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CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters)

March 11, 2010

Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.

Elisha Cuthbert joins ABC comedy pilot (Reuters)

March 11, 2010

Reuters - Former "24" co-star Elisha Cuthbert will play the female lead in ABC's comedy pilot "Happy Endings."

'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot (Reuters)

March 11, 2010

Reuters - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged.

Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.

Disney keeps ABC options open, including spin-off (Reuters)

March 11, 2010

Reuters - Walt Disney Co's Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday that the top U.S. media company was keeping its options open for dealing with TV network ABC and its struggling news division, including a spin-off.

Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)

March 11, 2010

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday protesting against China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated novelists because he was HIV-positive.

'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.

HBO's `The Pacific' joins `Band of Brothers' ranks (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people's war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers."