Jeri Ryan has landed a recurring role on TNT’s "Leverage," The Hollywood Reporter says. Ryan will play a smart-ass, street-wise con woman who gets sucked into the "Leverage" family. Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly reports that The CW’s "Supernatural" has cast Mark…
Showtime will air a marathon of its new series “Nurse Jackie” on July 4. The two-hour marathon beginning at 8 p.m. will consist of the first four episodes. –Vlada Gelman
The television upfront market finally appears to be moving, as NBC Universal and GroupM close in on a broadcast and cable deal for the coming season, Adweek says. The broadcast portion of the deal, sources say, includes a drop in…
Michael Jackson practically single-handedly was responsible for the success of one of the biggest phenomena in TV history: MTV. In November, 1982, a little more than a year after MTV debuted, Jackson released the album “Thriller,” which would go on…
As part of CNN’s coverage of Michael Jackson’s death, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper told a story about going to Studio 54 when he was 10 with Jackson and other friends, says the Huffington Post. He joked that “Why I was…
Scripps Networks, Cablevision Systems’ Rainbow Media, A&E Television Networks and Comcast Networks have joined the Comcast test that will make cable TV content available online on a password-protected basis to cable and satellite subscribers, Multichannel News reports. Time Warner’s TNT…
Noah Wyle, a former star of “ER,” has signed on as the lead in another Steven Spielberg production, this one an alien-invasion series for cable’s TNT, the Hollywood Reporter says. Wyle will play the leader of a group that fights…
Julius Genachowski has been confirmed by the Senate as the new head of the FCC, TheWrap reports. He is expected to be sworn in next week.
Pop icon Michael Jackson has died, not long after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center this afternoon after paramedics discovered him unconscious at his home in Bel Air, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. ABC News — which had scored several…
Actress Farrah Fawcett died today in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer, Entertainment Weekly reports. “After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away," said longtime love Ryan O’Neal in a statement….