In a reunion that was "not entirely without tension," former "Today" co-host Ann Curry appeared with her ex-colleague Matt Lauer in a live NBC broadcast Thursday from the Olympics, the Los Angeles Times reports. Curry, who was pushed out from…
The 168 captives in their second decade of U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay have a new favorite entertainment: watching episodes of the 1990s Will Smith comedy series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," reports the Miami Herald. A librarian for the…
The director of the 1971 Gene Wilder musical "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" has died, the New York Daily News reports. Mel Stuart was 83. According to Stuart’s daughter Madeline, her father died Thursday night in his Los Angeles…
Comedy Central is making no secret about the surprise twist in its latest roast — touting the appearance by the roastee’s estranged celebrity spouse in promos for the program. If you want the inside scoop ahead of Sunday’s telecast, click…
In an incident that will likely be a scene in an upcoming episode of WE tv’s "Joan & Melissa," comedian Joan Rivers handcuffed herself to a shopping cart at a Los Angeles Costco to protest the superstore not having her…
A U.S. athlete who won an Olympic gold medal Sunday has already signed to do a reality show, Deadline.com reports. Sanya Richards-Ross, who won the women’s 400-meter race, will star in a pilot for WE tv, the story reports. The…
NBCUniversal has already sold $200 million in advertising for its 2014 broadcast of the Winter Olympics, which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "The London Games created an enormous amount of…
Two new Fox comedies will get advance screenings in 10 cities on Aug. 26, followed by Q&A sessions in person and online with the shows’ stars, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The shows are "Ben and Kate" and "The Mindy Project."…
GSN is pushing into genres outside its stable of studio game shows, picking up a reality series called "Family Trade," about a Vermont-based car dealership that barters with customers, reports B&C. The show will focus on G Stone Motors, a…
CBS Television Studios has bought the Michael Koryta private eye novel "A Welcome Grave" and will develop the story for a series to be produced by the Kennedy/Marshall Company, reports Deadline.com. The book is the third in the Lincoln Perry…