Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69 (AP)
AP - Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.more
Conan O'Brien will take his show to theaters (AP)
AP - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.
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List of top 15 cable shows in Nielsen ratings (AP)
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of March 1-7. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:more
2-second video causes headache for ABC News (AP)
AP - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.
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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)
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."
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CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters)
Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.more
'Top Secret' Moves From Courtroom to Classroom to Off-Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - The fact-based drama Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers is a reminder of how bold American journalism used to be - and can be again.more
ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot (Reuters)
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.more
Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)
AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.
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Disney keeps ABC options open, including spin-off (Reuters)
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.
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Bravo launches "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" (Reuters)
Reuters - Bravo gave a series greenlight to four new shows Wednesday, including a Beverly Hills edition of its "Real Housewives" franchise.more
Elisha Cuthbert joins ABC comedy pilot (Reuters)
Reuters - Former "24" co-star Elisha Cuthbert will play the female lead in ABC's comedy pilot "Happy Endings."more
Correction: Disney-Cablevision story (AP)
AP - In a March 8 story about a TV broadcasting dispute, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cablevision Systems Corp. dropped the ABC station in New York before Sunday's Oscars telecast. It was ABC's decision to drop the signal.more
Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)
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.
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Charlie Sheen returning to work next Tuesday (Reuters)
Reuters - Charlie Sheen is expected to return to work on CBS' "Two and a Half Men" on Tuesday, according to his publicist.
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HBO's `The Pacific' joins `Band of Brothers' ranks (AP)
AP - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people's war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers."
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"Spartacus" halted after star's cancer diagnosis (Reuters)
Reuters - Starz's freshman drama "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" has halted series production due to star Andy Whitfield being diagnosed with cancer.
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Seinfeld set as guest co-host Thursday on `Live!' (AP)
AP - You don't see much of Jerry Seinfeld on his own new NBC show, "The Marriage Ref," which he lets someone else host.
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)
AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
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Anna Chlumsky playing quint in CBS drama pilot (Reuters)
Reuters - Former child actress Anna Chlumsky, who rose to fame as Macaulay Culkin's best friend in the 1991 film "My Girl," has landed a lead role on CBS' drama pilot "Quinn-Tuplets."more