The canceled NBC cop drama will rise again Jan. 12 on TNT. The news isn’t as good as it might be; the cable network made a deal with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. only to air the seven episodes seen…

Reports from Hollywood are that NBC is giving up on low-rated, expensive ”Trauma.” The 13 episodes originally ordered will apparently still air, but no more will be produced. Speculation is that the demise of “Trauma” could make room for the return…

The fall TV season’s first casualty is “The Beautiful Life: TBL,” the CW network’s mostly unseen drama about the “glamorous” world of modeling. After two airings with low and really low ratings (barely over 1 milion this week), the CW…

After an incredible 72 years, first on radio and since 1952 on television, “Guiding Light” airs its last episode Friday on CBS. I’d love to hear from people who’ve watched a long time and are sorry to see it go,…

Here’s the transcript from my Aug. 20 TV chat. If you read it and realize you have questions of your own, go on and submit them now for the next chat, scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.

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Gail: Hi, everybody. Made…

An effort to save “My Name Is Earl” is kaput. Studio 20th Century Fox Television said Thursday that its attempts to keep “Earl” (canceled by NBC) alive by producing new episodes for TBS just didn’t work out economically. The studio…

Will Randy and Earl be saved?

Buzz today is that cable’s TBS is in talks to pick up 13 episodes of “My Name Is Earl” – canceled by NBC — for fall. But the Hollywood Reporter cautions that a deal isn’t certain and…

The cast of "Brothers" includes Daryl "Chill" Mitchell and Michael Strahan, second and third from left.

It’s official: Fox has renewed “Dollhouse” for fall. But despite talking in glowing terms about creator Joss

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Whedon, his creativity and his passionate fan…

Quite a furor on Twitter today (you can follow me at twitter.com/gailpennington) after Felicia Day, who starred in Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” tweeted that she’d been told her episode of Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” No. 13, wouldn’t air. Many tweets…

I liked this show out of all proportion to how good it was, but the time has come (maybe a season late) to end it. Fox agrees and announced today that the final episodes will begin airing April 17. “The…