She been nominated for an Academy Award three times as best actress, but she’s never won. Now she’s eyeing a regular role in HBO’s "In Treatment," Deadline.com reports. It’s Debra Winger, who would play a former star who’s dealing with…
Wednesday night’s (April 14) opening night triple-header coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs drew the best NHL playoff opening night ratings on cable in six years. The games, on Versus, did a .5 rating and drew an average of…
How do those song lyrics go again? "I have confidence in confidence…" Here a confident deal: Words come down that a cable series has been renewed for seasons five and six, even though season four hasn’t debuted yet. The show…
By Chuck Ross I’m going to spend a couple of hours this weekend doing exactly what I did last weekend, and I’ll be repeating one of the most pleasurable experiences I’ve had in months. I’m smiling just thinking about it…
One of the co-executive producers of "Lost" has entered a two-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, in what is a "seven-figure pact," Deadline.com reports. That would be Paul Zbyszewski. Under the agreement, he’ll develop new drama products for the…
Dunno about you, but we’re always misplacing our remote control for our TV. So get this: A company called L5 Technologies has submitted to Apple an app that will let an iPhone act as a universal remote control for a…
"John King, USA" has hit a new low point for the four-week-old show, TVNewser reports. The show drew an average of just 54,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demographic on Wednesday, the lowest for the cable-news network since Dec….
Yep, The Bear Whisperer. That would be Steve Searles. Animal Planet is giving a short three episode order to the documentary project "The Bear Whisperer," the Hollywood Reporter reports. The show follows professional bear expert Searles as he uses humane techniques to…
It’s either every New Yorker’s worst nightmare or best dream: you get in a cab and there’s Ben Bailey driving. Bailey’s the guy who shows up when unsuspecting people who are hailing a cab and find him inside, conducting a…
The United States Library of Congress will archive all public Tweets since Twitter started in March, 2006, it was announced today. Separately, Google said it will search that archive. Both announcements were covered by various media, including Wired. According to…