NBC remaking "The Rockford Files"
"House" creator David Shore will redo Stephen J. Cannel's classic '70s drama that starred James Garner. "It's one of the shows that made me want to become a writer," says Shore. "I had no interest in adapting any old stuff, but this was the one exception." He plans to stick with much of the old premise, with Rockford still living in L.A. "What makes 'Rockford' timeless is that he's vulnerable, he's flawed. He's used to hustling and getting hustled," Shore says. "Sometimes he's a hero and sometimes he runs away."
William Shatner reads Sarah Palin's tweets like they're poetry
Conan today had Shatner tackle the former Alaska governor's Twitter account.
Nickelodeon is retiring its "splat" logo
The cable channel will debut a new logo as part of its first makeover since launching in 1984. The new image will unite Nick with Nick at Nite, Nicktoons, Nick Jr. and TeenNick.
Diane Keaton gets her own HBO comedy
She'll play a feminist icon in a show from "Buffy" alum Marti Noxon.
Donal Logue joins "The Shield" creator's FX "Terriers"
He'll play a P.I. with maturity issues.
MTV's new shows are more optimistic
The cable channel of "The Hills" and Paris Hilton hopes to spread a more aspirational message with "Gone Too Far," starring DJ AM, and "The Buried Life."
USA makes Christopher Gorham a CIA agent
He'll join Piper Perabo in "Covert Affairs."
"I think it's brilliant that they put Leno on at 10 p.m. because America can get bored more easily and go to sleep earlier," she told critics. "It will be nice for the Midwest because their crops will be greener." Rivers also had a few choice words for her "Celebrity Apprentice" rival, calling Annie Duke "Annie Douche." “I’m still in this business at age 197, and am still relevant," she also joked to critics.
"Buddy, I don't know if they had class back then," he said in answer to a question about the show reflecting the classy '60s. "I can send you a couple of links of stuff where guys are berating their wives for making their coffee badly. What I think happened in the '60s is I think irony happened. And the idea of selling non-earnestly became cool. And obviously that's not a mistake that that's when the baby boomers started getting 18. We're seeing a lot of it now, we're seeing these cool hipsters, man …"
January Jones is too skinny for her "Mad" clothes
