Announcing its fall schedule late Tuesday afternoon in New York, the CW confirmed that it’s picked up the next-generation take on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” efficiently titled “90210.” Jennie Garth returns as Kelly (in a recurring role), with cameos by other members of the original…

The upfronts, at which the broadcast networks announce their fall schedules, are this week. Only NBC went today, and since its schedule announcement had already been made weeks ago, there wasn’t much new news. But over the weekend and into…

The CW cooked up a stunt today in which Matt Neustadt, the St. Charles County farmer featured in “Farmer Wants a Wife,” had to drive a tractor down Hollywood Boulevard, pulling a wagon full of “brides and chickens.” What I…

I enjoy some reality TV (OK: lots), but this is ridiculous. On Tuesday nights, out of 13 hours of prime time on five broadcast networks, only four hours are scripted. At 8 p.m., there’s only one scripted show — the…

Long before he was Ari Gold on “Entourage,” Jeremy Piven was Cupid — or at least, a man who thought he was Cupid — in an offbeat comedy-drama from Rob Thomas, who went on to create “Veronica Mars.” “Cupid” only…

The wait is over for St. Charles County. The CW has set an April 30 debut date for “Farmer Wants a Wife,” the dating show in which 10 city gals compete for the hand of Mr. Green Jeans. The show…

Not that their futures were too seriously in jeopardy, but the CW has handed early pickups for fall to “Smallville” and “Supernatural,” as well as “Gossip Girl,” “One Tree Hill” and (inevitably) “America’s Next Top Model.” Also renewed was the…

Here are the most recent ratings, as always provided by ABC. NBC boasts that its “Knight Rider” movie (No. was the highest-rated TV movie on any network in three years. Anybody watch it???

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Here’s what “Girlfriends” creator Mara Brock Akil said about the announcement Thursday that “Girlfriends” (UPN, then CW) would end after eight seasons.

“Although it’s always difficult to say goodbye, I choose to focus my energy on the history that Girlfriends…

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