AP - Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there's a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman's career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno's.
AP - Bret Michaels ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good explanation. The Poison frontman says he's "trying to remain very positive and somewhat humorous" about the mishap that left him with a broken nose and busted lip at the Tony awards Sunday night. But he expressed dismay that show organizers didn't show more concern for him at the time.
Reuters - The Friday deadline for a nationwide transition from analog to crisper digital television transmission has U.S. retailers hoping for a boost in sales of smaller TVs as consumers upgrade secondary sets in spare rooms.
Playbill - The 2009 Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, one of the nation's leading forces in musical theatre, launches 21/24 Signature Lab, a new initiative for the creation of musical theatre works by emerging young composers. Readings will give DC-area audiences a first look at new musicals. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:14:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
AP - A man charged with capital murder in the rape and beating death of a television anchorwoman refused to undergo a mental examination but did so in a "rational" way, a psychiatrist says. -- read full article
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:33:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
E! Online - Matt Lauer can't seem to catch a break: First, a certain couch-hopping A-lister called him glib. Now, according to Sarah Palin, he's "extremely naive."
AP - Witness testimony has ended in Los Angeles about whether Televisa or Univision can transmit Televisa's popular telenovelas online and via satellite in the United States.