Television News Archives

From television's favorite psychiatrist to the owner of a French Riviera nightclub: Kelsey Grammer is set to star on Broadway in "La Cage aux Folles" next spring.

For a few famous faces, 2009 hasn't been very kind. Michael Lohan tells ABCNews.com why he released tape of Lindsay crying.

Allison Iraheta arrives at the "Los Premios MTV 2009" on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif.

Kate Walsh and Jeremy Piven will co-star in 'Waska,' according to The Hollywood Reporter .

In this March 19, 2009 file photo, host Jay Leno is shown on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, Calif.

By a wide margin, Americans consider Rush Limbaugh the nation's most influential conservative voice.

Richard Hammond might be best known for larking about with big boys toys but he has now picked up a children's Bafta, confirming him as a favourite with kids too.

The first country singer to win #American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three.

Washington -- Getting to the president is not supposed to be this easy. The White House said late Friday that Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the Virginia couple auditioning for a Bravo reality TV show, not only got past layers of experienced, executive-branch security, they shook the president's hand in the Blue Room of the White House during the ...

The creative forces behind "Yes, Virginia" know they face daunting odds. At this time every year, TV programmers serve up shiny, new holiday-themed fare, only to have viewers discard most of it like crumpled wads of gift wrap.

Stuart Manning and Joe Bugner will go head-to-head to stay on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! after receiving the fewest votes in a phone vote.

A BOMB has derailed an elite passenger train speeding through the forest from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, killing up to 39 people and injuring nearly 100, Russian officials say.

A CBS News producer who worked with Walter Cronkite and Charles Kuralt and helped craft reports on subjects ranging from poverty to the Watergate scandal has died.

Snoop Dogg wants to step into Oprah Winfrey's shoes. The Signs rapper claims he is the ideal candidate to take over from the legendary talk show host when she stops making her self-titled programme in 2010.

Christopher Eccleston is to star as music legend John Lennon in a biopic set during the turbulent demise of The Beatles.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ricky Whittle has been released on police bail after allegedly assaulting a photographer.

In this Oct. 11, 2009 photograph, amateur harp player Richard Crisman of Clarksdale, second from right, and amateur guitarist Iwai Kazuhito of Japan, right, play a blues set outside the commissary at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., during the annual festival honoring Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins who used to ...

ABC says Chris Brown will appear on its "20/20" newsmagazine Dec. 11. In what's billed as an in-depth interview, the singer will discuss his assault of ex-girlfriend and recording superstar Rihanna in February.

Season two of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" is primed to end with bloody payback.

Hollywood star Nicolas Cage brought a historic town to a standstill as thousands of people turned out to see him switch on the Christmas lights.

Oprah Winfrey's production company says there are no plans to air the traditional favorite things episode of her show this year.

Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson have been confirmed to perform on The X Factor. In her only UK performance of the year, Velvet Rope star Janet - whose greatest hits compilation The Best is available now - will be flexing her vocal chords to perform live on the competition on December 6. Also singing on the penultimate show is Lady Gaga, who will be ...

The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach.

ABC has booked Rihanna -beater Chris Brown for an interview and a performance on "Good Morning America" -- right after the network canceled guy-kisser Adam Lambert .

Instead of rushing to stores the day after Thanksgiving, organizers of an oral history project are urging people to join the National Day of Listening.

In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs , left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York.

The 'Brothers & Sisters' star marvels at working with Sally Field and gives props to ABC for supporting his portrayal of a gay man on primetime TV.

Donny Osmond may have been the celebrity winner on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," but his professional dancing partner already has her next gig lined up _ Broadway.