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Charlie Sheen still TV's highest paid, AMC picks up new series
Absurd salaries and Emmy bribes are just a few of the TV news bits here for you tonight:
An annual survey of TV's biggest paychecks reveals that "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is still the winner -- by a mile. He pulls in $1.25 million an episode, besting runner up and costar Jon Cryer by $700,000. [TV Guide]
AMC announced a full-season order for the pilot formerly known as "The Killing." The adaptation of a successful Danish murder mystery series starts shooting in Vancouver this fall, with a 13-episode run slated for sometime in 2011. [AMC]
"Cougar Town" showrunner Bill Lawrence has big plans for Season 2 cameos, namely his former "Scrubs" stars Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, John C. McGinley, Donald Faison and Judy Reyes. He says at least one of them will be stopping by. [E! Online]
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller is returning to TV. The scribe, who also created "Wonderfalls" and "Dead Like Me," will adapt sci-fi novel "The Lotus Caves" for -- you guessed it -- SyFy. [EW]
Watch your back, Taylor Swift. Kanye West will return to MTV's VMAs this year, where he's scheduled to perform at the September 12 award show. [US]
"Modern Family," which previously made a play for an Emmy by promising a nude Sofia Vergara in exchange for a win, released a "For Your Consideration" ad in The Hollywood Reporter. It features young stars Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez promising to stay out of the tabloids. [THR]
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An annual survey of TV's biggest paychecks reveals that "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is still the winner -- by a mile. He pulls in $1.25 million an episode, besting runner up and costar Jon Cryer by $700,000. [TV Guide]
AMC announced a full-season order for the pilot formerly known as "The Killing." The adaptation of a successful Danish murder mystery series starts shooting in Vancouver this fall, with a 13-episode run slated for sometime in 2011. [AMC]
"Cougar Town" showrunner Bill Lawrence has big plans for Season 2 cameos, namely his former "Scrubs" stars Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, John C. McGinley, Donald Faison and Judy Reyes. He says at least one of them will be stopping by. [E! Online]
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller is returning to TV. The scribe, who also created "Wonderfalls" and "Dead Like Me," will adapt sci-fi novel "The Lotus Caves" for -- you guessed it -- SyFy. [EW]
Watch your back, Taylor Swift. Kanye West will return to MTV's VMAs this year, where he's scheduled to perform at the September 12 award show. [US]
"Modern Family," which previously made a play for an Emmy by promising a nude Sofia Vergara in exchange for a win, released a "For Your Consideration" ad in The Hollywood Reporter. It features young stars Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez promising to stay out of the tabloids. [THR]
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So - this sorry excuse for a human being is STILL the highest paid star on TV and Tiger Woods is still the highest paid golfer in the world. Tells you a lot about our world doesn't it?
Excited to see a new Bryan Fuller show come to TV -- maybe SyFy will actually run enough episodes to allow it to develop the proper following. (DREAD LIKE ME is still the greatest series of all time!)
Also very interested in the new AMC series. Every original series on AMC so far has been amazingly good.
Bastard!