President Barack Obama will appear on the Discovery show "Mythbusters" in a walk-on role later this year, reports the New York Post. Obama will quiz the show’s hosts about the myth that ancient Greek scientists, including Archimedes, set fire to…
The Tribune executive who sent a companywide email with content considered inappropriate for the workplace resigned on Friday, reports Phil Rosenthal in the Los Angeles Times. As previously reported, Lee Abrams, Tribune’s chief innovation officer, was suspended by the company…
A medical drama from "Rescue Me" producers Denis Leary and Jim Serpico and a series concept based on the Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me have been picked up in script deals by CBS, reports James Hibberd in The Hollywood…
Asked when he will start thinking about the fifth season of AMC’s "Mad Men," creator Matthew Weiner tells the New York Times that the show hasn’t officially been renewed, although he’s assuming it will be. He added that he wants…
Fox and Cablevision Systems are set to resume negotiations over carriage fees today after Fox pulled its New York and Philadelphia-area televisions stations from the cable operator, leading a blackout for 3 million customers, reports Bloomberg News. Talks ended on…
A spec script from veteran comedian Carol Leifer is taking an unusual approach, notes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Rather than pitching the project to the networks, Leifer is staging a live table read on Nov. 1 for network and studio buyers…
A childhood friend’s mom died last month and when he called to tell me, I felt a real sense of loss because she had made such an indelible impression on me as a child. She was intelligent, caring and sincere, ever…
Barbara Billingsley, the actress who played iconic television mom June Cleaver in "Leave It to Beaver," died Saturday. She was 94, the New York Times reports. She died of polymyalgia, a rheumatoid disease, at her home in Santa Monica, California,…