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ON THE FOX LOT IN LOS ANGELES yesterday, the brilliant folks behind “The Simpsons” gathered to celebrate the show’s 500th episode this Sunday. “A bust of Homer was unveiled,” “Simpsons” writer Tom Gammill tells Comic Riffs, “and there were free donuts for everyone!

Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” suddenly canceled taping Wednesday night, telling ticket holders that episodes of the show for the rest of the week had been scrapped due to “unforeseen circumstances.”

Former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she's not joining the new cast of "Dancing with the Stars."

The second week of NBC’s singing competition, “The Voice,” snagged more than 16 million viewers Monday from 8 to 10 p.m. — the time slot in which the network had averaged a measly 5.6 million viewers this season.

Soul traditionalist Adele triumphed over pop stars, a veteran rock act and an up-and-coming songwriter/producer to win the most prestigious Grammy prize, album of the year, for her "21." It was her sixth award out of six nominations, a clean sweep.

"Parks and Recreation" has told a season-long story about Leslie Knope's campaign for public office, so it's only fitting that the show will be paying homage to "The West Wing" in a few weeks. The Huffington Post can exclusively reveal that in an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy, Bradley Whitford, who played Josh Lyman on "The West Wing," will play the departing Pawnee city councilman whose seat Leslie and Bobby Newport (Paul Rudd) are running for.

The first Hollywood night of season 11 ended with a cliffhanger worthy of a soap opera as 16-year-old Symone Black fell off the stage while answering the judges’ post-performance questions.

The fate of the show on the network has been rocky. Last year's renewal came just days before Fox's upfront presentation.

With nothing more than a piano, a little black dress and a microphone, Adele rouses crowds using her emotions and her voice.

How many singing competition shows can America watch each week? That’s the question being asked now that NBC’s “The Voice” has started its second season with a bang, while Fox’s long-running “American Idol” has seen its ratings decline. “It’s still very early on for ‘The Voice,' but they got a great start coming out of the Super Bowl with 37.6 million viewers,” media analyst Brad Adgate of Horizon Media told Fox411.com. “The most watched ‘American Idol’ was the finale between Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard in 2003, with a little over 38 million viewers.”