CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Irina Shabayeva won the sixth season of the fashion reality show "Project Runway" on Thursday in the conclusion of the hit cable series which was delayed for months by legal wrangling.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - VH1 is renewing its horror-themed reality series "Scream Queens" for a second season, with the winner landing a role in the next "Saw" film.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sam Shepard will star in "Tough Trade," the inaugural pilot for Epix, an indication that the fledgling multiplatform entertainment service will pursue established talent for its original offerings.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC has ordered an ambitious culinary competition series with a prize that is among the biggest in reality show history.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp will distribute News Corp's Fox Business Network in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Fox said on Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tim Matheson will direct and Diana-Maria Riva will co-star in "Jack and Dan," a new series for Fox starring Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Another "Daily Show" regular is getting his own Comedy Central series. John Oliver will host a new stand-up comedy series starting in January.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has renewed "Real Time with Bill Maher" for an eighth season.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Gretchen Mol has joined HBO's upcoming period drama series "Boardwalk Empire" in the recurring role of a showgirl.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee is jumping back into TV as the lead in "Delta Blues," a pilot for cable network TNT that's executive produced by George Clooney.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bob Saget will travel the country exploring strange American subcultures in a new reality series on A&E.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California regulators gave final approval on Wednesday to the first mandatory U.S. energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Since winning "American Idol" in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of "Idol" finalists to "stay true" to their fans if they want to find similar success.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The network that introduced millions to Michael Jackson will air his final performance. MTV Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. television rights to the posthumous documentary "Michael Jackson's This Is It."
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nickelodeon is going to "Summer Camp."
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Chris Elliott will play the lead in "Eagleheart," a live-action comedy pilot for Adult Swim, the late-night programing block on Cartoon Network.
NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - With fewer than 90 days left before the Winter Olympics launch in Vancouver, NBC Universal still has a solid chunk of commercial spots left to sell.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - FX has snapped up TV rights to "2012," the disaster movie that just enjoyed a blockbuster $225 million opening weekend worldwide.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "Seinfeld" writer-producer Larry Charles, who went on to direct the "Borat" and "Bruno" movies, is returning to NBC with a semi-scripted project.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adult Swim, the raunchier side of Cartoon Network, is letting its fans design their own DVDs.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Celebrities beware: YouTube is making it even easier for anyone with a camera phone to turn your behavior -- be it mundane or sensational -- into news.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC is close to a ordering a pilot for "Charlie's Angels," planning a contemporary take on the 1970s crime series.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tyler Perry's TBS comedy series "Meet the Browns" is headed to broadcast syndication next year.
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Kara DioGuardi wants to hang out with Ellen DeGeneres before the new season of "American Idol" to get the judges working together comfortably.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" has revealed her true identity -- Brooke Magnanti, a British research scientist.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Alyssa Milano, star of ABC's midseason comedy "Romantically Challenged," is doing double duty for the network.