Today, April 16, 2012, is the 50th anniversary of an event that was an important milestone for television, TVNewser.com reports. On April 16, 1962, CBS News presented the first broadcast of "Walter Cronkite with the News," the story reports. Back…
DirecTV and Starz Entertainment, LLC announced today that they’ve agreed to extend their deal so that the satellite distributor will continued to offer the Starz Entertainment lineup of channels, reports Deadline.com. Starz also granted DirecTV the rights to offer Starz…
Syco Entertainment, the Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment joint venture, today announced that the new worldwide CEO is Charles Garland, reports Deadline.com. This is a promotion from his role as COO. “Syco is a global business operating across 167…
[Updated Monday, April 16, 2012, 2:50 p.m., to add news that Comcast took the blame for the mistake.] Viewers tuning in for ABC’s “Good Morning America” instead got a glimpse of some hard-core porn last week on one local station,…
The Roseanne Barr project "Downwardly Mobile" that’s in the works at NBC has recast a role that previously belonged to "Eureka" star Salli Richardson after she reportedly didn’t feel comfortable at a table read, reports Deadline.com. Richardson hadn’t previously worked…
An actor who has been a familiar face in the movies for decades — and who recently starred in a reality series about his relationship with his daughter — has announced that he has prostate cancer, People.com reports. Ryan O’Neal,…
An NFL player is trying to block a television production company from creating a reality show about his children, the New York Post reports. The show is about New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie’s 10 children from eight different women,…
A member of the singing group the Bee Gees is fighting for his life in a private hospital in London after falling into a coma Friday, reports the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Robin Gibb, 62, has had a "hard recovery from…
A high-profile drama series in the works at USA Network has added an Academy Award winner to the already solid lineup, TVLine.com reports. Joining the series “Political Animals” is Ellen Burstyn, who won an Oscar for her lead role in…
The producers of Bravo’s "Real Housewives" franchise have reportedly been inspired by an ABC drama and are planning a new show, TMZ.com reports. With ABC’s new series "GCB" as the inspiration, they are searching for Christian women to star in…