Vivian Schiller, the chief executive of NPR, resigned from her post Wednesday, one day after another NPR exec was caught on video bashing the Tea Party and making other remarks that could embarrass NPR, The Washington Post reported. Schiller’s resignation…
Alleged White House crasher Michaele Salahi has been kicked off "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The reason? She apparently didn’t have an addiction. VH1 said in a statement: “The treatment program that ‘Celebrity Rehab’ documents…
Mike Starr, a former Alice in Chains band member who also appeared in television’s "Celebrity Rehab," has died at 44, reports Reuters. Starr was found dead in a Salt Lake City house after police received a call about a possible…
A former television executive at Universal and MCA who helped develop hits such as "The A-Team," has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Edward Masket was 88 and the cause was complications from renal failure. Masket joined Universal/MCA in 1982…
Mel Gibson has reportedly reached an agreement with prosecutors in the domestic violence case against him and will appear in court Friday to plead guilty, TMZ.com reports. The agreement will enable Gibson to avoid jail time, according to the story….
While MTV’s "Skins" has just two episodes remaining, the show continues to be avoided by advertisers, notes The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Nearly all of the show’s paying advertisers for its eighth episode promoted video games, DVDs or…
A necklace that actress Lindsay Lohan is charged with stealing from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store will be put up for auction, TMZ.com reported. The jewelry store confirmed the report, with a representative for the store, Kamofle and Co., saying,…
NBC has set the season finale dates for its 2010-11 season, with a one-hour season finale for "The Office" scheduled on May 19, reports TVLine.com. The network also noted that "30 Rock" will celebrate its 100th episode on April 21…
"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" won the February sweeps among the three broadcast networks’ evening newscasts, drawing an average of 9.71 million total viewers during the period, reports TVNewser.com. The program beat the second-place finisher, "ABC World News With…
ESPN isn’t concerned about a potential NFL shutdown if owners and players can’t reach a deal, with Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo saying at a conference Tuesday that the network will swap football coverage for other sports, according to…