ABC picked up a pilot for a fictional documentary-style crime drama set in Detroit, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In the series, called "187 Detroit," a film crew follows a homicide division in the city. –Elizabeth Jensen
With the New Year’s holiday now over, it’s time to get back to business for those of us who work in the TV industry. And that means right away. There are two major conventions in January, both in Las Vegas:…
For the second year, an NBC series has taken the title of most-pirated TV show, with 6.58 million downloads from file-sharing sites for a single episode in 2009, reports the Torrentfreak blog. The show is "Heroes." This year, for the…
Casey Johnson, the daughter of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and the fiancé of the bisexual MTV reality star Tila Tequila, was found dead in Los Angeles, the Associated Press…
CBS has enlisted the voice talents of an Academy Award-winner as the new voice of the “CBS Evening News,” replacing that of Walter Cronkite, the Associated Press reports. Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman replaces Cronkite, who had been the voice of the newscast…
NBC’s struggling “Chuck” returns to the air Sunday with a new creative direction, reports The New York Times. The mild-mannered computer geek with the spy database in his brain has now become a spy himself, engaging in shootouts and knocking…
A cable network has announced it’ll launch a 3-D channel this year, following word last month that DirecTV will launch such a channel. ESPN will launch a 3D network for home viewers on June 11, USA Today reports. The network will…
Martin Lawrence is executive producing an African-American comedy for TV One, part of an effort to target an audience that’s been underserved since the WB and UPN networks merged, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Four episodes of "Love That Girl!" were…
A new sitcom pilot starring writer, radio host and former star of "The Man Show," Adam Carolla, has been given a green light, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In the untitled project he’ll play a divorced contractor rebuilding his life. Carolla has said…