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NEW YORK - The latest winner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" is the biggest loser in the show's history. Danny Cahill, a 40-year-old land surveyor and musician from Broken Arrow, Okla., lost 239 pounds to win the $250,000 grand prize. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - -MTV has renewed a pair of performance-based reality series -- "Randy Jackson presents America's Best Dance Crew" and "Taking the Stage." Full Story »
NEW YORK - The executive producer of "The Early Show" on CBS is leaving to start a new venture that aims to bring together traditional news content and social media. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT has picked up freshman drama "Dark Blue" for a second season. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie "Bruno" is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, talk show host David Letterman and others for libel and slander. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" drew 5.4 million viewers Monday night, becoming cable's most-watched series launch of 2009 among adults 25-54. Full Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina election board has determined there's evidence showing former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken may have voted illegally in Wake County this fall. But officials don't plan further action. Full Story »
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NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Struggling sophomore talker "The Bonnie Hunt Show" will stop production at the end of this season. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS said on Tuesday it was canceling one of its longest-running daytime television soap operas, "As the World Turns", after 54 years. Full Story »
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DETROIT - Prosecutors have charged two people with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000. The actor's spokesman said Tuesday that the pictures were benign. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Amid the sitcom slump, writer Matt Goldman, whose resume includes stints on "Seinfeld" and "Ellen," took more than a year off to write a book. When he returned, he found it almost impossible to get a job on the few sitcoms left. But now he's back, with a spec script for a workplace comedy that has landed at Fox. Full Story »
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BOULDER, Colo. - A former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" faces a new assault charge after police in Colorado say he repeatedly hit a friend with a broken wooden stool. Full Story »
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS has sold about 90 percent of the available commercial time for the upcoming Super Bowl, with prices for a 30-second spot running close to $3 million, CBS Corp Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday. Full Story »
NEW YORK - Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the World Turns" stop spinning. Full Story »
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eric's sidekick Pam on "True Blood" is getting a promotion. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on Tuesday's edition of "Live With Regis and Kelly." (Philbin recently had hip replacement surgery.) Full Story »
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CHICAGO - On a blustery fall afternoon, Andy St. Clair slips into an empty club, with rows of tables, wooden chairs and a bare stage awaiting its next bit of comedy magic. Full Story »
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