ABC has canceled its plans for the midseason comedy “Single With Parents,” Daily Variety reports. The show, starring Alyssa Milano, had the plug pulled after disagreements about the creative direction. The show would have featured Milano as a single mother…
James Van Der Beek and David Denman will co-star in Fox’s pilot “Eva Adams,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, about a sexist male agent who becomes a woman after a witch cast a spell, will feature Van Der Beek…
Comcast is planning big changes at its CN8 local programming channel, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The channel, which operates out of Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, is struggling with low ratings and a tough local ad market. —Jon Lafayette
Cablevision Systems swung to a profit in the third quarter from a loss a year ago, the company reported Thursday. Net income was $27.1 million, or 9 cents a share, compared to a loss of $79.3 million, or 27 cents,…
A&E is developing “Signs & Wonders,” a procedural drama from Mandalay Television and Fox TV Studios, Daily Variety reports. The show, produced by Jed Mercurio, focuses on a psychiatrist at a university and a team of grad students as they…
“Ugly Betty” executive producer Joel Fields is leaving the show to serve as a writer and producer for TNT’s “Raising the Bar,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Fields joined the ABC dramedy eight months ago to help with its transition to…
Thursday night’s Cleveland Browns-Denver Broncos football game will be shown on the very small screen under a $500 million wireless broadcast deal the NFL signed with Sprint, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Live compelling content is a game changer in…
Things heat up on Thursday’s episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” between Sandra Oh’s character and a newcomer, the former Iraq War medic played by Kevin McKidd, says USA Today. In an interview with the paper, the actor says, “as soon as…
Disney XD has given the greenlight to its first live-action pilot “I’m With the Band,” about a tween boy tapped to play lead guitar in a rock band looking for a comeback, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, from creators…
Ruby Gettinger, the subject of a new series on Style, is trying to get down to 145 pounds, according to the Los Angeles Times. The effort is remarkable considering she weighed 477 last year, when doctors told her she was…