Tom Brokaw returned to the airwaves Thursday after a health scare that sent him to the hospital. It turned out to be, in his words, a “dumb mistake,” as he accidentally took some Ambien and found himself making “less sense…
The Big 12 Conference has signed deals with Fox Sports Media Group and ESPN that extend and broaden the college conference’s partnerships with both media groups. The two media companies will share broadcast and cable rights to Big 12 football,…
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian, who won an Academy Award for writing the script for "Schindler’s List," are partnering to executive produce the story of Roger Ebert, who may be the most well-known movie critic in the U.S.,…
Television advertising rates are soaring on local stations, as the U.S. presidential race enters its final months, reports the New York Post. At the same time, the amount of available ad inventory is shrinking, the story reports. Ad buyers are…
A report in The Wall Street Journal confirms that Jay Leno, longtime host of NBC’s “Tonight Show," took a big cut in his salary — a 50% cut, according to the network — when NBC came down on the show…
[Updated Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, 12:45 p.m. PT — headline rewritten to reflect that the singer who was reportedly offered the judge’s position, Enrique Iglesias, has had his name mentioned previously in connection with the job.This was pointed out to…
Wednesday night pitted two American icons against each other on television: former President Bill Clinton speaking at the Democratic National Convention and the season opener of NFL football on NBC — and Clinton outdrew the NFL, reports the Los Angeles…
[Updated, Sept, 7, 2012 at 12:50 p.m. PT. In an earlier version of this story we referred to the group One Direction as One Dimension. We have since corrected that mistake. The mistake was pointed out to us by at…
Pop superstar Britney Spears had what is being described as a panic attack on her first day of production for Fox’s “The X Factor” and tried to get out of her $15 million job, TMZ.com reports. The story cites Simon…
Fox’s talent competition series "The X Factor" has zeroed in on a front-runner to take over as the host of the show: Khloe Kardashian, reports TMZ.com. The report cites sources close to the show, who say Kardashian was clearly the…