"Apple is pushing ahead with plans to launch a streaming TV service by Christmas — despite making little headway in its negotiations with content providers," writes our friend Claire Atkinson in the New York Post. According to the article: "Apple’s…
A forecast examining the outlook for cable and satellite TV contains some good news for subscription-based programming providers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The report, “Cable/Digital Broadcast Satellite Businesses Are Healthy, Even With Tough Housing Environment,” by Barclays Capital analyst…
A sports anchor for a major-market TV station has been suspended over remarks he made about a high-profile female race car driver, Yahoo Sports reports. Ross Shimabuku of San Diego’s Fox 5 News offered some unpleasantries about racer Danica Patrick…
A “Friends” reunion is in the works at NBC, where one of the stars of the long-running hit sitcom has been lined up to star in a sitcom pilot that’s being written by Scott Silveri, who was a writer on…
The medical examiner’s office in Martin County, Fla., has determined the cause of death for former Monkees band member Davy Jones, the AP reports. The autopsy, which was completed today, reveals that the onetime teen idol died of a heart…
Following in the tradition of Lucille Ball, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Carson and Billy Crystal, a veteran TV actress will be roasted at the annual Friars Club roast, reports ETOnline.com. The actress is Betty White. On May 16, White will be…
One of the main cast members of the original “Star Trek” series will make a dream come true for a nerd character on the hit CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” TVLine reports. Leonard Nimoy, forever known as Mr. Spock…
A singer who became a star on “American Idol” has settled a lawsuit that was holding up the release of an album he recorded before his appearance on the Fox show. Adam Lambert came to terms with Colwel Platinum Entertainment,…
Controversial cable talk show host Keith Olbermann has been sued — and it’s apparently political. The New York Post reports that Olbermann, the outspoken left-leaning host of Current TV’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” was sued by conservative “video prankster” James…
James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano in HBO’s long-running Jersey mob drama “The Sopranos,” says that like many of the show’s fans, he was baffled at first by the show’s ambiguous ending, the New York Post reports. Gandolfini talks about…