Reuters - NBC's Olympic ratings fortunes and ad sales bounty are riding in part on the broad shoulders of a 23-year-old swimmer who will be going for a record eight gold medals.

Reuters - Martin Scorsese is in negotiations to make a rare foray into television by directing HBO's drama pilot "Boardwalk Empire," which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City.

Reuters - Ryan Seacrest has been named permanent co-host of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," three years after the ubiquitous broadcaster stepped into the breach when Clark suffered a stroke.

Reuters - Beach volleyball's popularity has created something of a love-hate relationship with television.

Reuters - ABC will carry the Indianapolis 500 through 2012, marking nearly 50 years that the network has televised the race.

Reuters - Results of a recent survey by online ticketer Fandango suggest that the MPAA should get a thank-you note from filmmakers whenever it slaps a restrictive R rating on a comedy.

E! Online - Get ready for a Battlestar Galactica of frakkin' supersized proportions.

E! Online - Don't get us wrong: If we were a Desperate Housewife with a blind (and kinda chubby) husband, we might not put as much effort into our appearance as our supermodel days.

AP - "It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it." — Scarlett Johansson, who says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama.

Reuters - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty will host India's take on the British reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother," which she unexpectedly won last year.

Reuters - A pithy but entirely lightweight original movie, Lifetime's "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" entertains nonstop and even tosses out a few truths about its subject matter. Although the title suggests something almost pulp-like, this little cream puff of a film, which revolves around the misadventures of a teen superstar, is fit for any teenage viewer.

E! Online - CBS is investigating a replacement for its lead CSI.