The daughter of a well-known rock performer was arrested today on drug possession charges after what is suspected to be a heroin overdose, Reuters reports. Stephanie Bongiovi, the 19-year-old daughter of Jon Bon Jovi, was arrested in Clinton, N.Y., after…
On a night when NBC and CBS went at it tooth and nail for ratings supremacy, an ABC series that is playing out the string sank to an all-time low Tuesday, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC eked…
TiVo has hired controversial NFL quarterback Tim Tebow as its spokesman, USA Today reports. The story reports: "TiVo CEO Tom Rogers … admits the genesis of the idea came from his teenage son, who mistakenly thought a discussion he heard…
Actor Daniel Craig, who’s out making the rounds in support of his current James Bond movie “Skyfall,” was asked whether Beyonce or Rihanna would make a better Bond girl, and he didn’t hesitate. Craig thinks Rihanna is a better fit…
Netflix subscribers watch 11% fewer minutes of television each day than people who don’t subscribe to the streaming service, reports Multichannel News, citing a report from Nielsen. Netflix users watched an average of 246 minutes of TV per day in…
A television news anchor was suspended by her station for remarks that are being called homophobic, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. Raycom-owned WXIX-TV, a Fox affiliate, suspended anchor Tricia Macke for two days. Macke, who co-anchors the evening newscasts, allegedly made…
The race for the presidency is over. And of the thousands of TV ads shown, and the millions of dollars spent making them and buying ad time to show them, one has been judged the "most effective spot of the…
A single-camera comedy in development at NBC has a high-profile team behind it, including Will Ferrell and Anne Heche. Deadline.com reports that Ferrell and Adam McCay’s Gary Sanchez Productions is working with Heche on the female-focused sitcom "Bad Judge." The…
Jon Stewart berated himself on "The Daily Show" for his interview with Paula Broadwell, the biographer and mistress of former CIA Director David Petraeus, the Los Angeles Times reports. Video of the interview gained widespread attention after Petraeus suddenly resigned…
Aside from NBC’s improving fortunes, the broadcast networks aren’t having a great start to the 2012-13 television season, reports MediaLife. All the other broadcasters are down in the ratings from last year, and the combined top five networks have seen…