The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has elected a top TV industry executive as the organization’s chairman and CEO, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Bros. Television Group President Bruce Rosenblum has been tapped to lead the academy, the…
Just one day after word surfaced that “Jersey Shore’s” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was suing to end her relationship with a licensing firm, as TVWeek reported yesterday, another of the show’s stars is headed to court. "Jersey Shore’s" Mike "The Situation"…
The host of a prime-time HLN show will leave the network at the end of the year, vacating the network’s second-highest-rated show, Deadline.com reports. Joy Behar is in the final year of her contract at the CNN sibling network and…
Controversial comic Ricky Gervais will be back to host the Golden Globes ceremony and broadcast on NBC for a third time on January 15, 2012. Many in Hollywood thought that the cherubic-faced, ascerbic Gervais would not be welcome to host the Globes…
The outlook for a show NBC recently pulled from its midseason schedule remains undecided, but the ratings-challenged show has at least one factor in its favor. "Community’s" departure from the midseason lineup doesn’t mean the program is canceled, writes Joe…
One of the longest-running shows on cable will remain on the air through 2016 after being renewed for three more seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series is “South Park,” cable’s longest-running animated shows. The renewal by Comedy Central…
Fox’s “Glee” fell to a season low in the key 18-49 demo Tuesday, according to Nielsen overnights reported by TVbytheNumbers.com. NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” meanwhile, continued its season-long ratings slide. “Glee” was off 6% from a week ago, settling for…
One of the last of the 124 actors who played Munchkins in “The Wizard of Oz” has died. The Huffington Post reports that Karl Slover died Tuesday in Georgia at 93. Slover, who played the lead trumpeter in the Munchkins…
"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is suing to end her partnership with SRG Ventures, which signed the MTV reality star in a licensing deal to put her name on a wide range of consumer products, reports the New York…
Yet another syndicated daytime talk show is getting significant clearances for a fall debut next year. NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution announced that it has sold “Steve Harvey” in more than 70% of the U.S., including 40 of the top 50…