Television - Page 17

E! Online - It's the beginning of the end for Tony Soprano—whether that's just the TV end or the end end remains to be seen.

Reuters - China's broadcasting watchdog has issued a list of rules governing the airing of its latest take on the "American Idol" television series, urging the singing contest "Happy Boys Voice" to uphold high moral standards. More Info...  

Television News

AP - Two diaries penned by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s reveal a troubled young woman professing to be deeply in love with octogenarian oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, and often depressed and concerned about her weight and eating habits.

AP - Joel Cheatwood, the executive who overhauled CNN Headline News' prime-time slate with shows including "Glenn Beck" and "Showbiz Tonight," has jumped to Fox News Channel. More Info...  

Reuters - He is a fat, balding, heavy-breathing man with an explosive temper and a reptilian gaze. Starting on Sunday and lasting nine weeks, Americans are going to be on tenterhooks, wondering if he will live or die.

AP - A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist is lending his talents to a crime-fighting television show in an attempt to track down the killer of a young musician who was slain nearly three decades ago.

AP - Network morning shows and cable news fueled the frenzied coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and the saga that followed leading to her burial, a report from a media watchdog group found. More Info...  

AP - The Medical Board of California acknowledged Thursday that it is investigating a Los Angeles doctor who, according to documents, authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room the day the starlet died of a drug overdose.

AP - "I know people who have murdered people. I have friends who have murdered people."

AP - Melinda Doolittle is used to singing in the shadows. But the humble backup singer from the Nashville suburbs had better get used to the spotlight — she's the favorite to become the next "American Idol."

Reuters - Former "American Idol" finalist Lisa Tucker has been cast in the Fox drama pilot "Born in the USA," which deals with real-life issues of blue-collar families in Philadelphia. Tucker, 17, will play a smart, beautiful and quiet girl with a good sense of humor.

E! Online - And they're auf.

Producers may still be in the auditioning process to fill the wannabe designer slots on the fourth season of Project Runway, but their communal "carry on" mentor has already been locked in.

E! Online - Sanjaya Malakar is doing more than just (inexplicably) sending people to the phone lines.

E! Online - The Hills will, like, keep on rolling for a third season.

Reuters - Although far more attention is being lavished on "The Sopranos," Sunday also marks the resumption of the third season of "Entourage," executive producer Mark Wahlberg's comic look at the excesses of showbiz. More Info...  

Reuters - NBC and VH1 are set to air the "Concert for Diana," which is taking place on Princess Diana's birthday July 1 at Wembley Stadium in London.

Reuters - MTV is bringing viewers more of "The Hills." The network has given the greenlight to a third season of the reality show with a 10-episode order. It's set to debut in the summer. More Info...  

Reuters - The field of candidates to succeed Bob Barker as host of CBS' venerable game show "The Price Is Right" might be narrowing.

Television News

AP - Baseball struck a deal to keep its "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games on cable television, an agreement that likely will allow the sport's new TV network to be available in at least 40 million homes when it launches in 2009.

Reuters - NBC, hoping to rekindle the late-blooming success it found with "Seinfeld" and "Cheers," has given a new lease on life to "30 Rock," a critically hailed but marginally rated satire of network television. More Info...