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Apple's apparently pitching to networks a subscription plan that would deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $30 a month, with the goal of launching it next year.

John Wells' gritty cop drama, unceremoniously canceled by NBC before its second season premiere, has been picked up by cable network TNT as many a TV insider expected.

Washington Post Co. reported a 69% rise in third-quarter profit, as the company reported fewer charges and higher revenue at its education and cable television divisions.

CNN, which invented the cable news network more than two decades ago, finishes fourth behind Fox News, MSNBC and its own HLN.

Baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been fired by ESPN after admitting to an affair with an assistant at the cable network.

The Obama administration's recent characterization of Fox News is a long overdue acknowledgment of the obvious: Fox News is not a legitimate news organization -- indeed, after many years of serving as the research and messaging wing of the Republican Party, it has now gone beyond even that, to become the electronic evangelist of an ultra-partisan and non-reality-based world view.

Mucking out sewers, freezing on crab boats and scraping up roadkill hardly qualify under most traditional definitions of entertainment.

NEW YORK — Eminem says he knew full well what he was about to face at the MTV Movie Awards - including Sacha Baron Cohen's bare butt.

Enimem told the Web site RapRadar.com that the much-talked about stunt was all rehearsed, right down to Eminem's mock disgust. Says the rapper: "I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it."

"Jon & Kate Plus 8" dad: kids are well despite child labor probe, marriage woes.

Disney Channel spokeswoman Hope Diamond says Cyrus has signed up for a fourth helping of the family friendly sitcom.