"CBS is giving another CSI spinoff a whirl. [...] Avery Ryan, special agent in charge at the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI in Quantico, Va., is tasked to solve high octane crimes that start in the mind, live online, and play out into the real world."
Shepard Smith’s Office Romance: A 26-Year-Old Fox Staffer
Shepard Smith, the endlessly endearing (and easily angered) Fox News anchor, has likened the right-wing channel to a “family,” with president Roger Ailes as its domineering father. Which makes it only slightly awkward that in early 2012, the 49-year-old anchor started courting an attractive young production assistant…
“This Guy Fucked Me”: Why Roger Ailes Fired Top Fox News Exec
Why did Fox News president Roger Ailes fire his top lieutenant? The sudden ousting of PR chief Brian Lewis, who had pioneered the channel’s aggressive public relations strategy since its founding in 1996, inspired plenty of speculation and spin — some of it from the network’s on-air talent — about Lewis’s reputation…
After Dropping Decades of Hints, James Franco Gets a Reality Show
Idler of our generation James Franco is slouching towards television with a show of his very own. No more desperate phone calls to General Hospital's meta-department or begging for a revival of Francos and Geeks. Television network Ovation has signed on Franco.
Is Animal Planet Real?
This week's re-airing of the fake documentary Mermaids: The Body Found followed by the premier of yet another fake-documentary Mermaids: The New Evidence, has relaunched an internet conversation about whether or not mermaids are real (they are) and whether or not the documentary is "real" (it's not, Animal Planet is…
This Birthday Present Makes All Other Thoughtful Gifts Look Like Cruel Jokes
For her husband Oren's latest birthday animator Leigh Lahav decided not just to give him the best gift he's ever gotten, but the best gift anyone has ever gotten.
HBO is finally considering opening its HBO GO streaming service to those without cable. Good. Now resurrect Enlightened.
$1 Million in Less Than Five Hours: Fans Propel Veronica Mars Movie to Record-Setting Fundraising Highs
Fans of the mid-2000s series Veronica Mars are putting their money on the table to get their much beloved TV-show made into a movie. Donators broke records, raising a million dollars in four hours and 24 minutes. Total funds raised are $1,332,984, as of these words.
Norway to Reboot Fire With 12-Hour Prime-Time Special of Burning Fireplace

Norwegian public broadcasters will be rebooting the venerable entertainment property "staring at a fire" in a 12-hour prime-time television broadcast of a burning fireplace, featuring "Norway's biggest firewood celebrity" and other experts providing advice, color commentary, and, one hopes, some play-by-play action.
Farewell to 30 Rock, the Show That Never Stopped Laughing at the Horrifying Loneliness of Being Human
30 Rock ends tonight, after seven seasons on NBC, with little of the fanfare that surrounds a grand television event. Instead, it feels as if the show has already slid into the semi-obscurity of syndication. The critics would rather talk about Parks and Recreation and Girls; the Internet hive mind is swarming over …
Launching a new cable network for Millennials: fine. Calling Millennials "the next greatest generation:" unacceptable.

