• FX has canceled Courteney Cox's tabloid drama Dirt [1], TV Guide reports.
• The Weinsteins have acquired the rights to adapt Allison Winn Scotch's novel Time of My Life for the big screen [2], writes ComingSoon.
• Meanwhile, Variety has the news that House [3] executive producer Katie Jacobs has nabbed the rights to the New York Times bestseller [4] Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — And the Journey of a Generation.
• Amber Tamblyn has taken the lead in an ABC drama pilot called The Unusuals [5], about the crazy characters at a New York police precinct, Zap2it reports.
• If you want AC/DC's new album, you'll have to go to Wal-Mart to get it [6], Billboard reports.
• Despite declining ratings, TV networks are actually bringing in more money from advertisers [7] after this year's upfronts [8], writes the Hollywood Reporter.
• The Chicago Tribune finally found a premiere date for the final season of The Shield [9]: Sept. 2.
• According to Variety, David Schwimmer will head to Chicago to star in a stage production of Our Town [10].

Photo courtesy of FX [11]