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Bubble Trouble: Why 'Pan Am,' 'Parks and Rec' and 12 Other Shows Could Go 'Pop!'

For producers of underperforming television shows, this is the scariest time of the year -- and it's got nothing to do with Halloween specials. By now, the glow of premiere season has long since worn off, and shows we couldn't wait to see just a few short months ago are in serious danger of getting the hook.

 

Winfrey looks to the Web to energize her network

After 25 years on TV, Oprah Winfrey says she's having the time of her life on the Web. The 57-year-old mogul is connecting with viewers through her weekly webcasts, and she says it's "the most fun I've had ever."

 

Mike Judge talks about the return of Beavis & Butt-Head, Idiocracy, & more (photos + interview)

I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for Mike Judge. By that I mean in a cab, on the way back from a fancy hotel in midtown Manhattan, where an hour ago I watched Mike and Terry Richardson hold cardboard Beavis and Butt-Head masks over their faces and chuckle like teenage idiots while everyone else in the room giggled their asses off.

 

Charlie Sheen's new sitcom airing on FX in 2012

Charlie Sheen's new sitcom airing on FX in 2012

Fired "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen will try to return to a winning TV sitcom next summer in FX's new "Anger Management."

Senh: Wow, that was fast. Seems like cable's the place to go after one gets fired by a major network. Conan's also with TBS. His numbers have been diminished. That's what Charlie Sheen can look forward to.

 

Poor clerk first to win million on India game show

A poor government clerk from a desolate region of eastern India has become the first person ever to win $1 million on an Indian game show.

 

Wife Says She and Madoff Tried Suicide

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” scheduled to air on Sunday, Ruth Madoff says she and Bernard Madoff attempted suicide two weeks after the Ponzi scheme was exposed in 2008.

Senh: I don't think that'll make anyone feel any better about losing their life savings.

 

President Obama visits ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ (Video)

When President Barack Obama made his second visit to Jay Leno’s NBC late night talker “Tonight Show,” he clearly knew who was his audience — the first rule of any good late night talk show appearance. Leno: “Have you been watching the GOP debates?” “I’m going to wait until everybody is voted off the island before — ” Obama began.

 

'Dancing' finally boots a less talented hopeful

Having a big voting bloc certainly helps when a celebrity competes on “Dancing With the Stars,” but that will only get you so far if you lack dancing skill.

 

Apple may be getting ready to reinvent TV

Remarks by late co-founder Steve Jobs in a new biography have set off a flurry of speculation that Apple will roll out a TV set that could remake the industry. Now that Apple Inc.'s chief visionary is gone, the company is facing a billion-dollar question: Will it be able to conjure another pioneering product without Steve Jobs?

Senh: If they can make Television sets as simple to use and as cool as the iPhone, iPod, and iPads, then they'll have another hit.

 

CBS: Andy Rooney hospitalized in serious condition

CBS says longtime "60 Minutes" essayist Andy Rooney is in the hospital after developing serious complications following minor surgery last week....

 

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