entertainment - "television"

Country star Leanne Rimes has a lifelong fan in rapper Snoop Dogg, after meeting backstage at the 2008 Country Music television Awards on Monday night.

BY 2020, your ABC will broadcast six television channels, at least 15 radio services and a batch of broadband internet services, if managing director Mark Scott's ideal scenario becomes reality.

In the 1960s and 70s, CBS News was widely considered to be the best in the business. Former CBS anchormen Roger Mudd and Bob Schieffer talk about today's quickly changing news climate, and Mudd discusses his new book, The Place To Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of television News.

Anybody who had even looked at a pocket protector is well aware of the old television series Star Trek. A common occurrence on this show is that Captain Kirk would sit in his command chair (that looked remarkably like a proper Lay-Z-Boy recliner) and order Mr. Sulu to raise the shields. The reason for this order was to keep a hostile Klingon ship from popping a photon torpedo in their ass. While the idea of protecting military vehicles from attack with some sort of force field is still something in the realm of fantasy, poker players have their own form of a shield.

Bravo announced its slate of new and returning shows on Tuesday, and although they include a July debut of Project Runway 5, its president insists they don't need their marquee show any more. 'Bravo's continued historic growth is not just about any one show, it's a consumer-immersed environment. Bravo Media has evolved into a global multi-media company in which we engage with our viewers at every consumer touch point in an effort to be more Bravo, more often, in more places,' Lauren Zalaznick said in a press release.That's certainly what I look for on television: 'a consumer-immersed environment' from a 'global multi-media company.' That's almost as sexy as their 'digital portfolio of assets,' which includes television Without Pity, the site Bravo recently relaunched and ruined.Returning series are Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (June 12), Project Runway 5 (July), Shear Genuis (summer) Flipping Out (summer), Million Dollar Listing, The Millionaire Matchmaker, The Real Housew

TV News: Exec named head of light entertainment at SvT -- Mathias Engstrand has been appointed head of light entertainment at pubcaster Swedish television (SvT).

Exclusives: Sony developing talk show with 'Hairspray' star -- 'Hairspray' star Marissa Jaret Winokur is preparing to dance her way to daytime TV. Following a bidding war with other studios, Sony Pictures television has inked a deal to develop a daytime gabber strip toplined by Winokur.

Reality TV: Duo sign exclusive pact for reality shows -- NBC Universal Intl. television Distribution and Bravo Media have entered into exclusive agreements with Australia pay TV platform Foxtel for programming and branding.

Struggling musician Peter Bretter has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall. He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches.

TV Ratings: Fox still on top with 'Idol,' 'Kitchen' -- It's been in the shadow of television's biggest reality shows, but the finale of NBC's 'Biggest Loser' posted some hefty numbers Tuesday night.