Social media tributes have poured in for Bill Daily, the I Dream of Jeannie and Bob Newhart Show star whose death at age 91 was reported Friday. Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, tweeted praise of Daily as a “funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. I’m so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal…

It’s official. Bob Newhart will return to The Big Bang Theory this season to reprise his Emmy-winning role of Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton. Big Bang showrunner Steve Holland hinted in an interview Monday with Deadline that “a comedy legend” might be returning to show, and that now is confirmed. Sheldon's (Jim…

Bob Newhart was Conan O’Brien’s late-night guest on Monday, celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Bob Newhart Show. In the course of their conversation, Newhart talked about his introduction to Don Rickles, as well as another comic who stole his material, the glaring error in The Bob Newhart Show‘s opening…

Refresh for updates No good-natured insults – yet – but Hollywood wasted no time remembering comic legend Don Rickles. The comic, who may not have invented the celebrity roast but certainly set it afire, died today at 90 of kidney failure in Los Angeles. With a career that spanned ’50s television, early ’60s beach…

2ND UPDATE, 4:03 PM: The third group of presenters for this weekend’s two-night Creative Arts Emmys has been announced. The TV Academy said today that Tichina Arnold, Mel B, Reg E. Cathey. Joanne Froggatt, Carrie Preston, Rhea Seehorn and Peter Scolari will appear on Saturday's Night 1 of the annual event. The second…

The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild have tapped Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Bob Newhart to receive honorary awards at the guild’s 52nd annual Publicists Luncheon on February 20 at the Beverly Hilton. Isaacs, a member of the Public Relations…

The rushed nature of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be addressed at a Governors meeting I am assured by someone who said, quite correctly, “we need to stop turning this thing into a track meet”. (Full disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Governors repping the Writers Branch). Certainly there was concern…

This was moment Bob Newhart had given hope would come — landing an Emmy Award. After a record losing streak (Newhart had been nominated six times before), he even had his series The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart removed from contention for six years to avoid disappointment. "Well, this is from your peers," the low-key…

It's an awards-season cliché to say that it's an honor just to be nominated, but going to the Emmy ceremony year after year and never taking home a statuette can be excruciating. Just ask Bill Maher, Emmy's current "biggest loser." Despite 32 nominations (including three for this year alone) for Politically Incorrect…

Showtime was the only network to land two shows on 3rd annual Critics' Choice Television Awards‘ list of The Most Exciting New Series. Both of Showtime’s upcoming series, dramas Ray Donovan and Masters Of Sex, made the cut, along with CBS’ summer series Under The Dome, which was developed at Showtime before moving to…