20th Century Fox TV has signed a former "That ’70s Show" star to a talent holding and development deal, reports Deadline.com. Wilmer Valderrama, who played Fez on "That ’70s Show," has previous ties with 20th TV, the article says. Two…
An Oscar-winning actor will be joining Showtime’s "Weeds" in the upcoming season, reports Deadline.com. The new cast member is Richard Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar for "The Goodbye Girl" and is best known for box office successes such as "Jaws,"…
One of the most recognizable faces on the right for CNN had to return a payment of $12,000 from the Republican National Committee, Media Matters reports. Conservative political commentator Alex Castellanos was not aware that the check violated his deal…
Julianne Rolle, most recently with TV Guide Entertainment but best known as an experienced Fox News producer, died over the weekend, reports TVNewser. Her body was found at the bottom of a cliff near her father’s home in Southern California….
So how much does the No. 1 show on TV, "American Idol," really cost Fox, and how much does the network make from the show? An article by Joe Flint of the the Los Angeles Times provides some of those answers….
NBA superstar–and free agent–LeBron James will announce which team he’s choosing to sign with during a one-hour special on ESPN Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET, reports ESPN.com. According to a request from James, the special is likely to sell ads…
Alert the media! Oh, that’s us. Don Johnson invented Webisodes, and did so "long before anyone else in television was thinking about the Internet," the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s just one of the revelations in testimony Johnson has given…
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" usually reserves political criticism for its half-hour broadcast, which makes it all the more unusual that 30 female staffers have posted an open letter on its Website defending the show from charges of sexism,…
Fox has told the Federal Communications Commission that one of its inqueries is unconstitutional, B&C reports. Here’s what’s happened thus far: The FCC wanted Fox to supply it with a list of the stations that aired the Jan. 3 episode of "American Dad."…
Ryan Seacrest’s production company is developing a dance show for E! based in Los Angeles that will star Lady Gaga choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson, marking the network’s first dance program, our good friend and former TVWeeker James Hibberd reports for…