A Glimmer of Hope for 'Community' Fanatics
NBC's Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt offered woebegone fans of NBC's Community a hint of hope, saying the show "is coming back, " in an interview with The Daily Beast.
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Last night's Mad Men could be called an escalation episode. SCDP and CGC are in the process of merging, and things are closing in and constricting, even while the agency is expanding. Oh, and there are power struggles!
NBC's Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt offered woebegone fans of NBC's Community a hint of hope, saying the show "is coming back, " in an interview with The Daily Beast.
The hosts of a Dutch TV program left a bad taste in some viewers mouths when they cooked and ate human flesh on air last night.
The Federal Communications Commission is bound to get good reviews today after it voted to require cable operators and TV stations to keep TV commercials from being louder than the programs during which they air.
A fake "Zuccotti Park" camp built for an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU quickly became the target for the real Occupy Wall Street protesters who moved in to claim the tents as their own on Thursday night.
With the Internet TV model not quite perfected, the field is wide open for predictions and theories on what the future holds for the seemingly inevitable conjoining of television with web offerings.
Word comes today that Pan Am, ABC's big, gaudy Mad Men of the skies, has been cut off at the knees. Please put your tray tables up, because this thing is coming in for a landing. So can we declare it once and for all now? Mad Men ripoffs just don't work.
MTV is airing a marathon of their surprise hit teen show. You should watch it!
Netflix may have reached a financial roadblock in its plan to win back respect and subscribers.
Ringer has found its sense of humor, its inner silliness, and has thus become an enjoyable Tuesday treat.
NBC hasn't even canceled NBC's Community and the show's loyal fans are freaking out on Twitter.
The FCC's emergency test this afternoon, which was supposed to take over all TVs and radios across America, didn't quite monopolize screens.
A substance-fueled reality mystery was finally addressed last night.
Brett Ratner is as unpleasant as ever, perhaps even more so; Kristen Stewart just gets too into it sometimes; and Megan Mullally gets a gig.
For all the talk about cord cutting and our magical future of Internet TV, in real life, television is very much still corded with no signs of being unfettered.
We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Barack Obama made his second visit as a sitting president to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to talk about serious topics (Libya, Iraq, Osama bin Laden) and also goof on the Republican presidential candidates.
Plus: Sue Mengers, 78, died at her home, what Aaron Sorkin thought of 'Moneyball'
Plus: Diablo Cody's directorial debut gets a cast
A Twitter user helped save a team on The Amazing Race last night. Why doesn't this happen more often?
A show about nerds doesn't sound that appealing
Plus: Madonna movie about Wallis Simpson was not well-received
Someone on a message board for al-Qaeda sympathizers had called for his tongue to be cut out
Webcams, Youtube, and Chatroulette are taking the place of cable's "adult" channels
More people are now returning their Google TVs than buying them
In one version of the future of television, you never need to leave the Google ecosystem
Plus: Tom Brady basks in private equity
David Friedman is the show's fifth executive producer to leave in four years
BIO orders a new reality series featuring Bristol Palin and the Massey brothers
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