A Pennsylvania state lawmaker is questioning the legality of work permits issued to Kate Gosselin’s sextuplets for the reality show “Kate Plus 8.”
Rep. Thomas Murt says state law allows children under 7 to work in movies, but not television. Gosselin’s sextuplets are 6.
Murt asked for an explanation in letters sent Tuesday to the state attorney general and labor secretary.
State labor officials said previously that TV producers should have obtained child work permits for the TLC show’s predecessor, “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” But no penalties were imposed.
Spokesmen for the attorney general’s office and labor secretary did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
As befitting a lazy week in midsummer, prime-time television was dominated by mentally untaxing fare with dancing, dating and dousings.
None of them involved LeBron James. The Miami Heat forward’s ESPN special to announce his new employer was seen Thursday by nearly 10 million people, higher than all but three prime-time programs on the broadcast networks last week.
Nielsen”s top 15 programs included two editions of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” contest, two editions of CBS’ crowded house reality series “Big Brother” and two editions of ABC’s “Wipeout,” where hapless contestants try to avoid being dunked in water while circumventing an obstacle course. ABC’s “The Bachelorette” was behind only NBC’s talent show as the top reality series.
Melina Kanakaredes is taking herself off the case for “CSI: NY.”
CBS said Monday that the actress has decided to leave the crime drama after six seasons. The network expressed disappointment but said it respected her choice to “move on.”
The actress says she would treasure the “amazing” friendships she made on “CSI: NY.”
Kanakaredes’ departure was announced just weeks before the shows resumes production on July 28.
“CSI: NY” will move from Wednesday to Friday night this fall.
There was no word from CBS on a possible replacement for Kanakaredes, who played police Detective Stella Bonasera.
Chad Ochocinco hasn’t been hurting for female company lately. Whether the Dancing with the Stars alum is presently single or attached, his BlackBerry is definitely full after starring in the reality show Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch, which premiered 9 p.m. Sunday on VH1.
The Cincinnati Bengals star, 32, went up against 85 — yes — possible mates in the first episode, when he had to pick just 17 to advance to the next round. He admits the letting-down process was fairly brutal.
“I’ve been on the other side — being rejected — so I know how it feels,” says Ochocinco from his Fort Lauderdale home. “My focus was not to make people mad. I tried to find a way to let them down easy.”
It might be late in the fourth quarter, but “Friday Night Lights” finally got some Emmy love.
The acclaimed drama was nominated for four Emmys on Thursday, including lead actor and actress in a drama for Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, who play the patriarch and matriarch of Dillon, Texas, the small town, football-mad world of “Friday Night Lights.”
The show was also nominated for best writing in a drama series (by Rolin Jones) and best casting. Though many critics have called it the best show on TV for years, it had previously only been nominated for casting (winning in 2007) and directing.
For the first time since it began televising sumo tournaments 57 years ago, Japan’s public broadcasting network decided Tuesday not to air the upcoming competition live because of a gambling scandal that has sullied the sport’s reputation.
The decision underscored anger among the ancient sport’s fans over the behavior of coaches and wrestlers who are accused of gambling heavily on baseball, sometimes with gangsters as middlemen.
Detective Jim Longworth will soon discover what state residents and visitors have known for a long time: Florida is a weird place.
“The Glades,” a police drama set to premiere July 11 on A&E (10 p.m. EDT), follows a Chicago detective who relocates to South Florida, expecting to slide into a cushy job with plenty of time to hit the beaches and golf courses. But he quickly realizes that life isn’t going to be as simple or as relaxing as he thought it would be.
Besides being set in South Florida, the show is filmed in the Fort Lauderdale area — most Florida-themed shows, like “CSI: Miami,” are filmed primarily in California. The USA Network’s “Burn Notice,” which recently began shooting its fourth season in Miami, is the only other show filmed totally in Florida.
The Glades’ creator and executive producer, Clifton Campbell, grew up near Miami and knew he couldn’t capture South Florida’s essence anywhere else.
A Facebook campaign is pushing for “Friday Night Lights” actor Zach Gilford to be in the mix when the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations are announced in a week.
Gilford plays Matt Saracen in the high school football drama that debuted in 2006. It airs first on DirectTV and later in the year on NBC.
So far, more than 8,600 people on the social networking site “like” the idea of Gilford getting an Emmy.
Gilford calls the effort “really nice” and “flattering.”
Twenty-eight-year-old Gilford actually left the show in its current fourth season. He returns for a story arc in the show’s fifth and reported final season, which is now filming.
We lost one of television’s great pioneers last week when Art Linkletter died at the age of 97. Linkletter, the host of People Are Funny and House Party, was never a fan of scripts, preferring to improvise.
Of course, that can get you into trouble, as he did during a commercial for GE:
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