TVReuters - A band on the British edition of the X Factor talent show will change its name after a music charity with the same name complained to the show's creator Simon Cowell about the risk of confusion.
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Stephen J. Cannell's "Wiseguy" gets NBC reboot (Reuters)
Reuters - Reboots have had a pretty spotty track record on TV of late, but NBC is apparently hoping that a chestnut from the Stephen J. Cannell catalog can reverse that trend.
NBC adds producer Bettag to Williams' newsmagazine (AP)
AP - Brian Williams' NBC newsmagazine continues to add top talent as it approaches a Halloween night debut.
Body of San Diego hanging victim to be exhumed (AP)
AP - The family of a woman who was found hanged in a San Diego mansion say they'll exhume her body for more testing and the findings will be aired on the "Dr. Phil" TV show in the future.
China to curb 'overly entertaining' reality TV (AP)
AP - China plans to limit reality TV shows and other light entertainment fare shown on satellite television stations as part of a drive to wrest back Communist Party control over cultural industries that are fueling more independent viewpoints.
Obama to Leno: Libya a recipe for success (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama defended the U.S. role in bringing down Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, rejecting assessments that the international coalition he helped assemble amounted to "leading from behind." "We lead from the front," he told late-night television host Jay Leno on Tuesday.
Chaz Bono is the latest star to exit 'Dancing' (AP)
AP - Chaz Bono has gotten his walking papers on "Dancing with the Stars."
Cowell talks voting by social media on 'X Factor' (AP)
AP - Simon Cowell doesn't use Twitter but he wants "X Factor" fans to use the site to vote for their favorite contestants.
CBS: Andy Rooney hospitalized in serious condition (AP)
AP - Andy Rooney, who delivered his last essay on "60 Minutes" three weeks ago, was in the hospital Tuesday after developing serious complications following surgery.
Network buys comedy script from writer Dana Fox (Reuters)
Reuters - Dana Fox, writer of "Couples Retreat" and "What Happens in Vegas," has sold a script for a single-camera comedy to Fox Broadcasting Co. with a significant penalty, the network told TheWrap.
TV newsman Andy Rooney hospitalized (Reuters)
Reuters - Veteran television commentator Andy Rooney, who earlier this month at age 92 took his final bow on the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes," has been hospitalized due to complications from surgery, the network said on Tuesday.
Conn. man convicted of kidnapping ex-wife, arson (AP)
AP - A former advertising executive is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being convicted Tuesday of kidnapping his ex-wife, holding her hostage for nearly 12 hours and burning down the Connecticut home they used to share.
Obama's appearance on Leno: a sneak peek (Reuters)
Reuters - President Obama told Jay Leno during his visit to the "Tonight Show" that "you never like to see anybody come to the kind of end" that Muammar Gaddafi did, but that his death sends a message to other dictators.
"Workaholics" gets third season from Comedy Central (Reuters)
Reuters - Who says a lack of hard work doesn't pay off?
MTV trains its cameras on Occupy Wall Street (AP)
AP - The Occupy Wall Street movement will occupy MTV for an episode of its documentary series "True Life."
Conn. lends $20M in deal luring NBC Sports from NY (AP)
AP - The state of Connecticut is providing NBC Sports a $20 million low-interest loan in a deal announced Tuesday that is expected to create 450 jobs there as the sports entertainment company moves much of its production out of New York.
Russell Armstrong wanted to sue co-star, footage reveals (Reuters)
Reuters - A preview for next week's "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" episode includes footage of a dinner party where the late Russell Armstrong talks about suing co-star Lisa Vanderpump for talking about him to a magazine.
Jimmy Fallon's production company sells 3 scripts to NBC (Reuters)
Reuters - Jimmy Fallon's production company, Holiday Road, has sold its first three comedy scripts to NBC, TheWrap has confirmed.
Longtime CBS correspondent Robert Pierpoint dies (AP)
AP - CBS News correspondent Robert C. Pierpoint — who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than four decades — died Saturday in California, his daughter said. He was 86.
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