HBO’s "Game of Thrones" tapped a well-known rock group to record a rowdy tavern song that recurs throughout George R.R. Martin’s books. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the Hold Steady will record the song, "The Bear and the…
CNBC is rolling out its new CNBC Prime entertainment block this week, including a Tuesday evening block built on reality shows, TVNewser reports. CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman said last week that the new lineup, including the reality shows "Car Chasers"…
National Geographic Channel has given the green light to "In the Name of Science," a pilot from Nerdist Industries, reports Deadline.com. The show is hosted by Jonah Ray and will feature the re-creation of famous historical science experiments, the piece…
"Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford Motor whose signature creation…became a synonym for bold, bad ideas not long after it was introduced in 1957, died on Feb. 24 in Michigan," The New York Times reported yesterday, March 5, 2013….
"An all-puppet episode of ‘Community,’ featuring extensive use of the performers in puppet form, will air in April and include a cameo from Jason Alexander (though not as a puppet)," reports our friend Ray Richmond at Deadline.com. The news was…
Jon Stewart is taking an extended break from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” and if you haven’t already heard the reason, it will probably surprise you: Stewart is taking the summer off to direct a movie, according to The Hollywood…
"The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed today at 14,253.77, topping the previous record high in 2007 — and other benchmarks aren’t far behind," writes our friend David Lieberman at Deadline.com. The story continues: "The widespread momentum contributed to the continuing…
Earlier today we ran a story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper about the local NBC affiliate there, WKYC-TV, pre-empting part of NBC’s Thrusday prime-time lineup recently to run a 21-year-old episode of "Matlock," starring Andy Griffith. Brooke Spectorsky, the president…
On a night of generally down ratings for the broadcast networks, the top-rated show of Monday’s prime time in the key 18-49 demo was the freshman Fox drama “The Following,” TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. Fox won the night, narrowly…