73-year-old Valerie Harper is battling terminal cancer, but that hasn’t stopped her from accepting new roles, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The actress has been cast in "The Town That Came A-Courtin’," which is an adaptation of Rhonda…
Denzel Washington, who has won two Academy Awards and a Tony, will be back on Broadway in the spring with a legendary TV star in a play that’s sure to become a hot ticket. Joining Washington will be Diahann Carroll…
The cable channel Syfy is bringing back a drama series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the channel renewed the time-traveling series "Continuum" for a third season. The show ranks as the No. 1 original cable drama in its…
A top executive at CBS is leaving the network. Writing on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that the head of the network’s alternative programming department, Jennifer Bresnan, is headed out. Bresnan has led the department since 2008. "She is relocating to…
"Glee’s" Finn Hudson, played by Cory Monteith — who died July 13 from an overdose of heroin and alcohol — will be written out of the Fox series in the third episode of the upcoming season, and Deadline.com reports that…
With ABC wrapping up its upfront advertising sales, the broadcast negotiations are essentially over, Ad Age reports, and the five English-speaking networks brought in an estimated $8.8 billion to $9.3 billion — roughly in line with last year’s totals. "Based…
The Fox Network boss made it clear one of the judge’s spots on "American Idol" is not up in the air. Entertainment Weekly reports that Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly said Keith Urban will be back in his seat when…
CBS’s "Big Brother" continues to see erosion in its viewer numbers, based on Wednesday’s Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the reality show lost three-tenths of a point from last week to settle for a 2.0,…
A veteran CNN correspondent is leaving after working at the cable news channel for 30 years. TVNewser.com reports that Jill Dougherty is headed out. Dougherty, who currently serves as CNN’s foreign affairs correspondent, previously worked as a White House correspondent…
"Dynasty" star Joan Collins is angry with fellow television veteran Shirley Jones, with the problem stemming from a recently published memoir by Jones that recounts her first meeting Collins in the late 1960s, TMZ.com reports. The book says Jones and…