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Willow Smith To Play News Years Eve Show With Ne-yo
WILLOW SMITH, the daughter of Hollywood stars WILL SMITH and JADA PINKETT SMITH, will make her most high-profile television appearance yet when she takes to the stage at 'DICk Clarks' New Year's Rockin' Eve' on...
By WENN on 07 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
Ron Zimmerman Dating Cher
RON ZIMMERMAN, a relatively unknown American screenwriter, is dating the pop superstar CHER. The 'Believe' star revealed the news in an interview with ABC, in which she also discussed her children 'ELIHAJ BLUE' and 'CHAZ...
By WENN on 25 November 2010
Charlie Sheen Suing Porn Star
Charlie Sheen is suing the porn star who was with him when he smashed up a New York hotel room last month.The incident on the night of October 26 saw Christina Walsh - who performs...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 November 2010
Carey To Stage Christmas Concert
MARIAH CAREY is set to show off her baby bump on TV in America this December (10) - she'll be a part of a festive special.Carey ended months of speculation about her pregnancy last week...
By WENN on 01 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
Janet Jackson's Breast Bother
Janet Jackson had to have her breasts "bound" when she was 11.The singer-and-actress says she started puberty quite early and during her first TV acting role, producers deemed her chest too big, so it was...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 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
Bristol Palin Exhausted On Dancing With The Stars
BRISTOL PALIN, the daughter of Republican politician SARAH PALIN and contestant on the current series of 'Dancing With The Stars', says she is physically exhausted after trying to juggle her preparations for the show with...
By WENN on 12 October 2010
Bristol Palin Takes Dance Partner To Meet Mother Sarah
BRISTOL PALIN took 'Dancing With The Stars' partner Mark Balls to meet her mother, the politician SARAH PALIN, reports the UK's Daily Mail. Just days after the pair performed an energetic routine on the debut...
By WENN on 23 September 2010
David Letterman To Make Debut On 'The View'
DAVID LETTERMAN is set to kick off the new series of ABC's 'The View', by making his first-ever appearance on the show. On September 7th, Letterman will guest on the talk-show which will include surprise...
By WENN on 27 August 2010
At&t To Put Tv Shows On Iphones
AT&T on Monday expanded its U-verse package (TV, telephone, and Internet) to allow subscribers to download TV episodes onto Blackberry Torch and Apple iPhone mobile devices via wi-fi without additional cost. Some 52 TV shows...
By Lew Irwin on 10 August 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
Second Drake New York Show Axed
Rapper DRAKE has seen a second planned New York concert axed in a month - amid safety fears at the location in Central Park.Bosses at TV network ABC were set to book the Canadian star...
By WENN on 08 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
Univision Records Its Highest Ratings Ever
Sunday's World Cup match between Mexico and Argentina, won by Argentina 3-1, attracted the biggest audience in the history of the Spanish-language network, Nielsen Research said on Monday. According to the ratings company, more than...
By Lew Irwin on 29 June 2010
Abc Scores Decisive Ratings Victory With Nba
ABC's hoop dreams came true last week as its coverage of Thursday's seventh and deciding game of the NBA Finals, in which the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics, drew 28.2 million viewers --...
By Lew Irwin on 24 June 2010
Spanish-language Station Tops In L.a.
In yet another demonstration of the robustness of the Hispanic market, Nielsen reported on Wednesday that Univision's KMEX-TV was the top-rated station in the Los Angeles market among adults 18-49 during the May sweeps. The...
By Lew Irwin on 27 May 2010
The 2009-2010 Season Is Over
The last full week of the 2009-2010 broadcast season was won by ABC, an also-ran through most of the season, among adults 18-49 and by CBS among viewers overall. ABC was helped by a full...
By Lew Irwin on 26 May 2010
There She Comes, Miss America -- Back To Abc
The Miss America pageant is returning to ABC, the network that dropped it in 2004 because of low ratings. It has aired on cable since then, most recently on TLC, which earlier this year declined...
By Lew Irwin on 24 May 2010
Abc Chiefs Giving Ghost Whisperer A Lifeline
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT's spooky TV series GHOST WHISPERER has been brought back from the dead - TV executives at ABC have given the show a lifeline.The long-running drama was axed last week (ends21May10) as part...
By WENN on 24 May 2010
Univision To Debut A Whopping 20 New Shows
While ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC all surprised advertisers with aggressive overhauls of their fall schedules, they were upstaged today (Thursday) by Spanish-language Univision, which said that it will launch a staggering 20 new shows...
By Lew Irwin on 20 May 2010
Idol Is Again Tv's Most-watched Show
Heading towards the final competition showdown, Fox's American Idol regained its position as the most-watched television show last week, with Wednesday's results show drawing 19.57 million viewers and Tuesday's performance show, 19.17 million. ABC's Monday-night...
By Lew Irwin on 19 May 2010
Hulu's Free Ride May Be Ending
Hulu, the online site that offers shows from NBC, Fox, and ABC -- and is owned by the corporate parents of those networks -- may have attracted a sizable number of viewers after its launch...
By Lew Irwin on 22 April 2010
Tv Bosses Negotiating Sheridan 'Peace Package'
U.S. TV executives are reportedly preparing to offer NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN a "peace package" to convince her to drop a multi-million dollar lawsuit against DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES creator MARC CHERRY.The actress stunned fans of the hit show...
By WENN on 18 April 2010
Dancing Again Tops Idol
For the second week in a row, an episode of ABC's Dancing with the Stars drew bigger ratings among overall viewers than either episode of Fox's American Idol -- the first time ever that Idol...
By Lew Irwin on 14 April 2010
Indelicato Weeps Over Final Ugly Betty Scenes
Actor MARK INDELICATO had to be comforted by castmates on the New York set of UGLY BETTY after breaking down as he filmed his final scenes on the show.The star, who was just 11 years...
By WENN on 02 April 2010
Actor Fired For Turning Down Sex Scene With Madsen
Former DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star NEAL MCDONOUGH has been fired from a new U.S. TV show for refusing to take part in a sex scene.The actor was reportedly just three days in to shooting new ABC...
By WENN on 01 April 2010
Abdul Reviving Star Search?
Former AMERICAN IDOL judge PAULA ABDUL is reportedly in talks to rival SIMON COWELL's hit talent shows by bringing back 1980s U.S. TV contest STAR SEARCH.The show, which gave singers, dancers and comedians a chance...
By WENN on 16 March 2010
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