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Open Mic

Hillary Atkin, June 17, 2013 at 1:09 PM

Film Industry Women Sparkle at the Crystal + Lucy Awards

Hillary Atkin, June 12, 2013 at 11:11 AM

Breaking Down the Critics' Choice Awards

Chuck Ross, June 10, 2013 at 4:00 AM

For Many Attending This Week's NCTA Cable Show, It's a Good Time to Try and Spend Some Time With Cable's Most Charismatic Icon, a Genuinely Modest Person Who Is Retiring at the End of the Year. A Tribute

Hillary Atkin, June 5, 2013 at 10:38 AM

TV's Greatest Writers on TV's Greatest Writers

Chuck Ross, May 14, 2013 at 7:36 AM

Today Is the 15th Anniversary of the Death of the Most Famous Person in American Popular Culture. Here's the Movie or Miniseries About Him Someone in Hollywood Should Have the Guts to Make

Road Rage Over a Parking Space Leads to Arrest of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Co-Star
Awkward: A Rambling Princess Leia, Talking All About Drugs, Presents George Lucas With His First Emmy. It's the Wild and Crazy Daytime Emmy Awards. We Have a List of All the Winners
Wanna Advertise in the Super Bowl Next Year? There's a Catch: You'll Also Be Asked to Buy Ad Time on a Brand-New Cable Network
Fox News Lashes Out at HBO Series as 'Liberal Fantasy'
Video: Miss Utah USA Flubs Q&A During Miss USA Pageant
Star of CBS Sitcom Coming to Broadway to Play Transgender Rock Star
Report: Charlie Sheen 'Fires' Selma Blair From 'Anger Management'
Living Legend Bruce Rosenblum, Who Left Warner Bros. After Losing a Power Struggle There, Joins the Legendary Co-Producers of Many Blockbusters, Including '300,' 'Inception,' 'The Hangover' Trilogy and the Recent 'Superman' Reboot
How 'Little House on the Prairie' Villainess Became a Gay Icon
Netflix Signs Its Largest Deal Ever for First-Run Content
Co-Founder of Second City Dies
Millions of Us Were Influenced by 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Its Author, the Late J.D. Salinger, Never Allowed It to Be Filmed. Now, the First Trailer From the Upcoming Film That May Be Closest We Will Ever Get to a Movie Version of Salinger's Masterpiece
CBS Moves Struggling Show to Saturdays for Final Burnoff
Road Rage Over a Parking Space Leads to Arrest of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Co-Star
USA Today Reports 'Rupert Murdoch-Wendi Deng Divorce Story Gets Juicier' with Oddly Worded Statement from Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Awkward: A Rambling Princess Leia, Talking All About Drugs, Presents George Lucas With His First Emmy. It's the Wild and Crazy Daytime Emmy Awards. We Have a List of All the Winners
'Smash' Co-Star Joins NBC's Sean Hayes Comedy
Charlie Sheen Unleashes Venomous Attack on Reality Star -- With Plenty of Choice Sheen-isms
Who Put Something in Their Coffee? Steven Spielberg and George Lucas Say the Movie Business Will Crash and Burn, and What Will Follow. Implications for TV. And Spielberg Reveals That 'Lincoln' Came 'this close' to Being an Original HBO TV Movie
Emmy-Winning Actress Responds to Criticism of Her Weight
Emmy-Nominated Actress Dead at 94 -- She Played the Woman Wrapped in Bandages in a Legendary Episode of 'Twilight Zone'
Soledad O'Brien Lands at a New Network; We Would Have Never Guessed That This Is Where She'd Land
Disney Channel Cancels Series
If You're Attending this Week's NCTA Cable Show, It's a Good Time to Try and Spend Some Time with Cable's Most Charismatic Icon, a Genuinely Modest Person Who Is Retiring at the End of the Year. A Tribute
What If ESPN Created a Channel and Nobody Watched? Now We Know
Video: Check This Out -- New Direction for Apple Ads
Legendary Actress to Play God on NBC's 'Save Me'
Hit NBC Show Sinks to All-Time Low
Ed Burns to Play Legendary Mobster in New Frank Darabont Series
NSA Surveillance Scandal Fuels Sales of a Book Published 64 Years Ago
Actress Who Has Reportedly Had Minor Parts in Some Popular Series ('The Walking Dead,' 'The Vampire Diaries') Arrested in Sending of Poison-Laced Letters to Obama and Mayor Bloomberg
FX Cancels Show After Two Seasons
Nickelodeon Star Arrested
Must-See - Get Your Week Off To a Rousing Start. This May Be The Best Opening Number of a Tony's Broadcast Ever. Not Only Did Those in the Audience Give it a Standing Ovation, We Gave It One Watching It On TV at Home!
Two TV Station Owners to Merge
Report: Michael Jackson's Kids Are Almost Unsupervised
Man Tries to Kill Himself Outside NBC's 'Today' Show
USA Network's Revival of Canceled ABC Comedy Hits a Snag; Will the Show Wind Up Back on Broadcast?
Prices to Visit Disneyland Increase Again. The Biggest Hit for Local Southern California Visitors to the Park, However, Quietly Happened 4 Months Ago
Fox News Anchor Has Harsh Words for Her Colleagues
Veteran NBC Newsman Dies
What Are the Best-Written TV Series of All Time? And Which Shows Got Snubbed?
Two Judges Confirm They Are Leaving 'American Idol'
Has Oprah Winfrey Lost Her Mind? One Critic Apparently Thinks So
NBC Series to Recast Two Roles
'Mad Men' Conspiracy Theory: Is Megan Draper an Iconic Real-Life 1960s Actress -- and Does This Mean the Character Is Doomed?
Host Named for 2013 Emmy Awards -- Popular Actor Will Make Repeat Appearance
'Two and a Half Men' Adding a New Female
JCPenney Under Fire for Advertising a Kettle That Looks Like Hitler -- See for Yourself
This is a Surprise: CEO Says High-Profile Cable Network Will Finally Be Profitable This Year, Ahead of Schedule
A Major Network Series Has Its Lowest-Rated Premiere Ever
HBO Sets a Nine-Year Viewership Record
Wow! Movie Box Office Totals Shatter Records Over Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
Former 'Baywatch' Actress Hired to Host New GSN Show
Ed Shaughnessy, Who Played the Drums on 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson' for Almost 30 Years, Dead at 84. Wait'll You Watch This Awesome Must-See Video of Shaughnessy and Drummer Buddy Rich Playing a Duet From the 'Tonight Show' in 1978. Wow!
Mike Darnell, Fox's President of Alternative Programming, Who Has Guided One of the Biggest Hits Ever on TV -- 'American Idol' -- for Its Entire Run, Is Leaving the Network
Today's Must-Read: TVWeek's Media Buyer of the Year
Did 'SNL' Cast Member Let the Cat Out of the Bag About Another Regular Leaving the Show?
'Today' Co-Host Says There Will Be a 'Revolt' if Matt Lauer Leaves
Today Is the 15th Anniversary of the Death of the Most Famous Person in American Popular Culture. Here Is the Movie or Miniseries About Him Someone in Hollywood Should Have the Guts to Make
Why the ACLU Is Trying to Influence the Storyline on a Major TV Sitcom
Aereo Going for Knockout Punch in Legal Battle With Broadcasters
A Spinoff of 'Vampire Diaries' and Two Other New Series, Plus 4 Returning Shows Will Be on New Nights: CW Unveils Fall Schedule
Weird Non-TV Story of the Day: Wealthy Moms Hiring the Disabled to Help Their Kids Cut Into Line at Disney World
ABC Orders 13 New Series for 2013-2014 Season, Eight of Which Will Debut This Fall. 'Dancing with the Stars' Cut to One Night a Week. Here's ABC's Fall Schedule
NBC Announces Fall Schedule: Thursday, Once the Network's Most Powerful Night, Undergoes Major Changes
Fox Reveals Fall Schedule; 'Bones' Moves to Fridays in Late Fall, New J.J. Abrams Series Set
CBS Affiliates Board Backs Live Plus Same Day Ratings
Calling the TV Business an 'Injustice Being Inflicted on the American People,' John McCain Unveils Legislation Challenging the Current TV Model
Nielsen Changes Its Definition of the TV Universe -- and This Means the Universe Is About to Get Bigger
Potential Game Changer: Time Warner Cable CEO Says If Aereo Ultimately Passes Legal Muster the MSO May Use 'Similar' Technology To Deliver Broadcast Signals to Its Cable Subs. Billions of Dollars in Retrans Fees Could be at Stake
Aereo Says Networks Are Bluffing About Moving to Cable
Video: Four TV Stars Reveal the 'Naked Truth' in Sizzling Nude Photo Shoot for Allure [Fixed so you can now link to the video itself]
Reality Star in 'First Official Fake Sex Tape'
Video Fun: Late-Night Wars Heat Up as Conan O'Brien and Chelsea Handler Have a Naked Shower Encounter (Warning -- This May Offend Some)
Our Tribute to Roger Ebert
'It Will Revolutionize TV Forever' Says Analyst, Who Reveals Truly Eye-Popping Details of New Apple TV Set. He Insists It Will Be Out Later This Year
Major Hollywood Studio Quietly Starts Its Own Streaming Service Featuring Old Movies and TV Shows
Gay TV Actress Tops the List of Most Appealing Actors Among Faith-Based Audiences
Astonishing: One Day, Jimmy Fallon May Become King of Late-Night Viewing, But Today, Actually, that Title Does Not Belong to Leno, Letterman, Kimmel, Conan, Stewart Nor 'Nightline.' It Belongs to a Thing.
Report: Does Matt Lauer No Longer Add Up? In 2011, 'The Today Show' Brought in $500 Million in Ad Revenues. Last Year the Show Brought in $50 Million Less. Is Lauer, Who Makes $25 Million a Year, Now a Liability?
Cronkite Award Winners for TV Political Journalism Announced for 2013
CBS Rolls Out Summer Schedule, Including New Scripted Drama Series
Why David Poltrack, TV's Top Researcher, Says Stop Worrying About the Decline in Viewers and Key Demos This TV Season. Actually, a New 'Golden Era' Is Here
'60 Minutes'/Vanity Fair Poll Names Greatest Sitcom of All Time (Poll Also Reveals the Funniest Letter of the Alphabet, Among Other Things)
Analyst: YouTube Video Has 'Profound Long-Term Implications for the Traditional Media Ecosystem'
Nielsen Study Breaks Down Why People Who Don't Get TV Service Often Still Have TV Sets
Report: Apple Talking With Cable Operators About Set-Top Box
Report: 'Google is reinventing the business of pay TV and broadband. Cable operators everywhere should be very, very afraid.'
We All Need a Little Inspiration to Start That Pet Project We’ve Been Meaning to Start, or Continue, or Finish. This Should Fit the Bill