'Loser' finale scores for NBCReality TV: Reality show a ratings winner — The two-hour conclusion of weight-loss reality series "The Biggest Loser" was a ratings winner for NBC on Tuesday, lifting the net to first place on the night among young adults for a third straight week.'Nashville Star' to shine on NBCReality TV: Network schedules […]

Review: SAG Awards a classy, starry show(AP)AP - Celebs? Check. Trophies? Check. Glitz? Suspense? Spirited acceptance speeches? All that too.Writers Strike Some Marvelous Deals(E! Online)E! Online - Even while trying to reach a consensus, the Writers Guild of America continues to strike out on its own.�Colbert's High-Wrist Venture Pays Off(E! Online)E! Online - They couldn't […]

U.S. Spy Satellite, Power Gone, May Hit Earth (New York Times)A disabled American spy satellite is rapidly descending and is likely to plunge to Earth by late February or early March, posing a potential danger from its debris, officials said Saturday.Orbiting U.S. spy satellite could crash to Earth (Reuters via Yahoo! News)A U.S. intelligence satellite […]

US tracks spy satellite falling to Earth (AFP via Yahoo! News)The US government Sunday was monitoring a spy satellite expected to crash to Earth after it lost power, raising environmental concerns and uncertainty over where it will land.Falling satellite may hit Earth (UPI)U.S. officials say a disabled American spy satellite is plummeting toward Earth and […]

Sony taps Holly Jacobs for realityReality TV: Former Fox TV exec to top syndication unit — Sony Pictures Television has tapped former Fox TV Studios exec Holly Jacobs to head up reality and syndication for the studio.Fox signs overall deal with SpurlockReality TV: 'Super' director to develop and produce series — "Super Size Me" helmer […]

Tom Cruise among the stars at Screen Actors Guild Awards rehearsal(AP)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP)�You're never too big to rehearse. Tom Cruise was among the stars who stopped by the Shrine Auditorium Saturday to run through lines for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards�the only show during Hollywood's strike-subdued awards season that's sure to have an […]

In glitz-starved awards season, all eyes on SAG fete(Reuters)Reuters - Sunday's Screen ActorsGuild Awards will be the industry's first red-carpet event inthis strike-fractured awards season, and even the prospect ofheavy rain hasn't dampened the enthusiasm.Football Is TV's Idol(E! Online)E! Online - Eli Manning saves.FCC levies"NYPD"indecency fine(Reuters)Reuters - In a sign that thefederal airwaves police may […]

Threat as 10-ton satellite set to crash back to Earth (Times Online)A LARGE American spy satellite has lost power and is expected to crash back to Earth sometime late next month.

Orbiting U.S. spy satellite could crash to Earth (Reuters via Yahoo! News)A U.S. intelligence satellite has lost power and could fall to Earth sometime in February or March, a government official said on Saturday.Disabled Spy Satellite Threatens Earth (CBS News)A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February […]

CBC hunts for next 'Maria'Reality TV: 'Sound of Music' reality show hits Canada — Following in the footsteps of the BBC reality series that spawned a hit London revival of “The Sound of Music,” CBC Television will scour Canada to find its own novice nun torn between the Captain and the convent in “How Do […]

CBC hunts for next 'Maria'Reality TV: 'Sound of Music' reality show hits Canada — Following in the footsteps of the BBC reality series that spawned a hit London revival of “The Sound of Music,” CBC Television will scour Canada to find its own novice nun torn between the Captain and the convent in “How Do […]

"Beavis"goes portable on PlayStation format(Reuters)Reuters - The Universal MediaDisc, a proprietary format for Sony's PlayStation Portable, mayhave failed as a movie format, but Sony's continued attempts toportray the PSP as a multimedia device rather than a gameplayer now find the company trying again, this time with TVshows.RKO signs interim deal with Hollywood writers(Reuters)Reuters - RKO […]

Satellite-dishes restricted in Fairfield (The Evening Sun)Imagine Main Street, Fairfield. What do you see? Perhaps an historic district with Victorian homes, the Fairfield Inn, the Polly Barn, a Mennonite church and satellite dishes receiving every NFL game from space.FDA chief seeks satellite offices abroad (AP via Yahoo! News)The Food and Drug Administration is considering opening […]

Gas leak clamped near Satellite Beach (Florida Today)Brevard County firefighters responded to a broken gas line in the 400 block of Bridgetown Court, north of Satellite Beach about 4:30 p.m. today. "Our special response team has clamped the line," said Brevard County Fire-Rescue spokesman Orlando Dominguez. A contractor's crew working in the area appeared to […]

Gas leak clamped near Satellite Beach (Florida Today)Brevard County firefighters responded to a broken gas line in the 400 block of Bridgetown Court, north of Satellite Beach about 4:30 p.m. today. "Our special response team has clamped the line," said Brevard County Fire-Rescue spokesman Orlando Dominguez. A contractor's crew working in the area appeared to […]

'Idol' crushes all in its pathReality TV: Latest episode nabs 30.3 million viewers — Fox's "American Idol" may not be kicking off its seventh season as big as last year, but it's decimating the competition.'Nashville Star' to shine on NBCReality TV: Network schedules show for summer debut — NBC Universal isn't giving up on "Nashville […]

Company uses satellite imagery to judge crops (Iowa Farmer)A Chicago-based information company, Lanworth, Inc., is using twice-daily satellite images to look at crops. With their technology and methodology, company officials hope Lanworth becomes a common name for pre-USDA forecasts.Satellite images show widespread destruction of Amazon rainforest (Times Online)Brazil is losing its Amazonian forests to farmers […]

Satellite images show widespread destruction of Amazon rainforest (Times Online)Brazil is losing its Amazonian forests to farmers at an unprecedented rate, satellite observations have shown. Their destruction has so alarmed the Brazilian Government that it called an emergency meeting, attended by the President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Sino-Brazilian earth resources satellite officially put into use […]

It's Fox's 'Idol' to the rescueReality TV: Megahit's new season seen as key during stike — Having come to Fox's rescue on more than one occasion, "American Idol" this year faces a far tougher mission: keeping the lights on in TV land during one of the medium's darkest hours.CBS to focus on reality slateReality TV: […]

'Idol' also-rans get another chanceReality TV: Duo team on CD of former contestants — Artists' Addiction Records and Rocket Science, a sales and field marketing company, figure there's still an audience for "American Idol" finalists voted off in the early and middle rounds.ABC brings back 'Bachelorette'Reality TV: 'Bachelor' spinoff to return for summer — After […]