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NBC's "Saturday Night Live" plans to add one and possibly two black female performers to its cast as soon as January.

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas," 8:30 p.m., Cartoon. One of Hollywood's greatest half-hours is working its way through the cable and TV world.

"The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season" includes 21 episodes from 2004/5, when the longest-running prime-time sitcom celebrated its 350th episode.

On Wednesday's episode of her daytime talk show, DeGeneres addressed a report that she and wife Portia de Rossi are having problems.

The Golden Globes set up a potential victory lap for the well-regarded final season of "Breaking Bad," which was nominated for best drama series and earned Bryan Cranston a nod for best actor.

This July 28, 2008 file photo shows actress Estelle Parsons during an interview at her home in New York.

The Golden Globe nominations for best television comedy series have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Tom Hanks put his Hollywood nice guy reputation at risk on late night TV on Tuesday when he ripped into chat show host Jimmy Kimmel for changing freeway lanes without signalling.

Spare a thought for New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, or as he is known in the rest of the world, the "unidentified guest."

Aspen Gay Ski Week , the nation's largest and oldest gay ski event, returns for its 37th year from January 12 to 19, 2014.

More than 200 rescuers feared for the worst when a couple and four children vanished this week in a bitterly cold Nevada wilderness after their Jeep flipped in soft snow and stopped running.

Steve McQueen's historic saga "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations list for 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Wednesday, boosting its Academy Awards prospects with four nominations.

When Lizzy Caplan was cast as Jason Stackhouse's bohemian, V-addicted love interest Amy Burley in Season 1 of HBO's True Blood , she was understandably nervous about her sex scenes with Ryan Kwanten .

Chris Montes and his fellow volunteer rescuers first saw what looked to be children's footprints in the snow.

In this April 26, 2013 file photo, actor and sometimes science professor Alan Alda speaks during an interview on the campus of Stony Brook University, on New York's Long Island.

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop.

Martin Freeman didn't just hang out with the dwarves while making the “Hobbit” movies.

Is there any woman more hated amongst soap fans than Jill Farren Phelps ? I think we would all agree that the answer to that is a very loud no.

This July 27, 2013 file photo shows Actress Linda Lavin at the NBC 2013 summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The late-night TV movie of the week was an event not to be missed in the 1970s. Now this can be relived with "TV Terrors" , two films on one DVD disc that are prime examples of a long-forgotten time.