Television News

Leno to reportedly stay at NBC, move to prime time (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:49 PM CST

AP - NBC reportedly has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a contract that will keep him at the network and move him to prime time.

NBC moving Jay Leno to prime time TV: report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 09:34 PM CST

Reuters - NBC television is expected to announce on Tuesday that comedian Jay Leno will start a prime-time weeknight talk show next year after his planned retirement as star of "The Tonight Show," The New York Times reported.

"The Simpsons" lead Writers Guild TV nominations (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 08:43 PM CST

Reuters - "The Simpsons," television's longest-running comedy, led the nominations announced on Monday for the Writers Guild of America's annual broadcasting awards.

Shannen Doherty's Brenda Walsh Not Six Feet Under (E! Online)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:17 PM CST

E! Online - Brenda Walsh is alive and kicking, thank you very much.

Family fears they'll lose 'Extreme Makeover' home (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:17 PM CST

AP - Four years ago, millions of television viewers watched as a deaf couple marveled at the renovations to their home that would help them better accommodate their blind, autistic son.

Future 'Late Night' host Fallon has a video blog (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:09 PM CST

AP - You can get a nightly preview of the future "Late Night" on video blogs from its future host, Jimmy Fallon.

NBC restructures TV divisions in bid to beat slump (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:04 PM CST

Reuters - NBC, currently in last place among major U.S. television networks, said on Monday it is merging two divisions responsible for making TV shows in a bid to cut costs during the economic crunch.

Belafonte to auction unknown papers of MLK (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:47 PM CST

AP - An original handwritten outline for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first speech condemning the Vietnam War owned by his friend Harry Belafonte is going on the auction block this week.

Christmas cartoon has 'Little' to offer (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:19 PM CST

Reuters - Although NBC hopes we remember its new animated "Little Spirit" holiday special for its contemporary video-game-style look and family-friendly story of a boy in search of his lost dog, other things come to mind:

America's Next Top Baby? Nigel Barker Procreates (E! Online)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:10 PM CST

E! Online - A different kind of Barker beauty has entered the world.

David Gregory Meets the Press (E! Online)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 10:09 AM CST

E! Online - Meet the Press, meet your new host.

Paula Abdul selling `American Idol' gifts on HSN (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST

AP - They might not go home with a recording contract, but Paula Abdul doesn't let any "American Idol" contestant leave empty-handed. Each season she designs and distributes jewelry for the aspiring singers as a keepsake of their experience.