Television News

Lil Wayne leads Grammy noms with 8, Coldplay 7 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:59 PM CST

AP - Lil Wayne — the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene — was the most rewarded by the Recording Academy on Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nominations including album of the year for "Tha Carter III."

Grammy nominations in top categories (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST

AP - Nominees announced Wednesday in top categories for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards:

"Office" scores touchdown on NBC's midseason lineup (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:47 PM CST

Reuters - NBC's hit comedy "The Office" will get the coveted post-Super Bowl spot next year, while the new drama "Kings" will take over for "ER" on Thursday nights after the long-running medical drama airs its series finale.

Rinna and Hamlin get real for TV Land (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:24 PM CST

Reuters - Celebrity couple Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin are ready to expose their lives to the cameras in an unscripted project for TV Land.

Hamm to play Fey love interest on '30 Rock' (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:17 PM CST

AP - Jon Hamm is temporarily trading the offices of Sterling Cooper for "30 Rock."

Rockefeller Center lights tree in annual ceremony (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:48 PM CST

AP - A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among tens of thousands who attended this year's lighting ceremony.

NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:41 PM CST

AP - In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an "up close, personal, visceral" experience that could open a new revenue stream for the league.

NBC News, ad sales division facing cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:28 PM CST

Reuters - NBC News and NBC ad sales are among the latest victims of NBC Universal's previously announced layoffs and cost reductions.

Read my lips-China again orders no lip-synching (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 08:49 PM CST

Reuters - China has told artists on its annual top-rating TV gala show on Chinese New Year's Eve not to lip-synch their songs, local media reported on Thursday, a controversy that overshadowed the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

New DVD releases include `The Dark Knight' (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 08:01 PM CST

AP - Selected home-video releases:

House, The Mentalist Take Tuesday (E! Online)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST

E! Online - With According to Jim and without Dancing With the Stars, ABC got killed in Tuesday night's ratings race.

"Californication" headed for Season 3 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:49 PM CST

Reuters - Showtime has green-lighted a third season of its comedy series "Californication," which stars David Duchovny as a hedonistic Los Angeles writer.

A Real Housewives of Orange County Catfight! (E! Online)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 12:48 PM CST

E! Online - Meow! Meow! Meow!

Drama offers comprehensive look at dictator's reign (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 05:57 PM CST

Reuters - Saddam Hussein hasn't been in the news much lately. Being hanged to death two years ago will have that effect. Still, the situation in Iraq continues to bear the impact of his life and his ruthlessness, many of the details of which are not widely known.

Mickey Really Loves Miley, Orders More Montana (E! Online)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 06:19 PM CST

E! Online - Miley Cyrus may want keep that blond wig handy. The Disney Channel has announced an order for more episodes for the current season of her megahit show, Hannah Montana.