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ANGEL UPDATE: Angel may be dead, but the show's fans sure aren't. Less than a week after the WB drove a stake through the Buffy spin-off, more than 45,000 Angel addicts have signed an online petition at PetitionOnline.com to keep the toothy drama alive. Campaigns to save the show are also being organized at numerous fan sites, including SupportAngel.org. But does any of this really matter? "It [helped] Roswell," says a WB rep. "It was as good as gone and the big fan campaign brought it back." In other words, the ball's in your court UPN.

 

BOWLED OVER: Not to be outdone, fervent Ed fans took out a full-page ad in today's Variety begging NBC to renew the show for a fifth season. "This was above and beyond," says exec producer Rob Burnett of the $5,000 gesture. "We were touched that people would actually spend their own money for something like this." NBC recently told TV Guide Online that Ed's Feb. 6 season finale was likely the show's swan song.

 

DREAM TEAM: New Line Cinema has purchased a script for a film that would team CBS sitcom giants Ray Romano and Kevin James. Men Don't Quit focuses on two friends who team up as door-to-door meat salesman.

 

SECOND ACT: Veteran newsman Bill Moyers, who currently hosts PBS' weekly magazine Now, will retire from broadcasting after the November elections. Moyers, 69, will segue into publishing with a book about Lyndon Johnson

 

 

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