Early reports that tickets to live Charlie Sheen shows were being snapped up at a ridiculous pace–including tweets from Sheen himself in which he noted that the first two shows had sold out in 18 minutes–may have been a little…
A rock star who recently survived a brain hemorrhage has filed suit against the Tony Awards, CBS and others in L.A. County Superior Court, blaming them for his health problems, reports TMZ.com. Bret Michaels, the lead singer of Poison and…
An award-winning star of the Food Network has inked a new deal that will keep him on the network through 2014, Deadline.com reports. The star is Alton Brown, who appears on the channel’s "Good Eats" and "Iron Chef America." The…
With coverage of “March Madness” running over by 17 minutes Sunday night, early ratings results for the Eye Network were jumbled and expected to change, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But it was clear that CBS would win the night, as its prime-time…
PBS announced today that production is under way on a documentary series from Ken Burns and his longtime partner Lynn Novick. The series, which will run 10 to 12 hours, is “Vietnam,” and is scheduled to air in 2016. “The…
CBS talk show king David Letterman received the inaugural Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence and Eddie Murphy was honored with the Comedy Icon Award at Viacom’s first Comedy Awards, held Saturday in New York, the AP reported. "Modern Family"…
Oscar winner Warren Beatty has prevailed over Tribune Media in a legal dispute involving the rights to the classic comics character Dick Tracy, reports Reuters. U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson ruled in Beatty’s favor last Thursday, asserting that…
DJ Megatron, a regular on BET’s "106 & Park," was shot to death early Sunday while walking to a Staten Island store near his home to buy a cigar, reports the New York Daily News. Around 2 a.m., his killer…
Marking his first guest appearance on a television series since 1984, Tom Hanks will appear on an NBC sitcom, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Hanks announced the upcoming guest spot on “30 Rock” in a Twitter message, the story says. Hanks,…
As part of an effort to keep Katie Couric at CBS, the network is offering her a package that includes a prime-time job as well as a role in daytime, the New York Post reports. The offer gives Couric the…