On Wednesday's evening news, NBC released a bombshell story on the government's drone targeting program, indicating that the U.S. isn't always certain of who they're targeting, despite assurances otherwise.
Staff members working for Rep. Steven Palazzo tore up Annapolis, Conde Nast editors are invading ABC Family, and Hugh Hefner wasn't too pleased with Lindsay Lohan's Playboy photos.
NBC is in deep trouble, but maybe Hannibal Lecter can save them; Justin Bieber wins Christmas; and Leo DiCaprio gets his revenge.
Aaron Sorkin is being courted to write a Steve Jobs biopic, former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett sells a White House-set comedy, and Warner Bros. is going to stop shipping Harry Potter movies in December.
Today in sports: Baseball's TV ratings topped the NFL last night, the NCAA is backing a proposal that would increase the value of athletic scholarships by $2,000, and the NBA lockout has already cost nearly 400 people their jobs.
Nielsen's numbers for the first four weeks of the fall television season are in, and the figures don't look great for the three traditional major TV networks, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Rock Center with Brian Williams adds the former Nightline anchor
Plus: Leonardo DiCaprio is on the rebound
Plus: The Tommy Lee Jones contract snafu that keeps on costing Paramount
Also in video: Jay Leno counters by letting someone else make a funny phone call
Plus: Netflix doesn't need Showtime to stream shows about the Renaissance
Plus: Nobody wants to be the savior of NBC
Plus: James Franco returns to the soap opera serial killer well
The series premier roped in 27.7 million viewers
Plus: The best Russian oligarch fight you'll see this year
Plus: Roman Polanski is returning to Zurich to receive his lifetime achievement award
The perpetratprs, called The Script Kiddies, sound a lot like LulzSec
The pros and cons of sharing the small screen with the GOP candidates
Plus: NBC picks a producer for the 2012 Olympics
Not just an icon--Vanity Fair says he's a Hall of Famer
One of the show's stars defends Steinem's allegations of sexism
Peter Berg confirms he's working on a 'Friday Night Lights' movie
Plus: Prince William and Kate Middleton mingle with the common folks in the sky
The Justice Department's antitrust chief has a new job
But the guessing game about who'll replace Steve Carell continues
Plus: Prince Harry's new girlfriend collects art and makes horror films
Former NBC Universal chairman sort of takes blame for 'Tonight Show' kerkuffle
Private jets and $200,000 checks make sense in "hyper-competition," say executives
Says audience "hooted and hollered" during the performance
An actor from the Twilight series stumbles upon a story by ChristWire.org
The peppy soundtrack and glum faces drew comparisons to David Lynch
Revelations in a new interview: he doesn't talk to Rachel Maddow, bad-mouthed Jeff Zucker
Despite departure of Olympics guru Dick Ebersol, Comcast bids to keep the Games
ESPN is the new favorite
Longtime sports boss resigns
Expiring contracts, a midseason start, and a new programming head spell trouble
Now that Meredith Vieira's departure is official, here's who will wake up NBC viewers
Lawrence O'Donnell is angry there's no word on whether The Apprentice will return
Why everyone loves the exiting 'Office' performer
Plus: The Apprentice's ratings get stronger; who'll investigate his investigators?
NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent explains her daily media diet
New owner Comcast is less eager to pay huge sums to air the Games
Federal election laws mean Donald Trump can't run and keep "The Apprentice"
The one funny moment during Reiser's return to NBC came from someone else
Watch them dance around the rumors they're teaming up
Maybe newscasters aren't making fun of The Wall Street Journal enough
The CBS anchor is mulling a new TV show with her old 'Today' boss Jeff Zucker
Meredith Vieira, who may be leaving the program, doesn't contradict Kenyan birth claims
It may be time to stop listening to Alec Baldwin
Comcast is now in charge, but NBC properties barely mention GE's bad PR
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