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[07/25/07 - 06:02 PM]
America's Most Wanted Offers Inside Look as Father of Missing British Girl Comes to U.S.
The father of British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in May while her family was on vacation in Portugal, has come to the U.S. to meet with American officials and child safety experts, as he seeks help in the search for his daughter.

[07/25/07 - 03:41 PM]
VH1 Searches for the Next Great Music Producer to Create the Official Score for This Year's 'VH1 Hip Hop Honors'
The winning score will be used during the broadcast of "VH1 Hip Hop Honors" on Monday, October 8 at 10:00/9:00c.

[07/25/07 - 03:40 PM]
Catch All the Drama of 'The Hills' with the Season 2 Dvd, a Virtual Hills Viewing Party with Cast Members and the Season 3 Premiere on MTV
Those who pre-order the DVD will receive an invitation to enjoy an exclusive "Virtual Hills" viewing party on Friday, August 10 at 6 p.m. ET.

[07/25/07 - 03:37 PM]
Jeff Gaspin Named President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Television Group
In this expanded position, Gaspin adds to his responsibilities executive oversight of the Telemundo television network and its 16 owned-and-operated stations and the company's domestic first-run and off-net syndication efforts.

[07/25/07 - 09:00 AM]
ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates
The dates include a three-night "Dancing with the Stars" premiere event, while Fridays will see "20/20" now leading off the night.

[07/25/07 - 08:35 AM]
Beat the Heat This Summer with FOX's Ultimate Friday-Night Movie Lineup!
The offerings include: AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (July 27), THE FORGOTTEN (August 3), SCHOOL OF ROCK (August 10), THE ANIMAL (August 24), 13 GOING ON 30 (August 31) and HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (September 7).

[07/24/07 - 10:10 PM]
Mad Men Premiere Week Propells AMC to Top Ten Status
AMC spins the numbers for the summer to date.

[07/24/07 - 05:57 PM]
Hallmark Channel Ranks #4 in Weekly Prime Time Ratings Race
The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for the week of July 16-22.

[07/24/07 - 03:58 PM]
Bravo's 'Welcome to the Parker' Premiere Streamed Live by Five Web Destinations
Yahoo! TV, MSN, Windowsmedia.com, TV Guide.com and Zap2it.com will take part in a simultaneous streaming of the series' launch beginning today, July 24th.

[07/24/07 - 02:05 PM]
Lifetime Television's Powerhouse Sunday Night Dramas Propel Network Into First Place Among Households, W18-49, W25-54, and W18+
Lifetime spins the numbers for Sunday, July 22.

[07/24/07 - 01:46 PM]
6.4 Million Viewers Send TNT's Saving Grace Soaring as Ad-Supported Cable's #1 Series Premiere of 2007
TNT spins the numbers for Monday, July 23.

[07/24/07 - 01:13 PM]
'The Singing Bee' and 'America's Got Talent' Pace NBC's Week of July 16-22
NBC spins the numbers for the week of July 16-22.

[07/24/07 - 01:11 PM]
CBS Places First in Viewers
CBS spins the numbers for the week of July 16-22.

[07/24/07 - 01:09 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of July 16, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of July 16-22.

[07/24/07 - 11:38 AM]
The Futon's First Look: "K-Ville" (FOX)

[07/24/07 - 11:38 AM]
The Futon's First Look: "Apostles, The" (FOX)

[07/24/07 - 09:43 AM]
G'Day MTV! Channel Takes Viewers Down Under with Seven Americans for "The Real World: Sydney"
The show's 24-episode 19th season will bow on Wednesday, August 8 at 10:00/9:00c while a cast special is set for August 1.

[07/24/07 - 12:04 AM]
The Futon's First Look: "Damages" (FX)

[07/23/07 - 08:38 PM]
Drew Carey Named New Host of CBS's Emmy Award-Winning "The Price Is Right"
"I couldn't be more excited," said Carey. "I realize what a big responsibility this is. It's the longest-running game show in American television and I plan to keep it that way."

[07/23/07 - 08:37 PM]
48 Hours Mystery Will Replace Pirate Master, Effective Tuesday, July 24 (10:00-11:00 Pm, ET/PT)
The remaining five episodes of PIRATE MASTER will be streamed on CBS.com every Tuesday starting tomorrow (July 24) beginning at 3:00 AM ET/12:00 AM PT.

[07/23/07 - 02:03 PM]
We TV Announces a Special Tribute Presentation of the We TV Original Documentary, "Tammy Faye: Death Defying" Airs Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30 PM | 6:30 C
The 90-minute documentary, taped over a six-month period in 2004, originally premiered on WE tv in July, 2005.

[07/23/07 - 02:01 PM]
MTV Moves Up the Coast for Season Four of Laguna Beach New Cast, New Beach, and New Drama in "Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County" Premiering Wednesday, August 15th at 10:30pm ET/PT
"Now we are moving up the coast to a new town with new faces and a new high school, but with the same drama of dealing with relationships, cliques, family and friends," said Tony DiSanto, Executive Vice President, Series Development & Programming for MTV.

[07/22/07 - 09:24 AM]
Emmy-Winning Drama "24" Makes Landmark Commitment to Fighting Climate Change
Producers will strive to become the first television production ever to save enough energy and reduce enough carbon emissions over the course of a season to render its entire season finale "carbon neutral."

[07/22/07 - 09:23 AM]
Cops Warrants an Arresting 20th Season Milestone and Celebrates Its 700th Episode This Fall on Fox
The "20th Season Anniversary Special Edition" will air on Tuesday, September 18 while its 700th episode is due on Saturday, November 10.

[07/22/07 - 09:22 AM]
Jon Stewart, Jack Black, Lionel Richie, Stephen Colbert Steve Buscemi, Maya Rudolph, Dan Rather, Placido Domingo, Matt Dillon, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Kurt Loder, Weird Al Yankovic, Keith Olbermann, Beverly D'Angelo and Topher Grace Among Guest Voices on 19th Season of "The Simpsons"
Later in the season, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney are reunited playing Sideshow Bob, his brother and father, respectively.

[07/22/07 - 09:21 AM]
FOX Orders Up a Fourth Season of "Hell's Kitchen"
FOX has picked up the "sizzling summer series" for a fourth season, to air in 2008.

[07/22/07 - 09:20 AM]
FOX Fills in the Blanks with "Don't Forget the Lyrics!"
FOX is not stopping the music and is picking up the show for 13 additional episodes.

[07/22/07 - 09:19 AM]
MadTV Gears Up for "Lucky" Number 13th Season with a 300th Episode Milestone and Adds Three New Members to the Ensemble Cast
Johnny Sanchez III, Anjelah N. Johnson and Dan Oster will join the returning cast, which includes Michael McDonald, Bobby Lee, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Nicole Parker, Arden Myrin and Crista Flanagan.

[07/22/07 - 09:18 AM]
The Hot Tamale Train Is Off and Running for Season Four of Emmy-Nominated "So You Think Can Dance" on Fox
FOX has already ordered a fourth season of "this summer's hottest show" to air in 2008.

[07/22/07 - 09:17 AM]
24 Picks Cherry Jones for Season Seven President
The Tony Award-winning actress will serve as "President Allison Taylor" on the show's seventh season.

[07/21/07 - 11:11 PM]
NBC Triumphs at TCA Awards
NBC newcomer "Friday Night Lights" won Outstanding New Program and its series "The Office" was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Comedy for the second year in a row.

[07/20/07 - 07:42 PM]
Development Update: Week of July 16-20
Updates include: Mandy Patinkin officially exits "Criminal Minds," "Dancing With the Stars" judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba land their own show plus Snoop Dogg to get the celeb-reality treatment at E!

[07/20/07 - 06:22 PM]
Cable Ratings Round-Up (Week of July 9-15): 'Monk,' 'Psych' Returns Spark Usa
Compared with their winter bows earlier this year, "Psych" was up 13% while "Monk" was down 8%.

[07/20/07 - 10:13 AM]
Thursday Nights Just Got Tougher with the Addition of Dc Comics' Heroine Supergirl on "Smallville" and Two Hard-Hitting Female Hunters on "Supernatural"
Laura Vandervoort flies into "Smallville" as Supergirl, Clark Kent's (Tom Welling) strong-willed cousin from Krypton while Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan join the war on "Supernatural."

[07/20/07 - 10:12 AM]
The CW's 2007-2008 Primetime Schedule
"Beauty and the Geek" will kick off the netlet's fall schedule on September 18 while "Life Is Wild" will round out its lineup on October 7.

[07/20/07 - 08:46 AM]
Big Brother 8 Houseguests Boot Manipulative Joe
CBS details the latest "Big Brother" elimination.

[07/20/07 - 08:45 AM]
Anya Garnis and Hok Konishi Are Eliminated on "So You Think You Can Dance"
FOX details the latest "So You Think You Can Dance" elimination.

[07/19/07 - 07:51 PM]
Showtime Is Proud to Be Nominated for the Following Emmy(R) Awards
Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins both earned acting nods for "Weeds" while "The Tudors," "Dexter," "This American Life" and "Penn & Teller: Bullshit" were also honnored.

[07/19/07 - 07:49 PM]
Lionsgate's Acclaimed Showtime Comedy Weeds Scores 5 Emmy(R) Nominations Including Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
The studio's "The Lost Room" also received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Main Title Design by Thomas Cobb and Robert Bradley and Outstanding Sound Mixing for A Miniseries or A Movie by Bayard Carey, Rick Alexander and Rich Rogers.

[07/19/07 - 07:47 PM]
Bravo's "Top Chef " and "D-List" Earn Ratings High
Bravo spins the numbers for Tuesday, July 17-Wednesday, July 18.

[07/19/07 - 07:44 PM]
Disney-ABC Television Group Celebrates 85 Primetime Emmy Nominations
The network scored nominations in four of the five series categories - Comedy, Drama, Reality and Reality-Competition.

[07/19/07 - 07:43 PM]
ABC Shifts Monday and Tuesday Night Summer Lineups
In addition, ABC has ordered 13 additional episodes of "Just for Laughs."

[07/19/07 - 07:42 PM]
American Inventor Announces the Six Finalists to Compete for the Million-Dollar Grand Prize
The Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Houston and Tampa winners will now all compete in a two-hour special on Wednesday, July 25.

[07/19/07 - 01:56 PM]
Universal Media Studios Shatters Its Own Record by Capturing 60 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations Over Wide Range of Programs Paced by Freshman Series '30 Rock' with 10 and 'Heroes' with 8 as Well as 'The Office' with 9
"It's incredibly exciting and rewarding to see our creative talent be recognized with so many nominations from the TV Academy today," said Katherine Pope, President, Universal Media Studios.

[07/19/07 - 01:53 PM]
Sci Fi Channel Scores 7 Emmy Noms Including Writing & Directing Nods for 'Battlestar Galactica'
The cable channel also received two nods for last December's "the Lost Room" mini-series as well as the first nomination for its top-rated original series "Eureka."

[07/19/07 - 01:51 PM]
NBC Scores Big at Primetime Emmy Nominations with 69
Leading the charge for NBC is the freshman comedy series, "30 Rock," which picked up 10 nominations including Outstanding Comedy Series as well as lead actor (Alec Baldwin), lead actress (Tina Fey), writing and directing.

[07/19/07 - 01:50 PM]
Dotcomedy Highlights 'Chuck and Larry' with Sandler Collection
"Adam Sandler's new movie is very funny, and so are these great clips," said Sean Redlitz, Managing Director, DotComedy. "Coincidence?"

[07/19/07 - 01:46 PM]
Lifetime Television's Sizzling Summer Continues as Network Snares Two Prestigious 2007 Emmy Award Nominations
The pair of nods were for the original movie "Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy" and Gena Rowlands's performance in fellow original "What if God Were the Sun?"

[07/19/07 - 01:44 PM]
HBO Receives 86 Emmy(R) Nominations, the Most of Any Network This Year; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Leads All Programming with 17 Nominations; the Sopranos Leads All Series with 15 Nominations
The pay channel received the most nominations of any network for the seventh year in a row.

[07/19/07 - 01:43 PM]
Comedy Central(R) Honored with Network Record 12 Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations
"South Park," the adult animation phenomenon, home to Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman, received its seventh nomination for the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour), the category in which it won in 2005.







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[08/17/26 - 09:01 AM]
HBO Renews "It: Welcome to Derry" for a Second Season
Brad Caleb Kane will serve as showrunner.

[08/17/26 - 09:00 AM]
The CW Network Sets Monday, October 5 Premiere for "Private Eyes West Coast" and "Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" Season 2
Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson star in the former, a spin-off of the popular "Private Eyes" series that ran for five seasons and licensed in more than 180 territories worldwide.

[08/17/26 - 08:31 AM]
Netflix and Spotify's The Ringer Sign Tom Pelissero to Multi-Year Agreement Across NFL Content & Coverage
Pelissero will join Netflix's broadcast team as sideline reporter, in addition to NFL Insider, across the streamer's full slate of games this season.

[08/17/26 - 08:01 AM]
Pluto TV Launches New Format, Double Feature Fridays, in Partnership with "Entertainment Tonight"
Each pairing is connected by shared talent, genre, or theme, and introduced through original "Entertainment Tonight" segments hosted by correspondent Emily Curl.

[08/17/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "A Different World" - Official Trailer - Netflix
"A Different World" returns to Hillman College with a new class stepping onto campus - and beloved faces coming home.

[08/17/26 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Hollywood Arts" - Official Teaser - Netflix
The next chapter in the "Victorious" universe is coming only on Netflix, October 15.

[08/17/26 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "The Drop: A Snowfall Saga" - Official Trailer - FX
The series follows "Snowfall" characters Wanda Bell (Gail Bean) and Leon Simmons (Isaiah John) as they fight to reinvent themselves in '90s Los Angeles, where the fallout from the crack epidemic is fueling a new game: the rise of West Coast rap.

[08/17/26 - 06:31 AM]
Video: "The Diplomat" Season 4 - Official Teaser - Netflix
In season four, two marriages threaten to eat each other alive.

[08/17/26 - 06:01 AM]
Prime Video Debuts "The Terminal List" Season Two First Look Images, Starring Chris Pratt
All eight episodes, executive produced by Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua, David DiGilio, and author Jack Carr, will premiere on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

[08/15/26 - 03:42 PM]
Video: First Look at the New Season of "Scrubs"
The new season premieres Wednesday, September 30 on ABC.

[08/15/26 - 02:00 PM]
"Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends" Renewed for Season 7 on Disney Jr. and Disney+
A first look at the "Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up!" special was also shown during the panel, where it was revealed that Grammy Award-nominated musicians Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and Este Haim of Haim will voice villains Jack O'Lantern and Hallows Eve.

[08/15/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "Upload" - Official Trailer - Hulu
The show's first three seasons are now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

[08/14/26 - 11:31 PM]
Disney Sets the Stage for What's Next in Entertainment at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event
Other TV highlights include "Oswald," an all-new live-action animated hybrid series based on the classic character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

[08/14/26 - 11:09 PM]
Development Update: Week of August 10-14
Updates include: Starz's "SWAT: Exiles" land early renewal; Hulu cancels "Deli Boys" after two seasons; and Disney+, HBO Max pass on projects.

[08/14/26 - 09:23 PM]
Season 2 of the Emmy Award-Winning Series "Ahsoka" Premieres Exclusively on Disney+ January 20
The new season, which once again stars Rosario Dawson in the titular role, is a story set after the fall of the Empire and the rise of the New Republic, which has Ahsoka confronting what it means to be a Jedi, while the galaxy faces a formidable opponent in Grand Admiral Thrawn.