A Fox comedy pilot executive produced by "Modern Family’s" Steve Levitan has cast a "Saturday Night Live" veteran in the lead role, Deadline.com reports. "SNL’s” Will Forte, currently recurring on "30 Rock" and "Up All Night," will star in "Rebounding,"…
A seemingly routine restaurant column turned into a surprise hit for a small North Dakota newspaper after it was posted Wednesday on the paper’s website. The Wall Street Journal reports that the review of the new Olive Garden in Grand…
CBS and Fox battled to a tie Thursday night in the coveted 18-49 demo, as CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” continued to beat Fox’s “American Idol” at 8 p.m., TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. Both networks averaged 3.6 ratings in 18-49…
Following a test of two special issues that proved there was an audience for it, Hearst Magazines will partner with Scripps Networks to publish four more installments of the magazine based on HGTV, reports AdWeek.com. The publication will start off…
"The X Factor" has offered $10 million to a major pop star to become a judge on the Fox talent competition show, Deadline.com reports. The pop star is Britney Spears, and the offer follows an initial discussion between Spears and…
The lead singer of one of the biggest disco anthems ever has died, according to The New York Times. The song "Disco Inferno," which begins "Burn Baby Burn," was first made popular by the Trammps. The group’s lead singer, Jimmy Ellis, 74, has…
There were gasps in a Los Angeles courthouse on Thursday, March 8, 2012, when an executive producer of "Desperate Housewives" revealed, under oath, a very surprising major event that will happen on the show this Sunday night, March 11, 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. …
"Avatar" director James Cameron may have hit a low point, so to speak, when he revealed images at the bottom of the ocean for his megahit “Titanic,” but he’s about to sink even lower — literally. Cameron announced that his…
A popular TV chef had a bad moment during a publicity event and found himself backpedaling over his choice of words after he had a chance to think about it. Jamie Oliver let loose at a press event in Australia…
It looks like a win for daytime talk host Ellen DeGeneres. The conservative activist group American Family Association, which called for a boycott of JC Penney over its hiring of DeGeneres as a spokesperson, has decided to abandon the effort,…