PBS unveiled plans for a 20-episode series that is a companion piece for the show credited with creating the thriving subgenre of antique-oriented reality series, “Antiques Roadshow,” the Associated Press reports. The new show is “Market Wars,” which features professional…
VH1 has no plans to air one of its franchise series this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network isn’t using the word “canceled,” but neither “Celebrity Rehab” nor its spinoff “Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” is included in…
Responding to a suggestion from Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney that PBS air advertisements, PBS President and Chief Executive Paula Kerger said that won’t happen, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Kerger said Federal Communications Commission rules prohibit…
The host of NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" has been hospitalized with kidney failure, reports ABCNews.com. Nick Cannon’s wife, singer Mariah Carey, announced his hospitalization via Twitter, calling it "mild kidney failure," the story says. Cannon, 31, is in an Aspen,…
An advertiser that suspended a campaign featuring Alec Baldwin after the "30 Rock" star had a bad moment on an American Airlines flight last month has reinstated the campaign, reports the New York Post. Supermarket giant Wegmans ran the campaign…
Netflix appears to be back in the good graces of investors after releasing new data on streaming video usage, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The company’s shares had their biggest gain in almost a year Wednesday, when…
A new series that drew protests from activist groups almost as soon as it was announced finally made it to the air Tuesday, and the ratings were less than spectacular, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The…
"The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan and film writer Karl Gajdusek are close to receiving a pilot order from ABC for a new project, reports Deadline.com. The project, “Last Resort,” is a thriller focusing on the crew of a U.S. nuclear…
Another year, another wild creature named after a TV figure. Following the 2011 naming of a mushroom after SpongeBob SquarePants, a newly discovered crab has been dubbed "The Hoff," after "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff, reports Escapist.com. The new type of…
2011 was a big year for bonehead tweets, with Alec Baldwin, Gilbert Gottried and Ice-T just a few of the high-profile Twitter users to make memorable blunders. The Hollywood Reporter recently compiled a list of the 11 most ill-fated tweets…