A poll by New Jersey’s Fairleigh Dickinson University implies that people who watch Fox News are less informed than people who watch no news, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The survey of 612 New Jersey residents found that only 49%…
Monday’s first installment of ABC’s morning show without Regis Philbin — which by the way has a new name — drew healthy ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, now anchored by Philbin’s former co-host, Kelly Ripa, and now…
How far has NBC’s regularly scheduled lineup of prime-time shows sunk? Well, last week its evening "Nightly News," averaging 9.1 million viewers, beat almost everything offered on NBC’s prime-time schedule, reports David Bauder at the Associated Press. Excluding “Sunday Night Football” and…
This video was seen live as it happened. According to the YouTube description accompanying the video: A helicopter has crashed in central Auckland while installing the Telecom Christmas tree. The seven-storey-high tree was being put up near the Te Wero…
A project focusing on Area 51, the secret military base at the center of a number of conspiracy theories, is in development, reports Deadline.com. "The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd is behind the project, the story says. Hurd…
Tribune Co. has agreed to terms with its former chief executive who resigned under pressure a little more than a year ago, the Chicago Tribune reports. Randy Michaels will receive $675,000 in a settlement from Tribune relating to his departure…
Eleven television shows from Carsey Werner TV Distribution have been added to Hulu Plus, including "The Cosby Show" and "3rd Rock From the Sun," reports TheWrap.com. The acquisition includes 580 episodes of programs including "Grounded for Life," "Men Behaving Badly,"…
A professional basketball team that a lot of fans probably have never heard of has asked a federal judge to reopen a decades-old antitrust lawsuit in an effort to gain TV revenue from the National Basketball Association, Bloomberg reports. The…
FX is developing a new comedy to be produced by a beloved former regular on "Saturday Night Live." "FX has teamed with Amy Poehler to bring cult Web series "Broad City" to television," writes our good friend Nellie Andreeva at…
One of the most prolific comedy writers in television has died at the age of 89, reports Deadline.com. In addition to numerous writing credits, New York native Jack Elinson was also executive producer of sitcoms including "One Day at a…