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CBS admits error in Benghazi story on ’60 Minutes’

CBS News said Friday that it was misled by a “60 Minutes” source who claimed he was on the on the scene of a 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya when it now turns out there are serious doubts about whether he was.

Kimmel criticized for annual Halloween candy prank

Jimmy Kimmel’s annual Halloween prank gets lots of laughs at the cost of children’s tears and some child experts say that’s not a good thing.

99 Words About … Adam Scott’s ‘Greatest’ week

He may not have won the Masters. (That’s the other guy.) And NBC is bungling “Parks and Recreation.” But it’s still a good time to be Adam Scott.

Las Vegas man offers testicle for sale

A Las Vegas man is hoping to get paid to have one of his testicles removed. In a trailer for the upcoming episode of TLC’s “Extreme Cheapskates,” Parisi says that he plans to participate in a medical trial in which one of his testicles will be removed in exchange for $35,000.

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Hollywood plotlines will be tools to educate public on health care overhaul

The health care overhaul might get a Hollywood rewrite. A private foundation is providing a $500,000 grant so TV writers will have information about the Affordable Care Act stitched into plot lines watched by millions.

Dancer Lacey Schwimmer on plane grounded at LAX

Lacey Schwimmer, a pro dancer for six seasons on “Dancing With the Stars,” was on a plane grounded Friday at Los Angeles International Airport during the deadly TSA shooting.

ABC apologizes for child’s joke on Kimmel’s show

An unscripted joke that came from a child during a segment of Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show prompted a network apology. A boy joked about killing Chinese people to help erase the U.S. debt

In life and especially in death, JFK changed TV

It’s a measure of how long ago President John F. Kennedy died that, at the time, television was described as a young medium. With the shooting in Dallas, TV grew up.

 
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler back as Golden Globes hosts

The duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proved such a success at hosting the Golden Globes in January that they’ve been signed up for the same job for the next two years.

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