NBC’s coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics continue to dominate the Nielsen ratings on Thursday, besting an all-new night of ABC dramas, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m., the Olympics netted a 6.2 in the 18-49 demographic, outdistancing CBS’s "Survivor"…
Actually this is a good thing. William Shatner is making the bold leap from playing a lawyer who says crazy things, to playing a dad who says crazy things. CBS has greenlighted the comedy pilot "Shit My Dad Says" (hmm, we guess…
Fox has announced that the recently launched reincarnation drama "Past Life" has been canceled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show came in fourth in Thursday night’s ratings, prompting the move by Fox. For the next three weeks, Fox will show…
It pays to be as truthful as you can on application forms, as rumors swirl that an "American Idol" contestant has been bounced from the show for failing to be upfront about his musical experience. A source close to one…
Lindsey Vonn’s downhill skiing gold medal run on NBC lured enough viewers away from Fox’s "American Idol" to have it place second in its time period, a feat that hasn’t happened in six years, The Hollywood Reporter says. The…
Steven Spielberg’s "Nine Lives," a miniseries developed four years ago for SyFy that was quietly axed, may get its own shot at another life, the Hollywood Reporter reports. NBC is taking another look at "Lives," which follows a group…
Nadya Suleman, the Octomom, is set to appear on ABC’s daily roundtable discussion show, "The View," Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Associated Press reports. A frequent topic during the show’s Hot Topics segment, Suleman’s octuple birth grabbed international headlines last year,…
The likelihood of ABC picking up the irreverent single-camera office comedy "Better Off Ted" for another season lessened after a casting announcement at NBC today. The sitcom’s star, Jay Harrington, has been cast in the NBC pilot "Nathan Vs. Nurture,"…
This week’s $64,000 question: What will Tiger Woods say to the media on Friday? TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross has an idea. Click here to read it. –Tom Gilbert
On Wednesday Feb. 10, the “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” had 11.89 million viewers, its biggest audience in more than four years, B&C reports. The reason: It was the day of a major snow storm on the East Coast.. For the…