The departure last week of NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol was a "not-so-subtle message to other top NBCUniversal executives: Get with the program or hit the road," writes Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Ebersol…
Julianna Margulies, an Emmy winner for “ER” and the star of the critically acclaimed CBS series "The Good Wife," condemned TV executives for scheduling shows starring women against each other, reports The Huffington Post. Citing the perceived ratings battle between…
A prolific television actress whose career began in the early days of the medium has died at 88, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Phyllis Avery, who played the wife of Ray Milland in the CBS comedy "Meet Mr. McNulty" in…
Donald Trump, a week after he announced at the NBC upfront that he wouldn’t run for president, told "Fox & Friends" that he can’t rule out a late-entry bid, according to FoxNews.com. "I can’t rule out anything," Trump said on…
"American Idol" will feature two members of one of the most famous rock bands in the world on its season finale, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. But they won’t be appearing as part of the band, as was previously rumored….
Mark Burnett, the producer behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" is planning to take on what he’s calling the "most important project I have ever undertaken," a 10-hour scripted series based on the Bible, reports Bill Carter in The New York…
The finale of Univision’s reality series "Nuestra Belleza Latina" ("Our Latin Beauty") outperformed English-language shows on CBS and NBC among adults 18 to 34 years old on Sunday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two-hour telecast drew 4.9 million total…
MSNBC has tapped former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as a political analyst, reports TVNewser.com. Steele has appeared on cable-news networks since he left his job earlier this year, and has been seeking a deal with one of them,…
A Grammy and Emmy Award winner has been cast to play opposite Al Pacino in HBO’s movie about Phil Spector, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bette Midler joins Pacino, who will play the controversial record producer in the project, the…