A comedy project has been ordered to series by HBO, although the pay-cable channel wasn’t commenting. Deadline.com reports that David Fincher’s “Living On Video” has an order from the channel for a 10-episode first season. The show is set in…
History has announced four new series that will become a part of the cable channel’s lineup during the next two months. Variety reports that “Lost in Transmission,” “Leepu & Pitbull,” “Alone” and “Forged in Fire” are set to roll out…
Syfy has ordered a prime-time fantasy series based on a bestselling book trilogy. Deadline.com reports that the network gave a 12-episode order to “The Magicians.” The hourlong drama series is based on Lev Grossman’s book trilogy. “The project hails from…
Nickelodeon announced today that it has renewed a scripted series. The cable channel greenlighted a second season of the live-action musical comedy series “Make It Pop.” Nick ordered 20 episodes of the series, which is the channel’s top show among…
An actress known for her role on the original “Star Trek” TV series has died. NBC News reports that Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Rand on “Star Trek,” died over the weekend in Coursegold, Calif., at 85. Her cause…
NBC had the inside track on a show that has now become one of the hits of the current TV season. TV writer David Bauder reports for the AP that Jimmy Fallon brought the network the idea of spinning off…
“For some boxing fans, the big fight Saturday night turned out to be between them and their cable companies,” the AP reports. “It’s another sting to the reputation of an industry that’s already beset with criticism over poor service and…
Eight years in the making, a new feature documentary that premieres tonight on HBO takes an unusual approach to filling in the missing pieces of the story about a fallen rock icon. “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” from filmmaker Brett…
Comcast Corp. reported first-quarter results today, with its NBC Broadcast Television segment posting a decline in revenue, TVNewsCheck reports. Revenue for the segment was down 14.2% from the same period a year ago, slipping to $2.2 billion from $2.6 billion,…
Much of the buzz after Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” has focused not on the fight but on Jamie Foxx’s delivery of the National Anthem — with many on social media saying Foxx butchered the song. Others…