Discovery Communications has announced a high-level shakeup in its cable networks’ executive offices, Multichannel News reports. The company created the new position of senior VP of content strategy at each of three networks, giving the positions to Marc Etkind at…
OWN is bringing back to the airwaves the charismatic host from the early days of one of TLC’s trademark shows to bolster the network’s daytime lineup, USA Today reports. Paige Davis, who hosted TLC’s "Trading Spaces" circa 2001, will star…
President John F. Kennedy was so fearful of a possible Lyndon Johnson presidency that he had begun plotting to prevent LBJ from succeeding him before Kennedy’s death in 1963, according to ABC News. The revelation is one of many contained…
The opening game of the NFL regular season, featuring a showdown between the past two Super Bowl champions in the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, was a ratings blockbuster for NBC Thursday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The numbers are…
Simon Cowell has a tabloid frenzy on his hands after a convicted criminal won a huge jackpot on a Cowell game show airing in the U.K., The Guardian reports. Cowell blamed "human error" for allowing Nathan Hageman to compete on…
One of the cast members of Fox’s “Glee” will see her screen time drastically reduced in the show’s third season, TVLine.com reports, in a story flagged with spoiler alerts. The cast member is Ashley Fink, who plays plus-sized student Lauren…
Mel Gibson, who infamously went on an anti-Semitic rant while drunk during a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu, wants to bring the story of a Jewish hero to the big screen, Mike Fleming of Deadline.com reports. The headline of Fleming’s…
Lifetime has decided not to order a new season of one of its series, Deadline.com reports. The show is the freshman drama “The Protector,” which stars Ally Walker as a single mother who is also a Los Angeles Police Department…
A legendary comedian who grew up on West 121st Street in Manhattan may get the block named after him, the New York Post reports. Fans and family of George Carlin are petitioning the city to agree to the ceremonial renaming,…
Dish Network could be nearing a split with sports cable network ESPN over rights fees, reports the New York Post. Trouble started brewing when ESPN announced a $15.2 billion, eight-year rights extension deal with the NFL for "Monday Night Football,"…