PBS Chief Executive Paula Kerger fired back at Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s plan to cut funding for the broadcaster, calling it "extremely disappointing" and potentially "devastating" to the American public, The Washington Post reports. As previously reported, Romney told…
An ABC series has changed showrunners, with the network and the studio reportedly dissatisfied with the original showrunner’s inexperience. Deadline.com reports that Bobby Bowman has stepped down as executive producer and showrunner of the midseason comedy series "The Family Tools."…
A judge in Moscow has sentenced three members of an all-girl Russian punk band to two years in prison each on charges of hooliganism, USA Today reports. The case against the band Pussy Riot has drawn international criticism and focused…
"The Hills" star Lauren Conrad pulled an episode of her Web-based show "Crafty Creations" after an angry backlash from book lovers, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The video has Conrad showing viewers how to create a "unique storage…
In an example of life imitating art, a meth cook named Walter White is wanted by authorities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tuscaloosa, Ala., resident Walter Eddy White shares a name with "Breaking Bad’s” main character, Walter White. They also…
With the Olympics over, ABC’s "Good Morning America" has regained its ratings edge on NBC’s "Today," reports the New York Post. "GMA" beat "Today" for two of the first three days this week. "Today" did top "GMA" on Monday, the…
The creator of "The New Adventures of Old Christine" has returned to CBS with a put pilot commitment for a multicamera comedy project, reports Deadline.com. In a departure for show creator Kari Lizer, the main character is male — a…
Television stations owned by Tribune have been dropped by cable operator Cablevision, after the sides were unable to agree to a new distribution agreement, reports the Los Angeles Times. Cablevision suspended Tribune’s stations at midnight Thursday, with the cable company…
Journalist and commentator Fareed Zakaria was reinstated at CNN and Time magazine, with a Time spokeswoman saying his copying a New Yorker article for a recent column in the magazine was an "isolated incident," The New York Times’ Media Decoder…
John Noble, who stars as physicist Walter Bishop on "Fringe," has returned to the show after treatment for a sleep disorder, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. While shooting the first episode of the Fox drama’s fifth season, the Australian actor realized…