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In the glory days of the TV upfronts, the broadcast networks would build up to a big reveal: The schedule release.

The fall schedule would be revealed, and media buyers could get a glimpse of what show would get that prized Friends or CSI lead-in.

In 2025, the upfronts still build up to a schedule release, but it isn’t a fall lineup: It’s an NFL game.

The only connective tissue between this year’s upfronts, from NBCUniversal and Fox to Disney, YouTube and Netflix was sports, and the NFL in particular, with every company using their presentation to reveal an upcoming matchup that advertisers will want to buy into. Netflix and YouTube each had NFL commissioner Roger Goodell make the reveals himself (though only Netflix made him wear a Santa Claus-esque coat).

NBCUniversal used its event to tout the return of the NBA on NBC, bringing out John Tesh...

A presentation of the NBA on NBC, as envisioned through the Peacock app. (Courtesy image)

Comcast’s streaming service Peacock will offer a number of enhanced features like in-game statistics, real-time highlights and other interactive perks when its broadcast network NBC starts offering games from the National Basketball Association (NBA) later this year.

The features, rolling out later this year and timed to coincide with the start of the NBA season, promise to deliver an “exciting and inclusive streaming experience to draw in the broadest range of basketball fans and celebrate the league’s dynamic elements to give users new ways to get into the game,” Comcast’s NBC Sports said on Monday.

Some of the features, like real-time statistics, are present on other connected TV platforms like YouTube TV and Fubo — and even through Peacock during other events like the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. But Peacock will build on what...

The invitation to NBCUniversal’s 2025 upfront presentation promised “a sneak peek at the greatest two years in the history of any media company.”

Hyperbole? You bet. We’ll all be content if the entertainment industry just stays afloat through 2026. But it’s always easier to make lofty claims when you’re first at bat, as Comcast’s evolving TV, film and streaming conglomerate was at Radio City Music Hall on Monday morning. NBCU kicked off a week that will see all major players in ad-supported visual media make a plea for spending commitments in a time when a volatile economy has purse strings ready to snap shut quicker than a gate door at Newark Airport.

Perhaps all that uncertainty is why NBCU chose to open its two-hour program not with a musical performance from whoever’s mentoring on The Voice these days — that was the closer! — but with a tip...

Seth MacFarlane may have made network upfront history on Monday, opening the NBCUniversal presentation with a song-and-dance routine boasting the chorus, “NBCU has the shit you’re after!”

That was likely the first time any network boasted that they’re “the shit” in their message to advertisers — but it was very on brand, of course, for MacFarlane, whose overall deal with the company has so far generated a live-action Peacock series based on his “Ted” film franchise, and now an animated take on it as well.

Among MacFarlane’s competitive barbs in his number, which kicked off the two-hour NBCU upfront: “You can give all your money to Netflix/ just to have your commercials on auto play/ But I got news, buddy, all your views are the Tinder Dates just busy getting laid.

On Disney and Hulu, where MacFarlane still has a ton of business via his animated series “Family Guy...

In a surprise move, NBC said Monday that it has hired Michael Jordan to contribute to its NBA coverage, which tips off later this year.

Jordan, of course, is widely considered among the greatest, if not the greatest, NBA player of all time, leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.

NBC announced Jordan’s hire during its upfront presentation in New York, after composer John Tesh took the stage for a live performance of the NBA on NBC title theme “Roundball Rock.” Jordan appeared via a video message to announce his return as a special contributor.

“I am so excited to see the NBA back on NBC,” said Jordan in a statement. “The NBA on NBC was a meaningful part of my career, and I’m excited about being a special contributor to the project. I’m looking forward to seeing you all when the NBA on NBC launches this October.

NBA legend Michael Jordan will appear as a special correspondent on NBCUniversal’s coverage of the league when it begins its long-term rights deal in this fall.

Drawing cheers from the crowd at Radio City Music Hall on Monday morning, NBCU featured the news in a prominent segment of its upfront presentation to advertisers. Mimicking the famous press release Jordan released when he un-retired from baseball and rejoined the NBA in the 1990s, the company flashed a mock press release on video screens at Radio City saying simply, “I’m back.”

Jordan then appeared in a brief video. “Sorry I can’t be with you,” he said. “I am excited about being a special contributor. … Looking forward to seeing you all when the NBA on NBC launches this fall.”

Now more than 20 years removed from his playing career, Jordan has stayed involved in pro sports as an owner, but has...

The NBA returns to NBC this fall, and fans who choose to watch on Peacock will get a rich and interactive experience.

John Tesh’s “Roundball Rock” is officially returning to NBC this fall, but that’s not all that the network has in store to welcome basketball back to its airwaves. The NBA’s newest broadcast deal begins at the start of the 2025-26 season and will see national games split amongst ESPN, Prime Video, and NBC, with games on NBC also set to stream on Peacock. As part of its Upfront presentation on Monday, NBCUniversal revealed new details about the viewing experience fans can expect while streaming NBA games on Peacock.

Key Details: Just go live!: Live in Browse will let fans jump straight into the game when they open Peacock. Catch up fast: Viewers who join a stream late can use the Catch Up with Key Plays function.

We’ll catch you up on Formula 1 rights negotiations, plans for a new ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff, and more.

As is always the case, it was a busy week in streaming news! There were plenty of big stories, but as is always the case, a few slipped through the cracks as the largest movers and shakers in the media world unleashed their first-quarter earnings for 2025.

With that in mind, we’ve assembled a list of relevant streaming stories that audiences may have missed in the course of a busy week. Check them out below!

Streaming stories you may have missed this week

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CuriosityStream records a profit

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Formula 1 is still looking for a partner to broadcast its races after 2025. The racing...

NBC is making a nostalgia-fueled drive to the hoop to tout the return of the NBA to its airwaves in the fall of 2025 after more than two decades.

In the latest move, NBC Sports announced that it will use an AI-generated voice of former narrator Jim Fagan, who died in 2017 at the age of 72, for its NBA coverage and promotion when its new 11-year NBA media rights deal begins in October. The network said it was employing the AI technology with the participation of Fagan’s family.

The voice of Fagan was “synonymous with NBC Sports’ critically acclaimed coverage of the NBA from 1990-2002,” according to the broadcaster. “His masterful narration drove unparalleled excitement for the league’s biggest matchups and stars, which included Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Hakeem Olajuwon and many more.”

NBC Sports released a short clip featuring Fagan’s AI-generated voice:

Related: NBC Pushes Basketball...

During the NBA on NBC’s 12 year run from 1990-2002, the broadcasts and promotional spots featured the voice of narrator Jim Fagan, who drove excitement around the games featuring stars like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Hakeem Olajuwon.

NBC lost the NBA rights in 2003, and Fagan passed away in 2017, but when the NBA on NBC returns to the network this fall, his voice will once again be featured in promos, title sequences and show opens, this time teasing stars like Steph Curry, Jason Tatum, and Victor Wembanyama.

NBC says that it is using generative artificial intelligence technology to recreate Fagan’s voice, conjuring up a return to its broadcasts of 25 years ago. Separately NBC Sports also confirmed that it would bring back its iconic “Roundball Rock” theme song, composed by John Tesh.

“For many basketball fans, Jim’s unique and recognizable voice immediately conjures a deep sense of...

Showbiz has always made for strange bedfellows. Still, it’s hard to fathom any single personality linking talents as diverse as Pet Shop Boys, Bob Dylan, Fishbone, John Tesh, Diana Ross, Dusty Springfield, Toto, James Brown, TLC, Lulu, Stephen Stills, Tanya Tucker, Bette Midler, Gladys Knight, Scott Baio and Richard Simmons. Yet that list is just the tip of a collaborative iceberg for the subject of “The World According to Allee Willis,” about the late songwriter estimated to have sold over sixty million records.

Among many other accomplishments, Willis was also a compulsive archivist of her own very full life, so Alexis Manya Spraic’s documentary feels like a colorful sampler drawn from near-inexhaustible source materials. Magnolia is opening this entertaining tribute to a hugely successful yet highly idiosyncratic artiste in limited U.S. theaters on Friday.

Greatly influenced by the Motown sounds of her Detroit area youth, Willis was best known for co-writing Earth,...

There’s no better way to get hype for a basketball game than with a little “Roundball Rock”. Ok, so “Sweet Georgia Brown” is up there, too, but John Tesh’s song helped define pro basketball for a generation, with “Roundball Rock” serving as the anthem for NBA on NBC for over a decade. Now, it is set to take the court yet again, as Tesh has delivered another spin on the instrumental.

John Tesh built up the updated version of “Roundball Rock” during an interview on The Dan Le Batard Show (via The Hollywood Reporter) by saying, “We went back into the studio and got me on Hammond organ and a guitar player named Andrew Synowiec, which was pretty incredible, and the rest of my band…I wrote an extra piece to put on the end of ‘Roundball Rock’, and then we did what’s known as the shredded version.

There’s officially a new version of “Roundball Rock,” the iconic theme song for the NBA on NBC.

Composer John Tesh debuted the new version of the song (he calls it the “shredded version”) Thursday morning. Tesh appeared via a pre-recorded video on The Dan Le Batard Show, where he introduced the new version of the song.

“We went back into the studio and got me on Hammond organ and a guitar player named Andrew Synowiec, which was pretty incredible, and the rest of my band,” Tesh said. “I wrote an extra piece to put on the end of Roundball Rock, and then we did what’s known as the shredded version. So get ready, because here’s the first time anybody other than the people in the recording studio are hearing it.”

Watch, er, listen:...

The NBA has finalized its new long-term TV deals, with ESPN and The Walt Disney Co.; NBC Sports and NBCUniversal; and Amazon Prime Video set to be the new home for national NBA games beginning in 2025 and running into 2036.

Disney will remain the NBA’s partner for the “A” package, including the NBA Finals in a deal sources estimate at around $2.6 billion per year. The NBA also found new rights partners in the form of NBC Sports, which is in line to get the “B” package for around $2.5 billion per year, and Amazon for the “C” package at around $1.8 billion per year.

“Our new global media agreements with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon will maximize the reach and accessibility of NBA games for fans in the United States and around the world,” said NBA commissioner Adam Silver in a statement. “These partners will distribute our content across a wide range of...

For basketball fans already mourning the potential loss of TNT’s Inside the NBA, there may be some small consolation: NBC may bring back John Tesh’s iconic “Roundball Rock.”

NBCU is reportedly set to bid $2.5 a year for rights to NBA games going forward, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the offer is successful, the company would supplant media rival Warner Bros. Discovery, whose TBS and TNT cable networks began carrying NBA games in 1988. TNT has been the flagship Turner network associated with pro basketball, with its Inside the NBA the gold standard of sports studio shows, since 1989.

The NBA’s other two partners in its next contract are said to be Disney and Amazon’s Prime Video.

If NBC is successful in securing the third slot, it would likely mean the end of the Emmy-winning Inside the NBA, much to the chagrin of sports fans. But when one door closes,...

It isn’t yet clear whether NBC will walk away with rights to NBA games beginning next year (the league is still holding talks with current rightsholder Warner Bros. Discovery, though NBC made an aggressive bid for its package).

But one thing is now clear: “Roundball Rock” will be making a comeback.

The song, composed by John Tesh, was the anthem of The NBA on NBC from 1990 until the network lost NBA rights in 2002.

Tesh was a guest on The Dan Le Batard Show Tuesday, and he was asked whether the network had reached out to him about re-licensing the song.

“They have, actually, yeah,” Tesh said when asked by the radio host about a reach-out from the network. “Nothing firm, but they said, ‘Hey, can you stay frosty on this?’ like a Navy SEALs thing.”

In fact, Tesh added that he was planning to re-record “Roundball Rock” next month,...

A new report indicates sources in the sports and media world are increasingly convinced the NBA is about to depart TNT.

So will there be a new version of “Roundball Rock,” or will NBC just dust off the John Tesh original starting in 2025? That decision could be on the minds of Comcast executives these days, as they attempt to win a package of NBA rights in the basketball league’s next national broadcasting deal. The company has lodged a $2.5 billion per year bid for a bundle that would include regular season and playoff games, but it has to worry about a challenge from Warner Bros. Discovery, which has been broadcasting NBA games for nearly 35 years. A new report from the Sports Business Journal reveals that NBC is currently in the lead NBA’s third parcel of games, and details how messy the fight between the two contenders just might get.

The best 90s talk shows were a mix of tabloid drama and informative content, with some shows focusing on relationships and family issues. Shows like The Jerry Springer Show and Geraldo pushed the boundaries of controversy with outrageous content and brawls. Other shows like Leeza and The Oprah Winfrey Show provided a more inspirational and informative angle, discussing important topics and featuring notable guests.

The best 90s talk shows are usually considered tabloid shows, full of drama and outrageous confrontations — but not all of them follow this formula. The '90s was a decade that brought some of the most entertaining daytime talk shows, from the outlandish like The Jerry Springer Show to tabloid talk shows like Geraldo. The shows ran the gamut and included some big names in the business who went on to accomplish tremendous fame beyond the hosting circuit, along with others who wound down their on-screen...

A fresh-faced comedian walks through New York after having woken up and feeding his fish. He's got a nearly beatific smile on his face as he's wished good luck and almost instantly told by those same people (with sarcastic tones) that there's no pressure, because he's been chosen to replace one of the most beloved comedians to ever grace the small screen. He's tall, lanky, with a shock of red hair, and he's just barely reached the age of 30. Everyone from John Tesh to Tom Brokaw to passers-by give him some version of these remarks ("Ya better be as good as Letterman!"), and he takes them all in good stride. He walks into 30 Rockefeller Center, gets ready for his first TV hosting gig, taking over the "Late Night" show on NBC at 12:35 am. He walks into his dressing room, where he proceeds to attempt hanging himself. It's only when...

Music is one of the best ways to set the mood for the holidays, and the soundtrack of Netflix’s holiday rom-com Falling for Christmas has no shortage of tunes to help conjure the holiday spirit. The Netflix movie follows Sierra, who gets amnesia after a skiing accident and finds herself falling for Jake, the man who takes her in, as she helps him save his struggling lodge. Falling for Christmas utilizes its soundtrack well to establish the Christmas spirit, making the rom-com that much more charming.

Falling for Christmas’ soundtrack has something for everyone, featuring renditions of classic holiday tunes and original songs by its multi-talented cast, including Lindsay Lohan and Chord Overstreet. The soundtrack is not entirely Christmas classics, however, and also includes a few non-holiday-themed tracks. The Netflix rom-com is also rounded out by an original score by Nathan Lanier. Whether it be a Christmas classic, original song,...

Lauren Shuler Donner, the wife and sometimes producing partner of husband Richard Donner, who died Monday at age 91, was understandably emotional when I spoke with her today. She expressed sadness at the loss, as well as sympathy for the loss of movie lovers everywhere who were fans of Superman, The Omen, The Goonies, Ladyhawke, Scrooged, the Lethal Weapon movies, Maverick, 1997’s now oddly-timelier Conspiracy Theory and countless others including those he produced like Free Willy, The Lost Boys and X-Men. No question Dick Donner was a giant, and widely admired as you can probably tell from the outpouring of reaction on Deadline.

Steven Spielberg, for whom Donner made the aforementioned The Goonies, called him “the greatest Goonie of them all”.

“He was a great man. I was a very very lucky woman.

1986: Another World's Cass was determined to see Kathleen.

1991: Days of our Lives' Jack and Jennifer saw a familiar star.

2002: Passions' Theresa begged for help during her execution.

2003: All My Children's Bianca burned her clothes after the rape."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1946: Mary-Ellis Bunim was born. She produced daytime soap operas Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara and Loving before moving into reality television with The Real World. She died in 2004 at age 57.

1954: On Search for Tomorrow, Joanne Barron...

On October 5th, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s eighth album, Alapalooza, turned 25. Though one of his less iconic albums, it nonetheless went gold, spawning the modest hit “Bedrock Anthem” and one of his more ambitious videos. The clip for “Jurassic Park,” a parody of the 1968 Richard Harris epic “MacArthur Park,” was a claymation extravaganza, co-directed by animator Scott Nordlund and future Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osbourne.

In this behind-the-scenes feature from Entertainment Tonight, Yankovic lets viewers see the suburban home in Reseda California where the team worked. The clip is...

1986: Another World's Cass was determined to see Kathleen.

1991: Days of our Lives' Jack and Jennifer saw a familiar star.

2002: Passions' Theresa begged for help during her execution.

2003: All My Children's Bianca burned her clothes after the rape."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1946: Mary-Ellis Bunim was born. She produced daytime soap operas Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara and Loving...

Al Yankovic can be described in a lot of ways besides "Weird." Most people know that he's a chart-topping singer-songwriter, a director-producer, a top-notch parodist, an author and a die-hard polka enthusiast. Even those who have followed his career closely, however, may have forgotten he was, for a brief moment, the host of a short-lived children's television show.

The Weird Al Show debuted on CBS on September 13, 1997 as part of their Saturday morning lineup. Each episode began with the all important "today's lesson" before viewers were invited into Yankovic's underground...

Growing up a closeted gay kid with minimal athletic ability in the Reagan-era South, television was my salvation. TV Guide was my Bible. Ricky Schroder and David Hasselhoff were my Messiahs. Still, I never dared to dream that one day I might have my own TV show. The only person from my hometown that had ever made it in Hollywood was John Tesh, and I was no John Tesh. My parents both loved their work, and they encouraged me to find that for myself. I taught sixth grade in Mexico, chasing adventure. I worked as an ad exec in New

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A version of this story first appeared in the April 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. When John Tesh walked away from Entertainment Tonight in 1996, he disappeared from the national TV stage. But Tesh never quit working. He has performed 30 or more concerts a year and since 2003 has hosted (with his wife, actress Connie Sellecca, and stepson, Gib Gerard) a syndicated radio show on about 800 stations billed as Intelligence for Your Life. Now, Tesh, 61, is returning to TV with a daily syndicated talk show, also called Intelligence for Your Life, and a business plan

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It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.

Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.

Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)

1. Scrunchies

2. "The Wild Thornberries"

3. Dawson and Joey

4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"

5. Mr. Feeny

7. MTV playing music videos

8. Snick

9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"

10. Levar Burton

11. "Daria"

12. "Arthur"

13. "The Powerpuff Girls"

14. "Smart Guy"

15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings

16. "The X-Files"

17. Rosie O'Donnell

18. Bill Nye

19. "Dawson's Creek"

20. The Mighty Ducks"

21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"

22. Cornholio

23. Rachel Green

24. Tim Allen

25. "All That"

26. "Beverly Hills 90210"

27. "Step by Step"

28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"

29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"

30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

06/06 Update: Official version below replacing the terrible "Entertainment Tonight" preview.06/05: "Hey, you know what would be a good idea? Let's premiere the trailer for our hot new movie with Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, and let the airheads on 'Entertainment Tonight' talk over most of it!" Okay, no one actually said that sentence, but sometimes you have to wonder what marketing departments are thinking. That said, here's part of the first trailer for the thriller "Runner Runner," brought to you by the people who aren't even John Tesh and Mary Hart. Anyway, the film, penned by David Levien and Brian Koppelman ("Rounders"), and directed by Brad Furman ("The Lincoln Lawyer") will tell the story of a Princeton student who gets cheated out of his tuition playing online poker, but winds up as the right hand man of the dude running the site. But that dude is a...

[Note about spoilers: As with the Complete Doctor Who Reviews, the individual (and two-parter) episode reviews form part of an overview of the show as a whole, and as such, contain spoilers for events not only in the episodes in question, but also potentially those in future episodes and seasons. There may also be spoilers for the Buffy spin-off show Angel.]

Welcome to another set of complete reviews in which I attempt to prattle on about two of the most famous Joss Whedon creations: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) and Angel (1999-2004).

On the surface of it, a TV series franchise stemming from a so-so movie about a teenage girl who stakes vampires doesn't inspire much confidence. In 1992, the film, Buffy The Vampire Slayer pitted Kristy Swanson as the eponymous heroine against a mean old vampire king called Lothos and his motley crew of blood-sucking fiends. The movie didn't exactly set the world ablaze, staked by lukewarm reviews and moderate box office takings.

Writer Joss Whedon was nothing if not persistent though. Translating the original concept to the small screen was something of a gamble, given the tepid reactions to the preceding film. How could it possibly work?

And yet, sixteen years later, Buffy is still a huge phenomenon. Seven seasons were produced.

Dancing With the Stars has never been my bag, but the reality juggernaut boasts three big perks: 1) Tom Bergeron is and always has been an exceptional host, and it's nice to see the veteran of Hollywood Squares and the cult FX talk show Breakfast Time helm a hit series with Emmy-winning flair; 2) Carrie Ann Inaba is a great judge; 3) Excepting So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With the Stars has given us the hottest men in reality TV history. The constant shirtlessness is a big help.

Since the show just wrapped its all-star season with an all-female Final 3, let's reorient ourselves with a look back at the movers and shakers we care most about: the sweaty, sweaty dudes.

10. Evan Lysacek

Figure skater Lysacek jumped from his gold medal-winning streak in Vancouver to Dancing With the Stars in record speed, and thank God: He was a sexy mover! He also...

Saturday Night Live continued its host hot streak as Louis C.K. took the stage and dominated this weekend's show.

Embracing the kind of warped normalcy that permeates his Emmy-winning FX series, Louie, gave SNL the license to be more irreverent and inspired than normal (see: Hotel Fees). I had the great pleasure of attending the dress rehearsal this weekend, which allowed me to see an extra 30 minutes of sketches that never made it to air as the cast produces more material than can fit in the 90 minute show and uses the dress rehearsal audience as a litmus test for laughter.

Photos - How The Stars Spent Their Weekend

I firmly believe our collective response to the wonderfully weird Australian Screen Legends sketch vaulted it from the end of dress to top of the live show. Sadly, two truly amazing pieces were lost during this undoubtedly Sophie's Choice-esque process. I mean, both were superior...

Et's theme song is getting an update – by none other than multiple Grammy Award-winning producer will.i.am.

The Black Eyed Peas frontman will debut his re-orchestration of the iconic theme song on Et on Thursday, October 25.

Related: will.i.am Premieres Single from Mars

The updated version of the composition will get an au courant dance twist – with a new bass line, vocals and electronic elements. The revised theme will be featured in the nightly installment of Et as well as the weekend edition of Et.

"The Et theme is a pop culture anthem, a theme song that represents families sitting together watching television and being entertained. My approach is to translate all the colors that the original theme includes, and bring it forward to today's sound," says seven-time Grammy Winner will.i.am.

Related: Meet will.i.am's New Music Discovery

"The Et theme has been woven into pop culture for decades so we are...

John Tesh is a badass ... not just 'cause he Wrote that insanely catchy/iconic/awesome NBA theme song "Roundball Rock" ... but 'cause he performed it in the middle of the street for us yesterday.Tesh was out in Beverly Hills when we struck up a convo about the greatest TV theme songs of all time ... which don't contain lyrics. Naturally, "Rr" is on the list ... along with a classic from the '60s ... and Tesh...

Heyo! The gang from Paddy's Pub is back as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia kicks off Season 7 Thursday, September 15 at 10 Pm Et. As you may have noticed, one of the cast members, Rob McElhenney, who plays Mac, has "bulked up" significantly, putting on at least 50 pounds for this new season.

Rob McElhenney recently held a conference call to discuss Season 7 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And his very fat ass. Here's what he had to say below.

How much of the show is scripted versus you guys just riffing?

Rob McElhenney: Well, we usually try to do at least one or two takes completely scripted. So, we very carefully and arduously over probably the longest span of the production cycle spend writing, and I'd say we get at least one or two, maybe three, takes of it exactly as scripted. And then from that point forward we'll ad...

After nearly 30 years hosting Entertainment Tonight, the day has come for Mary Hart to put down her mic. Hart, 60, whose hosting duties will be fulfilled by Nancy O'Dell, 45, was surprised with a party on stage after her final taping on Thursday. Unexpected guests, including Hart's former co-hosts John Tesh (co-hosted from 1982-1996), Bob Goen (co-hosted from 1993-2004) and Robb Weller (co-hosted from 1984-1986), were brought out for the big farewell. Additionally, Natalie Cole surprised Hart and serenaded the departing host with her hit, "Unforgettable." Admitting in November that leaving Et was "not an easy decision," Hart said, "Knowing I will...

KidsPickFlicks.com, the movie review website for kids, has teamed up with multi-media consultancy firm McVay Media. McVay Media enters the equation during a time of considerable growth for the movie website, as its traffic has doubled over the last year. McVay will lend its expertise to the online site in order to help the continued expansion of the brand, as well as to transition it into other areas of broadcast entertainment, primarily radio.

Among the first moves by McVay Media, the firm is using Kids Pick Flicks in their Show Prep Service, a daily outbound neweletter of 30+ pages that goes to more than 400 radio stations across North America.

The natural alliance between Kids Pick Flicks and McVay Media was instantly recognized by President and Founder Mike McVay.

"Kids Pick Flicks is an amazing site that's designed for parents and kids, both. The parents can feel better about taking their...

Angelo lost last week we are sad to see him go but this is Top Chef All-Stars you have to bring your A Game every week we are really down to the wire one mistake can send you home no margin for error I’m in this to win it an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Top Chef All-Stars Episode 11, “For The Gulf” – here we go! Dale has the nerve to point out “The reality is, we all gotta go except for one” — Wrong Dale! The reality is you have to sit in that empty bar that serves outside coffee and act demonstrably distraught that a person on a reality show that eliminates someone every day has been eliminated. “But…how can that be, I just talked to him!” would be a better thing to say. On to Quickfireier pastures — this week’s Quickfire Guest Judge is Paula Deen.

Like many things on Oprah’s show, this sounds like a soap opera plot, but it’s actually the real deal – Oprah Winfrey recently discovered that she has a half-sister she never knew about, and they had a big, tearful reunion on the show this week.

Her sister’s name is Patricia, she’s nine years younger than Oprah, and according to Oprah, she never even knew her mother was pregnant. It’s difficult enough to imagine what an emotional thing it must be to find your family, no matter who they end up being, but to discover that your sister is Oprah? That’s just crazy. It’s like winning the lottery twice in a row!

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Got plans on Sunday, Nov. 7, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fans? Cancel them Asap because Chiller is about to give you a day-long marathon of your cult favorite TV show.

Starting at 6 a.m. Et, the horror channel will be airing Season 1 in its entirety and on Monday, Nov. 8 Chiller will begin airing the series in its regular time-slot, weekdays at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Better start clearing those DVRs, Scoobies!

Never ones to give up the chance to write about one of our all-time favorite shows, we decided to use this most awesome-st of awesome news to countdown our favorite Season 1 moments. So, in the immortal words of Andrew Wells: "Come with me now, if you will, gentle viewers. Join me on a new voyage of the mind. A little tale I like to call: Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs."

Favorite Moment No. 10: Xander to Cordelia in "Angel...

 New York (AP) - Longtime "Entertainment Tonight" host Mary Hart is leaving the show after her upcoming 30th season. Hart said Thursday that it's time for a change, but she'll be leaving with mixed sentiments. It's not clear when her last day will be, but a television season traditionally ends in May. The former English teacher from Sioux Falls, S.D., joined "Entertainment Tonight" in 1982, working most prominently with John Tesh. She's kept the job as the entertainment news industry grew around her. "Et" is the original entertainment newsmagazine and still leads in the ratings. No replacement has been named. One...

Kitty Kelley’s scandalous, very unauthorized Oprah Winfrey biography will be getting the movie treatment, EW has confirmed. Oprah: A Biography has been optioned by Larry Thompson, who brought us biopics about Lucy and Desi Arnaz, Sonny and Cher, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor — with the project on track to debut around the same time as Winfrey’s Sept. 2011 sign-off. The book, which Winfrey dismissed as a “so-called biography,” included hints at drug use, a secret birth father, and a liaison with John Tesh in the talk queen’s past — so while it won’t likely get...

Let me start by saying I am a huge Conan O'Brien fan. Huge. So much so that if he had no choice but to broadcast his show from a cockroach-infested 7-Eleven on the wrong side of the tracks -- or in a turkey pen with John Tesh -- I would still tune in every night. So that's precisely why I'm a tad worried about Coco's 60 Minutes interview this Sunday. According to early transcripts that have circulated, Conan is quite candid when discussing January's late-night fiasco, saying that if he were Leno, he would not have taken The Tonight Show back: "I know me,...

Oprah Winfrey's never been one to toss around the diss. Needless to say, on the rare occasion she does, it's packed with sizzle. And a whole lotta class. Last week, author Kitty Kelley released a book on the media maven, alleging that Winfrey rules by fear, used drugs, has a secret birth father and even dated John Tesh. Oprah: A Biography also did nothing to halt the infamous gay rumors. Still, the usually loquacious Winfrey was mum on the subject. Well, until yesterday. Oprah was in New York City to present a New York Women in Communication Matrix Award to Bff Gayle King and took the opportunity to coolly admit what she really thinks of that book, calling it a "so-called...

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Somewhere, Frank Sinatra's steamed. And so are we. When the Chairman of the Board got the Kitty Kelley treatment, we got first-class dirt—ham and eggs off the chest of a prostitute, anyone? Now it's Oprah Winfrey's turn, and we get—what? A relationship with John Tesh? A "volcanic" affair with a radio DJ? Rumors of "giggly late-night phone calls" to Diane Sawyer? For this, Kelley's been shunned by the talk-show circuit? Seriously? To be honest, we haven't exactly read the just-released Oprah: A Biography, unless going over the rundowns and thumbing through the index during lunchtime at Barnes & Noble counts. But from what we understand—and just so you...

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey lied about her past by exaggerating accounts of her poverty and making up instances of sexual abuse, according to a new unauthorized biography. The book by celebrity biographer, Kitty Kelley, which is already on sale in the Us, reveals details about Oprah's past relationship with John Tesh, a popular media personality and claims that the talk show host paid money to keep her lesbian affairs under wraps, The New York Post reported The book also claims Oprah, 56, sold her body to earn extra money and has even described herself as a teen "prostitute" ...

Justin Bieber lashes out at the "corny" Disney pop stars, because there's no way he'd ever subject himself to manufactured hype. Wait... (Starpulse) John Mayer underwent a full-body cavity search at the airport, and yet they still couldn't find his sense of decency. (Wonderwall) What's next for Michelle McGee now that she's apologized to Sandra Bullock? Could it be complete eradication from the planet? Let's cross our fingers... (PopEater) John Tesh says that he and Oprah Winfrey were totally an item. This lovely mental image is brought to you by Johnson's Eye Bleach. (Parade) Hugh Hefner slams Tiger Woods and Jesse James for being...

John Tesh has confirmed that he had a relationship with Oprah Winfrey. In the unauthorised Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley, Tesh is cited as having told his former Entertainment Tonight anchor that he and Winfrey dated in the 1970s. Kelley claims that the pair even lived together while they were both working at the same local news station in Nashville. (more)...

Kitty Kelley's upcoming unauthorized biography Oprah: A Biography has been making headlines, even though it doesn't offer too many shocking revelations about the media mogul. But Kelly did manage to unearth one of Oprah's past relationships. According to Kelley, Oprah and former Entertainment Tonight anchor John Tesh were romantically involved in the 70s. Tesh has confirmed the former relationship, probably because he's thankful that someone has bothered to talk to him about something that can get his new-age music some press.Tesh told Entertainment Tonight that he and Oprah dated while the duo was working in Nash ...