Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action — she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.

Fox is launching only two new series in the fall, traditionally its slow season, but the network plans flashy two-hour premieres of four shows during the same week as the Democratic National Convention.

A person familiar with efforts to restart talks between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios says negotiations will resume within two weeks.

It'll be David vs. David. Syesha Mercado has been voted off "American Idol," paving the way for the expected showdown between David Archuleta and David Cook.

Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's TV show will return to the air this summer, months after it was pulled when the reality star used a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade.

At a time when sitcoms seem like a fading art, CBS is staying on the laugh track.

Clark Johnson will direct a short film about masculinity and youth written by nine Manhattan high school students.

Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur won't be adding a mirrorball trophy to her collection of prizes — the actress was eliminated Tuesday from "Dancing With the Stars."

CBS has given a new lease on life to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and, perhaps thanks to Britney Spears, the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."

James Garner, who was hospitalized late last week after suffering a minor stroke, is doing well and should be going home shortly, the veteran television and film star's publicist said Tuesday.

The CW's prime-time schedule for the fall TV season:

Kelsey Grammer said Tuesday that Fox is dropping his sitcom "Back to You," calling the decision a surprise and a shame. "They have let it go," Grammer told The Associated Press. "We were told all this time we were in good shape and we were coming back."

ABC will add only one new scripted series in the fall, plus a new game show, in a schedule that network executives admit was severely affected by the 100-day writers strike that concluded in February.

Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for May 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

Contestants are disappearing as the "American Idol" finale approaches. Unfortunately for Fox, so are the viewers.

ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

ESPN will add Hannah Storm to its "SportsCenter" lineup in August when it will supplant nine hours of taped programming in favor of live sports news.

Dwight Yoakam will make his 24th appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" this week, breaking the record for most musical performances by any artist.

Exceptional smarts or psychic abilities help set the stage for three of the new dramas CBS plans to air next season.

In an updated blast from the past, PBS will air a new version of the 1970s children's series "The Electric Company."

A TV movie about the life of Holocaust hero Irena Sendler, who died Monday at age 98 in Poland, is being readied for production and will air next season on CBS.

Two National Public Radio correspondents in central China by chance for a week's worth of feature stories instead found themselves reporting gripping details of the earthquake that killed thousands on Monday.

Jimmy Fallon's eighth-grade yearbook at St. Mary of the Snow in Saugerties, N.Y., listed him as "most likely to take over for David Letterman."

Seth MacFarlane was driven to drink. Money trouble was definitely not the cause. The creator of "Family Guy" was sipping from a tumbler of golden-brown liquid backstage at the Ahmanson Theatre, and to hear him tell it, it's better that he was.

"Ugly Betty" is moving back to New York to take advantage of its — lower rent? The ABC show will leave Los Angeles, returning to the city where the pilot was filmed — and where the story takes place — in part because of a 35 percent tax credit offered by the city and state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson joined ABC Studios President Mark Pedowitz to announce the move Monday.

Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer" downshifted to third place in its debut weekend with $18.6 million in box-office receipts while Marvel Studio's "Iron Man" kept a lock on first with $51.2 million in ticket sales.

Deep inside Stage 11 on the bustling Warner Bros. lot, a giant of a television show is starting to die.

Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting. Viewership is down, although it's hard to tell how much the strike is to blame. This week's "upfront" presentations by broadcasters outlining their fall schedules, which annually precedes a multi-billion dollar ad buying binge, promises to be much different than before.

Get your popcorn ready: Terrell Owens is coming to prime time Wednesday night. As an actor.

The wild kids of television's West Beverly High will have a guidance counselor familiar with the posh ZIP code's dating, drugs and drama.

When Edie packed up and left Wisteria Lane at the end of Sunday's "Desperate Housewives," viewers were caught by surprise.

Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting.

Parvati Shallow was the last woman standing on "Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites."

Vanessa Williams has received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University, nearly 25 years after she dropped out to become the first black Miss America.

Backstage meddling has caught up "American Idol" favorite David Archuleta's dad, who's been banned from rehearsals, a person working for the TV talent contest said Friday.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Barbara Walters says she refuses to engage in a debate with Star Jones, who accused her of revealing a past affair with a senator just to sell books. Walters said despite the public rift, she prefers to hold onto the good times the former co-hosts shared on "The View."

A CNN reporter who left Myanmar Friday was chased by authorities as he reported on the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis but escaped primarily because of the incompetence of the people after him.

What could you learn about reality while immersing yourself for months in virtual reality?

Everywhere they go, "American Idol" contestants attract a crowd of admirers, well-wishers, gushy handmade signs and screams fit for a vintage Beatle. But when it comes to feting finalists, home is where the "I (heart) you" is.

She's not just fast. She's very fast.

"CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan has been charged with felony possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy stemming from his arrest last month, prosecutors said.

After all this time, you don't associate Jeff Probst with traffic gridlock, yowling sirens, or office towers crowding the sky.

A journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart — because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes.

It will be Whoopi and Tony.

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 28-May 4. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

Not every one of these Mother's Day celebrants is really a mom — but they play one on TV.

Online video might still be relegated to relatively small screens, but the size is just right for bugs.

Dan Rather has filed an amended lawsuit against CBS that says other TV networks refused to hire him because of the damage executives at his former company did to his reputation after a disputed 2004 report on President Bush.

Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. The dreadlocked heartthrob was voted off "American Idol" Wednesday as the show narrowed the competition to three finalists: David Cook, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado.