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A sports memorabilia expert filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against cable television channel HBO and those associated with its 'Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel' program for a segment that accused him of participating in a large-scale forgery ring.

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Heinz Co. said viewer complaints prompted it to pull a British television advertisement for mayonnaise that showed two men kissing.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Heather Locklear, famous for roles on television dramas 'Dynasty' and 'Melrose Place,' has checked into an Arizona medical facility for psychological treatment, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Gone are the days when a science show on PBS was the television equivalent of castor oil. Wednesday's season kickoff of 'Nova scienceNOW' may not be quite as good for you, but it makes you want to come back for more.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a tribute to irreverent comedian George Carlin who died this week, cable television network HBO said on Tuesday that it will air encore specials of more than 30 years of his comedy shows starting this week.

IT'S been a long time coming but local Apple iTunes users will finally be able to buy television shows.

A summary of today's Hollywood happenings in television.

Carolines on Broadway, 'America's Premier Comedy Nightclub,' announces its all-star line-up of comedy talent for the month of July 2008, highlighted by headliners PAUL MOONEY, from Comedy Central's 'Chappelle's Show' and Spike Lee's 'Bamboozled,' July 3 - 6 and July 24 - 27; CAPONE, 'The Gangster of Comedy,' from BET's 'ComicView,' 'Showtime at the Apollo' and the film 'Death of a Dynasty,' July 4 - 6; GILBERT GOTTFRIED, from Sirius Satellite Radio's 'The Howard Stern Show,' NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' and the film 'The Aristocrats,' July 10; JOEL McHALE, host of E! Entertainment television's 'The Soup with Joel McHale,' July 11 - 13; ARTIE LANGE, from Sirius Satellite Radio's 'The Howard Stern Show,' HBO's 'Entourage,' FX's 'Rescue Me' and the films 'Elf' and 'Artie Lange's Beer League,' July 17 and 18; SINBAD, one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, from NBC's 'A Different World,' and the films 'First Kid' and 'Jingle All the Way,' July 18 - 20; and BOB

BET AWARDS '08. 8 tonight, BET.AL GREEN HASN'T issued a grand statement declaring how "thrilled" he is to be getting a lifetime achievement honor at the Black Entertainment television awards show tonight.