One of the stars of the hit CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" has taken out a restraining order against a man she claims is mentally unstable and has threatened to kill her, TMZ.com reports. Alyson Hannigan filed a…
IFC, the lower-rated sister network to AMC, may end up airing episodes of the zombie hit "The Walking Dead," which could bolster IFC’s ratings and give the channel leverage when negotiating with pay-TV providers, reports the New York Post. AMC…
Fox News has hired a former Massachusetts senator as a contributor, TVNewser.com reports. Joining the cable channel is Scott Brown, who was elected to fill out the term of the late Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate in a special…
An Olympic athlete who made history last year at the London Games was arrested today and charged with murder, The New York Times reports. Oscar Pistorius, who was the first double amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics, is accused…
One of the stars of the "Harry Potter" film series will step up to a lead role in a new CBS comedy project, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Rupert Grint, who played Harry’s friend Ron in the movie…
NBC has cut back on its order for a summer dramedy series, reports Deadline.com. The project, from Liz Heldens of "Deception" and the production company BermanBraun, is “Camp.” The network has reduced its order to 10 episodes, down from 13,…
Being shuffled to Friday night isn’t good news for a TV series, but it does beat getting canceled. So it’s reasonably good news — at least for the time being — for the troubled ABC series “Happy Endings.” The Huffington…
CNN had a surge in ratings Tuesday night as the channel split time between covering the Christopher Dorner manhunt in California and President Obama’s State of the Union address, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. While overall ratings for…
Two new series are in the works at ABC Family, Deadline.com reports. The cable channel has ordered a show called "Dancing Fools" and a docu-soap called "The Vineyard," the story reports. The premise of "Dancing Fools" is being kept quiet,…
A media company started more than 110 years ago — in 1902 — is in talks with Time Warner about acquiring some of the Time Inc. magazines, reports The New York Times Media Decoder. Says the story: "Time Warner is in…