After weeks of rumors that Ryan Seacrest would be replacing Matt Lauer as host of NBC’s “Today” show, Seacrest sat down with Lauer on the show this morning and revealed what he really will be doing. The “American Idol” host…
The 71st Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and among the 38 honorees were series on HBO, Showtime and NBC along with one of the big shows in…
HBO enjoyed a big season premiere for its latest hit drama series on Sunday, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder blog. "Game of Thrones" returned for its second season, drawing 3.9 million viewers and ranking as the…
"Community" creator Dan Harmon posted an apology on his blog for making the "horrible, childish, self-obsessed, unaware, naive and unprofessional decision to play someone’s voicemail to me," reports Deadline.com. That voicemail was from "Community" co-star Chevy Chase, who was upset…
The world’s largest consumer products company has blocked access to video-streaming site Netflix and the music-streaming site Pandora on company computers. Procter & Gamble wanted to find out why its computers were running slowly, and discovered that the culprit was…
NBC has apologized for a report in the Trayvon Martin shooting death, reports TheWrap.com. Specifically, the network apologized for its editing of a 911 call from the shooter, George Zimmerman, the story reports. "During our investigation it became evident that…
Yahoo announced Wednesday that it plans to cut 2,000 jobs — 14% of its staff — as the company moves to cut costs and refocus its priorities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The layoffs were expected, the story notes. Said…
Keith Olbermann took at least part of the blame for his problems with Current TV in an appearance Tuesday night on “Late Show with David Letterman.” “I screwed up,” said the recently fired Current host. “I didn’t think the whole…
Discovery Communications has announced that it will rebrand its Planet Green cable channel, Deadline.com reports. Starting May 28, the channel will be called Destination America. Discovery said Planet Green “will turn red, white and blue.” “Destination America will be the…
The second of two lead roles has been cast in a new CBS comedy project, Deadline.com reports. Getting the role in the pilot “Friend Me” is "Super Bad" co-star Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the story reports. The role marks the actor’s first…