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• Some TV pilots have bumpy flights on their way to premieres
• ABC exec steps down
• On the Media: Let's put more public documents online
• The Twitter Effect: Not to blame for sinking bad Hollywood movies?
• Ansel Adams negatives revealed? Fresno man makes his case
• Video: Marvel's 'Avengers' get animated
• Toronto lineup suggests indie crisis has affected quantity, not quality
• ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson resigns
• Television review: 'Plain Jane'
• CNN's ratings woes not limited to Campbell Brown and Larry King

Some TV pilots have bumpy flights on their way to premieres Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT Actors, even premises, can change at a dizzying pace: Judy Greer instead of Lizzy Caplan, Andrew Daly subbing (briefly) for David Cross, 'Detroit 1-8-7' minus a documentary style, and more. Actors, even premises, can change at a dizzying pace: Judy Greer instead of Lizzy Caplan, Andrew Daly subbing (briefly) for David Cross, 'Detroit 1-8-7' minus a documentary style, and more.

ABC exec steps down Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT Entertainment chief Steve McPherson resigns after repeated clashes with his bosses. After a tumultuous six-year reign, ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson stepped down, the network said Tuesday, after repeated clashes with his bosses that reached a climax in the last few days after he got wind that a replacement was in the wings.

On the Media: Let's put more public documents online Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT Thanks to WikiLeaks, we now know more about the war in Afghanistan than about how much public officials are paid in Los Angeles County. Some private companies and citizens are trying to change that. How far have we come from the world of Deep Throat and the superhero reporter when the biggest news of the day arrives via a somewhat obscure website, in the form of tens of thousands of documents dumped by an unknown source?

The Twitter Effect: Not to blame for sinking bad Hollywood movies? Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:26 PM PDT Whenever I talk to teenagers, they laugh uproariously at the all-too-popular media fancy that they're tweeting away, voicing their firmly held likes and dislikes in 140 characters. Whenever I talk to teenagers, they laugh uproariously at the all-too-popular media fancy that they're tweeting away, voicing their firmly held likes and dislikes in 140 characters.

Ansel Adams negatives revealed? Fresno man makes his case Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT A team of experts who have examined Rick Norsigian's stash of antique negatives say they appear to be part of Adams' body of work. The photographer's family and friends remain skeptical. A wall painter for the Fresno school district who bought a cache of antique glass-plate photographic negatives at a garage sale 10 years ago laid out his case Tuesday that they were created by Ansel Adams early in his career, offering affirmations from photographic and forensic experts he had hired.

Video: Marvel's 'Avengers' get animated Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT Marvel Studios and it's live-action feature-film version of "The Avengers" won't hit theaters until 2012, but this fall, the venerable comic-book franchise will get a different sort of treatment with a new animated series, "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" under the Disney XD banner.

Toronto lineup suggests indie crisis has affected quantity, not quality Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:10 PM PDT The Toronto Film Festival lineup is always strong, and this year it somehow seems even stronger. The Toronto Film Festival lineup is always strong, and this year it somehow seems even stronger.

ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson resigns Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:30 PM PDT After a tumultuous six-year reign, McPherson stepped down, the network said Tuesday. His contract had been set to expire in September 2011.

Television review: 'Plain Jane' Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT The CW makeover show rises a cut above many in the genre thanks to a savvy selection process for the female subjects and the deft hand of charming British stylist Louise Roe. The CW makeover show rises a cut above many in the genre thanks to a savvy selection process for the female subjects and the deft hand of charming British stylist Louise Roe.

CNN's ratings woes not limited to Campbell Brown and Larry King Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:59 PM PDT While CNN is spending much of its time focusing on jump starting its 8 and 9 p.m. hours, it might want to start paying a little more attention to the 7 and 10 p.m. hours as well.

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