The Television Hall of Fame has inducted several new members, including CBS chief Leslie Moonves, "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf and the late television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Other inductees included sportscaster Al Michaels,…
Nielsen is looking into the viewing patterns of 5 million so-called “Zero TV” homes — U.S. households that watch entertainment via Internet-connected computing devices and TV sets, reports the Los Angeles Times. Most "Zero TV" homes actually own at least…
A veteran "Law & Order" writer and showrunner has been hired for a new CBS drama project. Deadline.com reports that Rene Balcer signed on with the pilot "The Ordained." Balcer helped creator Lisa Cullen with conceptualizing the idea when she…
Dennis Rodman, who recently returned from his "basketball summit" in North Korea, says he has a new mission: meeting the new pope and fixing the problems of the Catholic Church, reports TMZ.com. Rodman’s "people" in Rome have reportedly been in…
The Walt Disney Co. has just struck a huge multi-year agreement with Al Jazeera, reports Variety. The deal, says Variety, is between Disney and "Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), the pan-Arab free-to-air network that reaches millions of Middle Eastern and North…
Justin Timberlake returned to host “Saturday Night Live” for a fifth time this past Saturday, March 9, 2013, and the show was a ratings winner, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the story, “Preliminary Nielsen figures give the episode a…
Two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich, known for his feature film work in “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Con Air” and other movies, will play the lead role in the NBC summer series “Crossbones,” reports TVLine.com. “The 10-episode action-adventure series, greenlit by NBC last…
Matt Groening, creator of Fox’s "The Simpsons," had bad news over the weekend for “Simpsons” fans who are holding out hope for another feature film based on the cartoon series. Groening told an audience Saturday night at UCLA’s annual entertainment…
[Updated at 9:50 a.m. PT to include reaction of Us Weekly.] Barbara Walters, the co-creator and co-host of "The View," has denied the rumor, first reported by Us Weekly on March 8, 2013, that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the show, reports Fox News….
Valerie Harper, a TV legend for her performances as Rhoda Morgenstern on two seminal sitcoms — “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda” — is doing her best to stay positive after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Doctors have given…