Alec Baldwin has received an endorsement–with a caveat–from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who responded to speculation that the "30 Rock" star might run for his job, reports the Daily Caller. On Bloomberg’s weekly radio show, the mayor said, “If…
A line of toys that sparked a craze in the 1980s may be headed to television in an animated special, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Appalachian Artworks sold the TV rights to the line of dolls the Cabbage Patch Kids…
A long-running CBS show has been named the highest-rated television series in the world, Deadline.com reports. Receiving the International Television Audience Award for a Drama TV Series at the 51st Monte Carlo TV Festival was CBS’s "CSI." This was the…
Actress Tori Spelling was reportedly involved in a traffic collision Monday morning, and later tweeted that she was being chased by paparazzi at the time, Access Hollywood reported. Spelling, who is pregnant, was apparently taking her two toddlers to school….
One NBC affiliate says the network’s upcoming drama series “The Playboy Club” is inappropriate for its viewers and will be pre-empted, EW.com reports. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City announced the decision on its website, saying it is “based on the…
A cable channel that has been doing well with its original dramas lately is giving one of its newer entries a chance to gain momentum, according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC has ordered a second season of the serial drama…
ABC’s broadcast of Sunday’s deciding game in the NBA Finals was the network’s highest-rated Game 6 ever and the highest overall in 11 years, Deadline.com reported. The game generated a 15.0 overnight household rating, topping last year’s Game 6 between…
An executive who has been behind the scenes of a number of shows at VH1 has reportedly left the network, according to Deadline.com, and he appears to be headed to Discovery. The exec is Sean Boyle, a specialist in unscripted…
A well-known British actor has been selected as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, one step below knighthood, the Associated Press reports. The actor is Oscar winner Colin Firth. In Firth’s film "The King’s Speech,"…
The stars will be out in force later this week at the 2011 Cable Show in Chicago, UPI.com reports. Even with “lesser” stars Paris Hilton, Kelsey Grammer and Fred Armisen in the lineup, one celebrity is expected to outshine them…