NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in a blog entry at The Huffington Post that HBO’s "Girls" should be watched "because the show obviously is struggling to be a voice of its generation. … ‘Girls’ wants to tell us something…
With Fox’s “American Idol” ruling the roost, none of the other broadcast networks were able to mount a challenge in prime time Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Idol’s” 5.4 average rating in the key 18-49 demo…
One of the stars of the long-running CBS police procedural “CSI: New York” has been arrested, according to a report on TMZ.com. Carmine Giovinazzo, who appears as Det. Danny Messer on the drama series, was arrested last week on a…
A year after scrapping plans for Roseanne Barr’s comedy project “Downwardly Mobile,” NBC is back in business with the veteran TV comedian, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “The actress who starred on ABC’s ‘Roseanne’ for nine seasons has inked a…
One month after the killings of 26 students and faculty members of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., 26 students from the school will take part in the festivities surrounding Sunday night’s Super Bowl XLVII, USA Today reports. NFL…
CBS announced plans for a special program to air on the eve of the Grammy Awards, examining how the death of Whitney Houston impacted the awards a year ago, USA Today reports. The one-hour special, “The Grammys Will Go On:…
Actor Tom Welling, best known for his 10-year run as Clark Kent on the television series "Smallville," is heading to the big screen in a film about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, reports Deadline.com. Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks…
One of the legends of the NFL, who has been a pregame analyst with CBS since 2003, had a love child with a network employee and allegedly paid her to remain quiet, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Dan…
A well-known comedian, actor and director is the subject of a hot rumor at NATPE that he will be named the next host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." TVNewsCheck reports that the job looks as though it will…
As part of its effort to expand beyond hard news on weekends, CNN has acquired a nonfiction series from feature director Ridley Scott. B&C reports that the cable channel acquired Scott’s "Crimes of the Century.” The series will look at…