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Daily Archives : Feb 9, 2015

Series Canceled as a Cable Network Reportedly “courts older viewers amid a potential rebranding”

” ‘Melissa & Joey,’ starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, has been canceled after four seasons,” reports Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. The article also notes, “The decision to cancel Melissa & Joey comes as…

Grammy Ratings Down

“Sunday’s Grammy Awards claimed an average of 25.3 million viewers, down 11% from last year to its lowest turnout since 2009,” reports USA Today. In the key 18-49 demo, the music awards show “dropped 14% from last year, according to…

HBO Renews Series for a Final Season

HBO “recently bid farewell to ‘The Newsroom,’ ‘ True Blood,’ ‘Boardwalk Empire’ and ‘Hello Ladies,’ which ended with a TV movie,” notes The Hollywood Reporter, and now the hospital comedy “Getting On” joins that list. “The premium cable network has…

‘Better Call Saul’ Sets Ratings Record: Biggest Series Premiere in Cable History. Plus ‘Walking Dead’ Continues to Draw Big Numbers

From our friends at the AMC networks: The premiere of “Better Call Saul” on AMC last night was the biggest series premiere in cable history, drawing 4.4 million adults 18-49 and 4.0 million adults 25-54. The second episode of “Better…

Colin Hanks Signs On for CBS Comedy

A new comedy project in the works at CBS will have “Fargo” alum Colin Hanks as one of the co-leads. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog reports that Hanks is on board to co-star in the pilot “Life in Pieces.”…

Show That Was Canceled by CBS — Twice — Appears to Have More Life Left in It

A drama series that has already come back to life once is poised for yet another resurrection. Writing on Deadline.com, our friend Nellie Andreeva reports that A&E is putting the finishing touches on a deal to pick up “Unforgettable.” The deal…

Newcomer Owns Grammy Night

A recording artist who was a virtual unknown in the U.S. as recently as a year ago pretty much owned Grammy night, winning three of the night’s four biggest awards and picking up a total of four trophies. The Los…

She Was Known for Playing Femmes Fatale and Was a Film Noir Favorite. She Co-Starred With Bogart, Lancaster and Mitchum. Lizabeth Scott Dead at 92

Lizabeth Scott, who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster and Charlton Heston, carving out a career as a femme fatale in film noir, has died. Reuters reports that she died of congestive heart failure Jan. 31 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center…

Shakeup at ‘The View’: Rosie O’Donnell Leaving the Show

After two stints on the ABC daytime talk staple “The View,” Rosie O’Donnell is out the door, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. The piece also reports that O’Donnell has split from her wife, Michelle Rounds. O’Donnell will reportedly…

Sad News: Reports Say Family Will Take Bobbi Kristina Brown Off Life Support Tomorrow, On 2/11, the Anniversary of the Death of Her Mother, Whitney Houston

The relatives of Bobbi Kristina Brown, 21, plan to take her off life-support at midnight tonight, which will be the anniversary of the death of Brown’s mother, Whitney Houston, reports the New York Post. Writes Stacy Brown on the Post’s…