Fast-paced animated programs such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" may be harming children’s brains, reports Bloomberg, citing a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Four-year-old kids who tuned in to nine minutes of "SpongeBob," which airs on Viacom’s Nickelodeon network, performed only…
Andy Whitfield, 39, the actor best known for playing Spartacus in season one of Starz’ "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has lost his battle against the cancer non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was first diagnosed with the disease in in 2010. Originally from…
"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy is reportedly reconsidering the role of Finn Hudson after the actor who plays him, Cory Monteith, complained that the show’s cast is overworked and underpaid, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Murphy allegedly also threatened…
One of the stars of Bravo’s "Real Housewives" franchise and her husband staged an expensive second wedding for themselves even though they’re dealing with a multimillion-dollar business bankruptcy, reports the New York Post. The second wedding for Teresa Giudice, a…
"Rules of Engagement" star Patrick Warburton slammed CBS over his show’s new 8 p.m. Saturday time slot on the network’s schedule, reports TVGuide.com. "The scripts are great and we’re having a lot of fun doing the show, but God knows…
Charlie Sheen is already set to have a big day on TV next Monday, Sept. 19, with the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen" scheduled to air that night — the same night the new season of “Two and a…
“YouTube is considering launching a service dedicated to investigative journalism in response to the decline of in-depth reporting at traditional news outlets,” the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports. The video-sharing website is talking with the Berkeley, Calif.-based nonprofit Center for Investigative…
Ad spending on broadcast TV actually fell in the first half of 2011 compared with 2010, though ad spending on cable TV, syndication and the Internet surged over the same time period, according to well-respected Kantar Media. Says the report: "Within the television…
"Need to Know," the Friday newsmagazine from PBS, is tapping a rotating group of guest hosts after its anchor Alison Stewart departed Friday, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times. Scott Simon, the host of NPR’s "Weekend Edition Saturday,"…
NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” on the first Sunday of the NFL’s regular season had a huge viewer turnout, according to early overnight ratings reported by TVbytheNumbers.com. With numbers due to be adjusted because of the nature of live sports, the…