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Oprah to Be Honored at Daytime Emmys

At the upcoming Daytime Emmy Awards presentation, Oprah Winfrey will receive a special honor, reports UPI.com. For "changing the face of daytime television." Winfrey will receive the Crystal Pillar Award, the story reports. CBS will broadcast the Daytime Emmys live…

Emmy Submissions Are In–With No Sign of a Bid by Charlie Sheen

If you were holding out hope that Charlie Sheen might receive a going-away Emmy nomination for his role on CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," forget about it. Sheen did not submit his name for nomination consideration, according to TheWrap.com….

‘Bachelorette’ Fuels ABC Win on Night of Soft Ratings

Airing against mostly repeat programming, ABC took a comfortable win on a night of generally soft ratings Monday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC’s two-hour “The Bachelorette” was the top show of the night, pushing the network to a 2.4 average rating…

Rep. Weiner: Winnnning? TMZ Drops Shocker–One of Weiner’s Women Was a Porn Star, and TMZ Says He Told Her ‘how to lie about their relationship … and even offered PR help from his team, which could create major legal issues for him’

In a bombshell that could force embattled Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign, TMZ is reporting that one of his email relationships was with former porn star Ginger Lee and that Weiner instructed her on "how to lie about their relationship…

Sports Flashes: NBC Wins Olympics With Bid Topping $4 Billion; Tiger Withdraws From Upcoming U.S. Open

In a move that was largely unexpected in the wake of cost-cutting talk by new corporate owner Comcast and the recent departure of NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, NBC pulled off an upset by outbidding ESPN and Fox for rights…

‘All My Children’ Brings Back a Former Cast Member Who’s Now a Big Star

"All My Children" has lured back a former cast member who has gone on to be a big name in Hollywood, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The soap opera will bring back Josh Duhamel to reprise a…

Was Jon Stewart Uncharacteristically Soft on Anthony Weiner Yesterday Because the Congressman Is a Friend of His? We Have the Video–You Watch and Decide

A number of critics noted that Jon Stewart appeared to be soft on his show last night when talking about  Rep. Anthony Weiner and the revelation that Weiner had sent a lewd photo to a woman online and then vehemently denied…

Video: Apple and Steve Jobs Officially Unveil iCloud. What It Does and What Apple’s Strategy Is All About

"The premise behind iCloud is simple but powerful: All your information is automatically kept up to date and synchronized across all the devices you own — PCs, Macs, the iPad and the iPhone." So writes Edward C. Baig at USA…

Will Couric’s Talk Show Spell Doom for One of Daytime TV’s Institutions?

With plans for Katie Couric’s new ABC Daytime talk show becoming official this week, programmers are examining how to shuffle things around in the afternoon to make room for Couric. Something will have to give, and one obvious target is…

Dontcha Know? Fox News Report on Sarah Palin (Who Works for Fox News) Accidentally Shows Photo of Tina Fey Impersonating Palin–Here’s the Video

Tina Fey, the comedian who drew raves for her impersonation of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” was mistakenly shown as Palin during a Fox News segment, reports Mediaite.com. The mistake is especially notable given that Palin…