CBS’s "The Talk" has hit a season high in the ratings, not long after the debut of a new lineup for the morning chat show. The high mark follows the hiring of Aisha Tyler, an actress known for her work…
Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer said he will continue in his job and will turn around the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, reports Bloomberg. "I’m up for the fight,” Stringer, 69, said at an event this week in New…
CBS’s "The Early Show" has made two key hires as the low-rated morning show gets a makeover geared to hard news, reports Brian Stelter in The New York Times. The show announced the hiring of Charlie Rose and Gayle King,…
An actress known for her sexy roles in movies such as “Showgirls” and “Bound” is behind what sounds like an unlikely project that’s reportedly in development at Starz. The project is about the Ottoman Empire, and it’s based on an…
With plans in the works to move two recently canceled soap operas to an online network, one of the soaps has run into a hurdle, ABCSoapsInDepth.com reports. Plans to shift the former ABC soap opera “One Life to Live” continue…
Showtime has announced the renewal of a comedy series that has become a fixture for the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. "Weeds" will return for an eighth season, as the pay cable net ordered 13 new…
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said his company and the Nielsen Co. will look into an “anomaly” in ratings for Nickelodeon, Advertising Age reports, citing a Bloomberg News story. The sudden double-digit drop in ratings, which Dauman called “inexplicable,” occurred in…
Ashton Kutcher has announced some changes in his Twitter practices after a couple of blunders. He initially said he would stop using Twitter — at least until he found a way to avoid blowing it — after he stumbled into…
Ricky Gervais, whose awards show hosting gigs have produced, um, mixed results (to put it delicately), says he’s ready to step in following the departure of Eddie Murphy as host of the upcoming Oscars, THR reports. Defying predictions after a…
Spike TV has named a Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group executive to the post of executive VP, programming, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tom Zappala, recently the executive vice president of acquisitions and scheduling at Disney/ABC, gets the Spike job, the…