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Big Bang Star Simon Helberg Reads Einstein Mostly watches the Real Housewives

Who Simon Helberg Age 32 Accomplishments Plays Howard Wolowitz on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory; voices Bian Zao on Nickelodeon’s Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume…

May 16, 2013, 11:51 PM EDT

Michael Shannon Finds Television 'Tremendously Uninteresting' Prefers a Discman

Specs Who Michael Shannon Age 38 Accomplishments Stars on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; currently appearing in films Mud and The Iceman; plays Superman nemesis General Zod in Man of Steel (in theaters June 14); member…

May 10, 2013, 12:05 AM EDT

Maisie Williams Avoids Watching Game of Thrones With Her Parents 'I found it really awkward'

Specs Who Maisie Williams Age 15 Accomplishments Plays Arya Stark on HBO’s Game of Thrones; signed on for lead in forthcoming We Are Monsters; played Loren Caleigh in the BBC miniseries The Secret…

April 14, 2013, 11:05 PM EDT

Strong Showing for Mad Men Premiere Season 6 opener draws near-record 3.4 million viewers

Sunday night’s death- and goulash-soaked season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men held its own in a crowded 9 p.m.-11 p.m. time slot, drawing a near-record 3.4 million viewers. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day…

April 8, 2013, 5:22 PM EDT

Netflix Snaps Up Wachowskis’ Sci-Fi Series 10-episode show Sense8 will premiere in 2014

Netflix has completed another high-profile acquisition, ordering 10 episodes of a new scripted series to be directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas) and penned by Babylon…

March 27, 2013, 1:31 PM EDT

Vice CEO Punches Back at Critics of North Korea Trip Shane Smith discusses new HBO show

Specs Who Shane Smith Age 43 New gig Host of new HBO newsmagazine, Vice Continuing gig Co-founder, CEO, Vice Media Vice got a lot of criticism when your new HBO show went to North Korea…

March 24, 2013, 11:36 PM EDT

Syfy Bets $105m on a TV Series and Video Game [Updated] Takes big swing on apocalyptic space Western

At the risk of stating the obvious, $105 million is a lot of money. That’s about what Comcast and NBCUniversal have shelled out on the new Syfy series and video…

March 4, 2013, 11:37 PM EST

Game of Thrones Soars With Dragon Ad in New York Times Watch your back, Season 3 is coming

HBO placed this wonderful ad in Monday's New York Times, with the shadow of a dragon looming over two pages of fake stories. It's a shame they couldn't advertise over…

February 27, 2013, 9:03 AM EST

HBO Inches Closer to Apple TV But cable-cutting option not on table

Over the last few years HBO has aggressively expanded the footprint of its streaming on-demand service HBO Go, bringing it to Microsoft's Xbox gaming console and Roku among others. The service's gaping…

February 12, 2013, 4:39 PM EST

Xbox Aims to Bow First Original Series Within the Year Studio head Nancy Tellem talks content in first public interview

Online video has yet to create premium content. YouTube, Netflix, Hulu have all tried, but none has achieved the mass appeal and big-budget scale of a CBS. Last year Microsoft…

February 11, 2013, 9:37 PM EST

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