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• The Great American Idol Blog - Taylor Hicks Inks Indie Deal for Second Album

  TV Guide - Tue Oct 7, 9:16 AM PDT

  Taylor Hicks has more than his birthday to celebrate on Tuesday. The Season 5 American Idol champ has partnered with indie company Artist to Market, in conjunction with his own label, Modern Whomp Records, to release his second solo album next winter, he announced. "In this digital age, when artists can connect more directly with audiences, this is a partnership that makes a lot of sense," the singer said. "I'm very much enjoying being in the studio with Simon [Cline] working on the more »

• DVD News and Reviews - Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0 and Other Announced Releases

  TV Guide - Tue Oct 7, 9:16 AM PDT

  New releases announced today, October 7: The All-New Super Friends Hour - Season 1, Volume 2 will be coming out January 27 Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0 will be coming out January 6 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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• Today's News: Our Take - CBS Schedules Winter Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

  TV Guide - Tue Oct 7, 9:16 AM PDT

  CBS wants to keep their viewers warm this winter by showing a lot more skin. CBS has scheduled its annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for Dec. 3 at 10pm/ET from the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel, reports the New York Daily News . Models Heidi Klum , Alessandra Ambrosio , Selita Ebanks , Marisa Miller and others are expected to strut the runway in "angel"-like and barely-there Victoria's Secret fashions. The hotel boasts a magnificent setting for the fashion show since more »

• List of top 20 shows in prime-time Nielsen ratings

  Associated Press - 1 hour and 21 minutes
  Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Sept. 29-Oct. 5. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. 1. (1) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 18.88 million viewers. 2. (4) " NCIS ," CBS, 17.47 million viewers. 3. (11) " 60 Minutes ," CBS, 16.65 million viewers. 4. (5) " Desperate Housewives ," ABC, 15.68 million viewers. 5. more »

• Strong ratings for CBS; `Mentalist' looks like hit

  Associated Press - 1 hour and 23 minutes
  CBS is looking good so far this TV season, easily winning last week in the prime-time ratings and perhaps minting a new hit in "The Mentalist." About a man who solves crimes using acute powers of observation, the show was the third most-watched scripted series last week. The drama starring Simon Baker was helped by its Tuesday time slot after " NCIS ," which has quietly grown into one of TV's biggest hits in its sixth season. CBS dominated the competition last week, scoring more »

• Casting Couch: Carell, Hathaway Remain Employed

  E! Online - Tue Oct 7, 5:56 AM PDT
  Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway have spied new jobs, Sarah Jessica Parker is on a hiring spree while hubby Matthew Broderick is back on the boards, and Kristen Bell has a new Boy in her life. First up, the dynamic duo of Carell and Hathaway. Already on board for a Get Smart sequel, now they have each landed deals that will keep them fiirmly entrenched on Hollywood's A-list. According to Variety, Carell is teaming with Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Carousel more »

• Bravo's `Housewives' franchise spreads to Atlanta

  Associated Press - 1 hour and 58 minutes
  How do the ladies of "Real Housewives" measure success? In New York co-ops, gated McMansions, fairy-tale weddings, Rolex watches and shameless social climbing. The act of living large -- or aspiring to that much-cherished goal -- transcends area codes in Bravo's "Real Housewives" reality franchise, where having money is a high priority for the upscale women and wannabes of Orange County, Calif., New York City and Atlanta. Exhibit A, "O.C." edition: Tamra Barney , freshly Botoxed, more »

• Soaps News - Preview: AMC's Walls Come Tumbling Down

  TV Guide - Tue Oct 7, 7:19 AM PDT

  Death and destruction are coming to All My Children , along with some very cool special effects. Starting Oct. 13, and for the next seven episodes, Pine Valley will be hit by a series of tornadoes, and ABC has hired Stargate Digital " the effects house for Heroes , Knight Rider and 24 " to make things look as devastatingly real as possible. This isn't the first time a twister has destroyed this scandalous Pennsylvania town. AMC staged a tornado back in 1994 but made do with giant more »

• Hollywood's undead: They're just like us!

  Associated Press - Tue Oct 7, 11:04 AM PDT
  The dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night. But the coffins and long black capes are gone. The destructive haunting is over. And forget about menacing the living -- these days, the dead are just like us. Hollywood's dead, circa 2008, wear jeans, type obsessively on their BlackBerries and fret over relationship woes. They solve crimes, they give advice. Edward, the Volvo-driving vampire more »