Disgraced journalist Jonah Lehrer, who was fired from his job at The New Yorker after it was discovered that he fabricated quotes and plagiarized material, addressed his downfall for the first time in public, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lehrer…
"America’s Got Talent" will bring back Howie Mandel, who is now set for his fourth go-around as a judge on NBC’s summer talent-competition show, reports Deadline.com. Mandel will rejoin Howard Stern at the judges’ table. The show hasn’t yet named…
A reality show that was taped shortly before the death of its star in a plane crash will make it to air, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. Mun2 said it will air the final season of “I Love…
Comcast has agreed to buy out General Electric’s remaining stake in NBCUniversal, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Comcast will reportedly pay $16.7 billion. The agreement speeds up a process that was previously expected to take several years, the…
An Oscar-nominated actress has been cast in NBC’s drama pilot "Hatfields & McCoys," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Virginia Madsen, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the film "Sideways," will play Eloise McCoy,…
The show that made the phrase “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” famous is returning to television in rebooted form, TheWrap.com reports. Style Media is reviving the the 1980s and 1990s syndicated television series "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," with…
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation are teaming together "to create an original series for children based on the upcoming film ‘Turbo.’ Due this summer, that film stars a speedy snail. The TV series. ‘Turbo F.A.S.T.,’ which picks up were the film…
CNN, Fox News and a number of other media outlets are reporting that murder suspect Christopher Dorner is currently in a cabin near Mentone, Calif. Mentone is about 30 miles southeast from Big Bear, Calif., the mountain town where police were seaching…
FX apparently liked what it saw in a drama pilot, as the cable channel has given the project a 13-episode series order. Deadline.com reports that “The Bridge,” from writers Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid and starring Diane Kruger and Demian…
CBS eked out a win over its broadcast rivals in prime time Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights — even with its entire lineup slipping from last week. Meanwhile, NBC’s two-hour “The Biggest Loser” fell to a season low and…