The Blockbuster video stores and online DVD rental service filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, Reuters reports. The company, which has been forced to close stores around the country–leaving it with about 3,000 still open–has been struggling to compete with Netflix…
The producers of "Sesame Street" have decided not to air a segment featuring singer Katy Perry after some parents complained her dress was too low-cut, reports TMZ.com. The video was part of TVWeek’s free Daily Viral Video e-newsletter earlier this…
Fox has decided what it will do with "Lone Star" after its very low-rated start on Monday. Fox will keep the show on-air for at least one more week, despite its disastrous debut, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. There…
Appearing clean-shaven on David Letterman’s "Late Show" Wednesday, the actor Joaquin Phoenix apologized for his eccentric appearance last year that was actually a bit of performance art, reports David Bauder in the Associated Press. "You’ve interviewed many, many people and…
CBS was right in thinking that the title of "$#*! My Dad Says" would grab attention — from people, but apparently not from some digital video-recorders, which are unable to read the symbols, reports the New York Times. CBS has…
Teri Hatcher, who played Lois Lane on ABC’s "Lois & Clark," has signed up to portray the mom of Lois Lane, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. It will happen on "Smallville." But Lois’ mother, Ella, is dead, so in the…
Even though Bryan Masche was arrested on domestic violence charges, WeTV has renewed his family’s reality show, "Raising Sextuplets", for a third season, reports Popeater.com’s Naughty but Nice blog. While cameras didn’t film the incident that led to Masche’s arrest,…
Showtime has changed the premiere date for its new program "Episodes" and the return of the David Duchovny comedy "Californication," reports the Hollywood Reporter. The shows were originally scheduled to air Monday, Jan. 10 but will now debut on Sunday,…
Attorneys for Amanda Knox, the American woman who was convicted in Italy of killing a fellow student and nicknamed "Foxy Knoxy" by the Italian press, are trying to halt a planned television movie starring Hayden Panettiere,the New York Post reports….
The Federal Communications Commission is looking into whether or not an animated TV show is kosher. Following a complaint filed two weeks ago by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, the FCC is probing Nicktoon’s new "Zevo-3" cartoon for potential…