NBC Cancels Series
NBC has seen enough of one of its new series. Deadline.com reports that the ongoing ratings struggle for the freshman sitcom “Animal Practice” — including a 1.0 average rating last night in the key 18-49 demo — convinced NBC to…
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Fox News Hires Legendary Former Reporter at The New Yorker, The New York Times and Vanity Fair as Editor-at-Large
Fox News announced today that it has hired an editor-at-large. The cable news channel’s executive vice president, News Editorial, Michael Clemente, announced that the job will go to Peter J. Boyer. Boyer has been a senior correspondent for Newsweek/Daily Beast….
Hallmark Orders Its First Scripted Series and It Will Star Golden Globe-Winning Actress
Hallmark Channel has ordered its first scripted series. The cable network will skip the backdoor pilot stage for the project “Cedar Cove” and is setting it up to run instead as a series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original…
Donald Trump Offers Relationship Advice to Robert Pattinson — and Unkind Words for Kristen Stewart
Donald Trump went public with some unsolicited relationship advice for "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The headline-hungry business mogul and “Apprentice” firer-in-chief took to Twitter Wednesday to warn the actor about Kristen Stewart. “Robert Pattinson should…
Report: CBS Veteran Is Frontrunner to Replace Jeff Zucker on ‘Katie’
A frontrunner has reportedly emerged to replace Jeff Zucker as executive producer on Katie Couric’s daytime talk show "Katie.” The New York Post reports that the leading contender is David Friedman, a former producer of CBS’s "The Early Show.” As…
Legendary ex-WNBC Anchor Points the Blame for Her Famous On-Air F-Bomb
Legendary WNBC-TV anchor Sue Simmons, who was ousted from the New York City station in June, explained why she uttered her infamous f-bomb on air in 2008 — blaming it in part on her co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough, reports the New…
Discovery Channel, This Time It’s Personal. Lance Armstrong Took Your Brand and Pissed on It in Front of the Whole World. Doesn’t This Bother You?
Click here to read why TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross is stunned that the Discovery Channel has been silent about the seemingly overwhelming evidence that Lance Armstrong cheated to win his Tour de France championships and lied about his cheating to boot.
Sylvia Kristel Dies — Actress Starred in Landmark Erotic Film Series
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, who played a major role in bringing erotic film into the mainstream with her performances in the “Emmanuelle” series of movies starting in 1974, has died, the U.K.’s The Guardian reports. Kristel, 60, died after a…
Newsweek Pulls the Plug on Print Edition After 80 Years
Newsweek magazine has announced that it will cease publication of its print edition and go all-digital at the end of the year, The New York Times reports. “Tina Brown, founder of the Daily Beast Web site and the driving force…
Who’s the Highest-Paid Television Actor?
A new list is out naming the highest-paid actors in television, and at the top of the list, compiled by Forbes magazine, is the star of CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," Ashton Kutcher. The actor, who replaced Charlie Sheen…