Charlie Sheen has again expanded his "Violent Torpedo" tour, adding 12 more cities including two Canadian performances, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The new locations and show dates are listed below. Sheen’s one-man show has sold out twice in Radio City Music…
Donald Sutherland has signed on for NBC’s comedy pilot "My Life as an Experiment," reports Deadline.com. The story notes that Sutherland will play the father of Stacie, the wife of a journalist who decides to make his life an experiment….
As viewers continue to seek out news about the disaster in Japan, CNN notched a rare prime-time ratings victory over Fox News on Wednesday night, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. CNN’s lineup averaged 679,000 viewers between the ages of…
Some viewers are having trouble finding March Madness games on their local television stations, the result of the landmark $10.8 billion joint deal between CBS, TruTV, TNT and TBS, reports B&C. The deal has "fallen like an off-balance, ill-advised three-point…
"Roast of Donald Trump" on Comedy Central drew 3.5 million total viewers, while breaking a record with men between the ages of 18 to 24, reports Multichannel News. The story notes that the broadcast became the highest-rated Comedy Central roast…
"120 Minutes," the show that ran on MTV from 1986 to 2000 and highlighted alternative bands, is set to return, reports the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Once again the show will be on MTV, and the host will be Matt Pinfield, who worked…
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to cut off Federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR), Bloomberg reports. . The move comes after NPR’s chief executive stepped down after a video surfaced that purported showing another NPR executive criticizing…
The showrunner credited with turning around one of the CW’s signature series is leaving the show, reports Michael Ausiello at TVLine.com. According to the story, the showrunner, "Rebecca Sinclair — who took over as showrunner of the CW reboot [‘90210’]…
Jimmy Smits continues to try and find another primetime hit. He’s be tapped to play the Mayor of Los Angeles in a new drama pilot on NBC, writes Lynette Rice at her EW.com Inside TV blog. According to the article,…
The impact of the disaster in Japan following a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami is beginning to be felt by the domestic TV production business, B&C reports. The availability of professional products such as tape and electronic components is expected to…