An actress who was perhaps the most popular woman on television in the 1960s and 1970s will be given a huge award from her peers, when Mary Tyler Moore receives the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. The presentation to…
An anchor on CNBC has decided to leave the network to create her own production company, reports TVNewser.com. Nicole Lapin, the anchor of CNBC’s "Worldwide Exchange," will form a company under the banner Nothing But Gold, the story says. Lapin’s…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, to be presented Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The awards are…
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution announced today that it has promoted Cristina Mancini to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Mark Kaner, President, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. “In her new position, Mancini will…
ESPN and the National Football League have agreed to a deal that will keep “Monday Night Football” telecasts on ESPN through the 2021 NFL season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The eight-year deal includes rights to 17 “MNF” games each…
An old "Saturday Night Live" gag has become the name of Ben & Jerry’s latest ice cream concoction, reports Time.com. The name is Schweddy Balls, a reference to the decade-old skit featuring regular host Alec Baldwin, who played the owner…
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the company that owns a margarita brand marketed in association with Bravo reality guru Bethenny Frankel, TMZ.com reports. Beam Global Spirits, owner of the Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margarita brand, is accused of making…
NBC has bought a comedy pitch for a show with the provocative title "My Best Friend Is a Lesbo," reports Deadline.com. The project is from Warner Bros. TV and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s studio-based Fake Empire. The show is…
Fired Yahoo! Chief Executive Carol Bartz, who held her job for less than three years, could receive a payout worth around $10 million, reports Bloomberg. According to an April filing by Yahoo, she would have received $10.4 million if she…
ABC is adapting "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell’s 2008 book "One Fifth Avenue" for television and has tapped "Gossip Girl" executive producer Josh Safran to write the adaptation, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The…