Courteney Cox
Newly promoted TNT/TBS president/head of programming Michael Wright made a few new friends when he sealed a deal to pick up fan favorite comedy Cougar Town from ABC. After a quick negotiation, TBS ordered 15 episodes of the show, which will premiere its fourth season next winter. The network will also start airing Cougar Town repeats. Wright, who previously saved Southland after NBC canceled it, says there will be no changes to the sitcom. Meanwhile, over at TNT, Wright says he's eager to change the perception that the network's dramas only dabble in "self-seriousness or earnestness." Frank Darabont's L.A. Noir isn't ready to be ordered as a series, but Wright expects to air it on Sundays, where the network is specializing in genre shows like Falling Skies.
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David E. Kelley
TNT has ordered 10 episodes of the David E. Kelley medical drama Monday Mornings, the network announced on Tuesday.
Based on the eponymous book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the series chronicles the professional and personal lives of five Portland, Ore., surgeons. The title refers to the hospital's weekly morbidity and mortality conference, when doctors gather with their peers for a confidential review of complications and errors in patient care.
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Jamie Bamber
Battlestar Galactica alum Jamie Bamber has scored the lead role in the TNT medical drama Chelsea General.
The pilot, from David E. Kelley, chronicles the professional and personal lives of five surgeons. Bamber will play Dr. Tyler, a vascular neurosurgeon who has a fling with his colleague (Jennifer Finnigan). The project is based is on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's upcoming book, Monday Mornings.
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David E. Kelley
Chicago Hope creator David E. Kelley is back in the medical drama business.
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Will Smith
If you're watching TV tonight, you almost have no choice but to watch Stand Up to Cancer.
Airing on all major networks, the special will include A-listers including Will Smith, George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Laura Linney, Jim Parsons, and cancer survivor Michael C. Hall.
The broadcast is dedicated to...
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Stevie Wonder
Cancer survivors Christina Applegate and Maura Tierney will be among the cavalcade of stars appearing on next month's Stand Up to Cancer TV special.
And among the musical performances on the one-hour fundraiser will be an all-star collaboration led by....
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Nancy Snyderman
For medical correspondents in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, being a doctor comes before being a journalist, NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman said, answering criticism over the ethical dilemma of reporters becoming part of the story.
"I guess the best thing I could ask of the critics is come here and walk in my shoes for a day and tell me if you would walk by somebody who has a bone sticking out of his arm," Snyderman told Howard Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources. "If you would walk by it, then I guess we're just different people."
Hope for Haiti Now telethon takes over TV for earthquake relief
Snyderman, a head and neck cancer surgeon, is one of a handful of doctor-reporters trying to delicately balance ...
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Sanjay Gupta
The country's next Surgeon General may be coming soon from a TV near you.
President-elect Barack Obama is set to tap neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, to the high-profile position, CNN reports.
Gupta is expected to accept the offer in coming days.
The 39-year-old has been in talks with Obama about the job since late last year. CNN first learned of Gupta's prospective new gig in mid-December, according to network spokesperson, Christa Robinson.
"CNN has made sure that his on-air reporting has been on ...
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