“The Insider” confirms that David Schwimmer is engaged. “Yes, he’s engaged,” his rep says of the news that the actor is set to wed longtime girlfriend Zoe Buckman, as first reported by Entertainment Weekly.
This will be the first walk down the aisle for both bride and groom. The former “Friends” star met his future [...]

Various reports hitting the wires this morning suggest that Fox has decided to end “24″ after its current season, the show’s eighth.
The Wrap’s Josef Adalian says that the network has “all but decided to make the current season of the Keifer Sutherland thriller its last,” and adds that sources close to the series confirm “end [...]

Sarah Palin is lobbying to be Hollywood’s next reality TV star.
The one-time vice presidential candidate has teamed with veteran producer Mark Burnett to shop a reality series about her home state of Alaska. The pair reportedly met with executives at three of the major broadcasters (NBC, ABC and Fox) while she was in L.A. to [...]

Great content shows up on the History Channel and it deserves, usually, all the praise it can collect. In its new JFK miniseries, however, it deserves a sleaze award, and worse.
More and more media projects on JFK and his death are heating up in development. Among them, hopefully buried but I doubt it, is a [...]

Dustin Hoffman will star in “Luck,” an HBO program scripted by David Milch and executive produced by Michael Mann that centers on eccentric gamblers who work the horse-racing circuit.
According to Variety, Hoffman will portray “a man in his late 60s just released from four years in prison who’s autodidactic, intelligent, and deeply involved in gambling.”
Dennis [...]

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TLC announced plans to premiere PARANORMAL COURT, a one-hour program following Robert Hansen, a renowned psychic medium who steps in to help families get the answers they need because the death of a loved one has left them with questions and a lack of closure. Viewers are taken on a journey with Robert as [...]

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On Tuesday, Feb. 23 the Top 12 female semifinalists take the American Idol stage for the first time to perform “live” for the judges and for the nation.
On this season’s first night of voting, the contestants will sing their hearts out in hopes of winning America’s vote and surviving another week in the [...]

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Kathryn Bigelow has just booked her next project which will be to direct a potential HBO series created by John Logan entitled “The Miraculous Year.” The series is a look into the venues of art and theater and HBO describes it as, “an examination of a New York family as seen through the lens [...]

BY MAUREEN MAYNARD
Multiple sources are confirming that season 5 will be the last season of “Friday Night Lights.” They have said that they’ve let the cast know that they are free to pursue other work after production on the remaining season 5 episodes are wrapped. Production on season 5 is set to wrap in June [...]

BY MAUREEN MAYNARD
“Numb3rs” star David Krumholtz has landed the lead role in a new untitled Fox comedy show that is being produced by Ron Howard. The comedy is being put into play by 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine Entertainment and will feature Krumholtz playing an auditor.
However, Krumholtz is still going to be putting [...]

BY LUIS CAMONIS
Howard Stern has notified all his satellite radio listeners that in fact he is considering leaving Sirius radio to be the judge replacing Simon Cowell on “American Idol.” Stern said, “There’s not a better job on the planet than judging that f—ing karaoke contest. It might be possible, we’ll see. They’d have to [...]

BY MAUREEN MAYNARD
Ryan O’Hara, President of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com is leaving the company to take a new position in New York that will be announced next week.
During the nine months that TV Guide Network has been acquired by Lionsgate, they have secured new programming shows such as “Ugly Betty, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” [...]

BY MAUREEN MAYNARD
Your favorite cast from “Jersey Shore” will be making an appearance on “The view” on February 23. The whole crew comprised of Snooki, JWoww, Jolie, Vinny, Ronnie, Sammi, Pauly D, and The Situation are scheduled to appear. The “Jersey Shore” crew have been a regular topic among “The View” hosts and you can [...]

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Kate Gosselin and Twilight star Robert Pattinson will be making an appearance on “The View” in March. Gosselin will be co-hosting the show and was last seen on “The View” back in September co-hosting for a 3 day stint. Gosselin’s re-debut will go down Thursday, March 11 and Pattinson will make his “View” debut [...]

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James Van Der Beek, most known for his role in “Dawson’s Creek” back in his 20’s, is set to return to television tonight as Dr. Joe Briggs on NBC’s “Mercy. James told ET, “With this, they were offering me the opportunity to play a brilliant, arrogant, cocky doctor on a show that is already [...]

Matthew Broderick has booked the lead role in a new pilot entitled “Beach Lane.” The new show, which is a multi-camera pilot for NBC, is from creators Paul Simms and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. The story follows Broderick as a celebrity author who is recruited to bring a local newspaper back to life in the [...]

CBS Corp has sold out all the spots available for Super Bowl championship game this Sunday. Lately, CBS has been taking some hits for not allowing an anti-abortion ad and a gay men ad to air on prime time television. 90% of the ad spots were already sold in December with most ads running close [...]

MTV’S new hit reality drama “Jersey Shore” has been confirmed that they will be returning for a second season. The season finale of the show attracted 5 million viewers, and the new season is sure to attract just as many if not more.
MTV’s announcement of the deal has been delayed, probably due to the [...]

BY GREG HERNANDEZ
Whether she’s feuding with Donald Trump and Elisabeth Hasselbeck or publicly taking Conan O’Brien’s side in the recent late-night show debacle, Rosie O’Donnell often finds herself getting quite a bit of attention.
She’s hoping the attention will translate into ratings on Sunday for the premiere on HB0 of her documentary “A Family Is a [...]

Zachary Quinto says that he has had enough of playing sci-fi roles, and wants to step away for a couple of years. He has played Sylar on the hit tv drama “Heroes” and is now known for his role as Spock” on the latest remake of “Star Trek.” Now Quinto wants to move onto other [...]

Former Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham and wife of soccer superstar David Beckham will join the hit daytime talk show “The View” for a month as a co-host starting Feb. 17. This will be the first time she is a featured co-host, but she is already familiar with the set from a recent appearance back [...]

America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5 premieres tonight on MTV. The show that is produced by Randy Jackson has become very popular over the years, launching some of hippest dance crews to stardom. The judges this year are Omarion (who is replaying Shane Sparks from last year), JC Chasez and Lil Mama.
Take some time to [...]

BY GREG HERNANDEZ
It’s been more than a year between seasons but for fans of “The Sarah Silverman Program,” the wait is almost over. The quirky sitcom – which features Silverman as a self-centered and ignorant woman also named Sarah Silverman returns with new episodes on Comedy Central on Feb. 4.
“I feel like it’s different from [...]

ABC has decided to cancel the longtime favorite show “Ugly Betty.” ABC president Steve McPherson and executive producer Silvio Horta said, “We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion.”
It will be [...]

Jennifer Lopez will be making a guest appearance in March on the show “How I Met Your Mother.” Co-creator Carter Bays said, “We’re looking forward to a week of revealing outfits and sexy dance moves the likes of which this show hasn’t seen since Regis Philbin guest starred.”
Lopez will play the part of Anita Appleby [...]

The unexpected hit show from the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” has created an expected uproar over the salaries. Earlier this week it was reported that the whole cast was turning down their initial offer of $5,000 an episode with a $10,000 signing bonus. Now MTV has come back at them with a new offer [...]

NBC has picked up a pilot order for an untitled drama from Conan O’Brien’s production company, Conaco. The drama follows a Supreme Court justice who leaves to start his own practice. Despite leaving the network over a clash with his own show, he still has a deal with NBC for show development, and this is [...]

BY GREG HERNANDEZ
Since ABC has already renewed “Modern Family” for a second season, Ty Burrell has been pondering an unfamiliar question: How will he spend his hiatus?
“For the first time ever know what I’m going to be doing in the fall of next year,” said the 42-year-old actor whose previous two series – “Back to [...]

CBS has put in an order for a pilot episode of “Livin’ On A Prayer,” which is from creators Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly who were the scribes behind “How I Met Your Mother.”
The show will be shot in the same style of “How I Met Your Mother,” and revolve around a couple who are [...]

Martha Stewart is going to transfer her daytime block of lifestyle shows from NBC-U to the Hallmark Channel. Stewart will also develop some new shows for Hallmark’s primetime slots as part of the partnership deal.
Below is the official release:
STUDIO CITY, CALIF. and NEW YORK – Hallmark Channel today announced a multi-year strategic partnership with [...]