The future of the entertainment industry took center stage when some of the top players in the business came together recently for the first Hollywood Radio and Television Society newsmaker luncheon of the season. Top execs who weighed in included…
A film series that has been huge at the box office is being turned into a television series. Deadline.com reports that the “Rush Hour” movies are in the works as a one-hour action comedy from Warner Bros. TV. On tap…
With the battle for ratings supremacy in the cable news space hardly a battle anymore, Fox News appears ready to take on all of cable. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that FNC ended the summer quarter as the most-watched…
CBS has given a script commitment to a new comedy project from “The Big Bang Theory” co-star Melissa Rauch, who plays Bernadette on the CBS comedy, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project, which is also from Rauch’s husband,…
With fall television shows premiering, it was a good time for the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) to check in on the state of the industry with its first newsmaker luncheon series of the season. The panel discussion took…
Two new broadcast series continued to show ratings strength in their second week, based on Nielsen overnights for Monday prime time in the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that both Fox’s “Gotham” and CBS’s “Scorpion” slipped a bit from their…
An actor who is also a former White House staffer will be a part of a political show on Fusion. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kal Penn, who worked for a time in the Obama administration, will be a special…
NBC has a crossover event in the works that will weave storylines among three prime-time shows. TheWrap.com reports that the network is working on a crossover involving “Law & Order: SVU,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD.” The storyline will focus…
A statue of Ed Sullivan, one of the stalwarts of early television, that was on display outside the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences building in Los Angeles has been stolen, TheWrap.com reports. The 18-inch statue was part of an…
AMC Networks is close to a deal to buy a major stake in a cable channel. Bloomberg reports that the deal would give AMC Networks almost half of BBC America for $200 million. The report cites sources saying the deal…