Production on a science-fiction drama was shut down after a fatality occurred on the set. Deadline.com reports that the TNT series “Falling Skies” shut down following the death of a Teamsters security guard. The guard was hit by an unattended…
As were “The Civil War” and “The War” before it, master documentarian Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” is turning out to be a massive blockbuster for PBS. The sprawling documentary chronicling the lives of Theodore, Franklin Delano and…
So how does one get 422 million American Express Membership Rewards points? According to Bloomberg, “A Chinese collector who bought an ancient Chinese ceramic cup for a record … $36 million” at auction got the rewards points when he paid…
A new program hosted by Jerry Springer has received a series order. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cable channel GSN placed a 20-episode order for “Baggage on the Road,” a spinoff of its Springer-hosted dating game show “Baggage.” Springer…
An original cast member on “Cougar Town” is leaving the TBS show. (SPOILER ALERT.) A report on TVLine.com says Brian Van Holt, who has played Bobby Cobb on the show since it debuted in 2009 on ABC, is exiting the…
CBS would like the TV business to get on with transitioning to a new standard ratings metric, and Variety reports that the network announced today what it plans to do about it. “The Eye said Wednesday it will add projected…
A “Saturday Night Live” veteran who spent eight years on the NBC late-night sketch comedy show will be back on familiar ground when he returns next month as a guest host. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that Bill Hader will host…
With the NFL under fire for its handling of suspended Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice’s attack on his then-fiancee, Anheuser-Busch InBev is weighing in, and it’s not pleased, reports Advertising Age. The brewer, one of the NFL’s biggest advertisers and…
CNN has been ordered by the National Labor Relations Board to rehire or compensate about 300 former employees, the Associated Press reports. “The NLRB agreed with a November 2008 ruling by one of its administrative judges that CNN improperly replaced…
One week into a strike by crew members on the Bravo reality series “Shahs of Sunset,” no one is talking, Dominic Patten reports on Deadline.com, and the cable network and parent NBCUniversal appear to be drawing a line in the…