"There will be a major new female addition to Fox’s hit series ‘House’ this fall," writes our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Andreeva continues, "Odette Annable, who co-starred on another Fox series this past season — the midseason comedy ‘Breaking…
After receiving a public relations black eye by paying Casey Anthony $200,000 for photos in 2008, ABC News has decided to get out of the business of paying news subjects involved in exclusive interviews, reports Howard Kurtz at the Daily…
A joke about Amy Winehouse on Oxygen’s reality show "The Glee Project" was deleted during the show’s Sunday night repeat, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. In the episode, "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy teases a contestant, saying, “I’m surprised you didn’t…
"At least 210 local TV stations could go off the air permanently under the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, the National Association of Broadcasters charged Monday," says The Hollywood Reporter. The article continues, "The Broadband Plan — which proposes voluntary incentive…
Anderson Cooper’s new daytime show will look and feel like a well-known talk show of the past, reports the New York Post. That syndicated show is one that pioneered daytime talk, "The Phil Donahue Show," which aired from 1967 until…
It’s a key plot element in television shows such as "Doctor Who" and the forthcoming "Terra Nova" from Fox, but a group of scientists says the premise just won’t work, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. That premise…
An impending affiliation switch is behind a federal antitrust lawsuit between two station groups, B&C reports. Nexstar Broadcasting Group has filed the suit against Granite Broadcasting and one of its stations, the story reports. At the heart of the suit,…
Animal Planet has ordered a spinoff of one of its hit series, with a controversial group to be the show’s focal point, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show is a spinoff of "Whale Wars," and it will continue that…
The agreement announced Monday between the NFL and its players was good news for the television networks that have billions of dollars invested in the league’s games, B&C reports. A few details remain to be worked out to finalize the…
Leighton Meester’s mother has filed a lawsuit against her daughter, a star of "Gossip Girl," alleging that she "sacrificed her happiness" to support her child’s acting career, according to E! Online. Constance Meester alleges she and her other children sacrificed…