Sony TV has lined up new sitcoms from writer Matt Tarses, as well as scenarists Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, for network pilots, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tarses, who last did "Worst Week" for CBS, is working on "True…
On this morning’s CBS "Early Show," host Harry Smith was home sick but did a report via video to let viewers know that he might have swine flu, according to the Associated Press. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, the "Early Show’s" medical…
When TV’s "The Fugitive" came to an end and 72% of the country tuned in to watch the finale, the script had been written by George Eckstein, the producer-writer who died Saturday at age 81, according to the Los Angeles…
Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance," thinks "American Idol" "stole" Ellen DeGeneres from his show, so he’ll "steal" Paula Abdul to guest judge the dance show, he told EW.com on the red carpet at…
"Survivor" winner Ethan Zohn, a fan favorite who’d been successfully fighting cancer, has revealed that after months of chemotherapy, he has had a recurrence of the disease, according to People. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease last April, Zohn had been…
Paul Burke, who starred as Det. Adam Flint in the crime series “Naked City,” died Sunday in Palm Springs at age 83, reports The Hollywood Reporter. He was twice nominated for an Emmy in the role, which he took on…
Pierre Cossette, the producer who turned the Grammy Awards into a major television event, died Friday of congestive heart failure, reports the New York Times. He was 85. In 1971, Cossette brought what had been an industry event to ABC,…