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The Weather Channel names its first winter storm
To people who were caught in snarled traffic or had to shovel snow with leaves still on the trees, the storm pulling off the East Coast on Thursday ...
Biden to appear on NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'
Fresh off re-election, Vice President Joe Biden will appear on the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" next Thursday. The vice president's office said ...
Rihanna a rock star on Victoria's Secret catwalk
Rihanna rocked lingerie at Wednesday night's Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York, providing the highlight of the live-music soundtrack and ...
The Hollywood Reporter's best of the week
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ELECTION WIN IMPACTS HOLLYWOOD (ANALYSIS) What the president's ...
Judge rejects injunction against Dish DVR
A California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network's ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has ...
Nearly 67 million viewers watch election coverage
President Barack Obama's re-election was well watched but wasn't the TV ratings record-breaker his first victory four years proved to be. An estimated ...
Fox has no problems with Rove a day later
The on-air spectacle of Fox News analyst Karl Rove publicly questioning his network's call of the election for Barack Obama happened because Rove and ...
Mom of 'Modern Family' teen star accused of abuse
The mother of "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter has temporarily lost custody of the actress amid claims she's been physically and emotionally abusive ...
Time Warner 3Q earnings up on cable TV strength
Time Warner said Wednesday that its third-quarter earnings grew 2 percent, as a strong performance in its cable television channels offset declines ...
Jerry Seinfeld reaches out to victims of Sandy
Jerry Seinfeld has added a show in Long Island to his new comedy tour and will donate all proceeds from it and two other performances to Superstorm ...
Donald Trump deletes parts of Twitter tirade
Donald Trump has deleted some of the Twitter tirade he posted following President Barack Obama's re-election, and added new critiques of NBC's Brian ...
ABC's Diane Sawyer spurs jokes from Twitterverse
Diane Sawyer's Election Night performance left some viewers asking if she had begun celebrating Tuesday's election a bit early. Co-anchoring ABC News' ...
Quiet media night explodes suddenly, Rove protests
Careful media coverage of a close presidential election Tuesday exploded so suddenly Tuesday that it left the bizarre spectacle of Fox News Channel ...
Evening news ratings jump with superstorm coverage
Superstorm Sandy was a boon for the television network evening newscasts, most prominently for Brian Williams and NBC's "Nightly News." The ABC, CBS ...
Teri Shields, Brooke's mom and manager, dead at 79
Teri Shields raised eyebrows when she allowed her 11-year-old daughter, Brooke, to be cast as a prostitute in 1978's "Pretty Baby." A few years later, ...
Sandra Lee urges: Get involved in storm recovery
Food Network star Sandra Lee has a simple plea about superstorm Sandy recovery efforts — don't get complacent. Though government efforts to help those ...
UK lawmaker suspended for joining reality TV show
A British lawmaker was suspended by her party Tuesday after she swapped the political jungle for the Australian rainforest and became a contestant on ...
ABC raises nearly $17 million for hurricane relief
ABC says its national "Day of Giving" raised nearly $17 million for Superstorm Sandy relief. Throughout its programming Monday, the network urged ...
Actress Krysten Ritter loves being 'The B' on TV
Talking to Krysten Ritter, you quickly realize she's happy, bubbly and fun. So how did such a nice girl get cast as anything but on ABC's "Don't Trust ...
Sense of normalcy returns to NYC entertainment
New York's entertainment industry moved closer to full throttle Monday, as a new week and largely restored downtown power meant something of a return ...
'Elementary' gets key post-Super Bowl slot
Sherlock Holmes is going to the Super Bowl. CBS said Monday that its freshman drama series about the famous detective is getting the post-Super Bowl ...
Final election pitches differ depending on network
Television news networks are showing some of the final stump speeches for the presidential candidates, but what you see depends on where you look.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard expecting first baby
Actress Kristen Bell and her fiance, Dax Shepard, have babies on the brain. Bell's representative, Marcel Pariseau, says the couple are expecting ...
Older CBS shows coming to pay service Hulu Plus
Older CBS shows like "Medium" and "Numb3rs" are coming to the $8-per-month online video service Hulu Plus. Monday's deal falls short of what other ...