Edie Falco is leaving Carmela Soprano behind with her title role in Showtime’s "Nurse Jackie," the New York Times reports. Ms. Falco is playing a New York City emergency-room nurse with short hair, unpainted nails and a lack of make-up, the newspaper says….
Stephen Colbert tells the Los Angeles Times that he’s "thrilled" by a recent Ohio State University study that found most conservatives it polled viewed Colbert was also conservative. "From the very beginning, I wanted to jump back and forth over the…
Nadya Suleman, the woman who gave birth to octuplets in January and was given the nickname Octomom, has signed an agreement to star in a reality television show, the Associated Press reports. She’ll be filmed for a proposed TV show by 3Ball…
Casting for "The Real Housewives of D.C." may prove harder than for the other shows in the franchise because of the wariness of powerful women in the city to risk their reputations, the Associated Press reports. "But it’s unlikely that a working woman…
The Ski Channel will be available on AT&T’s U-Verse multichannel video service beginning June 1, Multichannel News says. Ski Channel Chairman Steve Bellamy tells the trade paper the channel will be a fee-based on demand service, and that the network is currently…
In a profile of Pilgrim Films and Television’s Craig Piligian, Multichannel News says the key to his success at getting 21 reality shows on air during 2009 is his goal of building brands for networks. "Mike Rowe was an on-air TV presenter…
Fox Business Network anchor Jenna Lee tells the New York Daily News that she was told she didn’t have enough experience or skills for television. "New York 1, where I worked as a writer, they wouldn’t give me the opportunity to be…
Chase Carey could be returning to the News Corp. fold, according to multiple published reports. Carey, currently president and chief executive officer at DirecTV, is in talks to replace the exiting Peter Chernin as president and chief operating officer…
DIY Network and MLB Network are teaming up for their “Who Wants a Man Cave?” contest. “Man Caves” hosts Tony “Goose” Siragusa and Jason Cameron, along with MLB Network studio analysts and former MLB players Harold Reynolds and Mitch Williams,…