ABC’s “Good Morning America,” NBC’s “Today” and “Live With Regis and Kelly” are nominated for Daytime Emmys in the first-time category of morning television programming. The new Emmy will go to the hosts and the producer of the winning show…
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Kitty Carlisle Hart, actress and panelist on the long-running CBS game show “To Tell the Truth,” died at her home in New York Tuesday from heart failure. She was 96.Ms. Hart, known professionally as Kitty Carlisle, was the widow of…
Video-on-demand and broadband network FearNet added user-generated video tools to its online site today at fearnet.com. FearNet, a joint venture of Sony Pictures Television, Lionsgate and Comcast, features horror movies and related content.The new user-generated features will enable fans to…
During an uneventful Tuesday night in the Nielsens, Fox’s “American Idol” once again dominated.“Idol” earned a 9.9 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to preliminary reports, followed by “House” demonstrating a 92 percent retention of the “Idol” audience with…
Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom and CBS, is committing $105 million in grants to cancer and burn recovery programs and research at major non-profit health care organizations.Cash grants from Mr. Redstone?s personal charitable foundation of $35 million will be paid…
Joan Rivers, once the queen of Hollywood’s red carpets, is being dropped by TV Guide Channel and replaced with Lisa Rinna.Ms. Rivers and her daughter Melissa moved to TV Guide Channel from E! Entertainment in 2005. “TV Guide Channel is…
(Corrects her new title)Angela Shapiro-Mathes is leaving Fox Television Studios to run TLC. The FTVS president will take the title of president and general manager of the lifestyle cable network, announced David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, at…
Martin Sheen will host “KCET Saturday Night Movie,” launching in May on the Los Angeles public television station in a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution.The “Saturday Night Movie” will feature titles from Warner’s library every week. It’s set…