Michael Starr has covered television at The Post since 1995.
Bernadette Castro and her family have revived the Castro Convertibles brand online -- and will announce a partnership with a major retailer, most likely Macy's, by the end of the year. So why is this information in...
September 04, 2010 12:00 AMThe Doctors" have collaborated on a new book, "The Doctors 5 Minute Health Fixes: The Prescription for a Lifetime of Great Health." The book, published by Rodale Books, was written with Mariska van Aalst and hits...
September 03, 2010 1:32 AM
Steve Harvey is making his first foray into the game show world -- but the new host of "Family Feud" says his training as a stand-up comic fits snugly into the show's revamped format. "You gotta understand what...
September 02, 2010 12:00 AMTina Sloan, who played nurse Lillian Raines on the CBS soap for 26 years, is refocusing and redefining her career a year after "GL's" cancellation. Sloan has written "Changing Shoes: Getting Older -- Not Old -- With...
September 01, 2010 12:00 AMMore from my interview with Terence Winter, who hopped on the phone last week to talk about his new HBO series, "Boardwalk Empire," which kicks off Sept. 19 with star Steve Buscemi as a (slightly) fictionalized version...
August 17, 2010 12:00 AMD'oh! Last Thursday's episode of "Jersey Shore" broke its own record, snaring 5.5 million viewers. It also delivered series highs in persons 12-34 and now has the year's top three (cable) telecasts in that category....
August 15, 2010 12:00 AMMan, have we hit the dog days of summer. Notwithstanding the seemingly never-ending question of who’ll be hired as the new “American Idol” judges (just decide already!), the TV world was pretty static yesterday. Syfy,...
August 13, 2010 12:00 AMShark Week," which aired Aug. 1-7. The week averaged 31 million viewers (all programs combined), making it the most-watched "Shark Week" yet, beating the 2008 week by around 1 million viewers. Two of the shows,...
August 12, 2010 12:00 AMZach Galifianakis, Jason Schwartzmann and Ted Danson, the stars of HBO's "Bored to Death," which will return for a second season. In the photo spread, Jonathan Ames, Schwartzmann's "Bored to Death" protagonist, has...
August 11, 2010 12:00 AMHow cool is it that there’s an episode of the 1950s series “General Electric Theater” featuring Ernest Borgnine and Zsa Zsa Gabor, both now 93 years old and both still with us? (Gabor, who’s retired, has been in the...
August 10, 2010 12:47 AMWell, that looked painful: "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith sliced his finger open last Friday morning during the show’s live cooking segment with Katie Lee — and lived to tell the tale. Harry, wearing a white apron,...
August 09, 2010 3:13 AMCooks’ tour: “MasterChef” judges Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliott and Joe Bastianich had quite a night on Wednesday. Ramsay was a guest on “The Tonight Show” — cooking pancakes for Jay Leno — while Elliott was preparing...
August 06, 2010 1:53 AM“America’s Most Wanted” shuttered its West Coast bureau yesterday, with the LA office falling victim to budget cuts. The move was confirmed by a Fox spokeswoman. It’s not known how many people were effected, but the...
August 05, 2010 12:55 AMFormer “Sopranos” star Tony Sirico (Paulie) is in LA, filming a guest spot on “Medium” playing — what else? — a “ghostly mobster” who wants closure after being murdered. Tony’s character takes a shine to Allison...
August 04, 2010 2:34 AM
Cue the laughtrack, 'cause Charlie Sheen is getting the last chuckle. Again. The scandal-scarred TV star, who's being paid an estimated $29 million a season to traipse around the "Two and a Half Men" set in...
August 04, 2010 12:00 AMHLN is lining up subs for Joy Behar, who begins her vacation later this week and returns to "The Joy Behar Show" after Labor Day. Former "Early Show" anchor Rene Syler (goodenoughmother.com) will fill in for Behar Aug...
August 03, 2010 3:11 AMWith apologies to the late Jack Paar: "As I was saying before I was interrupted . . . " *** A&E exec Robert Sharenow says William Shatner's "Aftermath," which premieres tonight at 10 on BIO, isn't just some star...
August 02, 2010 1:41 AM
It's great to see Burt Reynolds back in the saddle -- giving, well, a typical "Burt Reynolds"-type performance in this Thursday's episode of USA's "Burn Notice." Reynolds, now 74, hasn't been seen much on TV or in...
July 17, 2010 12:00 AM
Somewhere, Conan O'Brien chuckles. Leave it to the TV Academy to cite O'Brien's dead-and-forgotten "Tonight Show" with an Emmy nomination for seven forgettable months of low ratings and zilcho buzz. Welcome to...
July 09, 2010 12:00 AM
THE stage is set for this year's annual summer TV gripefest. That would be tomorrow, 5:30 a.m. LA time, when Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") and Joel McHale ("Community") try to look peppy and (somewhat) interested...
July 07, 2010 12:00 AMOh my . . . "Howard Stern Show" regu lar George Takei, who played Sulu on "Star Trek," gets the documentary treat ment in "George Takei's America," airing tonight at 7 on Sirius XM's Howard 101. Takei and Howard...
June 28, 2010 12:00 AMValerie Perrine has snared a guest-starring role on "Lights Out," the upcoming FX drama starring Holt McCallany as Patrick Leary, an ex-boxer at a crossroads in his life with a wife and three kids to support. Perrine,...
June 25, 2010 12:00 AM
Vanessa Lengies ("Hawthorne"), Christine Woods ("Perfect Couples"), Sophie Monk and Ali Landry are expected at tomorrow's "Keep a Child Alive" event in West Hollywood (Melrose Avenue), sponsored by Kara Lusardi...
June 23, 2010 12:00 AM
"Deadliest Catch" begins its sixth season tomorrow night (9 p.m./Discovery) with the tragic stroke suffered last January (in Alaska) by series star Capt. Phil Harris. Tomorrow's show documents the events immediately...
June 21, 2010 12:00 AMYou sure you wanna say that? "Hung" star Thomas Jane has a Larry King-like moment in the latest edition of People magazine. King, you may re member, alle gedly had an affair with his sister- in- law; now Jane says...
June 18, 2010 12:00 AM
B-movie king Roger Corman says he's in "preliminary discussions" to start his own TV network, which would air his entire movie library of original and acquired films. "It would be based on the concept of a channel...
June 16, 2010 12:00 AM
"Early Show" anchor Maggie Rodriguez begins her ma ternity leave today, with week end "TES" co-anchor Erica Hill filling in (while continu ing to work her weekend shift). "TES," meanwhile, eked out a victory over...
June 14, 2010 12:00 AMAndrew McCarthy, late of "Lipstick Jungle" and "Royal Pains," will be here next Thursday and Friday for a staged reading of "The Apol ogy," a new play written by his partner, Dolores Rice. The "multi-media theater piece...
June 11, 2010 12:00 AMThat deafening silence from Oxygen officials (cue the chirping crickets) when I inquired about last Tuesday's premiere ratings for "Jersey Couture" was probably in response to the paltry 421,000 viewers it averaged...
June 09, 2010 12:00 AM
NY state of mind Around town: "The Mighty Boosh" co-stars Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding are here through June 13, record ing their debut album at Electric Lady studios. The album is out this fall (details are...
June 07, 2010 12:00 AM
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