Former Current TV host Keith Olbermann wasn’t pleased at being the focus of several jokes told by Jimmy Kimmel at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kimmel made several quips about Olbermann, such…
Emmy-winning producer Nigel Lythgoe, whose resume already includes “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” has unveiled plans for a new talent competition show. “Opening Act,” set for a July 9 premiere on E!, will search the Web…
Top executives behind some of television’s most successful reality shows — including Mike Fleiss of “The Bachelor,” Conrad Green of "Dancing with the Stars," Kris Jenner of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and Bertram van Munster of "The Amazing Race"…
With its first scripted development slate, E! Entertainment is featuring a number of projects based on pop culture, including a contemporary story based on "The Wizard of Oz" and another setting the story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII in…
Just two weeks after a New York Supreme Court judge threw out Howard Stern’s $300 million lawsuit against his employers at Sirius XM Radio, the shock jock has filed an appeal and is seeking a trial, reports the New York…
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch, testifying in London in a probe into the phone-hacking scandal involving his British tabloids, continued to refuse to take the blame for misdeeds in his company, the U.K.’s Globe and Mail reports. Instead, the media…
As Lady Gaga kicks off her “Born This Way Ball” world tour in Seoul, South Korea, protesters have been rallying outside the concert venue to complain that the 26-year-old singer’s “obscene” music is tainting young people, MSNBC reports. The story…
Three NBC series hit historic lows in the Nielsen overnight ratings Thursday night as the network finished in fifth place among the broadcast networks in both total viewers and the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “The Office,” “Parks & Recreation”…
One of the former co-hosts of ABC’s "The View," Star Jones, who’s currently guesting on a panel segment for NBC’s "Today" show, has taken to Twitter to launch a campaign against reality TV shows such as "Basketball Wives," "The Real…
NBC has announced the key players who will be working on its upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics in London, TVNewser reports. Not surprisingly, the network named Bob Costas as the anchor for the prime-time coverage — Costas’ 10th Olympics and the…