NBC is making it happen — a dream pairing of two former “Saturday Night Live” regulars who will return to the show to co-host the Dec. 19 episode. E! News reports that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the…
Late-night talk hosts Bill Maher and Stephen Colbert found uncommon ground when Maher appeared Monday night on Colbert’s CBS show, with Colbert trying to put Maher back in touch with his Catholic upbringing and Maher doing his best to shoot…
Charlie Sheen is back in the headlines this week with his revelation that he is HIV-positive, and now Variety is reporting that Sheen plans to sell two of the three mansions he owns in Beverly Hills. Details are sparse, but…
TBS is moving forward with a half-hour, single-camera comedy project focused on inner-city Detroit. The cable channel has ordered a presentation for “The D,” Deadline.com reports, noting that the project features a puppet. “The show was created by rising Detroit-native…
ESPN today announced a change in its executive ranks, naming a new executive vice president of content operations & creative services. The company promoted Jodi Markley to the position, effective Jan. 1, 2016. “Markley, who has been with ESPN for…
A new one-hour scripted series, working title “Basketball Moms,” promises to offer a different perspective on young basketball players’ dreams of pro careers. The project, in development at WE tv, tracks “five Houston-area mothers whose sons play on rival youth…
Two of Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have requested free TV time from NBC stations under the FCC’s equal time provisions following the Nov. 7 appearance by Donald Trump as guest host of “Saturday Night Live.” According…
The Writers Guild of America has polled its members and come up with the 101 Funniest Screenplays of all time. We have two Open Mic essays about it. In the first one, which you can find here, Open Mic blogger…
Actor Charlie Sheen confirmed in a TV interview that he’s HIV-positive, breaking his silence on rumors that have been circulating for weeks. EW.com reports that Sheen, interviewed by Matt Lauer this morning on NBC’s “Today” show, said: “I’m here to…
Following the revelation by Charlie Sheen that he is HIV-positive, Brooke Mueller confirmed in a statement that she and her twin sons, Bob and Max Sheen, do not have the virus. E! News quotes Steve Honig, a spokesman for Mueller,…