MTV will produce a series featuring hip-hop star T.I. serving his 1,000-hour community-service punishment before serving his one-year prison sentence next year, Daily Variety reports. The Grammy winner, previously convicted for selling drugs, was charged with possession of unregistered weapons…
CW’s rural-themed “Farmer Wants a Wife” couldn’t be more different than its flagship show “Gossip Girls,” but it is bringing the struggling network nearly as many viewers, the Associated Press reports. Both new shows lag behind the CW’s top-rated program,…
A plot line in the season finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” that mirrored the story told in a commercial for the Honda Pilot was a coincidence, not part of a product integration deal, according to the New York Post. In…
The star of NBC’s horror anthology series “Fear Itself” says hanging upside down with blood dripping into a pan was a great experience, according to the Associated Press. Jesse Plemons, also known from his role at a high-school football player…
Director Robert Rodriguez has pitched his drama series about jailed women to NBC and FX, the Hollywood Reporter says. “Women in Chains!” will feature actress Rose McGowan, who is also Rodriguez’s fiancée, the newspaper reports. —Danny King
Shows like Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” are putting a spotlight on an art form with few superstars to keep it in the public eye, the Los Angeles Times reports. Winning “Dancing with the Stars,” “America’s Best Dance…
Ira Kurgan has returned to Fox as chief of broadcast operations, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Kurgan, who first joined Fox in 1987, had been at Yahoo for three years. He replaces Lee Bartlett, who moved the ITV in the U.K….
MSNBC is getting beat up by political strategists from both the Republican right and the Democratic left, the Washington Post says. While the channel appears to have taken a more liberal stance as an alternative to Fox News, its chief…
Some TiVo users will be getting the recommendations of Chicago Tribune TV critic Maureen Ryan delivered to their TV, the New York Times reports. The new service is designed to differentiate TiVo from the digital video recorders provided by cable…
NBC ordered an untitled comedy pilot from “30 Rock” writer Jonathan Pollack, Daily Variety reports. Pollack has also written for “Spin City,” “Just Shoot Me” and “Father of the Bride,” the newspaper says. —Danny King