All of Katie Couric's best friends left for CNN, so it would make sense if she followed them to cable's problem child. And, according to a new report in the New York Post, she might be joining the poop cruise crew of news fairly soon.
Joss Whedon has been adapting Shakespeare in secret, ABC close to deal for series based on Michael Lewis parenting book, and Disney isn't letting ABC affiliates talk to Johnny Depp about The Rum Diary.
Today in movies and television: Bradley Cooper is your new U.N.C.L.E., Eminem's boxing movie is back on, and Ben Stiller tries his hand at horror.
Plus: Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart had to talk on TV instead of watching baseball
A bevy of gay cartoon characters makes it the most inclusive broadcast
Plus: Minnesota may be down a famous bear
Plus: 'All My Children' wraps up after 41 years today
Meet Celebrity Wife Swap's newest stars
Plus: Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher biopic gets a harsh initial response
Embarrassed, the network says it's putting the brakes on paying big licensing fees
Private jets and $200,000 checks make sense in "hyper-competition," say executives
The anchor will get that Oprah-esque syndicated day time talk show
The 'worst kept secret in television' to become a press release
"General Hospital" may become a necessary casualty of the deal
ABC is the only one of the three major networks where Couric has not worked
Was Good Morning America duped?
Plus: Johnny Depp returns to his roots
Truly, these are the waning days of the soap opera
Current CBS Washington bureau chief Christopher Isham is angrily denying allegations
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