An NBC News team was freed in Syria after being held prisoner for five days by unidentified captors, reports NBC News. NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, 39, and members of his production team were freed after a firefight…
One of the stars of “Jersey Shore” has been stalling about re-upping with MTV because a better offer may be in the works at E! Network, according to inside sources cited by TMZ.com. E! reportedly has a new show in…
Fox has rescheduled the original animated episode of "Family Guy" that was pulled in the wake of last week’s Connecticut school shooting, reports Deadline.com. The "Family Guy" episode will air this coming Sunday, after the network pulled it in favor…
A new one-hour special called "Best Funeral Ever" has been postponed by TLC after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., reports the New York Post. The special had been scheduled to air Dec. 27, but now will…
A new project in the works at TNT will reunite an actor and producer who collaborated on the midseason NBC drama "Awake." Deadline.com reports that Howard Gordon’s pilot "Legends" has cast Steve Harris in a co-starring role. The project is…
Fox has bought a comedy about a pro tennis player from Greg Daniels, who developed the U.S. version of "The Office," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The untitled project will focus on a mid-level pro tennis player who…
Two veterans of sketch comedy from the 1990s are working together on a family comedy for ABC. Joe Adalian reports in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog that the project is in the works from Ben Stiller and Michael Ian Black….
In a move that extends Nielsen’s monopoly reach on TV ratings to also include the U.S. radio market, the company announced plans today to buy Arbitron for $1.26 billion, Advertising Age reports. “Nielsen, already by far the largest research company…
Legendary film director Martin Scorsese has increasingly turned his attention to documentaries in recent years, and his subjects have often been rock stars: Bob Dylan in the 2005 “American Masters” project “No Direction Home”; the Rolling Stones in the 2008…
On a night when live NFL telecasts and coverage of news including President Obama’s address about the Newtown, Conn., school tragedy jumbled the broadcast schedule and impacted ratings measurement, NBC rolled to a fairly easy win Sunday night, based on…