Liam McIntyre, an Australian actor largely unknown to U.S. audiences, will take over the starring role in the popular Starz series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. McIntyre will be taking over the role…
E! scored its best performance in the past four years of covering all the activities on the red carpet at the Golden Globes, according to Nielsen data. According to a release put out by E!, "E! averaged over 1.6M total…
Much of the talk after Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast was not about the awards themselves but about the performance of host Ricky Gervais. He has drawn sharp criticism for his stinging jokes, which some are describing as vicious and inappropriate…
The debut of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network on Jan. 1 marked the end of the road for Discovery Health, with OWN taking over its slot. But now word has surfaced that Discovery Health has new life, according to Deadline.com….
CBS got help from its huge afternoon NFL showdown between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, which ran over into prime time and gave the Eye Network an outright win Sunday Night even though NBC scored well with…
The CBS Sunday afternoon telecast of the AFC divisional playoff game, in which the New York Jets upset the New England Patriots 28-21, pulled in big ratings, the network reported. The broadcast drew an average overnight household rating of 26.2…
With six hosts on CBS’s daytime chat fest "The Talk," some of them may not be getting enough air time–and that’s apparently a factor in the decision by one of the hosts to leave the show, People magazine reports. Marissa…
Syfy has big plans for its Saturday night lineup of B-movie fare, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Syfy will pitch these movies, such as "Sharktopus" and "Mega Piranha," to marketers at this year’s upfront presentation, the story notes. The…
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is poised to make her return to broadcast television, with CBS picking up a drama pilot, its first this season, starring Gellar, reports Deadline.com. Called "Ringer," the project stars Gellar…
"Glee" was the big TV winner at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan 16, 2011. The popular, breakthrough Fox musical comedy won Golden Globes for Best Series, Musical or Comedy, as…