CNN, which is eager to polish up its battered image and low ratings under new boss Jeff Zucker, didn’t exactly do itself proud Thursday with its extensive coverage of plumbing problems and other hassles aboard a cruise ship, according to…
Jimmy Kimmel has just served up more evidence that he’s not exactly a fan of fellow late-night host Jay Leno. Kimmel “couldn’t stop talking about the fellow funnyman during a recent interview with Playboy, on newsstands Friday,” Fox News reports….
Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, the co-hosts of the fourth hour of "Today," are at odds over which direction to take the show — literally, reports TMZ.com. Gifford wants to move the show to Hollywood, as we reported earlier…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross thinks Netflix’s new series "House of Cards," starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and directed by David Fincher (among others), is terrific! Please click here to read Ross’ fun, insightful essay about the show…
The folks here at TVWeek are off this coming Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, which is Presidents’ Day. Today we’ll be publishing our full complement of items and e-newsletters, but will not on Monday. We will be back in the saddle with…
Nike has yanked an ad featuring Olympic runner and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius, with the ad’s copy reading, "I am the bullet in the chamber," reports Advertising Age. The ad was pulled from Pistorius’ website Thursday, the piece notes. The…
CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told analysts Thursday that the network is in good shape for the fall and “we aren’t going to need very much” in the way of new programming, reports Deadline.com. Nevertheless, he said CBS "ordered a…
A member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who was the only person to attend all 70 of the Golden Globes ceremonies has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Maureen Dragone, 93, died Feb. 8, the piece reports. Dragone was…
ABC has signed a three-year renewal for the Miss America pageant, which will return to its native Atlantic City, N.J., in September after six years in Las Vegas, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Miss America’s relationship with Atlantic…
We like our headline, but the one in The Wall Street Journal wasn’t bad either: “Investors Relishing Buffett’s bid for Heinz.” [WSJ articles are behind a firewall and you may be asked to pay to read them,] The WSJ piece…