Rupert Murdoch is downplaying speculation that incoming News Corp. vice-chairman Chase Carey is now Murdoch’s heir apparent. “I don’t think we’re making commitments on that at all,” Murdoch told Fox Business Network anchor Neil Cavuto today during an interview. “No,…
Two American journalists working for cable network Current TV were sentenced by North Korea to 12 years of hard labor, the New York Times reports. Euna Lee and Laura Ling, sister of Lisa Ling, were convicted of “committing hostilities against…
USA will premiere the new seasons of "Monk" and "Psych" on Aug. 7, The Futon Critic reports. "Monk" will be entering its final season, while "Psych" begins its fourth season. The network also confirmed that the front half of "Burn…
Matt Letscher, William Fichtner and Scott Caan will guest star on the upcoming sixth season of HBO’s "Entourage," the Hollywood Reporter says. All three actors will appear in multiepisode arcs. Letscher will play an arrogant TV studio executive overseeing Drama’s…
TV’s newest trend—experienced women taking up with younger men—is hitting “All My Children” big time. On the show Erica Kane, played by arguably the best-known soap actress of all-time, Susan Lucci, will soon hook up with her daughter’s ex-husband, who…
HBO will begin shooting 10 episodes of its post-Katrina drama “Treme,” from “The Wire” creator David Simon, in New Orleans in the fall, but the pay cable network is still deciding whether to bring back “In Treatment” for a third…
Disney Channel’s animated "Phineas & Ferb” has been picked up for a third season and will get both a Christmas special and a music CD, says The Hollywood Reporter. Disney ordered 35 additional episodes of the show, which also airs…