Fremantle Media North America reportedly has its new chief executive, who will succeed Cecile Frot-Coutaz. Deadline.com reports that the company will name Thom Beers to the post, after Frot-Coutaz on July 1 became CEO of the entire Fremantle Media company….
Robert Kotlowitz, a magazine editor who joined the country’s largest public television station and helped create shows such as "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report," has died, reports The New York Times. Kotlowitz, 87, died of prostate cancer. Kotlowitz was offered a job…
The younger stars of "Modern Family" have received raises, according to Deadline.com. After month-long talks, the child actors will be making about $70,000 per episode, or about triple their current salaries, the story says. The stars include Rico Rodriguez, 14;…
For the first time since her on-set accident while taping CBS’s "The Good Wife," actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth will appear on camera on "Live! With Kelly," reports USA Today. Chenoweth will be on the Sept. 7 episode. She is also returning…
A top scheduling executive at CBS is leaving the network to take on the top scheduling job at ABC, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times. Andy Kubitz, who has been senior VP of scheduling for CBS, will be…
Katie Couric doesn’t mince words when she talks about her time at CBS in an interview released today with Good Housekeeping magazine. Couric talked with the magazine as she readies for her new syndicated daytime talk show, “Katie,” which premieres…
The guest list is materializing for Katie Couric’s new syndicated daytime show “Katie,” and early episodes of the talkfest will be focused on women in transition, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, set to bow Sept. 10, will open…
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has joined the Fox talent competition show “The X Factor,” E! News reports. Bieber will appear during the upcoming season as one of the show’s celebrity mentors. Bieber will reportedly be a part of L.A….
Actress Lindsay Lohan is giving her own version of events in an alleged theft of watches and sunglasses valued at $100,000, and she’s pointing the finger at a man who says he’s the son of Death Row Records co-founder Suge…
Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance," will bring a version of the feature film “Fame” to the small screen as a TV series, Deadline.com reports. Lythgoe will serve as executive producer…