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TV News & Program Updates

Save A Show!

By RabbitEars E! Online has announced the return of its “Save One Show” campaign. As networks decide which series to keep, and which to cast off, this campaign gives fans the chance to once again vote for the show they would like to see survive the axe. Voting is now open, and finalists will be announced April 22. Voting will continue until April 29, with the winning show announced on E! Online May 1.

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Sports

More Awesomeness From MLB Network: Introducing Saturday Night Baseball

By Ryan On the day that MLB Network is to have its first ever live game broadcast — Brewers at Giants at 7pm ET — the network announced that it has doubled its live games this season and will add a game on Saturday nights, bringing the network’s total number of live games this season to 52. Originally, MLB Network was to only air a live game on Thursday nights. This is pretty awesome news, considering the TV crapfest that is Saturday night. You can now go straight from FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week right over to MLB […]

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Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Leonard Nimoy To Guest Star On “Fringe”

Fringe Television reports that the role of William Bell, the heretofore unseen founder of Massive Dynamic and former lab partner of Walter Bishop, will be played by sci-fi fave Leonard Nimoy. He reportedly will make his first appearance in the show’s season finale May 12. The casting makes sense, synergy-wise, as Nimoy has formed a relationship with the Fringe creators, having reprised his seminal role of Spock in the May 8 theatrical reboot of Star Trek. Photo: Starz Encore Group

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Drama

Dr. Kutner’s Suicide: Kal Penn Leaves Greg House To Work For The White House

By Lori Acken Yes, House fans, Kutner’s really dead. Really, truly. And according to executive producer Katie Jacobs, he really did commit suicide, no matter what Dr. House would rather think. On the other hand, she also let you think Meat Loaf’s guest appearance was the episode’s big news. I’m just throwin’ that out there … Either way, unless it’s via previous-episode flashback, don’t plan on seeing Kal Penn’s Dr. Lawrence Kutner back at Princeton Plainsboro — even in an Amber-esque, ethereal, bus-riding incarnation. But it’s not because Penn wants to make (more) movies, or he didn’t like his contract, or […]

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Sports

FOX Saturday Baseball Game Of The Week Returns April 11

By Ryan FOX returns with Major League Baseball regional action on April 11, opening its 14th season of carrying MLB. This season features a new start time — 4pm ET (except when games precede NASCAR races, see schedule below). This season also features new-look pregame and postgame shows, as Chris Rose brings fans late-breaking baseball news and notes and sets the scene for the day’s MLB action. Once the game begins, Rose joins the FOX broadcast team on location, serving as a field reporter. Back for the 14th straight season is FOX’s top announcing crew of Joe Buck and Tim […]

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Sports

ESPN’s Sports Newsmagazine Series “E:60” Returns April 14

By Ryan ESPN’s award-winning prime-time newsmagazine series E:60, on hiatus since November, will return with five weekly, original episodes beginning Tuesday, April 14, at 7pm ET and ending May 12. The program, which launched in October 2007, combines investigative reporting, in-depth profiles of intriguing sports personalities, and features on emerging star athletes. These stories are presented in a fresh and innovative format that incorporates producer/correspondent meetings. Highlights from the E:60‘s new run: Lord of the Ring —  An access-driven profile of Vince McMahon and the inner workings of WWE on the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania, one of the biggest entertainment […]

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Reality TV

TV Land Renews “High School Reunion” For Season 3

Los Angeles, CA — April 7, 2009 — TV Land announced today that it has picked up its successful reality series High School Reunion for a third season. Over 1 million people have been watching the current season, which airs its final episode on April 8. (Check staytunedmag.com tomorrow for our chat with ’80s chart-topper Taylor Dayne, who performs in the finale!) Now viewers can tune in as Las Vegas’ Chaparral High School’s Class of 1989 will experience a reunion like no other. Set on the garden isle of Kauai, the classmates of Chaparral — some of whom haven’t seen […]

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Sports

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four Schedule

By Ryan Awesome sports weekend ahead, with the Final Four on Saturday and Major League Baseball opening night on Sunday. Here’s the schedule of Final Four festivities beginning Saturday on CBS: Saturday, April 4 on CBS 3:30-4pm ET — The Road to the Final Four: Outside the Games: Seth Davis hosts as CBS Sports examines the impact the current economic crisis is having on higher education, both in the classroom and on the playing field. The show also explores commercialism in college sports. The show features interviews with NCAA President Myles Brand, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, Mountain West Commissioner Craig […]

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Talk Show

CNN’s “State Of The Union” Star John King Says Rush Limbaugh’s OK By Him

By Lori Acken John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent and anchor of the network’s new Sunday morning news show State of the Union (which recently lured executive producer Michelle Jaconi from the time slot’s NBC titan Meet the Press) understands the appeal of the comedic news satire programs and uberopinionated prime time current events shows which have become big audience draws in recent years. Just don’t expect him to jump on the bandwagon. “Some people watch those shows because they’re provocative,” King explains. “I watch some of them, because I learn. It’s like intelligence gathering. Some people go to those shows because […]

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Comedy

Jonas Brothers Get Funny In A New Disney Channel Series

By Barb Oates The Monkees meets Flight of the Conchords? That’s how Disney Channel president Gary Marsh is describing its latest venture with the Jonas Brothers – a scripted comedy series titled JONAS, premiering Saturdays, beginning May 2. “What we’ve tried to do with JONAS is create a fusion of a sitcom and a music video and use original Jonas Brothers songs as the foundation to glue it together,” Marsh says.