The "Hallmark Hall of Fame," one of the most storied franchises in the history of television, has been picked up by another broadcast network after having been dropped by CBS, according to our good friend, Variety TV Critic Brian Lowry [Variety…
HLN’s Nancy Grace, who practically single-handedly led the media coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, has fired back at her critics in a blistering interview with Andrea Morabito in B&C. Some excerpts: "B&C: Are you comfortable being the media figurehead…
Oprah Winfrey is at the top of the list of candidates for a high-profile television assignment, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The job is host of the 84th Oscars telecast, scheduled for next February. It’s a suggestion that has also come…
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks are likely to face police questioning over the phone-hacking scandal that led to the shutdown of the tabloid News of the World, according to The Hollywood Reporter….
TNT has placed a second-season order for the drama series that became cable’s top series launch this year, Deadline.com reports. The series is the alien-invasion drama "Falling Skies," from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks TV. The show debuted last month with…
In her first television interview, Jaycee Dugard told Diane Sawyer about giving birth in her kidnapper’s backyard when she was 14 years old, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. "I didn’t know I was in labor," she said in…
HLN is continuing programming based on Casey Anthony despite the end of the trial that acquitted her of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, reports TVNewser.com. On Saturday and Sunday evenings, the cable network will air "Justice for Caylee: A Nancy…
One of the stars of the “Twilight” vampire films has landed a role as a regular on an upcoming TV show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The CBS medical drama "A Gifted Man" has tapped "Twilight’s" Rachelle Lefevre, the story…
An NBC legal drama has added a veteran of an NBC crime show to the lineup following the cancellation of "Law & Order: Los Angeles," reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Alfred Molina will have a multi-episode arc on “Harry’s Law,”…
Jason Ritter will return to NBC’s "Parenthood" after the sci-fi thriller "The Event" was canceled, reports TVLine.com. Ritter has also signed a development deal with NBC’s production arm, Universal Media Studios, to star in a new series from "Friday Night…