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The successful “Taken” movie franchise is expanding to television “with a prequel drama about a young Bryan Mills (the character in the movies played by Liam Neeson),” writes our friend Nellie Andreeva in an exclusive story for Deadline. Andreeva adds…
“NBC is back in business with Amy Poehler,” writes Lesley Goldberg in a scoop for The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. The story continues, “The network on Thursday handed out a hefty pilot production commitment to ‘Dumb Prince’….” Also, “[Charlie]…
The ABC show “The View” has lost national advertisers in the wake of a poorly received segment earlier this week. The New York Daily News reports that Johnson & Johnson and Eggland’s Best pulled out of the daytime talk show…
CBS is excited about the viewer turnout for the premiere week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The network says the show was the most-watched program in late-night, delivering an average audience of 4.45 million across its four-day premiere…
Late-night icon David Letterman, who exited his CBS job back in May, has his next TV gig lined up. Writing in Variety, Brian Steinberg reports that Letterman will put in some hosting time as part of a docuseries on climate…
A cast loaded with Academy Award winners and other A-list talent has been unveiled for the upcoming A+E Networks event series “Roots.” In the latest announcement, A+E revealed that Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Anna Paquin and Golden Globe winner…
History announced a number of moves among its executive ranks today. The cable channel hired a new VP of Development & Programming and promoted two executives to senior VP posts. Arturo Interian was elevated to Senior Vice President, Scripted Programming,…
Following the revelation that comedian Steve Rannazzisi lied about surviving the 9/11 terrorist attack, the restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings has pulled the plug on an advertising campaign featuring Rannazzisi. The New York Times reports that the company released a…
A press release by CNN says, “According to Nielsen Fast National ratings data, last night’s CNN Republican candidates’ presidential debate (8:15-11:15pm, ET) moderated by Jake Tapper averaged 22,939 million total viewers.” Prior to last night’s debate, “CNN’s most-watched program ever…
A contestant on “Jeopardy!” who apparently didn’t know the answer to the Final Jeopardy question wrote a prank response — a reference to a “Jeopardy!” spoof on “Saturday Night Live.” While the contestant wound up losing her $600 total, she…