Actor Laurence Fishburne has signed a first-look television production agreement with “CSI” producer CBS Paramount Network TV, Daily Variety says. The news comes after Fishburne’s debut on “CSI” last week. —Aimee Picchi
Sharon Osbourne, the wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, was accused of pulling the hair of a contestant on her VH1 show “Rock of Love: Charm School,” a reality program about etiquette, Reuters said. The contestant, model Megan Hauserman, 29,…
Fox is feeling happy about “Glee,” greenlighting the Ryan Murphy musical drama to series. The network has ordered 13 episodes of the 20th Century Fox TV project, which has been on the development fast track since it was first announced…
A group of high-profile Screen Actors Guild members have signed a letter urging SAG board members, officers and staff to avoid a strike authorization and instead band with other unions at a later date for new contracts with producers, Deadline…
Mott’s has signed “Desperate Housewives” star Marcia Cross to be the face for its new advertising campaign, AdWeek reports. The campaign marks the first for the company on TV in more than 10 years and will incorporate print and Web…
Consumption of news through cable TV and the Internet has grown the most during the last year compared to other mediums, TVNewser reports, citing new information from Gallup. According to the firm’s annual poll, those two were the only media…
Jane Espenson, a former writer-producer for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” is defending Joss Whedon’s new Fox series, “Dollhouse,” from the negative attention it has been receiving in light of forced production breaks, Sci Fi Wire reports. Espenson, who serves as…
NBC’s “Meet the Press” had the biggest audience among total viewers Sunday, but the show finished the day in second among viewers 25-54, TVNewser says. The episode marked David Gregory’s first as the permanent moderator on the Sunday morning news…
CBS Corp. has joined other television companies in cutting staff to trim budgets, with two top executives at the company’s television studio and several mid-level network staffers among the casualties. Maria Crenna, the head of development for CBS Paramount, is…