Howie Mandel will host GSN’s Game Show Awards, which is set to air June 6 on the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will include tributes to game show legends such as Bob Barker of “The Price Is Right,”…
ESPN has tapped 10 directors to make documentaries to air on the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. “The Kid Stays in the Picture” director Brett Morgen will direct “June 17, 1994,” tracking the day before the O.J. Simpson car chase…
“Today” weatherman Al Roker will host the new weekday morning program “Wake Up With Al” on the Weather Channel, recently purchased by NBC. Mr. Roker, the weather and feature reporter on NBC News’ “Today” since 1996, will host the show…
Time Warner reported lower first-quarter earnings because of big losses at AOL, but said profits were up at what it called its “Content Group.” Time Warner reported its earnings separately from Time Warner Cable, which has been spun off into…
Viewers in the Washington, D.C., will be able to see the Al Jazeera English channel, which has been without a U.S. outlet since it launched 30 months ago, the Washington Post reports. The channel made a deal with educational broadcaster…
Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity last week offered to be waterboarded for charity, and Keith Olbermann ponied up $1,000 to be given to the families of U.S. troop for every second Hannity endured the torture, the Associated Press reports. Olbermann…
Rick Springfield will appear as himself in four episodes of Showtime’s “Californication,” Entertainment Weekly says. The producers attracted the “Jessie’s Girl” singer with a casting call seeking “an actor who experienced huge fame in the 80s to play themselves as…
MTV said it is bringing back “The Hills” without Lauren Conrad, and has green lit nine new series, TelevisionWeek says. One new show is a daily live afternoon entertainment program hosted by British TV personality Alexa Chung, TVWeek says. —Jon…