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Cbs Again Dominates Weekly Ratings
Some 50.55 million viewers tuned in to CBS's telecast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots on Sunday, and while Nielsen did not include the primetime...
By Lew Irwin on 20 January 2011
Golden Globes Bosses Sued
The organisers of the Golden Globe Awards have been hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit just days before the glitzy ceremony is due to roll into Hollywood.Bosses at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), who...
By WENN on 14 January 2011
Douglas: 'I Told My Kids All About Cancer Battle'
Brave MICHAEL DOUGLAS opted to tell his young children all about his cancer treatment so they would understand what daddy was going through.Rather than keep his health crisis from seven-year-old Cerys and Dylan, 10, the...
By WENN on 11 January 2011
Michael Douglas Confident He's Beaten Cancer
Michael Douglas is confident he has beaten his cancer.The 'Wall Street' actor was diagnosed with a tumour in his throat six months ago but after intense chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, the 66-year-old star is sure...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 January 2011
Cbs A Smash During Xmas Week
During a week that saw millions of folks doing last-minute Christmas shopping instead of watching TV, network schedules that included as many reruns as a week in July, and a blizzard that knocked out Sunday...
By Lew Irwin on 29 December 2010
Grinch Steals Christmas Ratings
The Grinch brought much holiday cheer to ABC Thursday night. The network, which has been struggling mightily throughout the season, saw its ratings climb with a repeat of the hit holiday movie Dr. Seuss' How...
By Lew Irwin on 24 December 2010
Nbc Ratings Champ Again
With 24 million viewers tuning in to the game itself and another 17 million watching the "Pre-Kickoff" telecast, Monday Night Football gave NBC its second consecutive ratings victory among the key 18-49 demographic last week,...
By Lew Irwin on 22 December 2010
Virginia Madsen Joins Cast Of The Event
VIRGINIA MADSEN, the OSCAR nominated actress best known for her role in the indie comedy 'Sideways', is set to join the cast of 'The Event' when the NBC drama returns next year, reports Deadline.com The...
By WENN on 15 December 2010
Voice Of America Is Not What You Think It Is
NBC is planning to add a third singing competition to the airwaves in early 2011 to compete with American Idol and Simon Cowell's The X-Factor. Produced by reality show mavens Mark Burnett ( Survivor )...
By Lew Irwin on 14 December 2010
Networks Drastically Cut Back Foreing News Coverage
With the major television networks' news divisions shutting down many of their overseas bureaus to cut costs and ignoring significant foreign news events because of the lack of resources to cover them, the combined number...
By Lew Irwin on 13 December 2010
Becki Newton Gives Birth To A Son
'Ugly Betty'star Becki Newton has given birth to her first child.The 32-year-old star - who played ditzy secretary Amanda Tanen in the TV comedy series about the behind-the-scenes of a fashion magazine - and husband...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 December 2010
Ratings Soar For Nbc News
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams boasted ratings last week that would have been the envy of any of the network's entertainment programming. With an average of nearly 10 million viewers tuned in during the...
By Lew Irwin on 08 December 2010
Boyz Ii Men Miming Fuss Blamed On Technical Error
A representative for BOYZ II MEN has dismissed speculation the band was miming during a New York tree lighting ceremony show on Tuesday (30Nov10) - a technical error was to blame for the out-of-sync performance.The...
By WENN on 02 December 2010
Bristol Et Al Lift Ratings For Dwts Finale
The season finale of ABC's Dancing with the Stars shoved aside NBC's Sunday Night Football last week as the results show attracted a whopping 24.2 million viewers and the final performance show drew 23.7 million....
By Lew Irwin on 01 December 2010
Giada De Laurentiis Makes Comment On John Mayer Rumours
GIADA DE LAURENTIIS, the television personality and celebrity chef, has responded to speculation romantically linking her with the American musician JOHN MAYER, reports The Examiner. It had been reported that 40-year-old De Laurentiis was recently...
By WENN on 12 November 2010
Charlyne Yi Set To Appear On Conan Show Tonight
CHARLYNE YI, the American actress and comedian, is set to guest on the new CONAN O BRIEN show tonight (11th November 2010). The 24-year-old, perhaps best known for writing and starring in the award winning...
By WENN on 11 November 2010
Al Roker Finishes Marathon In Seven Hours After Months Of Training
AL ROKER, the weatherman on NBC's 'Today Show', finished the New York City Marathon on Sunday (7th November 2010) in just over seven hours, after training for the event since March. 56-year-old Roker's official time...
By WENN on 09 November 2010
Meredith Vieira Celebrates Running New York Marathon With Champagne
MEREDITH VIEIRA, the American journalist and co-host of NBC's 'Today' show, successfully completed the 26.2 mile New York City Marathon, and was pampered with roses and champagne on her first day back to work today...
By WENN on 08 November 2010
Mnf Moves The Goal Post
For the first time ever, a weekly sports telecast appears to have a lock on first place in the weekly Nielsen ratings. Indeed, the audience for NBC's Sunday Night Football appears to be growing each...
By Lew Irwin on 27 October 2010
Rocky And Bullwinkle Cartoonist Anderson Dies
Cartoonist ALEX ANDERSON, who created beloved U.S. TV characters ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 90.Anderson died in Carmel, California on Friday (22Oct10), his wife, Patricia, confirmed...
By WENN on 26 October 2010
Jamie Foxx's Mafia Show
Jamie Foxx is developing a new television drama series for NBC. The mafia drama 'Tommy's Little Girl' tells the story of an attorney turned assassin who avenges her family's death many years after they were...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 October 2010
Cbs Maintains Ratings Lead; Rivals Fade
ABC and NBC were one-hit wonders in the ratings last week with ABC taking first- and third-place with its two weekly episodes of Dancing with the Stars, and NBC taking fourth place with Sunday Night...
By Lew Irwin on 13 October 2010
Msnbc.com May Change Name
MSNBC.com, one of the most trafficked news sites on the Internet, is weighing the possibility of changing its name, the New York Times reported today (Thursday). The site is currently owned equally by NBC Universal...
By Lew Irwin on 07 October 2010
Jennifer Love Hewitt To Star In Law And Order Tonight
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT, the star of CBS show 'Ghost Whisperer', is set to star in an episode of Law and Order: SVU, which premieres tonight on NBC (29th September 2010) The episode, entitled 'Behave', sees...
By WENN on 29 September 2010
The Bachelorette Rises To No. 1
ABC's hit summer reality series The Bachelorette rose to the top of the Nielsen ratings heap last week as it drew 7.55 million viewers. The number amounted to not a lot by ordinary standards and...
By Lew Irwin on 28 July 2010
Hulu Loses 45 Percent Of Its Viewers
Hulu, the video site owned by Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, and Fox and long regarded as the No. 2 video site behind YouTube, is actually no where near as popular as it was believed to be,...
By Lew Irwin on 27 July 2010
Gibson's Rep Blasts Australia Move Reports
MEL GIBSON's representative has dismissed reports the actor is planning to move back to Australia following his recent controversies with his ex-girlfriend.The Braveheart star's reputation has been badly damaged following the release of several tape...
By WENN on 19 July 2010
Comcast, Nbc Win Over Latino Critic
Comcast has won over at least one of the Congressional witness who had testified against its merger with NBC Universal. Alex Nogales, president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, who had told a hearing by...
By Lew Irwin on 01 July 2010
Hulu Confirms Plans To Launch Pay-tv Online Service
As expected, Hulu, the very-distant No. 2 video website behind YouTube, announced on Tuesday that it plans to launch a $10-per-month subscription service that will stream hundreds of TV episodes and movies to its customers....
By Lew Irwin on 30 June 2010
Fcc Delays Decision On Nbc-comcast Merger
For a second time, the Federal Communications Commission has stopped the 180-day "clock" limiting its review of the Comcast-NBC merger. The commission said on Thursday that neither Comcast nor NBC had used the correct electronic...
By Lew Irwin on 25 June 2010
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