ESPN has announced the musical performer for the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Halftime Performance, revealing Tuesday that Kendrick Lamar will do the honors. The performance will be televised from Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018….
CNN achieved a number of ratings milestones in 2017, but the most impressive one of all, contained in an announcement Tuesday from the cable channel, is that the network posted its highest ratings on record in total day, both in…
Plans are firming up for a high-profile TV drama series with an A-list cast and an Oscar- and Emmy-winning show creator. HBO announced that “Here and Now,” from “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood” creator Alan Ball, will premiere Feb….
A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend in a stunt that the couple videotaped with the intention of posting it on YouTube. “Monalisa Perez, 20, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree manslaughter in the June death of…
One of the last big hurrahs for Spike TV before it rebrands takes place tonight when the channel airs the new feature-length documentary “I Am Sam Kinison” — including a one-time-only telecast of the uncensored version of the production. Spike…
One of the former stars of the HBO comedy series “Silicon Valley” is denying an allegation that he punched and sexually assaulted a woman while in college. Allegations against T.J. Miller, 36, who played entrepreneur Erlich Bachman on the series,…
An actress who provided the voice of a long-running cartoon character for more than 30 years has died. Heather North, who voiced Daphne Blake on “Scooby-Doo,” died Nov. 30 at her home in Studio City, Calif., following a long illness,…
As 2017 draws to a close, the No. 1 most-watched ad-supported cable entertainment network for the 12th consecutive year is USA Network, the network announced today, calling the achievement “the longest streak in television history.” “USA’s 2017 success was driven…
Ratings for NBC’s “Today” show continue to enjoy a bump since Matt Lauer was taken off the air in late November amid allegations of sexual impropriety. Deadline reports that the morning show averaged 4.59 million total viewers during the week…
Addie Collins Zinone, who was a 24-year-old production assistant on NBC’s “Today” show back in 2000, appeared Monday on “Megyn Kelly Today” to discuss having a brief sexual relationship at the time with Matt Lauer. Zinone acknowledges that the relationship…