Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, is scheduled to appear on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” Monday night, the Associated Press reports. Republican nominee John McCain’s wife Cindy McCain appeared on the program earlier this…
Starz has given the greenlight to a new series based on “Spartacus” with executive producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Joshua Donen, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has given the project a 13-episode order. “Spartacus” is the second original…
Two big stars of cable news—Bill O’Reilly of Fox News Channel and Keith Olbermann of MSNBC—are finding success at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum, the Associated Press reports. O’Reilly is on pace to have his fourth most-watched month ever,…
With the rise of different options for consuming TV programming, including online streams and DVRs, networks are struggling to find new ways to report audience viewing habits to advertisers, Advertising Age reports. Some of the major issues of concern are…
After his sudden departure from DreamWorks, David Geffen is looking to move out of the Hollywood spotlight, the New York Times reports. While Geffen will still serve as a chairman of DreamWorks Animation, he decided to step away from the…
Saturday night’s World Series Game Three between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays averaged 9.8 million viewers, one of the smallest audiences for the fall classic on record, Daily Variety reports, citing Nielsen preliminary data. The game suffered…
Harvey Levin, who runs celebrity Web site TMZ.com and its syndicated TV offshoot, told a group of lawyers that the pressure on packs of paparzzi could hurts someone someday, according to the New York Times. But he said new laws…
Cable business news networks have been benefiting in terms of viewers in light of the extra attention being given to the economy, the Associated Press reports. CNBC is on track to its best month ever for its daytime ratings, while…
Lifetime has landed familiar faces for two of its four upcoming TV films based on novels from Nora Roberts, the Hollywood Reporter says. “High Noon” will feature Emilie de Ravin, Ivan Sergei and Cybill Shepherd in a film about a…