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Both Jimmy Kimmel and TV news are coming under fire after Kimmel revealed on his ABC late-night show that a recent viral video about a failed twerking attempt was a prank he had orchestrated. The original "twerk fail" video can…
CBS had pretty much given up on getting an interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad because Assad refused to appear on “60 Minutes,” due to concerns about how the interview would be edited, reports TVNewsCheck.com. “But CBS News Chairman Jeff…
ABC is moving forward with a new project from Shonda Rhimes, the driving force behind the network’s hugely successful "Grey’s Anatomy." Deadline.com reports that the network bought "Show & Tell," a dramedy from Rhimes’ Shondaland and Dan Bucatinsky, who is…
Showtime’s acclaimed CIA-focused drama series "Homeland" hasn’t gone unnoticed by the real-life CIA. The agency hosted the cast and crew of the show in a boardroom meeting and headquarters tour Monday, with CIA Director John Brennan among those taking part…
NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke, speaking today to investors at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference, painted what most observers would call a grim picture of NBC’s profitability. Deadline.com reports that the exec said the network…
Is this the future of NBC’s "Tonight Show"? Jimmy Fallon, anointed as the heir to Jay Leno, got together with pop superstar Justin Timberlake on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to work out the evolution of end zone dancing —…
Pop superstar Lady Gaga suffered a setback in court Tuesday when federal judge Paul Gardephe ruled that a $380,000 claim against her by her former personal assistant will go forward, the New York Daily News reports. The judge decided that…
NBC’s splashy new game show "The Million Second Quiz" is off to a less-than-spectacular start. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the show lost ground from its ho-hum premiere Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. Monday’s numbers had…
CNN’s newly resurrected “Crossfire,” featuring Newt Gingrich, Stephanie Cutter, S.E. Cupp and Van Jones, improved on the channel’s time slot performance but still lagged behind its cable news competition, TheWrap.com reports. “Crossfire” attracted 581,000 total viewers in the 6:30 time…
Organizers in Champaign, Ill., the hometown of one of the most famous film critics, have given the thumb’s-up to a plan to put up a life-size statue of that critic, The Washington Post reports. The critic, of course, is the…