An Emmy Award-winning actress who was one of the most popular television stars of the 1970s confirms that she has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, People magazine reports. Valerie Harper shot to fame as Rhoda Morgenstern on the CBS…
An actor known for movies including “Terminator 2” has been sentenced to six months in jail. The Huffington Post reports that Edward Furlong received the sentence for violating probation in a domestic violence case from 2010. “The 35-year-old actor has…
CBS has hired a well-known comedian to host a summer reality series, and named a couple of judges for the show. Deadline.com reports that Jeff Foxworthy will host "The American Baking Competition." The show, based on the U.K. program "The…
The top five broadcast networks have ordered almost 100 pilot episodes for the start of the 2013-14 television season, up significantly from a year earlier, TV critic Mike Hale writes in The New York Times. And last year, Hale notes,…
As "Today" struggles with losing its morning dominance to ABC’s "Good Morning America," NBCUniversal has tapped a new executive to take over ad sales for the NBC show, reports Jon Lafayette at B&C. David Barrington, a vice president at NBC…
Emmy-winning actor Beau Bridges has been cast in a CBS comedy project. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Bridges is joining the untitled CBS comedy pilot from "Raising Hope" creator Greg Garcia. The multicamera comedy will portray Bridges as…
HBO’s "Game of Thrones" tapped a well-known rock group to record a rowdy tavern song that recurs throughout George R.R. Martin’s books. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the Hold Steady will record the song, "The Bear and the…
CNBC is rolling out its new CNBC Prime entertainment block this week, including a Tuesday evening block built on reality shows, TVNewser reports. CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman said last week that the new lineup, including the reality shows "Car Chasers"…
National Geographic Channel has given the green light to "In the Name of Science," a pilot from Nerdist Industries, reports Deadline.com. The show is hosted by Jonah Ray and will feature the re-creation of famous historical science experiments, the piece…