Television News

• 'Dark Blue' renewed for Season 2 on TNT

  Reuters – 1 hr 14 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT has picked up freshman drama "Dark Blue" for a second season. Full Story »

• MTV renews 'Crew,' 'Taking the Stage'

  Reuters – 1 hr 17 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - -MTV has renewed a pair of performance-based reality series -- "Randy Jackson presents America's Best Dance Crew" and "Taking the Stage." Full Story »

• 'Men of a Certain Age' scores strong debut

  Reuters – 1 hr 23 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" drew 5.4 million viewers Monday night, becoming cable's most-watched series launch of 2009 among adults 25-54. Full Story »

• 'True Blood' barfly Bauer becomes a regular

  Reuters – 1 hr 25 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eric's sidekick Pam on "True Blood" is getting a promotion. Full Story »

• "Bonnie Hunt Show" folding

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:48 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Struggling sophomore talker "The Bonnie Hunt Show" will stop production at the end of this season. Full Story »

• CBS cancels another daytime drama

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:24 pm ET

  NEW YORK - Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the World Turns" stop spinning. Full Story »

• Classic film receives clever stage treatment

  Reuters – 1 hr 20 mins ago

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Screen-to-stage adaptations have become a theatrical staple in recent years, and leave it to the Brits to do it with far more imagination than we. Full Story »

• Top 20 prime-time TV programs

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 5:53 pm ET

  Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. Full Story »

• Gervais says stars in for teasing at Golden Globes

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:02 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES - Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. Full Story »

• Bryant Gumbel says he's had cancer surgery

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:59 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. Full Story »

• CBS says sold 90 percent of Super Bowl ad spots

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:40 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS has sold about 90 percent of the available commercial time for the upcoming Super Bowl, with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday. Full Story »

• Rudolph's the man for TV audience

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:10 pm ET

  NEW YORK - When it comes to holiday TV traditions, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has it all over the Grinch, a Rockefeller Center tree lighting and half-naked women selling lingerie. Full Story »

• CBS chief says advertisers paying 25 percent more

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:42 pm ET

  NEW YORK - CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that advertisers are now paying 25 percent more for TV commercial time than they did in the spring. Full Story »

• TV's "As The World Turns" gets axe after 54 years

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:37 pm ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS said on Tuesday it was canceling one of its longest-running daytime television soap operas, "As the World Turns", after 54 years. Full Story »

• Correction: `SNL' Christmas special story

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 1:27 pm ET

  NEW YORK - In a Dec. 7 story about a planned Christmas special by "Saturday Night Live," The Associated Press misspelled a cast member's first name. Her name is Kristen Wiig, not Kristin. Full Story »

• ABC in talks with Cuomo for `20/20'

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 12:41 pm ET

  NEW YORK - ABC News' Chris Cuomo is likely to move to the nighttime newsmagazine "20/20" as its co-host. Full Story »

• Wiig to host `SNL' Christmas special as Gilly

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 10:20 am ET
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  NEW YORK - Kristen Wiig's recurring character Gilly might not seemed filled with holiday cheer, yet NBC is turning to her to host a "Saturday Night Live" Christmas special. Full Story »

• Disney Channel, ABC join portable TV service

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:30 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Disney Channel and ABC have embraced FLO TV, the nation's primary provider of hand-held, portable television.