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Daily Archives : Apr 13, 2012

Former CNN Anchor to Debut Late-Night Show — More ‘Daily Show’ Than ‘Newsroom’

A former CNN anchor has a late-night show in the works for cable channel BET, TVNewser reports. The show centered on T.J. Holmes will be a hybrid of news and comedy, the story says. Holmes announced late last year that…

Lawsuit Reveals How Much ‘Jersey Shore’ Star Pauly D Makes

A lawsuit filed by International Creative Management against "Jersey Shore" cast member Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio reveals how much the reality star makes and how his salary has ballooned during the show’s run on MTV, reports TheWrap.com. For the…

Fox News Playing Hardball With Gawker Mole

Fox News has sent a letter to former "O’Reilly Factor" associate producer Joe Muto, who was paid by Gawker to provide anonymous intel on the network, informing him that his actions are "likely criminal," reports TVNewser. “It’s now in the…

New ‘Flintstones’ TV Series Suffers Setback

A new TV series update of “The Flintstones” has hit a snag, Deadline.com reports. The project has been pushed back because the driving force behind it, Seth MacFarlane, has too much on his plate. Given his current four TV series,…

A&E Declares ‘Wars’ — All Three of Them — to Be Fit for Renewal

A&E has given renewals to three successful “Wars” reality shows — two focused on storage lockers and one centered on shipping, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed. "Shipping Wars," "Storage Wars" and "Storage Wars: Texas" have each been…

Despite Detainment, WikiLeaks Founder Unveils TV Talk Show

Despite his detainment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will debut his television talk show next week, with the program airing on Russia Today and online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "For 500 days now I’ve been detained without charge, but that…

Fox Renews Long-Running Series for Two More Seasons

The Fox Network has announced a two-season renewal for a show that has become a fixture on the network, TheWrap.com reports. The show is Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition "Hell’s Kitchen," which now will have an 11th and 12th season. The…

HBO to Offer Two New Comedies for Free

In a move to grab viewers who aren’t subscribers, HBO plans to make two new comedies available online for free, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. "The shows are the coming comedies ‘Girls’ and ‘Veep,’ both…

‘Californication’ Working on Spinoff Based on New Groupie Character

Showtime’s "Californication" is working on a spinoff based on a new character who will be introduced next season, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The character, Faith, was an innocent Catholic schoolgirl who becomes a groupie after falling in love with rock…