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Jenna Bush Hager joins the Today show

By A. James Memmott

September 2, 2009 at 8:40am

Seven months after her father George W. Bush left office, Jenna Bush Hager signed with NBC to be a correspondent on the Today show.

Lou Dobbs’ birther stance busts ratings

By Ric Bohy

August 5, 2009 at 7:57am

CNN’s Lou Dobbs has estranged himself from his audience in relentlessly beating the birther story.

Parent companies give Olbermann and O’Reilly time out

By A. James Memmott

August 3, 2009 at 9:45am

A food fight that has generated viewers and controversy for Fox News and MSNBC has ended.

Success at NBC hasn’t been as easy as Silverman had hoped

By A. James Memmott

May 19, 2009 at 9:15am

Two years ago, Ben Silverman took on the job of restoring NBC’s entertainment lineup to its former glory.

Homer Simpson: another frustrated voter

By Emily Morgan

October 5, 2008 at 9:10am

Homer Simpson’s choice for the next president of the United States has leaked to the internet.

Emmy judges love 30 Rock, Mad Men; viewers not so much

By Emily Morgan

September 22, 2008 at 2:06pm

They’re far from the most-watched shows on television, but 30 Rock and Mad Men were the big winners at last night’s 60th Emmy Awards ceremony.

Fey a dead ringer for small-town mayor from Alaska’s meth capital

By Emily Morgan

September 16, 2008 at 1:04pm

SNL producer Lorne Michaels must have had mixed feelings Saturday night.

Martha Stewart’s daughter, Alexis, to roast Mom on new show

By Emily Morgan

August 11, 2008 at 3:38pm

This fall, a new cable show called Whatever, Martha! will poke fun at old episodes of Living with Martha Stewart, which ran from 1991 to 2004. The lead poker will be Martha’s own daughter, Alexis Stewart.

Nigel Lythgoe leaves American Idol for new venture

By Emily Morgan

August 6, 2008 at 9:52am

American Idol may be losing an executive producer, but Nigel Lythgoe, the producer behind Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has a new show in the works.

ABC, NBC and CBS join forces for Stand up to Cancer

By Emily Morgan

June 1, 2008 at 2:43pm

The entertainment industry is banding together to combat cancer. The Stand up to Cancer campaign launched this week, with a celebrity filled event at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills.

Max Weinberg is crazy for real estate

By A. James Memmott

April 12, 2008 at 9:57am

Turns out that drummer Max Weinberg marches to the beat of a different drummer.

Will MTV audience care who rocked the cradle?

By Emily Morgan

April 9, 2008 at 8:38am

MTV’s Rock the Cradle has kicked off its debut season, but does the average MTV reality show fan even care about these celebuspawn?

Diddy on the way to a hat trick?

By Emily Morgan

April 3, 2008 at 1:42pm

P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs, Diddy: It doesn’t matter what you call him, this man is a hit maker.

Muckety this! Mika Brzezinski to full-time employment

By Laurie Bennett

March 24, 2008 at 9:40am

Like many political junkies, we’ve become addicted to MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

The Osmonds: United in song and charity

By Ali Jones

March 22, 2008 at 11:01am

The Osmond family, once cited by a Mormon elder for setting “the greatest example of missionary work,” has helped raise billions of dollars for children’s hospitals over the years.

The Oceanic Six take a break

By Emily Morgan

March 21, 2008 at 2:33pm

ABC’s hit show Lost is now on hiatus after an eight-episode run that was an oasis of scripted television after the writers’ strike.

Project Runway taps youngest designer

By Emily Morgan

March 6, 2008 at 4:22pm
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum

Project Runway named its fourth winner last night, he’s “fierce.”

The finalists faced off on the Bryant Park runway last month, but the results for the reality show competition weren’t broadcast until last night, in the show’s season finale.

Christian Siriano, the youngest competitor this season, might not have had the hefty resume of the other two finalists, but he came out on top after the three finalists battled at New York’s fashion week. After winning, Siriano told viewers, “This won’t be the last of Christian Siriano. I mean, people need to see more of the fierceness.”

Matt Santos is Barack Obama’s avatar

By Carol Eisenberg

March 6, 2008 at 10:15am
Jimmy Smits and Barack Obama
Jimmy Smits and Barack Obama

Fans of The West Wing have noticed uncanny parallels between the show’s Texas Rep. Matt Santos, and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

Like Obama, Santos is a young, charismatic politician making a long-shot bid for the presidency. Like Obama, he refuses to be defined, or limited, by his ethnicity. And like Obama, he challenges a better-known establishment Democrat who wears the mantle of inevitability.

Kimmel and Silverman trade video taunts

By Emily Morgan

February 26, 2008 at 9:00am

What do you do when your longtime girlfriend tells you she’s “f***ing Matt Damon?” If you’re Jimmy Kimmel, you f*** Ben Affleck!

Jon Stewart’s teleprompter is working again

By Emily Morgan

February 14, 2008 at 2:31pm

After 100 days without writers, TV shows began to return to normal yesterday after most of the striking writers voted to return to work.

Writers for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show were back to work on Wednesday morning, making Jon Stewart one of the first late-night hosts to return to his pre-strike glory.

Before cameras rolled in the Manhattan studio, Stewart seemed pretty pumped up. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” blared, and he mouthed lyrics and drummed along on his desk while looking over his first script in more than three months.



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