A Steve Carell-less "Office" might be what the show desperately needs
"The Office" has become too complacent, especially when it comes to risk-taking, says James Poniewozik. "Knowing that it had one season to finish Michael Scott's run on the show might free 'The Office' to start taking risks again, to be a show with real stakes where things really change, and it would give Carell the sendoff he deserves," he writes.
"Office" can't survive without Carell // Michael-centric episode underwhelmed
Jeff Probst promises: No more easy-to-find idols on "Survivor"
"Next season," he says on his blog, "it will take more than just looking under a rock to find a hidden idol. I won’t give away what we’re doing, but in planning our creative for next season we coined a phrase, 'The Russell Factor' and it influenced how we will play the hidden idol next season."
Russell behaved so un-Russell-like // Why are the recaps so inaccurate?
Jeff Zucker considered dropping "NBC" and "Universal" from NBC Universal
Because the cable channels are more valuable, the NBC Universal boss says, "We've thought about it in the past, should we change the name of the company?" But Zucker — who also admitted he might run for public office — said "it doesn't disappoint us, it didn't upset us that people talked about that (that the cable channels are the real moneymakers). That's who we are." (scroll down)
Betty White fears overexposure: "I am so sick of the words 'Betty White'"
"I can imagine how the rest of the world feels!," says White, who gets pampered by nearly naked men for EW.
"NCIS" locks in David McCallum
Until last night, he was one of four characters without a contract for next season.
Johnny Carson/Jack Paar/Steve Allen miniseries is in the works
"The King of Late Night," based on the book, will chronicle the early battles in late-night TV.
Bret Michaels could appear on the live May 23rd "Celeb Apprentice" finale
Said one doctor, who isn't treating Michaels: "If all the tests were negative, and I was watching the show at the end of May, I personally wouldn't be surprised if he was on it."
Disney Channel's "Lemonade Mouth" could be the next "High School Musical"
Based on the novel of the same name, "Mouth" centers" on five Rhode Island freshmen who meet in detention and form a garage band using instruments like the ukelele.
