Island Def Jam ups Tesoriero

Gabe Tesoriero remains upped to senior V . p . of media and artist relations for Island Def Jam Group, the label introduced Friday. The Gotham-based professional grew to become part of IDJ in 2005, combined with been becoming V . p . of media and artist relations since 2008. Beginning his career in 1998, Tesoriero needed a scenario within the now IDJ-affiliated Roc-A-Fella Records in 2002, handling publicity for Kanye while others. "I anticipate ongoing growth and success with this particular historic label which is unmatched roster of artists," Tesoriero mentioned. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Glee Reveals Rachel's Dads!

Jeff Goldblum; Brian Stokes Michell After much speculation, Glee has cast (and revealed the identities of) Rachel's gay dads.Law & Order alum Jeff Goldblum and Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell have landed the roles, TVLine reports. The duo will play Hiram and LeRoy Berry, the adoptive fathers of Rachel (Lea Michele).Will Rachel say yes? Glee's Cory Monteith dishes on Finchel's futureBoth Goldblum and Mitchell will display their singing chops on their debut, set for Feb. 14. The Valentine's Day episode is titled "Heart."Both men have impressive television and theater resumes. Besides being an skilled jazz pianist, Goldblum has starred in Broadway's Tony-winning musical Two Gentlemen of Verona. He's also currently in IFC's Portlandia.Check out photos from GleeAside from his stints on Ugly Betty and Frasier, Mitchell has appeared on Broadway in Man of La Mancha, Ragtime, and Kiss Me Kate - for which he won a Tony in 2000.What do you think of the casting? Are Goldblum and Mitchell the right men for the job?

Whoopi Goldberg Going To The Center, Greg Kinnear To Shake Things On Modern Family

First Released: The month of january 10, 2012 6:18 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Whoopi Goldberg is smiles in the Sister Act Theatre premiere press conference in the Teatro Nazionale in Milan, Italia on October 27, 2011 They reunited Everyone Loves Raymond co-stars Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton around the season premiere from the Middle, and today the bosses behind the ABC comedy have revealed an Oscar champion is going to town Whoopi Goldberg. Shes been an enormous fan from the show, showrunner DeAnna Heline told reporters on Tuesday at Basic steps area of the Television Experts Association Session in Pasadena. She's a unique link with [Eden Hers character] Sue, so shes gonna play Sues guidance counselor. In the panel, Steve Levitan, among the bosses of contemporary Family, also shared casting news, observing that the former Oscar nominee, Greg Kinnear, would create some drama for Ty Burrells Phil Dunphy. Greg Kinnear will play a company connect of Phils who kisses Claire (Julie Bowen) around the mouth. We've Ellen Barkin as Phils rival realtor and Bobby Cannavale playing Louis from now defunct clown team Fizbo and Louis, Steve told reporters. But what Steve is most searching toward is not related to guest stars. The main one Im particularly happy with and looking forward to is in a few days, Lily states F***, he smiled, mentioning to Cam and Mitchells infant kids profanity episode. The Suburgatory showrunner Emily Kapneck confirmed Wilmer Valderrama was going to the show starring Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy, while Alicia Silverstone (Jeremys Unaware co-star) would also appear on the program for any four episode arc. Happy Being showrunners David Caspe and Jonathan Groff introduced that Michael McKean can look on next Wednesdays episode, while Erectile dysfunction Begely Junior. will shortly be playing themself. Furthermore, Megan Mullally is returning as Casey Wilsons mother, and Lonestar actor James Wolk will have Maxs boyfriend, starting in the Valentine's Day episode. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

CBS wins night as 'Bachelor' declines

Could "The Bachelor" phenomenon be fading?Monday's season premiere of the longtime ABC reality skein -- now in its 16th cycle -- drew a 2.4 rating/6 share in the 18-49 demo, according to early estimates from Nielsen. In total viewers, the show attracted 7.7 million.Compared to the season premiere a year ago, the demo is down 18% and about 1.3 less viewers were watching Monday night.Granted, there was college football bowl games that might have brought over some viewers from broadcast to cable -- the runover from the Rose Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl were both on ESPN in primetime -- but a majority of those football viewers were men, and "The Bachelor" is clearly a female-skewing program.With "The Bachelor" down, CBS had little problem taking the night. As a matter of fact, four Eye comedies and a drama were the top five shows Monday and captured every timeslot.CBS built on every half-hour, from 8 o'clock to 9:30 p.m. "How I Met Your Mother" (3.9/9, 10.2m) and "2 Broke Girls" (4.3/10, 12m) led into the evening's top program, "Two and a Half Men" (4.4/10, 13.7m).There was a slight drop-off for "Mike & Molly" (3.8/9, 11.9m) before CBS closed the night with "Hawaii Five-0" (2.9/7, 11.7m). On the bright side for ABC, the net can be happy that the debut of "Celebrity Wife Swap" drew an identical 2.4/6 as "The Bachelor," meaning there was no demo drop-off at 10 o'clock. However, the 6.2 million tuning in meant a 1.5 million decrease in total viewers from "The Bachelor."NBC aired all original programming, and best for the Peacock was the 9 p.m. "Fear Factor" (2.4/5, 5.9m), which grew 23% from its first half-hour to its second. Lead-in "Who's Still Standing" (1.5/3, 5.5m) and lead-out "Rock Center With Brian Williams" (1.2/3, 3.8m) were no match for CBS and ABC. All three shows were consistent with their last original airings in late December.Fox opted to go with a pair of "House" repeats (1.2/3, 3.6m and 3.8m) while CW aired reruns of "The Secret Circle" (0.3/1, 992,000 and 790,000).Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS, 3.7/9; ABC, 2.4/6; NBC, 1.7/4; Univision, 1.6/4; Fox, 1.2/3; CW, 0.3/1.In total viewers: CBS, 11.9 million; ABC, 7.2 million; NBC, 5.1 million; Univision, 3.7 million; Fox, 3.7 million; CW, 891,000. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com