ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” is one of five sophomore series hoping they can retain and grow their audiences following a long layoff due to the Writers Guild of America strike, USA Today reports. “The audience does not like to be fooled…
Candidates for the board of the Screen Actors Guild are flinging accusations at one another, highlighting the split between the union’s two main factions, the Hollywood Reporter says. A flyer mailed Friday warned that a vote for the insurgent United…
Is creating 14 reality shows for eight networks a tough job? USA Today talks to producer Thom Beers, who has “America’s Toughest Jobs” premiering on NBC Monday night. Beers, whose other series include “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers,” says…
Oprah Winfrey appears to be trying to round up all of the U.S. athletes who won gold medals for her Sept. 11 show, according to the New York Post. The paper says there have been reports that producers of the…
Lifetime has ordered six episodes of the reality competition “Blush: The Search for America’s Greatest Makeup Artist” for November, Daily Variety reports. The series, executive produced by Lauran Fuest of “The Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious,” will follow eight contestants as…
The last thing longtime Clinton family confidantes Lanny Davis and Howard Wolfson planned to do during the Democratic National Convention this week was work for Fox News Channel. And yet, as the Associated Press reports, Davis and Wolfson will be…
ABC News has faith in its daily Web video news show, pressing ahead with the specially created series instead of ending it as previously speculated, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, hosted by “World News” anchor Charles Gibson, is usually…
CW may not have seen fit to send out advance copies of its new version of “90210” to critics, but the show did have a big premiere party on the beach at Malibu, the Associated Press reports. Among those at…
More kids said they spend an hour or more online than said they spend that much time watching TV, the New York Times says, citing a new study by DoubleClick Performics. According to the study, 83% of Internet users in…
Fox will simulcast the debut of “Fringe” and the season premiere of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” online at the same time they air on TV, Daily Variety reports. The Web streams, however, will only be available to users logged…