“Deadwood” alum John Hawkes is joining ABC’s “Lost” for its final season, playing the role of Lennon, The Hollywood Reporter says. The producers wouldn’t elaborate although the casting description calls the character an edgy spokesman for a powerful president of…
NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neill’s new reality show premiered on ABC Tuesday night, and according to the New York Times, the giant failed to conquer in the Nielsen ratings. “Shaq Vs.” drew just 4.3 million viewers, lagging behind NBC’s “America’s Got…
Director Marc Webb has signed with Twentieth TV to direct a pilot for the studio this coming season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Webb, who made his feature directorial debut with Fox Searchlight’s “(500) Days of Summer,” is also an award-winning…
“Beverly Hillbillies” co-star Max Baer Jr. is thinking about buying a closed hotel-casino in Sparks, Nev., and opening Jethro’s Beverly Hillbillies Hotel and Casino, the Associated Press reports. Baer has a home in Lake Tahoe and already has approval to build…
Well, the headline tells it all here. And I’m not gonna be your guide. Instead I’m gonna send you off our site to read a terrific piece about Brian Graden. Brian is the president of entertainment at the MTV Networks….
Fox News has reported that it’s likely that Michael Jackson’s person physician, Dr. Conrad Murray,will be charged with manslaughter sometime in the next few weeks in connection with the singer’s death. Separately,Dr. Murray released this video on YouTube.
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday will be devoted entirely to its creator and former executive producer Don Hewitt, who passed away Wednesday, reports TVNewser. The “60 Minutes” correspondents will do individual segments on the newsman’s contributions to the TV…
Richard Hatch, the first "Survivor” winner, unexpectedly found himself back in jail yesterday after doing interviews with the "Today" show and NBC affiliate WJAR-TV and NBC’s “Access Hollywood.” According to the Associated Press, Hatch, who was under house arrest as he finished up…
CBS will promote its fall series by putting tiny video screens in thousands of copies of Entertainment Weekly, the Associated Press reports. The screens, just two and a quarter inches diagonally, will play about 40 minutes of clips from CBS series. A speaker…
VH1 has taken "Megan Wants a Millionaire" off its schedule and has made it clear that it really has little to do with the show other than put it on its network, according to TV columnist Lisa de Moraes in…