Saturday, March 12, 2011

Top News Stories - Week of March 7th, 2011

Here are the top stories that burned up the livewire this week…



-Terry O'Quinn joins Marc Cherry's ABC pilot "Hallelujah." [HitFix.com] - http://bit.ly/f3ybJN

-Julianne Moore signs with HBO to play Sarah Palin in "Game Change." [Deadline.com] - http://bit.ly/hWtATx

-Nickelodeon unveils new information on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'" re-boot. [THR.com] - http://bit.ly/f9hRg6

-NBC announces date for Steve Carrell's last episode of "The Office." [EW.com] - http://bit.ly/h78J30

-Nickelodeon to brings back popular 90's programs on TeenNick. [TVSquad.com] - http://aol.it/he0I3j

-TNT reveals summer schedule [Deadline.com] - http://bit.ly/dXtOXb

-Eddie Cibrian takes over lead role of NBC's "Playboy" pilot. [TVLine.com] -http://bit.ly/dJow1v

-Jason Priestley to join Syfy's "Haven" [TVLine.com] -http://bit.ly/ibIPHF

-"Smallville's" Kristin Kreuk joins Ron Moore's "17th Precinct." [TVLine.com] - http://bit.ly/fzdYvh

-Julie Taymor rumored to be stepping down from "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" musical. [BroadwayWorld.com] - http://bit.ly/g4QUAQ

-Nintendo's "Pokemon" continues to be a video gaming force. [THR.com] - http://bit.ly/f8ZKFU

-NBC announces May season finale plans. [THR.com] -http://bit.ly/fzTEmF

-Universal releases "Fast Five" trailer. [CinemaBlend.com] -http://bit.ly/fOLBdT

-NBC announces April return for re-tooled "Law & Order: Los Angeles." [TVLine.com] - http://bit.ly/fSmfV1

-Warner Brothers/CBS fires Charlie Sheen. What's next for his series? [Zap2It.com] - http://bit.ly/fzkNIK

-"The Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons and "Pushing Daisies" star Lee Pace to team up on Broadway. [USAToday.com] -http://usat.ly/dNcuOW

-A&E's "Breakout Kings" has breakout premiere. [THR.com] -http://bit.ly/fZ7t2a

-Blake Shleton joins coaching panel on NBC's "The Voice." [THR.com] - http://bit.ly/e2i5SC

-"Last Comic Standing" finalist Mike DeStefano passes away. [NYTimes.com] - http://nyti.ms/eTQko2

-Pulitzer prize winning columnist David Broder passes away. [CNN.com] - http://bit.ly/fwNdNq

CLIP OF THE WEEK
-AMC releases first full trailer of upcoming series "The Killing." [Zap2It.com] - http://bit.ly/gdklyr