Los Angeles County sheriff deputies are investigating a battery claim against Brad Garrett, star of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and the current Fox sitcom “’Til Death,” the Associated Press reports. The alleged incident took place in West Hollywood and involves Garrett…
Logo has picked up the Canadian series “Chris & John to the Rescue!,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The gay-themed cable network acquired three seasons of the camp series featuring best friends John Simpson and Chris Carter as they help people…
Actor-writer B.J. Novak is taking a leave from NBC’s “The Office” to appear in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film “Inglorious Bastards,” Entertainment Weekly reports. An insider tells EW the length of Novak’s absence could last for “several episodes” but he should…
Retired “NBC Nightly News” announcer Howard Reig died today in Florida at the age of 87, TVNewser reports. Reig voiced the opening for NBC’s nightly news broadcast from 1952 until his retirement in 2007, when actor Michael Douglas took his…
President-elect Barack Obama is tapping former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt to its transition team in a role not directly related to media. Former National Cable Telecommunications Association president Tom Wheeler will join the transition team as a member…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Diversity Committee will hold a discussion tonight at 7 p.m. on diversity in animation at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Among those participating in “Diversity in Animation: Beyond the Color Bars” are Nickelodeon and…
The esteemed Pew Research Center has released its post-election report, which found Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly to be television viewers’ most favorite and least favorite campaign journalist, TVNewser reports. NBC News’ Tom Brokaw and FNC’s Sean Hannity tied for…
Kim Kardashian, subject of E!’s “Catching Up With the Kardashians” and a “Dancing With the Stars” contestant this season, will make a guest appearance on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother,” TV Guide reports. Kardashian plays herself on the episode,…
Because you’re just not getting enough of it in the news, HBO is prepping a new drama set against the stock-market woes of 1987 called “The Review,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project from writer Andy Bellin, who’s also an…