Television

Television News AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. More Info...  

AP - Eric Mabius is cast as playboy editor Daniel Meade on ABC's "Ugly Betty," but in real life, he's married to a former ninth-grade classmate.

AP - An orderly transfer of power: Is it possible? More Info...  

Television News

AP - Barack Obama's young daughters are "not impressed" that their father is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

AP - Barack Obama's young daughters are "not impressed" that their father is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

AP - CBS News journalist Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward the Hezbollah but isn't entirely sure who held him captive for two months or why. More Info...  

E! Online - Despite his initial onair diagnosis, Cristián de la Fuente's dancing injury may have been more serious than just a muscle cramp.

E! Online - Is the onscreen competition between Miley Cyrus and fellow tween Disney sensation Selena Gomez about to get real?

Reuters - The CW is down 27% this year in its target demographic, adults aged 18 to 34.

Reuters - ABC won the first Sunday of the May sweep, winning every hour as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" returned to the lineup. More Info...  

Reuters - "Law & Order: SVU" has been sold into syndication to Fox-owned stations and will begin airing every weekday in fall 2009.

Reuters - "ER" is adding star power for its final season. Angela Bassett will join the cast of the medical drama as a regular in the fall, the first full-time series gig for the Oscar-nominated star of "What's Love Got to Do With It."

Reuters - Canadian actress Shenae Grimes has landed the female lead role on the "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff. More Info...  

Reuters - The international news media have descended on the small Austrian town of Amstetten after a 73-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of keeping his daughter imprisoned in the cellar of his house for 24 years and of fathering seven children with her.

Reuters - Spike TV has officially joined "The Factory" line. More Info...  

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears, who proved she's worth a cool million viewers to "How I Met Your Mother," is paying another visit to the CBS sitcom. Spears will reprise her role as bubbly secretary Abby in the May 12 episode, CBS said Monday.

E! Online - Step in time with our Dancing with the Stars performance show liveblog:

Reuters - For anyone wondering whether pop singer Britney Spears might soon return to prime-time television, the answer on Monday from CBS could be summed up in four words: "Baby ... One More Time."

AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox. More Info...  

E! Online - Jennifer Love Hewitt is not going to perspire on her wedding day.