LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Watch out, Jack Donaghy; Heisenberg's coming your way, and you know how he deals with rival alpha males. "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston will guest-star on "30 Rock" this season, along with Catherine O'Hara, NBC told TheWrap. O'Hara and Cranston will play the mother of NBC page-turned-janitor …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The era of 'GTL' is ending on MTV with the upcoming season of popular reality TV show "Jersey Shore" and its catch phrase "gym, tan, laundry," the cable TV network said on Thursday. MTV scored a ratings hit with "Jersey Shore" when it debuted in 2009, shedding light on young Italian-Americans living …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. morning television host Robin Roberts was mourning the death of her mother on Friday, just a day after she left the "Good Morning America" show to prepare for a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder. Roberts left the ABC news program on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled, to …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - GLAAD will join with Utah LGBT groups to present a panel discussion and screening of Ryan Murphy's upcoming NBC series "The New Normal" in light of a Salt Lake City station's decision not to air it. The Mormon church-owned KSL-TV, which also does not air "Saturday Night Live" and last season declined …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - CBS is in talks with Oscar winner Robin Williams and producer David E. Kelley about a series set at an advertising firm in which Williams would star. No deal is done. But the show would mark a surprising return to television for Williams, who rose to fame in the "Happy Days" spinoff "Mork and Mindy," …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - NBC's upcoming drama "Revolution" - which imagines a future where all sources of energy have disappeared - will help viewers get in the mood with a bicycle-powered screening next week. The screening Tuesday in New York City is one of ten screenings planned around the country before the show's premiere. …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Taylor Schilling, Zac Efron's co-star in "The Lucky One," has secured the lead role in "Orange is the New Black," the new Netflix series from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan. Based on Piper Kerman's book of the same name, the series is a one-hour drama about a Brooklyn woman sent to prison for a crime …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - There's good and bad news for CBS in GLAAD's latest network responsibility index, which tracks portrayals of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in primetime. The CW, which CBS co-owns with Warner Bros., was again ranked number one in the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Patricia Carroll, the black CNN camerawoman who was hit with peanuts and called an "animal" as she covered the Republican National Convention, said in her first interview since the incident that she was "not surprised" it occurred. "I hate that it happened, but I'm not surprised at all," she told …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - FX isn't mad at Charlie Sheen: his "Anger Management" has received an order for another 90 episodes. Under an unusual arrangement with the network, the show was assured the massive episode order if its first 10 episodes hit a certain ratings threshold. Its June 28 premiere was the most-watched primetime …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Modern Family" co-creator Steve Levitan says he'd love to have Ann Romney officiate a same-sex marriage on "Modern Family." After the prospective first lady called the ABC hit her favorite show, Levitan tweeted that she would be welcome as a guest - with a catch. "Thrilled Ann Romney says ModFam …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - First Lady Michelle Obama is taking to the airwaves as her husband's newly sanctioned presidential rival, Mitt Romney, and his cohorts continued their power-huddle at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. In addition to a previously booked visit on Wednesday to the "Late Show with David …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Seth MacFarlane will host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" as it begins its 38th season September 15, while Frank Ocean will be the musical guest. The choices reflect the success of MacFarlane's summer hit "Ted" and the buzz around Ocean's coming out over the summer. MacFarlane's slate …

(Reuters) - "Good Morning America" television host Robin Roberts bid farewell to audiences on Thursday ahead of a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder that is expected to keep her off the air for several months. Country singer Martina McBride sang for Roberts in the ABC morning news show's New York studio …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Michael Jackson is coming to ABC, easy as 1-2-3. The network said Tuesday that it will air "BAD25," a documentary about the deceased King of Pop directed by Spike Lee. The documentary, which chronicles the creation of Jackson's 1987 album "Bad," will air on Thanksgiving. Further details will …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Yahoo News fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he said on Wednesday during an online video broadcast that GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann did not care about African Americans suffering in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Chalian seemed to not notice that a microphone was on …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Showtime is developing a military drama from Robert and Michelle King, the creators of CBS's "The Good Wife," the network told TheWrap on Wednesday. The project, which bears the working title "Girls With Guns," centers on a pair of Los Angeles sisters whose family moves to Israel, where women …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.co,) - Nick Fury and the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D could be coming to ABC. The network has entered an agreement for a pilot revolving around the peace-keeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D, which is featured in both Marvel comics and the superhero films which they spawned, including this year's "The Avengers." …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A bill extending California's TV and film production tax credits cleared two key state Senate panels Wednesday, with the clock on the legislative year ticking loudly. A coalition of industry and labor is supporting the measure, AB 2026, authored by Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes (D-Los Angeles). …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Despite the fact that she's leaving "America's Got Talent," Sharon Osbourne is a big fan of the show and her co-stars. The network that carries it? Not so much. The "AGT" judge - who has stated her intention to leave the show after the current season - restated her intention to depart on "Late …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "General Hospital" is about to get a little safer: Steve Burton, who plays sensitive hitman Jason Morgan, is leaving the ABC soap. The decision, which Burton says is completely amicable, is a hit - sorry - to "General Hospital" fans who have steadfastly stood up for their soap even as others have …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - KPCC announced Tuesday that it is dropping Patt Morrison's award-winning afternoon show after six years and expand the morning news magazine "Brand & Martinez" to two hours. Russ Stanton, the vice president for content at the Pasadena-based public radio station, said Morrison, a Los Angeles Times …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Hold on to your sweatbands: "Fame" is gonna live forever - or at least a little longer - thanks to a Nigel Lythgoe re-imagining of the 1980s film and series about kids striving to succeed in the brutal world of song and dance. MGM Television announced Tuesday that the executive producer of "American …