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‘Secret Millionaire’ to Start in March for Six-Epside Run on ABC During ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ Time Slot

"Secret Millionaire," which tracks successful U.S. business executives as they spend a week in some of the country’s poorest areas and then reveal their identities and give away their own money, has been given a six-episode run starting in March,…

Tea Leoni Considering Return to TV

Tea Leoni could be back on TV in the not too distant future. HBO is deciding whether or not to do a pilot pickup of a comedy project in which Leoni would  star and produce called "Spring/Fall," reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com….

Video: Two Hosts Walk Off Set of ‘The View’ in Anger at Guest Bill O’Reilly

Fox News star Bill O’Reilly appeared as a guest on ABC’s "The View" Thursday morning and so incensed two of the hosts that they walked off the stage, reports TVSquad.com. Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar later returned to the…

What Do You Get When You Mash Up ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Bachelor’?

NBC is working on a new reality show that combines elements of CBS’s "Survivor" and ABC’s "The Bachelor" for a romance/adventure hybrid, New York Magazine reports. The new show is tentatively titled "Love in the Wild," the article says. It…

Verizon to Begin Selling iPads This Month as Deal With Apple Gets Closer

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will start selling iPads later this month, AFP reports. The move brings Apple and Verizon one step closer to their impending partnership as Apple apparently moves toward ending its exclusive arrangement with AT&T for…

Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters to Spend an Hour Together on Air–But Who Will Be Interviewing Whom?

A one-hour TV interview is on tap for Thursday, Dec. 9, that will feature two of the top daytime talk show hosts, Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey will be the interviewee this time around, while Walters will conduct the…

Video: Perez Hilton Vows to Stop Outing Gays and Stop Being a Bully

In the wake of a number of recent incidents in which people have committed suicide after being bullied for being gay, Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton says he is changing his tune and will no longer try to force celebrities…

ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ Leads Wednesday Ratings

The highest-rated show Wednesday night was ABC’s Emmy winner "Modern Family," but overall CBS delivered the strongest prime-time lineup, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. CBS’s "Survivor" led the way with an average rating of 3.65 in the 18-49 demographic…

Google’s Pact With NBCU Ends a Year Early, Dealing Setback to Search Giant’s Ambitions for TV Ad Sales

In what Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg is calling a setback to Google’s goal of becoming a big player in television advertising sales, Google and NBC Universal ended an ad pact almost a year before it was due to expire. The…

Google, NBC Universal End TV Ad-Sales Pact Early; Agreement Allowed Google to Sell Cable Inventory

By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Google and NBC Universal have dissolved an intriguing ad pact they established in 2008 nearly a year before it was set to expire, dealing a setback to Google’s ambition to become a big player in TV…