages can watch soap operas that empower women, as Charles Kenny points out: "In our collective enthusiasm for whiz-bang new social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the implications of this next television age — from lower birthrates among poor women to decreased corruption to higher school enrollment rates — have largely gone overlooked despite their much more sweeping impact. And it's not earnest educational programming that's reshaping the world on all those TV sets. The programs that so many dismiss as junk — from song-and-dance shows to 'Desperate Housewives' — are being eagerly consumed by poor people everywhere who are just now getting access to television for the first time. That's a powerful force for spreading glitz and drama — but also social change."
It's a girl for Amy Ryan
The 39-year-old veteran of "The Office" and "The Wire" gave birth to Georgia Gracie Slovin on Oct. 15.
Simon Cowell was 5 when he uttered his 1st insult
Julie Cowell, 82, says her son was 5 when he mocked her hat: "I bought a new hat and asked him if I looked nice in it. He replied, ‘You look like a poodle."'
Rosie: My relationship is on the rocks
She and Kelli Carpenter "are working on our issues."
Paul Shaffer leads Jimmy Kimmel's band
Watch Letterman's bandleader repeatedly interrupt Kimmel's monologue on last night's show.
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