Fox has ordered a fifth season of its hit summer competition series, “So You Think You Can Dance,” TelevisionWeek reports. The series, executive produced and co-judged by “American Idol’s” Nigel Lythgoe, ranks among the top five most watched shows in…
There are some big celebrity stories brewing at Dallas Cowboys training camp, but those won’t be the focus of the upcoming season of HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” which follows players as they compete for jobs in the NFL, according to the…
NBC’s Olympics will take a big step toward increasing the amount of sports programming available to viewers on the Internet, the New York Times reports. College basketball, Major League Baseball, NASCAR and pro football viewers are also finding more of…
Broadcast networks run reality shows in the summer and cable networks roll out dramas, the Los Angeles Times discovers. And following a pattern set over the past few years, the ratings gap between the most viewed network shows and the…
A commercial by NBC Universal looking to promote both its coverage of the Olympics and the current film “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” is confusing to some viewers, the New York Times reports. NBC executives defend the spot….
Fox will begin rolling out its new “So Fox” branding campaign in the weeks leading up to the start of its fall season on Labor Day, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “The thing that’s important about this line is that it…
E! Entertainment Television has bought the second-run rights for some current and upcoming theatrical releases, including “Sex and the City,” Daily Variety reports. The company paid about $7 million for “Sex” and other titles, including “The Women” and “He’s Just…
Now that he’s appearing in CBS’ “Swingtown,” former “Melrose Place” star Grant Show has new things to talk about, such as his mustache, the actor tells the New York Times. Show tells the paper he called his facial hair “Sebastian,”…
Former NBC Universal bookkeeper James Walsh pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud, the Associated Press reports. Walsh was accused of participating in a scheme with his boss to steal more than $1 million.
Jodie Platt is leaving her post as ABC Studios’ head of comedy after two years, the Hollywood Reporter says. She will be replaced by ABC’s VP of Current Comedy Kevin Plunkett, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman