As illustrated with the just announced list of participants on ABC’s upcoming fall edition of "Dancing with the Stars," we are in danger of celebrating folks who many wouldn’t really consider celebrities. In his latest entry, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck…
The annual New Establishment list, just unveiled by Vanity Fair, shows pop superstar Lady Gaga as the highest-ranked woman at No. 9. According to the magazine, the list “identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries,…
The various editions of the "Real Housewives" series on Bravo have more than domestic drama in common: A wife from nearly every season has faced serious real estate issues, reports real estate site Zillow.com. According to the story, 12 of…
One of the stars of VH1’s first scripted series is leaving the show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Stacey Dash, who plays Val on “Single Ladies,” said the decision was her own, the story notes. "I have to be back…
LIN stations have gone dark in six markets in a retransmission fight with cable company Mediacom, reports B&C. The stations are WALA-TV/WFNA-TV, Mobile-Pensacola; WOOD-TV/WOTV, Grand Rapids; WANE-TV, Fort Wayne; WLUK-TV, Green Bay; WTHI-TV, Terre Haute; and WLFI-TV, Lafayette, Ind. LIN…
CBS has given a pilot production commitment to "Cougar Town" creator Bill Lawrence and former "How I Met Your Mother" executive producer Greg Malins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is a multicamera workplace comedy from Lawrence’s Doozer production…
ABC’s "All My Children" taped its final episode on Tuesday, and co-star Ricky Paull Goldin noted that the show’s actors haven’t yet been approached by Prospect Park, the company that wants to migrate the show to the Web, reports the…
The FBI got involved over the death threats that were made to the family of "Big Brother" contestant Shelly Moore, reports TMZ.com. The FBI met with Moore’s family in Louisiana this week. The agency has determined that none of the…
Just three months after walking out on his longtime position with NBC Sports, Dick Ebersol is rejoining the division as a special adviser, according to several senior NBC executives commenting for a report in The New York Times. Ebersol will…