Oprah Winfrey went on Twitter Sunday night to try to boost viewers for an episode of a show on her cable channel, OWN, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The results, the story reports, are open to interpretation….
Early reports that tickets to live Charlie Sheen shows were being snapped up at a ridiculous pace–including tweets from Sheen himself in which he noted that the first two shows had sold out in 18 minutes–may have been a little…
Marking his first guest appearance on a television series since 1984, Tom Hanks will appear on an NBC sitcom, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Hanks announced the upcoming guest spot on “30 Rock” in a Twitter message, the story says. Hanks,…
As part of an effort to keep Katie Couric at CBS, the network is offering her a package that includes a prime-time job as well as a role in daytime, the New York Post reports. The offer gives Couric the…
Netflix and other video services including Hulu and Google are in talks with independent studio Miramax about licensing films from its 700-title library, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. No agreement has been reached, and any deal would…
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Chris Brown has parted ways with his independent publicist, Tammy Brook, in the wake of a high-profile outburst by the singer during a “Good Morning America” appearance earlier this week, TMZ.com reported. The decision was reportedly mutual. In the “GMA”…
After making a joke on his talk show show about how Kirstie Alley resembled one of the little piggies during her appearance on "Dancing with the Stars," George Lopez offered an apology on Twitter, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show…
Telling an Italian judge that the Lifetime television movie about her murder conviction left her "very disturbed," Amanda Knox appeared in court Thursday to ask that the TV movie be blocked from airing in Italy, where she’s appealing her conviction…
For customers who were hit by a streaming outage on Netflix Tuesday night, the company is offering a 3% credit on its $7.99-per-month streaming-only plan, reports PCMag.com. The story notes that if all of Netflix’s 20 million customers take advantage…