The actor known for playing Freddy Krueger in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies will star in an original Syfy production, the cable channel announced today. Robert Englund will appear as a member of the Bickerman family in the latest…
ABC’s “Good Morning America” had an announcement today about the health situation involving the morning show’s anchor Robin Roberts, Entertainment Weekly reports. Roberts, who will be having a bone marrow transplant as she battles a rare form of leukemia, announced…
An NBC affiliate is refusing to air one of the network’s new sitcoms, marking the second year in a row that the station has refused to air an NBC show, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. The station is the Mormon-owned…
"[A] jury in the landmark intellectual property case Apple v. Samsung ruled overwhelmingly in favor of Apple on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, awarding the iPhone maker approximately $1.05 billion in damages," reports the website of Wired magazine, adding, " ‘The…
A project that was passed over last pilot season is getting another chance from ABC, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. "The Kings of Van Nuys" stars John Leguizamo and Dustin Ybarra as two street-smart brothers, with Christopher Lloyd starring…
"Fox NFL Sunday" has hired a "comedic prognosticator," replacing Frank Caliendo, B&C reports. The job goes to the man who recently hosted the ESPY Awards, comedian Rob Riggle. Riggle will contribute a weekly segment in which he challenges the show’s…
With some of Viacom’s cable channels shedding viewers during the past year, the media conglomerate is turning to another method of maintaining advertising sales: shoehorning more commercials into its shows, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ…
Tom Bettag, the longtime former “Nightline” executive producer, "and other ‘Nightline’ hands lamented what [ABC’s plan to move ‘Nightline’ to 12:35 am. while adding an hour of ‘Nightline’ in prime time on Fridays] would mean to committed news viewers, and…
"The Office’ spinoff "The Farm" has added two cast members: Tom Bower of "Die Hard 2" as Dwight’s great-uncle with Nazi roots, and Matt Jones as Dwight’s cousin Zeke, reports Deadline.com. The spinoff, which focuses on Dwight, played by Rainn…
“Television news didn’t seem to fully recognize the importance of Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, on the weekend he died,” reports David Bauder of the Associated Press. The story continues, “In the hours after Armstrong’s death…