Ken Jenkins, who played Dr. Kelso in "Scrubs," is joining ABC’s "Cougar Town" as the father of Courteney Cox’s character, Jules, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. He’ll appear in the show’s fall episodes, the story says. The addition comes as…
The U.K. television programs "The X Factor" and "Britain’s Got Talent" are facing an uncertain future, as host Simon Cowell hasn’t yet signed a contract because he wants to focus on the American version of "The X Factor," reports the…
Comic Robert Schimmel, 60, has died of injuries sustained in an auto accident in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he lived. In an appreciation of the comic, who was a favorite of "The Howard Stern Show," Jim Bessman of examiner.com. wrote, "With…
The main headline on the home pageof TMZ for a time today read, "Kanye Goes on Twitter Rampage, Seeks Forgiveness." Said the TMZ report: "Kanye posted nearly 100 tweets in a little over two hours. It started innocently enough with:…
Paul Conrad, whose biting, take-no-prisoner political cartoons helped shape the national reputation of the Los Angeles Times, has died at 86 ,the newspaper reports. Of Conrad–who won three Pulitzer Prizes–the LA Times wrote, "His unyielding liberal stance, delivered as savage…
Evidently nothing gets Jerry Lewis, 84, more enraged than an out-of-control starlet, according to an interview with Lewis on Inside Edition. Lewis, who will host the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon for the 60th time this weekend, unleashed a rant about Lindsay…
Jennifer Lopez is in final negotiations to join "American Idol" as a judge, reports TMZ.com. The deal could be signed as early as next week, the story says. The show’s producers believe she could help re-energize the Fox show, the…
One of television’s biggest shows may be moving to the Big Apple, reports the New York Post. Fox’s hit comedy "Glee" will enter its second season with the show choir trying to make its way to New York City for…
It’s not like Barnes and Noble is some great monument to independent bookselling–quite the opposite, in fact. Nevertheless, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, in today’s entry, tells why the closing of the Barnes and Noble bookstore across from LIncoln…
Not surprisingly, ESPN’s Erin Andrews is receiving special treatment at hotels following her stalker ordeal, in which a man booked rooms next to hers and shot videos of her through a peephole, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. When…