ABC’s "Nashville" promoted three actors to series regulars for the drama’s second season, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Sisters Lennon and Maisy Stella and "The O.C." actor Chris Carmack have been upped to full time. The Stella sisters have…
By Chuck Ross Back in the late 1960s I watched, or at least partly watched, one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It starred the wonderful singer Roy Orbison — he was best known for singing "Pretty Woman" and dozens…
"Release the hounds: DogTV — touted as the first TV network aimed at man’s best friend — is a real 24-hour channel that will be unleashed on DirecTV starting Aug. 1, 2013, reports Todd Spangler in Variety. Says the article,…
CBS’s "Big Brother" brought its recent outbreak of racism and homophobia out of the relative obscurity of the live Internet feed and into the glaring spotlight of the prime-time broadcast Sunday night — and got a ratings bump out of…
Sunday’s prime-time ratings weren’t much to shout about on the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the best anyone was able to average for the four hours was a 1.2 rating, with…
21st Century Fox today announced it has "realigned its television syndication and distribution unit Twentieth Television, formerly part of Fox Television Stations, under Twentieth Century Fox Television, the Company’s television production studio. Twentieth Television will continue to be led by President…
A singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and actress who has been a huge star, topping the charts and raking in multiple Grammy Awards, reported to prison today. The Los Angeles Times reports that Lauryn Hill, formerly of the Fugees, began serving a…
Turner Entertainment Networks, the division of Turner Broadcasting that includes TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and truTV, announced that it has promoted Jennifer Dorian to chief strategy officer. “Dorian, who most recently served as senior vice president of strategic…
Three "Big Brother’ houseguests got in trouble after the CBS show’s live feed captured them uttering offensive statements, with the comments by the three cast members prompting reactions from their employers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Contestant Spencer Clawson, 31,…
Starz found itself backpedaling after an erroneous announcement of the hiring of an actor for a high-profile role. The pay-cable channel said its digital division made a mistake when it tweeted that Sam Heughan had been cast as Jamie Fraser…