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Some of Scott Pelley’s colleagues worry that becoming the anchor of the third-placed “CBS Evening News” be a demotion.

Pia Toscano, 22-year-old former contestant on "American Idol" and Howard Beach native, has signed with Interscope Records, MyFoxNY reports. According to a report from US Weekly, Interscope Records, chaired by "Idol" mentor Jimmy Lovin, are rushing Toscano into the studio to record an album.

NBC's "Today" show has been one of the most stable and successful programs in the history of television over the past 15 years. Now it faces the possibility of a major makeover....

A dismal performance from the second new episode of "Chaos" got CBS' Friday primetime off to a poor start and although "CSI: NY" and "Blue Bloods" were able to salvage an overall win, they didn't perform well enough to give the network the lead in the all-important young adult demos.

The NBC sitcom Perfect Couples was not quite perfect enough for the network: The show is being replaced with The Paul Reiser Show, bringing a storm of criticism to the Web. The comedy followed the relationships of three couples, and starred comic Olivia Munn, but did not make it to the end of the season. While the show disappointed in the ratings , it still managed to develop a following, and fans bemoaned the abrupt ending on Yahoo!.

HBO has renewed "The Ricky Gervais Show," extending the animated podcast for a third season.

It's a sea change at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The judges are extremely unhappy with the “American Idol” voters for their decision to send Pia Toscano home on Wednesday. “I’m shocked. I’m angry. I don’t even know what to say,” J.Lo ranted, faulting the voters for failing to read her mind and discern which of the nine heavily praised finalists she loved better than others.

"American Idol" finalist Pia Toscano is on a high. After weeks of expectedly performing ballads, the soaring 22-year-old songstress from Howard Beach, N.Y., earned praise from the Fox talent competition's judges for strutting around the stage while powering through Tina Turner's up-tempo tune "River Deep - Mountain High" on Wednesday's rock `n' roll edition. Toscano previously promised to sing that tune.

Glenn Beck will end his popular and often controversial daily program on the Fox News Channel later this year, Fox News and Beck’s production company said Wednesday.