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NBC has ordered a new thriller based on a creepy story from the real-world headlines. Deadline.com reports that the network bought the project “The Watcher,” a stalker drama based on a news story that broke in June about a New…
Actress Tori Spelling has filed a lawsuit against the Benihana restaurant chain over an incident back in April in which she reportedly suffered severe burns in a Benihana restaurant. As we reported at the time, the incident took place on…
A well-known film and TV actor whose “boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney’s favorite young actor for such lighthearted films as ‘That Darn Cat!’ and ‘The Love Bug’” has died, the AP reports. Dean Jones died Tuesday…
Seizing on the moment when telecom leader Verizon unveiled its new logo, an old rival, T-Mobile CEO John Legere, launched a bitter attack incorporating the new Verizon logo into a critique of the company. RCR Wireless reports that Legere has…
With the 2015-2016 broadcast television season about to kick off, it may be helpful to have all of the series premiere dates and times in one place, along with season premieres and new time slots for returning shows. Media Life…
There’s a simple two-word reason that CNN is able to ask 40 times its usual rate for commercial time in its upcoming GOP primary debate: Donald Trump. That’s the assessment of Jeanine Poggi, writing in Ad Age. “The cable news…
CBS will be showing viewers a new angle in its NFL coverage this season. The network will introduce the “Pylon Cam” in selected games, CBS Sports announced. The field-level cameras will be embedded in four custom-molded pylons, each containing multiple…
Nielsen has responded to complaints about its new system that will replace paper diaries — a system consisting largely of newly developed “code readers” — with the announcement that it is delaying implementation of the upgrade. TVNewsCheck reports that the…
Two station groups “are debuting entertainment news and talk variety show ‘Hollywood Today Live’ on Monday, Sept. 14 in major markets nationwide,” reports Jonathan Kuperberg in B&C. The story continues, “The hourlong daily show, which takes advantage of social media…
It’s another redhead for Cate Blanchett. Will it be another Academy Award as well? “Cate Blanchett is attached to star in an authorized biopic of Hollywood legend Lucille Ball that Aaron Sorkin is set to write for Escape Artists,” reports…