Comcast is rolling out a new video-on-demand service that could pose problems for Netflix, as competition for digital consumers heats up, Time reports. Time reports: “The new service, called Xfinity Streampix, will be available to over 20 million Comcast subscribers,…
Nickelodeon has confirmed that it signed a 14-year-old singing sensation who broke out thanks to an appearance on “The X Factor.” We reported earlier that Rachel Crow was closing in on a deal with the network. Paula Kaplan, Nickelodeon’s Executive…
A five-time Emmy winner who died last year bequeathed a large scholarship fund to the University of California, Los Angeles, reports the AP. UCLA announced that the $3 million from the late Peter Falk will be used to create the…
The remaining contestants on NBC’s "Biggest Loser" have reportedly walked off the show and are threatening to quit, reports TMZ.com. The mutiny happened this week when the contestants learned that the producers were considering bringing back previous contestants to compete,…
A producer for CBS’s "The Amazing Race" was found dead in his hotel room, the apparent victim of a poisoning, reports the Daily Mail. Jeff Rice was a freelance producer who worked on creating challenges for the CBS show in…
The late Whitney Houston had a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol in her system when she died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the New York Post reports. The drugs included Valium and Xanax, according to the report. The coroner…
A popular late-night talk show host has had his contract extended until 2014. A press announcement today said, "TBS has extended the popular late-night series ‘Conan’ through April 2014, demonstrating the network’s solid commitment to the Emmy-nominated show and its…
This story — which you can read if you click on this sentence — is told by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, and it’s most likely not what you expect.
After 17 years on the job, the director of one of the broadcast channels’ late-night talk shows is exiting the show, Deadline.com reports. Brian McAloon is leaving CBS’s "The Late Late Show" and its production company, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants,…
Singer Adele apparently channeled M.I.A. during a live awards broadcast, flipping the bird after the show cut off her acceptance speech for British Album of the Year Award, reports TheWrap.com. Adele was speaking Tuesday at the BRIT Awards when she…