A 6-year-old girl who is already a TV star as part of a reality show will be the focus of her own series, Deadline.com reports. Alana, a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo, one of the kids featured in TLC’s controversial “Toddlers &…
Tom Cruise is about to enter one of the most exclusive clubs in the entertainment industry, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor will receive the Friars Club’s Entertainment Icon Award, which has been given out only three times before….
CNN is letting go two on-air personalities, TVNewser.com reports. The cable news channel, which is struggling to regain ratings after losing ground to Fox News Channel and MSNBC, has cut meteorologists Reynolds Wolf and Jacqui Jeras, the story reports. Wolf…
Kathie Lee Gifford apologized for a faux pas on Wednesday’s "Today” show, when she asked guest Martin Short about his wife, Nancy, without realizing that she died two years ago after fighting cancer, reports the New York Post. Gifford lauded…
Fox News has pulled an anti-Obama video from FoxNews.com and Fox Nation, after the four-minute video aired on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning, reports TVNewser.com. The report drew "withering criticism," with the video appearing as a campaign attack ad —…
The record-breaking "Hatfields & McCoys," which has been pulling huge audiences to the cable channel History, took 30 years to get to television, with the project so old that Burt Lancaster was once slated to star in the role now…
Marc Cherry’s dramedy pilot "Devious Maids," which was skipped over by ABC, might be heading to Lifetime, reports Deadline.com. Talks are preliminary between Lifetime and ABC Studios, the project’s producer. The cable network has been considering several broadcast pilots that…
Walt Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger pointed the finger for high cable subscription rates, the New York Post reports. Iger said regional sports networks are the main culprits, stressing that ESPN is not to blame, the story reports. ESPN has…
More than half of the advertising inventory for the 2013 Super Bowl broadcast has already been sold by CBS, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. The broadcast may reach sell-out levels of close to 80% in the next few weeks,…
The NBC comedy "Up All Night" has tapped a new executive producer, with Universal TV signing an overall deal with comedy writer and producer DJ Nash, reports Deadline.com. "Up All Night" was renewed for a second season with a 13-episode…