Fox News on-air health contributor Dr. Cynara Coomer has found out that she has thyroid cancer, a diagnosis that came four weeks after she gave birth to her daughter, reports the New York Post. Coomer, 39, shared her diagnosis on…
As expected, Verizon announced today that it will soon sell Apple’s iPhone. Unexpectedly, Verizon "CFO Francis Shammo let slip to a Bloomberg reporter today that a Verizon version of Apple’s iPad is coming eventually, BusinessInsider reports, adding that the unauthorized…
HBO was the most-nominated network for the Directors Guild of America Awards, which announced its TV nominees today, the L.A. Times’ Awards Tracker reported. DGA President Taylor Hackford made the announcement. HBO led with 14 nominations, with “Boardwalk Empire,” “The…
The latest antics by “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen apparently have CBS executives concerned and poised to take action, TheWrap reports. Sheen returned to work today after a weekend spree in Las Vegas with porn stars, according…
The ratings are in for Week 1 of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network, which launched New Year’s Day. The Hollywood Reporter says that, according to final ratings, the network cumulatively drew 18.5 million viewers during its premiere week, which ended Jan….
The ESPN broadcast of the BCS National Championship kept the networks from aggressively going after the prime-time Nielsen ratings, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. ABC counterprogrammed its Disney corporate cousin ESPN with original episodes of “The Bachelor” and “Castle” and came away…
ESPN’s telecast Monday night of the Tostitos BCS National Championship college football game, in which the Auburn Tigers won the title by defeating the Oregon Ducks, is the most-watched cable show ever, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The game attracted…
The Fox live-action sitcom "Raising Hope" has been given a second-season renewal by the network, reports Deadline.com. This is the first new 2010 show to get a second-season pickup. The announcement about the Greg Garcia comedy was made Tuesday morning…
The consensus “feel-good story of the year,” about homeless man Ted Williams being discovered on the streets and springboarding into a broadcasting career, has hit a speedbump, reports the AP. According to L.A. police, Williams and his daughter got into…
After Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, which left six people dead and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords among the wounded, Fox News chief Roger Ailes asked the cable network’s staff to "tone it down" and ditch the "bombast," reports GlobalGrind.com, a site…