Barbara Walters is in discussions with HBO to make a movie based on her career, the New York Post reports. "The View" star met with HBO executives last week to discuss creating a TV version of her memoir, "Audition," the…
CBS Television Network and CBS Television Studios said Melina Kanakaredes, who plays Det. Stella Bonasera on "CSI: NY", will be leaving the program after six seasons,Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com reports. Kanakaredes’ contract was up and although CBS and CBS TV…
The story of Oprah Winfrey as told by controversial author Kitty Kelley in her unauthorized book "Oprah: A Biography," has been optioned for a one part or two part TV movie, reports the Associated Press. The person who has taken…
John King will be the next King to depart CNN, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Since King took over Lou Dobbs’ 7 p.m. time slot, the period has shed more than half its audience, the story says. CNN…
The No. 1 rated show on cable has been sold to television stations reaching 60% of U.S. viewers, reports TVNewsCheck. The series is USA Net’s "Burn Notice," from Twentieth Television. Reruns of the show in syndication will begin airing on Fox…
CBS News is preparing for its third major round of layoffs since 2008, reports Forbes.com’s The Biz Blog According to the article, "My understanding is that the cuts are coming this month. I’ve heard this from the highest level," says…
Consumer Reports has concluded that it can’t recommend Apple’s iPhone 4 after completing testing of the device because of a problem with the device’s reception "When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side—an easy…
Showtime’s "Dexter" has hired the actor who most famously played RoboCop to play a troubled Miami Metro police officer for the majority of the show’s next season’s episodes, reports Deadline.com. Peter Weller, known for the playing the title charactes in the films "RoboCop" and "The…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkins says this is the best crops of Emmy nominees in quite awhile. And she has a sneaking suspicion that "Mad Men’s" hold on the Best Drama award may slip this year. Click here to…
About 24.3 million people in the United States tuned in to the World Cup Final on Sunday, when Spain beat the Netherlands, making a record audience for a soccer game telecast in the U.S., the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town…