Alex Witt, one of MSNBC’s weekend anchors, is being sued by a friend who claims Witt has failed to repay a $65,000 loan, reports the New York Post. Stephanie Jones, now Witt’s former best friend, claimed in court documents filed…
AT&T’s game-changing $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile, creating the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., may be all about plans for the iPhone 4G in 2012, according to the Fast Company website. The deal combining the country’s second-largest and…
It’s bad news for a bubble show: A Fox drama that has struggled to find viewers in its Friday night slot slumped to its lowest ratings ever last week, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. The show is “Fringe,” which fell 13%…
ABC’s "Private Practice" has tapped a "Law & Order" veteran as a cast regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details about the role are being kept quiet, but Benjamin Bratt will appear in the season finale and join the series…
ABC appears ready to join CBS and NBC in cutting its number of daytime dramas, and "All My Children" may be the soap that’s the most vulnerable to getting bumped off the air, reports Deadline.com. The story points out that…
A longtime ABC executive is believed to be close to taking over the top job at The CW from departing chief Dawn Ostroff, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The executive is Mark Pedowitz, who has reportedly been in talks and…
New York public broadcaster WNET, which owns channels WNET-TV and WLIW-TV, plans to start a local news broadcast on the Web, although it may expand to both television stations as early as the fall, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New…
Author Stephen King is in discussions to write an episode of the second season of AMC’s "The Walking Dead," reports IGN.com, a website that covers video games and other media. Laurie Holden, the actress who plays Andrea on the show,…
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s drama project "American Horror Story" has tapped one of the stars of "Friday Night Lights" in a lead role, Deadline.com reports. Connie Britton has joined project from 20th Century Fox, which will tape next month…
The Writers Guild of America and the major studios reached an tentative agreement on a three-year contract after less than three weeks of negotiations, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The agreement includes a 20% jump in pay…