
Boy band The Wanted signs on for E! reality series
The Wanted is trying to keep it real: The British boy band has signed on to do a reality series on E! The fivesome announced Wednesday that their show ...
Skater Oksana Baiul sues NBC, producer for $5M
Figure skater Oksana Baiul is suing NBC Universal and a television skating program producer. The 1994 Olympic gold medalist says Disson Skating LLC ...

Female commentator makes breakthrough on German TV
German football fans heard an unfamiliar voice Sunday when a woman gave a running commentary on a men's football game on national TV for the first ...
Bertelsmann considering reducing RTL stake
German media group Bertelsmann says it is considering reducing its stake in its European television business, RTL Group, but will retain a majority ...

'Dead' girlfriend's player: 'What would you do'
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has admitted to a TV talk show host that he answered questions about his "dead" online girlfriend even after he ...

Euro 2012 final gets TV audience of 299 million
UEFA says Spain's 4-0 victory over Italy in the European Championship final attracted an official television audience of 299 million viewers worldwide

Column: Live commentary on Armstrong interview
ARMSTRONG'S BIG TEST: Fallen sports icon Lance Armstrong's "no-holds-barred interview" with Oprah Winfrey is airing Thursday night on her OWN network.
News Corp takes majority stake in German pay-TV
A wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has taken a majority stake in German pay-TV Sky Deutschland. The Munich-based channel said ...

BBC presenter Andrew Marr suffers stroke
The BBC says broadcaster Andrew Marr has suffered a stroke and is recovering in a hospital. Marr, 53, hosts a popular eponymous Sunday morning show ...

Opponents take last-ditch aim at Israeli leader
Israel's election campaign entered its home stretch on Tuesday with the beginning of a quirky two-week period of televised political advertisements, ...
BBC broadcaster pleads not guilty on abuse charges
A BBC broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing three girls. The charges against the well-known 82-year-old sports broadcaster ...

BAFTA's announces 5 actors running for Rising Star
British Academy Film and Television Awards says 23 year-old British actress Juno Temple is one of five young stars shortlisted for the BAFTA Rising ...

Brotherhood official urges Egypt's Jews to return
A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel ...

Royal Mail to issue 'Doctor Who' stamps
The many characters in the science-fiction show "Doctor Who" will be zooming through time and space on the edge of letters in 2013. Britain's Royal ...
Christopher Martin-Jenkins dies after cancer fight
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, an English cricket broadcaster and writer who was a former president of the MCC, has died. He was 67. The official website ...
Documents show Jimmy Savile's access to Thatcher
Classified documents being made public Friday detail how now-disgraced BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile was comfortable at the heart of the British ...

Gerry Anderson, 'Thunderbirds' creator, dies at 83
Gerry Anderson, puppetry pioneer and British creator of the sci-fi hit "Thunderbirds" TV show, has died. He was 83. Anderson's son Jamie said his ...
UK watchdog to probe BBC payoffs
Britain's public spending watchdog says it will investigate severance packages at the BBC in the wake of a highly-criticized payout to the ...

Thousands sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.

Final member of NBC team free after Syria kidnap
The last missing member of an NBC team that was kidnapped in Syria has been freed and is safely in Turkey, NBC News executives said Wednesday.

Party in disarray, Berlusconi wants vote delay
Silvio Berlusconi and fellow leaders of his splintering conservative party on Tuesday pressed for a delay in Italy's national elections, now widely ...

From 'Sherlock' to 'Star Trek' for Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch has had a busy 24 hours. The British actor was nominated for a Golden Globe, chased by the paparazzi in London and unveiled the ...
Discovery Channel close to deal on Eurosport
The parent company of the Discovery Channel is close to buying a stake in Europe's leading sports network, Eurosport. TF1, the Paris-based media group ...

UK police: Jimmy Savile is suspect in 199 crimes
The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday.