Ricky Gervais to host the Golden Globes
Gervais will be the award show's first host since 1995. "I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down," he says.
Jennifer Aniston: Talk show host?
A British report claims that Aniston is going to host a weekly talk show on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
"24" Season 8 clips reveal Grandpa Jack Bauer
Check out Bauer and his new granddaughter!
Why did Fox quit making funny sitcoms?
While other networks have revived the genre, the once-groundbreaking Fox is floundering when it comes to comedy.
Report: Letterman walled off from his staff; "Late Show" is "like tribal warfare"
New York magazine takes us into the current "Late Show" environment, where Dave is barely connected to his employees. “The problem,” says a source, is that “they’re cut off from the outside world. They only have each other to hang out with. Dave has this very paranoid vision of the world where they shouldn’t be giving information to anybody else and they shouldn’t be associating with anybody else. And so they start to feel very, very loyal, and very trapped. When someone has seven assistants, each one of them does one thing. One presses the red button, one presses the green button, one presses the yellow button.” PLUS: Stephanie Birkitt vacationed with Dave and his wife.
"Glee" stars may get their own solo albums
Before Christmas, "Glee" will release two volumes of music plus a Christmas single. PLUS: Why does "Glee" hate its women?
TV Land is making its own sitcoms
The cable network hopes to have three new comedy entries by next summer. "It's a natural progression for us," says TV Land's president. "There's not that many (original) shows being made for the audience that comes to us for our classic sitcoms. It's a format that our viewers are very comfortable with."
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How much does it cost to buy a 30-second ad on your fave show?
"Grey's Anatomy" charges $240,462, while "How I Met Your Mother" wants $145,106. The most expensive show, however, is "Sunday Night Football" at $339,700 per spot.
10 lessons from NBC's Leno debacle
Included in Ad Age's list is No. 2: "Allowing one outsize personality to hijack your brand identity is generally not a good idea."
Physics professors get a kick out of "The Big Bang Theory"
"We all think it is hilarious," says Steven Hsu, who teaches physics at the University of Oregon. "It is very clever, although sometimes in ways only a real scientist would get. I don't know anyone who hates the show."
Ivanka Trump weds
The "Celebrity Apprentice" star married the publisher of the New York Observer Sunda in New Jersey.
Yet another "Top Chef" spinoff: "Just Desserts"
Pastry chefs will battle it out in Bravo's 2nd spinoff of the "Chef" franchise.
"CSI: Miami" hooks L.A. Laker Pau Gasol
The native of Spain, where "CSI: Miami" is huge, has already appeared on "Numb3rs" but he's even more happy with this role because it offers "meaty dialogue."
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"Arrested Development" movie will have a "heavy jail presence"
Mitch Hurwitz reveals he will not only be writing the film but directing it as well. PLUS: Hurwitz says, “I’m tempted to change the style for the film, but Ron Howard wants it to stay the same."
"Man vs. Wild" and "Deadliest Catch" are getting the video game treatment
The Discovery Channel shows will appear on such platforms as PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii.
Elisabeth Moss & Fred Armisen are now husband and wife
The "Mad Men" star and the "SNL"-er, who have a 16-year age difference, got married on Sunday. As Moss recounted last week on "The View," she first met Armisen last year when Jon Hamm hosted "Saturday Night Live" and she was called in at the last minute to play Peggy Olson when Amy Poehler went into labor.
"Mad Men" gets Conrad Hilton mostly right, says his grandson
Steve Hilton says the Connie Hilton on AMC looks just like his grandad. "I thought they captured his image — his style of speaking, of walking, of being — extremely well. They must have done their homework," he says. But not every aspect of Hilton is dead-on. "The part where I didn’t think they captured his personality is where Don walks into his office and Conrad is sitting in Don’s chair," he says, adding: "He was demanding, but not in the way they’re depicting it."
Matt Weiner hasn't heard from the Hiltons, plus Kevin Smith asks a gender question
How "Mad Men" does its research: Via Google and other sources
Behind the "Mad" music // Betty Draper was brilliant // A near knock-out
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