A station in the country’s largest TV market, which scrapped its 5 p.m. news broadcast two years ago, has decided to bring back local news to the hour, the New York Daily News reported. New York’s WNBC-TV will produce a…
"America’s Most Wanted" ends its broadcast run on Fox this week after 23 years on television, and it’s possible the show will move to cable sibling Fox News Channel, reports the Associated Press. The show’s host, John Walsh, noted the possibility,…
Bloomberg has named an ABC News executive to take over running its U.S. television operations, according to a report on TVNewser.com. Andrew Morse will oversee editorial, programming, operations and development in the U.S. for Bloomberg Television, the company’s 24-hour cable news…
Estranged Hollywood couple Courteney Cox and David Arquette, who are reportedly working on their marriage while they are separated, have sold a game show pilot to CBS, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Late-night host Craig Ferguson is reportedly close to…
OWN, Oprah Winfrey’s fledgling cable network, has fallen short of the audience levels it had promised to advertisers by nearly one-third, reports the New York Post. The network has averaged a 0.1 rating on a total-day basis, which is below…
Hit TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland," which stars Betty White, opened the second part of its second season this week, attracting an audience about half the size of the audience that turned up for the series premiere last summer,…
In an appearance surrounded by a media circus and marked by vocal outbursts from audience members, disgraced New York Rep. Anthony Weiner announced today that he is resigning from his position in the House of Representatives, CNN reported. Weiner made…
One of television’s pioneering producers–an Emmy winner who produced many hits, including "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Dinah Shore Show," "Candid Camera" and "Showtime at the Apollo"–has died, the New York Daily News reported. Bob Banner, 89, succumbed to complications…
A disc jockey who has been a fixture of the Los Angeles music scene for more than a decade is moving to MTV, the public radio station that broadcasts his show announced. “Former KCRW Music Director Nic Harcourt has decided…
Jaleel White, the actor who played the nerdy Steve Urkel on the sitcom "Family Matters," said in an entertaining interview with Vanity Fair that the Urkel job was a good gig, but it did require some sacrifices. One set of…