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NBC Series on Death Watch

A troubled NBC series appears to be dead, with the network apparently abandoning plans to take the comedy in a new direction. Nellie Andreeva writes on Deadline.com that “Up All Night” may have already aired its last episode. “The network’s…

‘X Factor’ Reportedly Dumping One of Its Hosts

One of the two co-hosts of the Fox singing competition “The X Factor” has reportedly been asked to leave the show. The New York Post cites an inside source at the show saying the program is giving the boot to…

Michael Jackson’s Son Joins Popular TV Entertainment Magazine Show

The son of the late pop star Michael Jackson has landed a high-profile television job, becoming a correspondent for the popular magazine show "Entertainment Tonight," reports ETOnline. Prince Michael Jackson, 16, will start his job by interviewing actors including James…

Is Former NBC News Boss Headed to CNN?

Jeff Zucker, the new boss at CNN, is talking with the former NBC News boss about job opportunities at the cable news network, reports the New York Post. Steve Capus, who left NBC less than three weeks ago, has also…

Alec Baldwin Accused of Racist Rant

"30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin is being accused of going on a racist rant during a clash over the weekend with a photographer for the New York Post. The Post reports that Baldwin allegedly “called a black Post photographer a…

‘Mork and Buffy’? Sarah Michelle Gellar Joins CBS’s Robin Williams Comedy

Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known as television’s “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer,” will play the female lead in CBS’s new comedy pilot “Crazy Ones,” Deadline.com reports. The David E. Kelley project stars Robin Williams. “Written/exec produced by Kelley and directed/exec…

Country Singer’s Death Is the Fifth Among ‘Celebrity Rehab’ Participants

The VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab" has again been touched by tragedy, with the death of country singer Mindy McCready marking the fifth participant in the show to die in the past two years, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. As previously…

CNN Brings Back the Ticker

CNN has brought back the ticker — the scroll of news that appears in the bottom third of the screen — after abandoning it a few years ago in favor of the Flipper, reports TVNewser.com. The decision comes from new…

‘Underdog’ Co-Creator W. Watts Biggers Dies at 85

W. Watts Biggers, who helped create the 1960s cartoon show "Underdog" and composed its catchy theme song, has died at 85 after suffering a heart attack, reports The New York Times. Biggers and his co-creator, Chet Stover, were working at…

‘War and Peace’ to Get BBC Treatment

The epic Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace" is becoming a BBC miniseries, written by Andrew Davies, who adapted "Pride and Prejudice" for the BBC’s 1995 version starring Colin Firth, reports Deadline.com. Davies is writing a six-part miniseries that will…