Oprah Winfrey, who made the transition last year from daytime talk show host to cable executive, is making another career move: She will return to acting, USA Today reports. Director Lee Daniels said Winfrey will play a significant role in…
In a first, all five "Star Trek" captains from the franchise’s various television iterations will appear together at an official "Trek" convention, reports TheWrap.com. The Destination Star Trek London convention, set for October, will include William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Kate…
Viewer numbers are in for Sunday’s debut of the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series "Girls," with the show drawing a modest 1.1 million viewers across two airings, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. That represented a drop from its lead-in, "Eastbound…
A Fox Business Network anchor has apologized for comments he made last week about ABC News, his previous employer, after saying he left "because it sucked there," reports TVNewser.com. John Stossel’s original comments about ABC News came in an interview…
Hulu will take part in the annual advertising tradition of the upfront presentation, an effort that has traditionally been the hallmark of broadcast and cable networks, The New York Times reports. The online streaming service will make its upfront presentation…
"The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment has signed an exclusive pod deal with Universal Cable Productions, reports Deadline.com. The deal marks the first overall television agreement for Valhalla, which will develop and produce projects for both…
The nosy neighbor from the first season of ABC’s "Desperate Housewives" will return for the show’s May 13 finale, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Christine Estabrook, who played nosy neighbor Martha Huber, will join Dana Delany, who played…
Carnival Films, the studio that produces the period drama "Downton Abbey," denied a report that star Dame Maggie Smith will be leaving the production, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat. A representative for the studio said the report was “complete…
Security has reportedly been beefed up at the beach house featured on MTV’s "Jersey Shore," which has been the target of an ongoing problem: vandalism. TMZ.com reports that the house has become a favorite target of graffiti artists, to the…
One week after its Katie Couric guest-hosting stunt failed to get the job done, ABC’s “Good Morning America” finally achieved what it has been trying to achieve for 16 years: It beat NBC’s “Today” show in the weekly ratings, the…