General Motors plans to sit out the Super Bowl next year, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. The decision comes after the automaker said it will stop advertising on Facebook, the story notes. The company gave a simple reason for…
Bee Gees co-founder Robin Gibb died Sunday at the age of 62, reports The New York Times. The cause of death was given as complications from cancer and intestinal surgery. Gibb had been in the hospital for intestinal problems during…
Nick Stahl, the "Terminator 3" and "Carnivale" actor who went missing last week, has surfaced, People magazine reports. Stahl checked into rehab Saturday, the story reports. As previously reported, Stahl was reported missing last Monday by his wife, who had…
FX is developing a drama project for an Oscar-nominated actor, reports Deadline.com. The project is created by Oscar nominee Tim Roth and "Homeland" executive producer Alexander Cary, and will star Roth, the story reports. The untitled Fox21 project is described…
A 27-year veteran of CBS News died last night at his Manhattan home, reports TVNewser. Four-time Emmy-winning producer Michael Rosenbaum, 64, died from a brain tumor that had been discovered last September. Rosenbaum was the CBS News Tel Aviv bureau…
Singer Wayne Newton, a fixture in Las Vegas, has been sued in that town, along with his wife, Kathleen, and her mother, USA Today reports. The lawsuit, filed this week by a company called CSD that has plans to convert…
Thursday was another rough ratings night for NBC, according to Nielsen overnights, with lifeless results for a pair of season finales. The network was also trounced by Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, both in total viewers and in the key 18-49 demo,…
Current Fox affiliates in a number of markets are reportedly worried that the network will drop them in favor of acquiring CW or MyNetworkTV affiliates from Sinclair, according to a story in B&C. A new agreement between Fox and Sinclair,…
Actress and television reality host Jenny McCarthy, who made a name for herself with a 1993 nude photo shoot for Playboy and later became the publication’s Playmate of the Year, is going back for more. McCarthy will appear in another…
Veteran television talk show host Larry King, who is planning a return to the genre with "Larry King Now" on an Internet outlet, is fast-tracking the show so he can be involved in the presidential election, Access Hollywood reports. King…