entertainment - "television"

A summary of today's Hollywood happenings in television.

Doyle Brunson doesn't look like the type who spends a lot of time watching MTV. He looks more like the sort that will spend his limited television time watching old re-runs of Rawhide or Maverick. Like most reasonable people on the planet we are guessing Mr. Brunson would rather have nasal polyps removed with a belt sander and lighter fluid than watch an episode of 'The Real World'. So why are these kids showing up on his website?

And then there were eight. If this statement was attached to an Agatha Christie novel it would mean that some really bad things had happened to everyone but the remaining eight people; and even their future was looking a little on the bleak side. When we are talking about this statement in reference to television poker, it describes where we are in the NBC National Heads-Up Championship.

TV News: City acts as a test market for upcoming change -- The city of Wilmington, N.C., has volunteered to be a test market as an indicator of how well -- or poorly -- the nationwide switch to all-digital television may go next year, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin J. Martin announced Thursday.

International News: Studio offers online features via film2home -- Sony Pictures television Intl. pics will be available for download in Sweden, Norway and Finland via Sweden's film2home.

TV News: Duo team for 'Isa TKM' -- Nickelodeon Latin America has teamed with Sony Pictures television Intl. to co-produce its first telenovela, 'Isa TKM' ('Isa, I Luv U').

Film News: Both groups talk with news blackout -- With SAG pushed to the sidelines until the end of the month, the American Federation of television & Radio Artists and the majors have held two days of news-free negotiations.

U.S. television series shot in British Columbia cancelled by ABC

Who could have dreamed during its inaugural run that 'Survivor' would display such staying power? Not Probst, who notes that he has signed to host another four seasons.