Milton Katselas, a director and acting teacher whose pupils included Gene Hackman, Doris Roberts and George Clooney, died of heart failure in Los Angeles at age 75, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nominated as a director for a 1970 Tony Award,…
Ex-“NYPD Blue” star Sharon Lawrence will appear on The CW’s “Privileged” as the deadbeat mother of Joanna Garcia and Kristina Apgar’s characters, Entertainment Weekly reports. Lawrence will appear in at least two episodes starting in January, the magazine says. —Danny…
NBC’s coverage of Republican vice president candidate Sarah Palin was the most positive of any television network despite sister channel MSNBC’s coverage being slanted toward the Democrats, TVNewser reports, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Additionally, presidential election stories…
Comedian Russell Brand resigned from his BBC Radio show after he and Jonathan Ross were suspended for airing what the network said were lewd phone messages to “Fawlty Towers” co-star Andrew Sachs, the Associated Press reports. Brand and Ross, who…
Cablevision announced it will increase its cable TV rates by 3.5% in 2009, below the current rate of inflation. The telecommunications company also will leave pricing for its Optimum Online high-speed Internet and Optimum Voice digital phone service unchanged for…
ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas, will air on “Good Morning America” on Thursday and on “20/20” on Friday night. Portions of the interview, which took place today on the campaign trail in Toledo, Ohio, will…
The National Football League is defending its decision to keep some of its games on its own NFL Network in the face of criticism from some U.S. senators. In a statement today, the NFL blamed cable system owners, not the…
U.S. senators are lobbying pro football commissioner Roger Goodell for allowing more NFL games to be broadcast for free on the NFL Network, the Associated Press reports. While the network broadcasts games of teams to their home cities, many senators…
The World Series will resume tonight on Fox from Philadelphia as the rest of the rain-suspended Game 5 will be played on what’s forecast to be a 40-degree night, the Associated Press reports, citing Major League Baseball. By winning tonight,…
The television and DVD industries are well positioned for the economic downturn, even though consumer spending on entertainment likely will drop by 11% to 15% in the months ahead, according to a study released today by Canadian firm Solutions Research…