UPDATE, 12:45 PM: Felicity Huffman will learn on September 13 how long she is going behind bars for her role in the college bribery scheme. The sentencing date for the Desperate Housewives star came as a sometimes tearful Huffman formally entered a plea of guilty after making a deal with the feds. <a…

Having entered a guilty plea today and facing potential prison time, Felicity Huffman is now extremely contrite about the “transgression” of the big bucks she paid out to get one of her daughters in a top school in the college bribery scheme. “I am pleading guilty to the charge brought against me by the United States…

UPDATED with more details: Felicity Huffman didn’t have to enter a plea Tuesday as part of the elite college bribery scheme for which she was indicted earlier in the day, but the actor had to hand over a chunk of change and her passport in Los Angeles federal court. Her release has been ordered pending a $250,000…

Since its debut on ABC, American Crime has been a vehicle for spotlighting hot-bottom social issues, and the recently wrapped third season is no different, tacking subject matter including illegal immigration, economic slavery, and individual rights. “It was a conversation people were having about immigration and…

The sad passing of Roger Moore earlier this week was, among many other things, a reminder to us both of how recent the breaking down of the barriers between the big screen and the small screen truly is. The former Saint and James Bond made the leap up but until the last few years many were reluctant to make a…

John Ridley’s American Crime left it all out on the field. After three acclaimed seasons, the anthology crime drama has been canceled, with ABC opting not to order a fourth installment. The news is not surprising as the most recent third season drew minuscule linear ratings, averaging a 0,7 in adults 18-49 (L+7)…

There was a big discrepancy between critics and audience response for the third season of John Ridley’s American Crime, while scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with glowing reviews but struggled mightily in the ratings. The ABC anthology series, very much on the bubble for renewal, ended its third season on a somewhat…

On an Easter Sunday that saw the NBA playoffs underway with the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers on ABC in the afternoon, the series finale of Girls and the final-season debut of The Leftovers on HBO, plus the premiere of Guerrilla on Showtime, there was some serious jive talkin' on the Big…

ABC’s American Crime just debuted its third season in March, and though it hasn’t been renewed for a fourth, EP Michael J. McDonald hinted at the next topical venture. “There is a story that we want to tell,” he said. “Seeing what’s happening on Fox News and what’s happening with Uber, you’re seeing the role that…

A spate of upsets especially in the weekend games helped the NCAA Tournament grow its ratings to the highest viewership it has seen in more than two decades through Sunday. Yesterday, which featured upset losses by a pair of No. 2 seeds in Duke and Louisville, drew 11.9 million viewers, up 34% compared with last year…

So, there's good news and bad news on the ratings front this morning from Nielsen. With the consequences of the power outage that hit the data company’s main domestic facility in Florida over the weekend, still being dealt with, the bad news is there are still no results for Monday, Tuesday or last night. The good…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED, 11:41 AM: Still no word yet on when Nielsen will be getting out those delayed Sunday and Saturday fast-affiliate ratings, but we do know a bit more about what went down – literally. There was a power outage early Sunday morning in Nielsen’s Global Technology and Innovation Center in Oldsmar…