With contestant Chima threatening to have an on-air tantrum if she and some of her friends get nominated for eviction, CBS is taping what was to have been tonight’s live eviction show of “Big Brother,” reports Zap2it.com. –Elizabeth Jensen
General Electric Co., parent of MSNBC, for the first time responded to a report by Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly, calling a report, pegged to sources, that the company is possibly being investigated for having supplied terrorists with bomb-making components…
Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, left Jackson alone while the singer was under the influence of the powerful anesthetic propofol to make telephone calls the morning the performer died, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing three sources familiar with…
Fox is in talks to pick up “Billy Stiles,” a cop drama, and two-time Oscar-winner Denzel Washington may become one of the series’ exec producers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The ensemble series about a gang member who becomes a cop is…
TVWeek’s Open Mike blogger Chuck Ross, coming off his high of yesterday, when he told Fox what they need to do on "American Idol" now that Paula’s left, tackles the probems the Primetime Emmys face long-term and what they need…
Tony Danza could be teaching in a Philadelphia high school this fall, if the city’s education officials approve his new reality show called “Teach,” the Associated Press reports. The reality series, with 13 episodes proposed to start, is being pitched by…
Discovery Communications is joining Comcast’s OnDemand Online Trial, according to executive sources, which would be a change for the company, which has largely shunned putting its programming on the Web in any form longer than short clips, reports B&C. Details…
Nearly two decades after his starring turn in the CBS primetime soap “Dallas” came to an end, Patrick Duffy is making his debut in a studio feature, reports Reuters. He’ll play a former high school crush of Sigourney Weaver and Jamie…
Comedy Central ordered six new episodes of its first-season series “Tosh.0,” which will return on Oct. 8, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, in which comedian Daniel Tosh makes fun of the online world, has averaged more than 1…
Joe Morton, a co-star of SyFy’s “Eureka,” is joining ABC’s drama “Brothers & Sisters” in a major recurring role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He’ll play Justin Walker’s anatomy professor at med school. –Elizabeth Jensen