Two longtime MTV favorites are being brought back by the cable channel for new seasons, Deadline.com reports. MTV is giving renewals to "The Challenge" and "The Real World." This will be the 27th season for "The Real World" and the…
The vintage game show format “Hollywood Squares” is returning to TV as “Hip Hop Squares” with a lineup that includes well-known hip hop personalities, MTV announced. The show will air on MTV2, where it’s set to premiere May 22. MTV…
The Emmy-winning star of an iconic sitcom revealed a health crisis that was kept quiet when it happened several years ago. Candice Bergen revealed that in 2006 she suffered a minor stroke, reports New York Magazine. Bergen starred on the…
A comedy special that was originally presented only online will make its way to cable television. FX announced that it will televise Louis C.K.’s "Live at the Beacon Theater," the New York Observer reports. FX also televises Louis C.K.’s sitcom,…
A witness to the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida, interviewed Thursday night by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, described seeing “scuffling” and hearing a “painful” scream, Mediaite reports. The anonymous witness also said it appeared that George Zimmerman, the accused shooter, was…
Lines were forming across the country as the record Mega Millions jackpot grew ever larger today, with the AP reporting early this afternoon that it had grown to $640 million. We reported two days ago that the lottery jackpot was…
"Saturday Night Live" has hired a new cast member, and the hiring represents a first for the long-running NBC late-night show: the first openly gay female cast member in the show’s history, reports the New York Post. The new actress…
The longest winning streak in TV history could come to an end next week, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. With former "Today" co-host Katie Couric slated to co-host "Good Morning America" next week, there’s a…
News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch declared war against his "enemies," who have accused his pay-TV operation of sabotaging competitors, reports Reuters. The 81-year-old Murdoch, who is Australian, took to Twitter to call his critics “toffs and right wingers.” “Toff” is…
Friction appears to have surfaced between pop stars Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez after Minaj needled Lopez on Fox’s "American Idol," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Minaj, who performed "Starships" on the program, asked Lopez to "scoot over" to make…