Charlie Gibson To Quit ABC World News

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“TVNewser has learned ABC News will announce today that Charlie Gibson will leave “World News” in January and that Diane Sawyer will be named the new anchor of the network’s evening newscast.” Link

2009 Dancing With The Stars Teams Announced

ABC has announced the Dancing Teams for the 2009 edition of Dancing With The Stars.

Donny Osmond with Kym Johnson
Aaron Carter with Karina Smirnoff
Tom DeLay with Cheryl Burke
Mya with Dmitry Chaplin
Debi Mazar with Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Ashley Hamilton with Edyta Sliwinska
Chuck Liddell with Anna Trebunskaya
Natalie Coughlin with Alec Mazo
Mark Dacascos with Lacey Schwimmer
Macy Gray with Jonathan Roberts
Melissa Joan Hart with Mark Ballas
Kathy Irelwith with Tony Dovolani
Michael Irvin with Anna Demidova
Kelly Osbourne with Louis van Amstel
Louie Vito with Chelsie Hightower
Joanna Krupa with Derek Hough

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Joins "Ugly Betty" Cast

“Former Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler has joined the cast of Ugly Betty, reports EW. The 28-year-old actress will play Natalie, the sexy, spiritual, funny new assistant to Mode magazine exec Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius).” Link

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ABC News Paid $200,000, Got Joe Jackson Interview

“TVNewser has learned ABC News paid upwards of $200,000 for rights to video featuring Joe and Katherine Jackson – and with it, the interview with Joe Jackson. A source close to the situation tells us the video was shot more than a year ago, ‘for some kind of reality show project.’ ABC licensed that footage from the production company and then approached Joe Jackson about getting a current interview ‘to address everything that’s happened in the last couple of weeks,’ says the source.” Link

Drea de Matteo To Be One Of ABC's Desperate Housewives

“Aime Wolfe, the publicist for ABC’s ‘Desperate Housewives,’ confirmed she will join the cast for the sixth season. Wolfe did not have further details, although EW.com quoted sources as saying that De Matteo will portray an Italian matriarch whose husband is a landscape designer.” Link

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Maggie Grace Returning To Hawaii For Lost

“Emilie de Ravin’s return to the island is already confirmed, and Dominic Monaghan’s is in a promising state of limbo. Now, Maggie Grace is hinting that she may be the next deceased survivor of Oceanic 815 to crash Locke’s power party. When asked if she was looking forward to returning to Lost, the stunning starlet confirmed she’s packing her bags.” Link

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T.R. Knight Leaving Grey's Anatomy

Entertainment Weekly: “Sources confirm to me exclusively that T.R. Knight’s wish to be released from his contract has been granted. The official decision, I’m told, came down in the past few days, just as many of his castmates began receiving their formal pickup letters from ABC.” Link

T.R. Knight Out Of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"

T.R. Knight Out Of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”

Zach Braff To Return For More "Scrubs"

Zach Braff To Return For More “Scrubs”

Ty Murray Eliminated From "Dancing With The Stars"

Ty Murray Eliminated From “Dancing With The Stars”