Jon Gosselin

Jon Gosselin sued his ex-wife yesterday for primary custody of their eight children. Gosselin’s attorney, Anthony List , has previously accused Kate Gosselin of neglecting the children because she appears on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,’’ a charge her attorney rejected as “patently false.’’ Time to move on Carla Bruni-Sarkozy yesterday dismissed rumors of infidelity by her and her...

TLC says it is canceling "Kate Plus 8. " The reality specials focusing on Kate Gosselin, her twin daughters and set of sextuplets morphed into a weekly series in its second season. But TLC announced Monday that its final episode will air Sept. 12. The show was spun off from the wildly popular "Jon & Kate Plus 8," which co-starred the youngsters' father, Jon Gosselin, at their home in Wernersville, Pa. Their marriage dissolved, and the couple divorced in 2009. By the end of its run, including "Jon & Kate Plus 8," the series will reach the 150-episode mark.

TLC says it is canceling "Kate Plus 8. " The reality specials focusing on Kate Gosselin, her twin daughters and set of sextuplets morphed into a weekly series in its second season. But TLC announced Monday that its final episode will air Sept. 12. The show was spun off from the wildly popular "Jon & Kate Plus 8," which co-starred the youngsters' father, Jon Gosselin, at their home in Wernersville, Pa. Their marriage dissolved, and the couple divorced in 2009. By the end of its run, including "Jon & Kate Plus 8," the series will reach the 150-episode mark.

Jon Gosselin sued his ex-wife yesterday for primary custody of their eight children. Gosselin’s attorney, Anthony List , has previously accused Kate Gosselin of neglecting the children because she appears on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,’’ a charge her attorney rejected as “patently false.’’ Time to move on Carla Bruni-Sarkozy yesterday dismissed rumors of infidelity by her and her...

Fanboy and Chum-Chum 9 p.m., Nickelodeon Nickelodeon’s new animated series, starring the voices of Jamie Kennedy and Josh Duhamel, is perfectly calibrated for the mind and funny bone of a 10-year-old boy. Tonight’s premiere spoofs comic books, wizards, and all aspects of school. 20/20 10 p.m., Channel 5 Chris Brown had his say on “Larry King Live,’’ in that weird blue suit with his mother beside him. Now, Rihanna talks to Diane Sawyer about the incident and the aftermath.

TLC said yesterday it has settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit against reality TV star Jon Gosselin . The network sued Gosselin in October, claiming he failed to meet his obligations as an exclusive employee of the network while appearing on rival networks’ programs for pay and making unauthorized public disclosures about the show. Gosselin filed a countersuit claiming TLC violated Pennsylvania’s child labor laws in filming “Jon & Kate Plus 8.’’ The show followed Gosselin, his wife, Kate , and their eight children at their home in Wernersville, Pa. They became tabloid...

NEW YORK - You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series? In any case, TLC’s reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8’’ will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday at 9 p.m. During this final hour, Jon and Kate Gosselin, the estranged parents of young twins and sextuplets, will venture on separate outings with the kids. (Jon will take them to a fire station near the family home in Wernersville, Pa. With Kate, they visit a local dairy farm.) Individually, each newly single parent will reflect on what the past has meant and what the future might...

Actor Corey Haim employed “doctor shopping’’ to obtain 553 prescription pills in the two months before his death last month, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said yesterday. Haim obtained the meds, which included Valium, Vicodin, Xanax, and Soma, through seven doctors and seven pharmacies, Brown said. He called Haim — the star of 1980s films such as “The Lost Boys’’ and “License to Drive’’ — a “poster child’’ for prescription drug abuse.

A New York court yesterday dismissed Dan Rather ’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp., noting that the network continued to pay the anchor $6 million a year even after he left the evening news broadcast. Rather sued CBS and its top executives in 2007, claiming he had been removed from his “CBS Evening News’’ anchor post over a report that examined President George W. Bush ’s military service. Kate goes it alone “Jon & Kate Plus 8’’ will soon be “Kate Plus Eight.’’ The TLC network announced yesterday that its hit reality show is...

If you need a legitimate reason to pay attention to the tribulations of Jon and Kate Gosselin, follow the money. A court ordered Jon Gosselin to return $180,000, out of $230,000 his estranged wife accused him of looting from their joint account. This part of their bitter divorce fight reflects a big concern for couples from all walks of life: Is it better to mingle money or to keep finances separated? For some couples, joining finances is as much a symbol of their commitment as combining households.

TLC said yesterday it has settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit against reality TV star Jon Gosselin . The network sued Gosselin in October, claiming he failed to meet his obligations as an exclusive employee of the network while appearing on rival networks’ programs for pay and making unauthorized public disclosures about the show. Gosselin filed a countersuit claiming TLC violated Pennsylvania’s child labor laws in filming “Jon & Kate Plus 8.’’ The show followed Gosselin, his wife, Kate , and their eight children at their home in Wernersville, Pa. They became tabloid fixtures when their...

NEW YORK - You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series? In any case, TLC’s reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8’’ will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday at 9 p.m. During this final hour, Jon and Kate Gosselin, the estranged parents of young twins and sextuplets, will venture on separate outings with the kids. (Jon will take them to a fire station near the family home in Wernersville, Pa. With Kate, they visit a local dairy farm.) Individually, each newly single parent will reflect on what the past has meant and what the future might...

Fanboy and Chum-Chum 9 p.m., Nickelodeon Nickelodeon’s new animated series, starring the voices of Jamie Kennedy and Josh Duhamel, is perfectly calibrated for the mind and funny bone of a 10-year-old boy. Tonight’s premiere spoofs comic books, wizards, and all aspects of school. 20/20 10 p.m., Channel 5 Chris Brown had his say on “Larry King Live,’’ in that weird blue suit with his mother beside him. Now, Rihanna talks to Diane Sawyer about the incident and the aftermath.

NEW YORK - Barbara Walters thinks this year’s roster of fascinating people is a little edgier, more current, and less obvious than usual. Of course, the fact that she’s compiling a new list is no surprise. Airing Wednesday at 10 p.m. on ABC (Channel 5), “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009’’ is her 17th edition. But the choices this time, she says, “are hopefully more adventurous,’’ in contrast to last year’s, which (boasting the likes of Michael Phelps, Tom Cruise, Tina Fey, Barack Obama)