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Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Bravo has given a pilot order to a reality project in which divorced couples play matchmaker for their ex-spouses. More Info...  

Reuters - NBC's "Medium" is moving closer to a pickup for a fourth season, despite losing some of its luster in a new time slot. More Info...  

Television News

AP - CBS Radio and MSNBC both said Monday they were suspending Don Imus' morning talk show for two weeks as a protest grew about his reference last week to members of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."

AP - It's a familiar dance that plays out ever more frequently in our popular culture. A public figure transgresses, and we wait to dissect the apology. Was it sincere enough? Contrite enough? Specific enough? Did he feel our pain?

AP - Television actor Jason Wahler hurled racial and homophobic invectives at a police officer when he was arrested over the weekend after punching a hotel security guard and passing out drunk in a hallway, a Seattle Police Department report said.

AP - TV fitness buff Jackie Warner gathers her team of hard-bodied trainers on the rooftop deck of her chi-chi Sky Sport & Spa. But this isn't one of her typical sessions to amp up the staff for yet another boot-camp exercise.

AP - Kevin James, who stars on "The King of Queens," credits the success of the long-running sitcom to staying under the radar.

AP - "Scrubs" star John C. McGinley is a newlywed, his spokeswoman said Monday.

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Reuters - Syndicated radio/TV host Don Imus repeatedly apologized on Monday for calling a mostly black women's basketball team "nappy headed hos," but said he would not resign.

Reuters - As she finishes up a role that made her a household name, Edie Falco ponders a world without Carmela Soprano and her next step.

E! Online - Guess who didn't have a happy Easter.

Reuters - And so begins the last dance of the wiseguys. HBO's "The Sopranos" has been one of television's true monuments, a masterpiece of grand artistic vision and extraordinary performance.

E! Online - This oughta keep John C. McGinley out of the downward doghouse for a while.

Reuters - Talk about being late to the party. Fox's "Drive" and ABC's "Traveler" -- both heavily serialized dramas -- were developed during the 2006-07 development cycle when the genre was red hot. More Info...  

Reuters - English actor Stephen Moyer will join Anna Paquin in "True Blood," an HBO drama pilot based on the "Southern Vampire" book series.

Reuters - Mario Lopez, hot off his stint on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," will co-star with R&B singer Christina Milian in the CW comedy pilot "Eight Days a Week."

Reuters - In what might be the first outing in a potential franchise, HBO Films and BBC have teamed for "A Number," a film based on a play by Caryl Churchill, one of Britain's most acclaimed dramatists. More Info...  

Television News

AP - Activists who believe Latinos deserve more recognition for their contributions during World War II have created an agonizing political problem for PBS and filmmaking star Ken Burns.

AP - Donald Trump is using his assistant-grooming reality show to sell units in his second Las Vegas condominium tower.