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Jennifer Finnigan (‘Close to Home’) lands ABC sitcom, Patrick Flueger (‘The 4400′) joins ‘Outrageous Fortune’ remake and Rose Rollins (‘The L Word’) boards Jerry Bruckheimer drama.

The pop star is heading down under for a promotional visit, including an exclusive live appearance on ‘So You Think You Can Dance Australia’.

The ‘Lost’ star has landed the role of Detective Chin Ho Kelly in CBS’ upcoming ‘Hawaii 5-O’ pilot.

Network Ten have picked up family drama ‘Offspring’ for a 13-episode order, with production set to commence in May.

‘FlashForward’ co-creator David Goyer is stepping down as showrunner, just four months after replacing original showrunner Marc Guggenheim.

Laura Prepon (‘That ’70s Show’), Bret Harrison (‘Reaper’) and Michael Kelly (‘The Sopranos’) have joined upcoming pilots for ABC and CBS.

Michelle Trachtenberg (‘Mercy’) is returning to ‘Gossip Girl’, while Connor Paolo (‘Gossip Girl’) is headed to ‘Mercy’ Hospital.

The Futon Critic talks to J.J. Abrams about the ‘Fringe’ mid-season finale and his upcoming pilot ‘Undercovers’ for NBC.

Ousted ‘Idol’ judge Kyle Sandilands is returning to television as judge on the fourth season of Seven’s ‘Australia’s Got Talent’.

iiNet has won their landmark case against Hollywood’s biggest film studios and the Seven Network, with the court finding that the ISP did not “authorise” copyright infringement on its network.

Former teen stars Melissa Joan Hart (‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’) and Joey Lawrence (‘Blossom’) will return to the small screen in a new sitcom for ABC Family.

The cast for the screen adaptation of Tim Winton’s award-winning novel ‘Cloudstreet’ has been announced.

7TWO today announced it will premiere the sixth and final season of ‘Lost’ on Wednesday, February 10 beginning with the one-hour special ‘Lost: Final Chapter’ at 8.30pm followed by a two-hour premiere of season 6 at 9.30pm.

NINE NEWS – Like its predecessors, the third instalment of gangland crime drama Underbelly makes an impression from the get-go, with drugs, violence, sex and nudity.

HERALD SUN – Channel 7 spent months hosing down rumours the network and Home And Away actress Jodi Gordon were parting ways but soap opera sources this week maintained it was the television network that decided not to renew Gordon’s contract, not the actress.

Metropolitan ad revenue of free-to-air networks dropped 5% in the six months to December last year, compared with the corresponding period in 2008, with all metro and regional areas dropping revenue.