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Four-Way Logjam Atop the Broadcast Ratings for Wednesday Night

The big four broadcast networks finished in a tight four-network pack in the prime-time ratings race Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Fox and ABC both finished with 2.8 average ratings for prime time in the key…

For the First Time in Its 64-Year History, Motor Trend Gives Its Car of the Year Award to a Vehicle With No Internal Combustion Engine — Can You Guess What It Is?

Motor Trend magazine has named its 2013 Car of the Year, and for the first time in the 64-year history of the award it goes to a car with no internal combustion engine: the Tesla Model S. Writing in the…

Four-Time Emmy Winner Loses Home to Foreclosure

An actress who won four Emmys during a long run on one of television’s most popular shows has lost her Palm Springs home in a foreclosure sale, USA Today reports. Allison Janney, a familiar television actress known for NBC’s "The…

CW Cancels the Series That Had Fall Season’s Lowest-Rated Premiere

The CW has canceled the series that reportedly had the lowest-rated premiere of the fall season, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The show is the freshman medical drama "Emily Owens, M.D.," which stars Meryl Streep’s daughter Mamie Gummer…

Lindsay Lohan Arrested

Lindsay Lohan was arrested this morning in New York City, according to media reports. The actress was arrested at about 4 a.m. for allegedly punching a woman at the Avenue nightclub, reports TMZ.com. Newsday reports that Lohan was charged with…

Endgame for Fox Drama: Network Still Won’t Invoke the C-Word, but the Show Is Clearly Finished

Without invoking the “C-word” — canceled — Fox appears to have determined the fate of its low-rated freshman drama "The Mob Doctor," writes Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. One big question lingering over the fall season…

The Rather Odd Reason Matt Lauer Says He Doesn’t Pay Attention to One Form of Viewer Criticism

Matt Lauer, the co-host of NBC’s "Today," tells the New York Daily News that he’s unfazed by criticism he receives on Twitter. The reason? He says he barely looks at the micro-blogging service. People who tweet "have an opinion and two…

Kevin Reilly, Chair of Fox Entertainment, Has Tough Words for Hollywood: ‘We’re Too Obsessed With Each Other and Not Enough With the Consumer.’ Rethinking Needed, From the Way Shows Are Created to When They Air

Fox Broadcasting Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly has some tough words for those in the TV business. "Reilly said the industry has not gotten its arms around the impact of the DVR or the need to consider how viewers embrace…

Report: Angus T. Jones Staying on ‘Two and a Half Men’

Since "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones went public with criticism of his own show, some have speculated that he may be on the way out of the show’s lineup. But the 19-year-old actor won’t be leaving…

MTV Cancels Series

MTV is pulling the plug on a series after one season, Deadline.com reports. After a season of soft ratings, the network has canceled the sitcom "The Inbetweeners," the U.S. remake of an award-winning British series, the story reports. Its biggest…