For Robin Williams, “Television was his cradle, and in some ways it was his true home”
TV, says Alessandra Stanley, allowed for the looseness and spontaneity that have less of a place in movies. Television was also where he shot to fame and, in recent years, it was where he returned to seek a steady mooring.” PLUS: “The Crazy Ones” seemed biographical for Williams, examining Williams” TV legacy, Williams was light years better than network TV was in the 1970s, BBC played Williams” “Family Guy” episode as news of his death broke, watch Williams” 5 funniest late-night appearances and his most memorable “SNL” moments, Henry Winkler remembers meeting Williams for the 1st time, CBS is under fire for interviewing a man claiming to have gone to AA with Williams, Chris Rock remembers his mentor, and watch Williams profanely accept the 2012 Comedy Icon Award before many of today”s celebrated comedians.
As “Survivor” editors demand a union contract, the season premiere could be delayed
If their demands result in a labor action such as a walkout, the season premier could be delayed.
“Scandal” books Mary McCormack and Josh Randall
The “In Plain Sight” and “Ed” alums will play a couple in one episode.
Jimmy Fallon is redefining the host-guest relationship with the games he has celebs play
“When guests come on Fallon, there's not an intimidation factor like there might be on Letterman or even Kimmel or Conan,” explains Ryan Bort. “They know they have nothing to worry about and that Fallon is not going to challenge them in anything more consequential than a grade-school game. They can relax, they can have a good time, they can be themselves (as much as possible in front of a camera, anyway).”
“Girls” star Zosia Mamet reveals her battles with an eating disorder
“Do you have a secret?” she writes in Glamour magazine. “Is your secret something that could kill you, a silent gnawing feeling that's slowly melting you away, little by little, something deadly that nobody else can see? Mine is. And it is this: I've struggled with an eating disorder since I was a child. This struggle has been mostly a private one, a war nobody knew was raging inside me. I tried to fight it alone for a long time. And I nearly died.”
Seth Meyers on his possible future 12:30 competitor James Corden: “We met at a dinner years ago”
”I've run into him at a few of Hulu's Upfronts, and we're actually friendly every time I've run into him,” says Meyers, who shares something in common with Corden – they both have Hulu shows. PLUS: Meyers says he didn't set out to hire a diverse writing staff.
Brooks Wheelan on his brief “SNL” stint: “As soon as I got hired I was like, ‘Well, I'm gonna get fired””
“I was totally mentally prepared to get fired,” says Wheelan, who will be on stage Wednesday with Judd Apatow and Jay Mohr. “So when I did get fired, I was like, ‘Yeah, that adds up.””
“Bachelor in Paradise” used a reenactment to depict a cast member”s affair with the boom mic guy
Unfortunately, producers didn”t have footage of Michelle K”s alleged affair with a crew member. PLUS: Texas Gov. Rick Perry chats with “The Bachelorettes” Chris Soules.
George R.R. Martin explains the lack of gay sex scenes in his “Song of Ice and Fire” books
“I'm not going to do it just for the sake of doing it,” he says. “If the plot lends itself to that – if one of my viewpoint characters is in a situation, then I'm not going to shy away from it – but you can't just insert things because everyone wants to see them.”
RuPaul is helping pioneer a new kind of product placement
For Season 6 of “RuPaul”s Drag Race,” the Logo reality show partnered with the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority so that it “can organically be part of this program.”
TV's character actors film a PSA
Watch Matt Walsh, Anthony Head, Donald Faison, Rob Corddry, Donal Logue and more explain why they matter, too.
Check out Shemar Moore back on “The Young and the Restless”
Here he is reprising his classic role of Malcolm Winters.
Has Guy Fieri destroyed the Food Network?
The Food Network star seems to have been redesigned in the “Food Network Star” winner”s shouty image.
Oxygen”s “Sisterhood of Hip Hop” shows that reality TV is the steadiest gig for female rappers
As the NY Times points out, “there are certainly more female rappers on this show than will release albums on major labels this year (and maybe next year, too).”
Watch Lauren Ambrose in Lifetime”s “Deliverance Creek” trailer from Nicholas Sparks
“The Notebook” author is producing the two-hour Civil War-era film.
Play the Shark Week drinking game
Here is how to get “shark-faced” this week. PLUS: How Shark Week comes up with its titles.
“Twin Peaks” gets an 8-bit opening
What would the classic mystery drama look like as an early video game?
After “Desperate Housewives” ended, James Denton escaped to Minnesota
“I wanted to get my kids out of L.A.,” he tells People. “So we moved to Minnesota right away. I've also got a house in rural Montana, which is our escape from Minnesota!”
AMC”s KISS football reality show premieres tonight
“4th and Loud” follows Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons” L.A. Kiss Arena League team.
“Peyton Place star Ed Nelson dies
Nelson, 85, played a NYC doctor who set up a practice in the fictional town.
RIP Lauren Bacall: The legendary actress” final acting credit was for a “Family Guy” episode from March
Bacall, 89, lent her voice to the episode “Mom”s the World” in which she plays Peter's mom's friend who forms a close bond with him. Bacall also nominated for three Emmys.