Michael Jackson: 'The Simpsons' to re-air the pop star's 1991 episode

In tribute to Michael Jackson, The Simpsons will re-air its 1991 episode “Stark Raving Dad,” in which Jackson voiced a 300-pound mental patient who believed that he was the famous singer, EW.com has learned. "Stark Raving Dad," the season 3 opener, can be seen Sunday at 8 p.m. on Fox. Last Sunday, the animated series aired the music video for “Do The Bartman,” the pop-rap hit that Jackson co-wrote for the 1990 album The Simpsons Sing The Blues, and showed a title card in memory of Jackson. Syndication rights issues hadn't been resolved by that date to re-broadcast "Dad."

Ratings: 'America's Got Talent' wins Wednesday

Repeating its chart-topping performance from Tuesday, NBC's America's Got Talent was the most-watched program Wednesday night. It helped the Peacock edge out the Eye for the title of the evening's most-watched network by about 40,000 viewers, according to overnight numbers. ABC's Wipeout took the 8 p.m. hour for the third week in a row, and was followed by Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, which held second place over the course of its two-hour telecast. (It averaged 8 million viewers in the 9 p.m. hour.) A repeat of CBS' CSI: NY dominated at 10 p.m..

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Ratings: 'America's Got Talent' wins Tuesday

Although it's still waiting for its Susan Boyle media sensation, NBC's America's Got Talent was a hit in the ratings Tuesday night, topping repeats of CBS powerhouses NCIS and The Mentalist to be the evening's most-watched show. With the help of a 48 Hours special on Michael Jackson in the 10 p.m. hour, CBS was, however, the most-watched network, according to overnight numbers. Critics continue to rave about ABC's Better Off Ted, but its audience of 1.8 million viewers was the low point of ABC's standard third-place night.

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Susan Boyle will not appear on 'Ugly Betty'

It seemed perfect: The rumor mill (specifically Perez Hilton) reported today that ultimate underdog Susan Boyle was inking a deal to appear alongside Mode underdog Betty Suarez in an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty. But unfortunately for fans of the Britain's Got Talent break-out, it won't happen. ABC reps say the rumor is entirely false.

Ratings: 'Talent,' Fawcett and Jackson specials dominate week

Finally! A week when a CBS repeat did not take the top ratings spot. For the week ending June 28, the Tuesday premiere of NBC's America's Got Talent finshed No. 1, reeling in 11.5 million viewers. The show's second airing of the week also fared well on Wednesday, drawing 10.4 million viewers to land at No. 3. (For the record, a CBS repeat -- of NCIS -- did finish second.)

Last year's Talent premiere nabbed 12.8 million viewers, so this year's premiere was down by a startling 1.3 million viewers. So much for that supposed Susan Boyle effect! (Many had speculated that all of the Boyle hubbub would goose the ratings for the American version of Talent.) Still, AGT did help prop up the Wednesday premiere of No. 16 The Philanthropist, which drew 7.1 million viewers.

The biggest entertainment news stories of the week -- the deaths of Michael Jackson and Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett -- had a big impact on television ratings, as the networks scrambled to put together specials that celebrated the entertainers. ABC's 20/20 earned the largest audiencefor their Thursday night special about Fawcett (which landed at No. 8 with 8.2 million viewers). CBS News, serving up a special on Jackson on the same night, clocked in at No. 13 with 7.5 million viewers.

In other new shows for the week, Fox's two editions of So You Think You Can Dance appeared at No. 11 and 18 with 7.6 and 6.9 million viewers, respectively. The full listing -- with viewership totals -- is after the jump.

George Clooney moving production company to Sony

EW has learned that George Clooney will be moving his production company Smokehouse from its long-time home at Warner Bros. to the Sony lot. The Culver City-based studio is currently negotiating a two-year deal with the famed actor and his production partner Grant Heslov. Clooney spent eight years at Warner Bros. producing such films as Michael Clayton and Good Night and Good Luck. His previous production company, Section Eight with Steven Soderbergh, was also housed on the Burbank lot. Smokehouse's The Informant, starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh will be released by Warner Bros. in the fall, while Overture Films will bow the Clooney-starrer Men Who Stare at Goats from director Heslov next year. Insiders are buzzing about the reason for the move with few saying that Clooney and Heslov were looking for too much cash to justify a production company that has a history of winning the studio awards but not doing much to fill their coffers financially. 

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's twin girls: The first official photo!

EW has obtained the first official photo of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's twin daughters, born on June 22, 2009. In the photo, taken in New York City seven days after their birth, Parker holds daughter Marion Loretta Elwell, Broderick holds daughter Tabitha Hodge, and their son, James Wilkie, looks on.

Exclusive: SOAPNet renews 'Being Erica'

Yes, it's true: We will have another season's worth of time to pester you into watching our new favorite Canadian drama, SOAPNet's Being Erica. We've gushed about it extensively before, but just to recap, it's about a single girl named Erica who was stuck in a nowhere job at a publishing company with a blah love life until she met a seemingly magical therapist who could whisk her back in time to various key moments in her life to rectify regrets. (It's kinda like Lost, but with shrinks and romance and Canadian accents.) Sources close to the production have told EW exclusively that Erica will be back on U.S. airwaves for another 12 episodes -- it was already in production for Canada's CBC, but SOAPNet will announce its stateside pickup tomorrow. It'll premiere early next year, which is great news, since it left us with that doozy of a cliffhanger in which Erica messed up the space-time continuum trying to save her dead brother, then ended up with a creepy new magical therapist assigned to her. Sources say the next season will find Erica (Erin Karpluk) learning more about the dynamics of time travel and will reveal more about her enigmatic psychiatrist, Dr. Tom (Michael Riley).

Dimension to remake 'An American Werewolf in London'

EW has confirmed that Dimension Films has acquired the rights to John Landis' classic horror flick An American Werewolf in London, with Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) set to produce. The news was first reported by Bloody Disgusting.