ATLANTA (AP) Oprah Winfrey and a team of guests on Saturday completed the first stop of an eight-city U.S. tour of “Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend,” rocking an Atlanta arena where thousands danced, applauded and sought inspiration for transforming their lives. Atlanta was the opening city and featured Oprah and such guests as authors […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Diane Sawyer signed off as anchor of ABC’s “World News” on Wednesday, telling viewers that it has been wonderful to be the “home port” of the network’s news team each weeknight. She will be replaced next week by David Muir. The 68-year-old Sawyer, one of television news’ best-known personalities, has anchored […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker didn’t have this honor in his forecast. Mayor Bill de Blasio surprised the beloved “Today Show” weatherman on his 60th birthday Wednesday and declared it Al Roker Appreciation Day across the city. De Blasio presented Roker with a mayoral proclamation featuring a photograph of the home where Roker grew […]
NEW YORK (AP) — With “Sharknado” and a tight battle between NBC and CBS, the week’s Nielsen ratings illustrated how that traditional measurement is becoming less of a clear picture of how people are consuming television. Last week’s debut of the campy “Sharknado 2: The Second One” sequel averaged 3.87 million viewers on the SyFy […]
Shonda Rhimes is keeping it real with “Scandal” again, which comes as a shock for some fans of the show. She revealed last November she knows when and how “Scandal” will end, but recently she revealed more. She said the political thriller won’t last as many as eight seasons. The Hollywood Reporter got the details […]
Southland” alum Regina King will be a busy actress this year with three confirmed projects in the pipeline. King has been cast in John Ridley’s hourlong ABC drama “American Crime” with a major season-long arc and will return to CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” to reprise her role. Following both projects, King will then head […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shemar Moore is returning to his daytime roots with a two-day guest appearance on “The Young and the Restless.” During his return on Sept. 10-11, Moore will reunite with Kristoff St. John, who plays his on-screen brother Neil Winters. Moore’s character Malcolm Winters returns to Genoa City after leaving two years […]
If you caught last night’s episode of VH1’s ‘Hit The Floor’ you were probably among the millions of women who held a collective gasp when Mckinley Freeman (Derek Roman) and Rob Riley (Terrence Wall) popped on your screen wearing nothing but the goods God gave them and a few strategically placed hands and basketballs. The […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Bill Cosby could be returning to the network with a new comedy as soon as next summer. The series, described as a “classic, extended-family sitcom” with Cosby as the patriarch, is currently in the writing stage, NBC executives said at Sunday’s session of the summer TV critics’ tour. It was […]
You already watch WAY more TV than you’re supposed to anyway. But now…somebody’s actually willing to pay you for it! According to Business Insider, Netflix is “currently hiring a ‘tagger’ to work on facilitating the company’s famous recommendation engine for movies and TV shows.” Translation: watch Netflix, get paid. The job description, per TechRadar, says: […]
After reaching its $1 million goal in just one day, LaVar Burton’s 35-day “Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter campaign has come to an end, collecting a total of $5.4 million, according to Mashable. The donations from 105,855 backers will be used to bring Burton’s TV classic to a new generation of readers by building a web version […]
Remember when we reported on the possibility of Tracey Edmonds joining the entertainment news show, “Extra” as a co-host? Looks like we nailed it right on the head! The television and film producer RT’d the announcement on her Twitter that she would co-host alongside Mario Lopez. She even received a special congratulatory message from her […]
