"Dancing With the Stars" returns tonight with two last-minute replacements in the lineup. Out of the running are singer Jewel and "Access Hollywood" host Nancy O'Dell, both sidelined with injuries. The first new addition — former pinup Holly Madison ("The Girls Next Door&q...

When Horton Foote died Wednesday at age 92, he was hard at work on the most ambitious project of his nearly seven-decade writing career. "The Orphans Home Cycle" — a collection of nine of Horton Foote's plays set in the fictional version of his hometown of Wharton, Texas — will premier...

Jimmy Fallon debuted late Monday night on NBC to mixed reviews, but he earned the network the best ratings in that timeslot for three years. Against CBS rival Craig Ferguson of "The Late Late Show" he was ahead by 35%. And versus the last half of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC, this ...

Will Ferrell continues to set Broadway box-office records as former president George W. Bush in the satire "You're Welcome America." Last week the laffer — which opened to mixed reviews Feb. 5 — made serious money, raking in $871,127 and setting a new house record at the Cort Theatre. ...

"Dancing With the Stars" returns March 9 on ABC. The just announced lineup of celebrities should generate enough star power among them to make this eighth season another ratings winner -- and perhaps a serious Emmy Awards contender. There are a quartet of singers (Belinda Carlisle, Jewel, ...

Finally, an awards organization has broken the old protocol of having only five nominees per category. The Emmys just announced that they're expanding the number of nominees in some categories to six, sometimes even seven: comedy and drama series plus the races for series actors in lead and supporti...

False Pluralism: From 5 to 6, but not from Wrong to Right If you’re the kind of person who is reading this article, there are certain hopes you have in life. They were once personified by Lauren Graham, critics’ darling and star of Gilmore Girls , who went seven seasons without an Emmy n...

The news that Donny Osmond is to compete on the upcoming eighth season of "Dancing With the Stars" prompts the question: Should the Emmy Awards add a new category for best reality show contestant? After all, the hosts of reality fare just got an Emmy category last year — "DWTS"...

Even though the star of "Weeds," Mary-Louise Parker, speaks of the show in the past-tense, Showtime the premium cable network, has announced that Weeds has just received the green light for two more seasons of 13 shows! The show, which is currently in it's fourth season has wrapped fi...

In writing this editorial, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: I am greatly appreciative of the great work that Tom O’Neil does at The Envelope’s Gold Derby Blog in getting inside scoops on the Emmy Top 10s and creating important discussion about these awards. He is clearly highly ...