Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has already made it clear that he plans to resume his acting career now that his two terms as “Governator” are over. Now word has surfaced that the supersized onetime box office powerhouse has a…
One of the stars of Fox News is considering a partial or entire takeover of a cable channel as he contemplates his future beyond his contract with Fox News, reports The New York Times. The star is Glenn Beck, whose…
A competitor is readying a direct challenge to Apple’s iPad that will debut April 19 in the U.S., reports Bloomberg. The challenge comes from Research in Motion, which is rolling out its BlackBerry PlayBook. Retailers will include more than 20,000…
The latest volley in an increasingly heated war of words between Libya correspondents for rival cable news networks CNN and Fox comes from Fox’s Steve Harrigan in Tripoli, TVNewser reports. Harrigan responded angrily after CNN’s Nic Robertson singled him out…
ABC has set the season finale dates for its prime-time programming, with two series receiving super-sized endings to their seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Desperate Housewives" will have a two-hour finale and "Cougar Town" will be expanded to one…
With plans for "Terra Nova" and "The X Factor" to appear on its fall schedule, Fox may only be able to renew three dramas from this season, and those would be "House," "Glee" and "Bones," writes Bill Gorman at TVbytheNumbers.com….
MTV’s "Skins" drew 1.2 million viewers for its finale, up slightly from the previous week, but the future of the show is up in the air, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. MTV said Tuesday it hasn’t decided whether to renew the…
IFC announced at its upfront presentation Tuesday that "The Onion News Network" has received a second-season order from the network, reports TVNewser.com. The second season will debut in October. The cable network ordered 16 half-hour episodes of the series, which…
TNT has passed on two pilots after picking up drama pilot "Perception" to series, reports Deadline.com. The two rejected pilots are "Bird Dog," about a father-daughter police team, and an untitled project from Allan Loeb based on Marshall Karp’s novel…
The events in Japan and Libya have helped boost CNN’s ratings and its standing among the cable news networks, which comes at the expense of MSNBC, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. MSNBC is now in third place…