Jason Schwartzman has been cast as the lead character in HBO’s pilot “Bored to Death,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The dark comedy, written by Jonathan Ames and scheduled to being production in New York in September, is the second comedy…
Sunday’s episode of “Meet the Press” went on without the late Tim Russert with Tom Brokaw at the helm of the long-running newsmaker show, the New York Times says. Brokaw conducted several interviews during the show but stayed away from…
Walt Disney Co.’’ ABC Family’s new series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” featuring a pregnancy, a request for condoms and kids planning to drink beer and have sex, is racier than the programming the channel is known for,…
Here! co-founder Paul Colichman already has plans for the premium pay TV cable network’s recent acquisition of Advocate and Out magazines and their related properties, the Los Angeles Times says. Through the $6.5 million deal, Colichman, dubbed the “gay Citizen…
NPR’s Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who host the popular radio series “Car Talk,” are spinning off their call-in series into an animated sitcom, the New York Times reports. The series, “Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns,” debuts on July…
“So You Think You Can Dance” judge Mary Murphy has been giving performances that rival those of the hit reality show’s contestants, the Los Angeles Times says. Murphy’s outlandish positive remarks, inviting dancers onboard the “Hot Tamale Train,” and enthusiastic…
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has political friends in high places, but this familiarity with guests may be hurting his approach as an interviewer, the Los Angeles Times says. Although Zakaria was able to score interviews with Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice…
MSNBC has seen the largest increase of viewership during the race for the presidency of the major cable news outlets, the Associated Press reports. In order to keep drawing viewers, the network plans to air round-the-clock political coverage as the…