Streaming site Hulu has received bids from at least three potential buyers, according to a number of media reports. Most interesting may be how the service might be transformed, depending upon who acquires it. According to Deadline.com: "Conventional wisdom is that…
ABC’s "Nashville" promoted three actors to series regulars for the drama’s second season, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. Sisters Lennon and Maisy Stella and "The O.C." actor Chris Carmack have been upped to full time. The Stella sisters have…
Sunday’s prime-time ratings weren’t much to shout about on the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the best anyone was able to average for the four hours was a 1.2 rating, with…
A singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and actress who has been a huge star, topping the charts and raking in multiple Grammy Awards, reported to prison today. The Los Angeles Times reports that Lauryn Hill, formerly of the Fugees, began serving a…
Turner Entertainment Networks, the division of Turner Broadcasting that includes TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and truTV, announced that it has promoted Jennifer Dorian to chief strategy officer. “Dorian, who most recently served as senior vice president of strategic…
Three "Big Brother’ houseguests got in trouble after the CBS show’s live feed captured them uttering offensive statements, with the comments by the three cast members prompting reactions from their employers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Contestant Spencer Clawson, 31,…
Starz found itself backpedaling after an erroneous announcement of the hiring of an actor for a high-profile role. The pay-cable channel said its digital division made a mistake when it tweeted that Sam Heughan had been cast as Jamie Fraser…
Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" is making some changes after viewers criticized the show. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the show is tweaking its procedures after two competitors were voted off the show at the top…
Television news got some good news in a just-released Gallup poll. Deadline.com reports that the latest survey about where Americans turn for news shows that more than half, 55%, of U.S. adults say they turn to television for coverage of…
A digital prank interrupted the televised George Zimmerman murder trial today, leaving the no-nonsense judge presiding over the case less than amused — and teaching viewers a lesson about Skype, the New York Daily News reports. "Scott Pleasants, one of…