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ABC has signed a host for its new celebrity dance competition show, "Let’s Dance," reports Josef Adalian at The Wrap. Self-admitted D-lister Kathy Griffin will host the show, which debuts on Nov. 23 at 9:30 p.m. "Let’s Dance" will, like "Dancing With the Stars,"…
Comedy Central’s Colbert Nation—the groupies of the network’s “Colbert Report”– can’t compete themselves in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but the show will sponsor the U.S. Speedskating team, the Associated Press reports. Host Stephen Colbert announced the sponsorship on the program…
"NCIS" has cast a veteran TV actor in a special episode that will air in January. The star of "Hart to Hart," "Switch" and "It Takes a Thief," Robert Wagner, will appear on the show’s 150th episode as the father of actor Michael Weatherly’s…
Brent Barry, a former NBA star forward who played for 14 years for a few teams including the San Antonio Spurs, has lent his expertise to NBA TV, reports Multichannel News. Barry is now a full-time analyst on "NBA Game…
Jordan Hoffner, YouTube director of content partnerships, is departing the company to become part of IAC’s Electus, the Barry Diller-backed content-creation venture headed by former NBC executive Ben Silverman, reports B&C. Hoffner was responsible for bringing accomplished content from established media…
Longtime WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons said on one of the station’s lifestyle shows last week that she used to drink before doing the news in the 1980s, reports the Huffington Post. During a segment on lifestyle show LX New…
News Corp. is pulling out of the race to get control of the Travel Channel, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing “people close to the situation.” Bidding had escalated to close to $1 billion, far above the $600 million to…