News Brief

NBC announces "Green Week"
"Green Is Universal" today announced the launch of a new consumer campaign, "Green Your Routine," which will roll out across the entire company during "Green Week," a massive, multi-platform programming and community affairs effort beginning Nov 16th – 23rd. Throughout the week, 42 NBCU brands will feature 150 plus hours of environmentally themed programming across the company's television and digital platforms.

On DAYS OF OUR LIVES the newly elected Mayor highlights his new initiative to clean up Salem's waterfront.

INTERVIEW: DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Lauren Koslow
On her farm: "We bought property years ago, 20 acres, because we were into horses. I did a lot of horseback riding. My daughter (Milikate) was riding competitively. We were going to build a training facility for horses. So we got the land, and where we live is an agriculture area. We had people coming to our door fairly regularly, saying, "Do you want to rent us your land for growing [crops]?" We were thinking about it. Then we decided: Why don't we give this a try? Why don't we grow, since everyone else wants to rent our land to do it?"

ABC News investigates Dr. Hahn's GREY'S ANATOMY ouster
Was ABC responsible for getting rid of the lesbian romance?

ABC doctors its schedule: PRACTICE behind GREY'S
ABC has some intriguing scheduling experiments planned for early next year. Sources say PRIVATE PRACTICE will get a chance to shine at 10 p.m Thursdays behind the GREY'S ANATOMY mothership.

DIRTY SEXY MONEY invites Samaire Armstrong back for Thanksgiving
An ABC spokesperson confirms that Samaire Armstrong will be returning to DIRTY SEXY MONEY for a special Thanksgiving-themed episode to air on Nov. 26. The change-of-pace hour takes place while the Darlings are away celebrating Tofurkey Day. Back in New York, Clark the chauffeur sits down with a reporter to offer his take on the clan's many scandals, including Juliet's globe-trotting adventures with her lover, Kai. This marks Armstrong's first appearance since being taken off contract last spring.

UGLY BETTY nabs Bernadette Peters
She'll play a rival magazine mogul, Jodie Papadakis, who is a kindler, gentler diva.

Jennie Garth returns to 90210 for the fans
"The fans of the original were so devout for over 10 years - I'm doing this for them," she tells the New York Post.

DALLAS reunion is a "disaster"
A weekend event organized to celebrate the 30th anniversary of DALLAS has created a drama worthy of the Ewing family itself after angry fans complained they didn't get the access to cast members they'd ponied up for — while others got close to the stars without paying for the privilege.

It happened in part because hundreds more people than expected showed up for Saturday night's barbecue and cast reunion at the famed Southfork Ranch. The event's organizers are blaming Southfork for allowing gatecrashers; a ranch official places the blame on the organizers.

"It was a huge letdown — totally not worth it. I do feel like I got really ripped off," Elizabeth Knight, who paid $400 in anticipation of getting access to the cast, told Dallas-Fort Worth television station WFAA.