Emmy-winning journalist Richelle Carey has left CNN’s sister channel HLN. Carey anchored HLN’s “News Now” show weekdays from 3-4pm ET and also hosted a weekly segment called “What Matters.” The latter feature put the spotlight top issues and concerns facing the African-American community. A network rep for HLN confirmed her departure. “I am VERY happy [...]

Gaius Charles and Jerrika Hinton were among the actors with recurring roles on ABC’s drama “Grey’s Anatomy” who were just promoted to series regular. Charles and Hinton, along with Camilla Luddington and Tessa Ferrer, have become series regulars as “Grey’s Anatomy” enters its tenth season this fall. All four actors played interns on the Shonda [...]

Good news for “Original Kings of Comedy” funnyman Steve Harvey. His daytime talk show has been renewed through 2016. NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution has solidified its agreement with Harvey’s show, which is confirmed for more than 65% of the U.S. The 56-year-old comic’s daytime talk show was a breakout hit in its first season, beating [...]

Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien has landed her first post-CNN deal. The former host of CNN’s “Starting Point” has inked an overall content development deal with HBO and also will join the network’s sports news magazine show, “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” O’Brien’s deal allows HBO to have first look at scripted projects and long-form [...]

Tyler Perry’s two scripted series on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network are not the channels only hits. OWN’s two reality series, “Raising Whitley,” starring comedienne Kym Whitley, and “Life With La Toya,” about La Toya Jackson, have officially received second season orders from the network. Their second seasons will air in 2014. The show’s self-help series, [...]

Now that Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network is officially a success, the TV titan continues to expand the networks original programming throughout the summer. OWN has just announced that it will partner with comedienne Wanda Sykes on a new series called “Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious.” “Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious” will be taped in front of a [...]

Good news for the nationally syndicated “Wendy Williams Show.” Following a strong performance during May sweeps, the daytime talk show has been renewed on Fox TV stations through the 2016-2017 season. The three-year pickup follows Wendy Williams’ previous two-year deal, bringing her total run to eight seasons. “Fox’s long-term renewal is a testament to the [...]

Fox is launching a new daytime talk show called “The Real” starring comedienne Loni Love, actress Tamera Mowry, singer/reality star Tamar Braxton, singer/actress Adrienne Bailon and TV talent Jeannie Mai. The ensemble talk show produced by Telepictures will get a summer trial run beginning on July 8. The exact markets and the length of the [...]

A fan of Beyoncé got carried away at her “Mrs. Carter Show” world tour last week and actually smacked the entertainer on her butt. The 31-year-old superstar threatened to have the fan ejected from the show, but carried on with her performance. There’s also a family in Georgia who almost had a major emergency while [...]

VH1′s “Single Ladies” is currently in production on its third season. The hour-long drama, starring LisaRaye McCoy, Denise Vasi and Charity Shea, will add three new cast members when the show returns later this year. Singer LeToya Luckett, Damien Wayans (“Next Generation Wayans”), and South African actress Lesley-Ann Brandt (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”) have [...]