FC2Video

Yesterday Katie Couric made it official saying she will leave her anchor position with CBS Evening News when her contract expires June 4. 

Katie Couric is expected to announce this week her future plans which may include developing a daytime talk show. 

Katie Couric is expected to announce this week her future plans which may include developing a daytime talk show. 

Katie Couric is expected to announce this week her future plans which may include developing a daytime talk show. 

After airing only two episodes, NBC canceled the comedy The Paul Reiser Show.

CBS provides coverage of the NFL has a new season totaling 106 games throughout 17 weeks of regular-season coverage.

Tonight, NBC presents a 12-minute sneak peak of its upcoming singing competition series The Voice at 1135p just before The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 

Spy dramedy series Chaos removed by CBS from its primetime schedule after three airings. 

Alan Cumming offered a new three-year agreement to continue in his role as campaign strategist Eli Gold on CBS’ The Good Wife.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in another comedy series as HBO approved her latest project Veep to series. 

Daytime dramas All My Children and One Life to Live, after being on ABC 41 years and 43 years respectively, will end their long runs after ABC announced yesterday it is replacing both soaps with two daytime lifestyle series. 

FX’s drama pilot American Horror Story gained Jessica Lange to star in a leading role playing opposite Connie Britton. 

For the May 25 finale episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, advertisers are apparently anteing up $1 million per 30-second commercial.

Steve Carrell departs NBC’s The Office with an extra 50 minutes. 

Animated comedy, The Ricky Gervais Show renewed by HBO for a third season. 

Two new original series added to Showtime’s schedule including one-hour psychological drama Homeland starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, along with House of Lies, the 30m comedy helmed by Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. 

For TNT’s new remake of Dallas, the series cast Brenda Strong as Bobby Ewing’s new wife, Ann. 

Reports are circulating another high-profile broadcast anchor may soon leave her post, as Meredith Vieira is expected to exit her position as co-host of NBC’s Today show when her contract expires later this year. 

After less than five years sitting in the anchor seat for CBS’ CBS Evening News, Katie Couric is expected to leave her current position and launch a syndicated talk show in 2012, according to the AP. 

Three HBO series set their summer premiere dates

AMC and producer Lionsgate officially made a deal with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner to continue as showrunner for the series’ previously announced fifth season as well as a sixth season.

Katie Couric’s future role on television is still not official though CBS Television Distribution revealed it is the top company in the running to distribute Couric’s proposed daytime talk show beginning fall 2012. 

Fans of AMC’s Mad Men will have to wait until early 2012 for the return of the series in its fifth installment.

CBS renewed The Amazing Race for a 19th edition and Undercover Boss for a third run. 

Supernatural drama, Fringe renewed by FOX for a fourth season.

HBO’s original movie project Game Change snagged Ed Harris to play John McCain in the story about the senator’s presidential bid in the 2008 election. 

Elizabeth Taylor, Zach Galifianakis, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Real World, MTV, Treasure Houses in Britain, BET HD, Crown Media Networks Upfront

Cherry Jones joins the NBC drama pilot REM, described as an Inception-style thriller, playing Dr. Stephanie Evans, main character Mark’s shrink in the reality in which his wife died.

Aaron Sorkin’s tentatively titled HBO drama pilot, More As the Story Develops is in talks with Jeff Daniels to star.

Donald Sutherland tries his hand again at series television by taking on the lead role of NBC’s comedy pilot My Life as an Experiment. 

NBC renewed The Office, Parks and Recreation and Community for the 2011-2012 season.  NBC had already renewed 30 Rock last November. 

Simon Cowell’s upcoming singing competition series, The X Factor on FOX may have hired record executive and music producer, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam, though neither FOX nor The X Factor is confirming the deal. 

Kristen Chenoweth lands a role on ABC’s drama pilot Good Christian Bitches. 

Production commenced in Toronto on the new medical drama The Hot Zone. 

More time is needed to create the visual effects for FOX’s upcoming series Terra Nova. 

Ellen Barkin tries her hand at television with the NBC pilot A Mann’s World. 

Idris Elba is reprising his role as John Luther, the brilliant detective struggling with his own demons on the miniseries sequel to BBC America’s drama Luther.

NBC schedules season finales for many of its primetime series

Hank Azaria was cast in NBC’s comedy pilot Free Agents. 

Seasons seven and eight are in the queue for How I Met Your Mother as the CBS sitcom was renewed through the 2012-2013 season. 

Aidan Quinn finalized a deal to join NBC’s adaptation of the British crime procedural Prime Suspect.  Quinn will star opposite Maria Bello.

After naming two other musical coaches earlier this week, NBC’s The Voice tapped Christina Aguilera as the third coach. 

Rachelle Lefevre, familiar as star in the first two Twilight movies, landed a role on NBC’s post-Civil War era pilot The Crossing. 

Sundays 83rd annual Academy Awards presentation on ABC attracted an average of 37.6 million total viewers.

And the winners of the 2011 Academy Awards are:

In anticipation of Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast, ABC extended its contract with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for six more years through 2020. 

CBS tapped Adam Goldberg for its edgy cop drama pilot, Rookies executive produced by Robert De Niro, cites EW. 

Kiefer Sutherland rejoins FOX in a new pilot titled Touch. 

Upfront Update:  NBC launches upfront week on Monday morning, May 16 at the Hilton Hotel in New York, reports B&C. 

Production will resume on the set of CBS’ sitcom Two and a Half Men on February 28.