Another year, another wild creature named after a TV figure. Following the 2011 naming of a mushroom after SpongeBob SquarePants, a newly discovered crab has been dubbed "The Hoff," after "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff, reports Escapist.com. The new type of…
2011 was a big year for bonehead tweets, with Alec Baldwin, Gilbert Gottried and Ice-T just a few of the high-profile Twitter users to make memorable blunders. The Hollywood Reporter recently compiled a list of the 11 most ill-fated tweets…
A weekday show that has been a fixture of daytime television has been canceled, USA Today reports. The show is Hallmark Channel’s “The Martha Stewart Show.” The cable channel announced that it will pull the plug on the show this…
CBS has found a new anchor for the Sunday editions of its "Evening News" broadcasts. The network will move Jeff Glor, who has been news anchor for “The Early Show” for the past year, into the spot, B&C reports. Glor…
In total about $16 million was spent on political TV ads in Iowa for the Iowa Caucuses, according to The Atlantic Monthly. The most money was spent on behalf of Rick Perry, both by his campagn and a SuperPac–a total…
Fast national results from Nielsen for Tuesday night’s coverage of the Iowa caucuses in the Republican presidential primary show Fox News Channel well ahead of its competition in the ratings. CNN was solidly in second place, with MSNBC third. Figures…
Walt Disney Co. has entered into a deal with Comcast Corp. to provide access to the Disney group of channels to Comcast customers via their mobile devices and through on-demand services, the Los Angeles Times reports. Among the offerings will…
A legendary figure in sports broadcasting, who redefined how the Olympics are covered while overseeing broadcasts of 10 Olympic Games, has died, Sports Video Group reports. Marvin Bader, an ABC Sports fixture for decades and a member of the Sports…
A syndicated daytime show is parting ways with one of its co-hosts, saying it wasn’t a good fit, the New York Post reports. "The Doctors" has decided to carry on without former "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels, the story says….
Updated 1/4/12 at 1:15 PM (PT) Corrected to say that Roker was in the L.A. area co-hosting the Tournament of Roses parade. Just a few weeks after actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight, another NBC personality, Al Roker, was involved…