Longtime WNBC news anchor Sue Simmons said on one of the station’s lifestyle shows last week that she used to drink before doing the news in the 1980s, reports the Huffington Post. During a segment on lifestyle show LX New…
News Corp. is pulling out of the race to get control of the Travel Channel, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing “people close to the situation.” Bidding had escalated to close to $1 billion, far above the $600 million to…
The star of a long-running sitcom is teaming up with Diane English (“Murphy Brown”) and Barry Levinson for an hourlong drama, in which he’ll play a defense attorney, Variety reports. Jim Belushi of the ABC comedy “According to Jim” would star in…
Bravo is funding a pilot about New York City’s club scene, with Bungalow 8’s Amy Sacco as the star, the New York Post reports. The show, if it gets picked up, would follow the behind-the-scenes life of Sacco as she…
HBO is developing a film based on the book "Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age," reports The Hollywood Reporter. Playwright Victoria Stewart is writing the adaptation of Steve Knopper’s book, which covers…
ABC is producing two additional episodes of its reality series “Shark Tank” using already-shot footage, Variety reports. That will give it five original episodes, but the network hasn’t said when they will air, or if there’s a second season coming….
Gordon Ramsay is returning to Fox, where he will co-produce and star in "MasterChef," a cook-off series for amateurs, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show–which executive producer Howard T. Owens of Reveille called “a huge, nationwide search for the best…