Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate edged out Major League Baseball playoff action, according to Nielsen Media preliminary numbers. NBC won the night with a 3.2 rating/8 share among viewers 18-49, led by its presidential debate coverage, which averaged…
A select number of Grammy nominations will be announced during a televised concert on the eve of the announcement of all Grammy nominees, Daily Variety reports. At least six categories will be announced during “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!—Countdown to…
Actress and singer Edie Adams died Wednesday at the age of 81, Daily Variety reports. Adams, who died in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia and cancer, was known for her Tony Award-winning turn as Daisy Mae in Broadway’s “Li’l…
USA Network’s “Monk” will be visited soon by two high-profile actors making guest appearances, Entertainment Weekly reports. Steve Zahn will play the role of charming grifter Jack Monk Jr. while former “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford will play the eccentric…
Though comedians have long mined the news world to get their laughs, the news world has never depended on the comedy world until recently. Now with comic D.L. Hughley landing his own news show on CNN, TVNewser wonders whether comedy…
Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp. said today that labor talks with the Screen Actors Guild are going “horribly” and that if SAG called for a strike the results would be “devastating to the creative community.” Mr. Chernin’s…
CNN one-ups Fox News Channel’s voter fraud watch e-mail address with its unveiling of a new Hotline telephone number, TVNewser reports. Voters can call (877) GOCNN08, which is open now, should any problems or questions arise. CNN’s Ali Velshi will…
Fox News has responded to a Barack Obama quote from an upcoming interview with the New York Times Magazine where he says the news organization paints him as a “freak” and as a “Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.”…
Fresh off the announcement of her sitcom deal with 20th Century Fox TV, it’s been announced former “Strangers With Candy” star Amy Sedaris will be making a guest appearance on TNT’s “The Closer,” TV Guide reports. Sedaris will play Claire,…
Most voters credit television as the most likely source through which they would first learn about a political candidate, according to a study commissioned by the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau. Survey respondents also pointed to the Internet, newspapers and word-of-mouth as…