‘Taxi’ Star Joins ABC Project

One of the stars of the hit 1970s-1980s comedy series "Taxi" is back at ABC — where "Taxi" aired for four seasons before moving to NBC for its final cycle. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that “Taxi” star Judd…

NBC to Revisit Figure Skating Scandal Before Sochi Closing Ceremony

NBC Sports has announced plans to televise a documentary exploring the notorious figure skating scandal of 20 years ago. Deadline.com reports that the network will air “Nancy & Tonya,” about the events involving U.S. figure skating champion Nancy Kerrigan and…

As a Public Service to Everyone Who’s Been Watching Fallon This Week, Here’s a Clip of Bill O’Reilly on Jimmy Kimmel Last Night. O’Reilly Explains Why His Super Bowl Interview With Obama Was the ‘Toughest Interview of My Life’

Oscars Expected to Pull In Close to $100 Million in Ad Sales

Strong demand for ad time in ABC’s telecast of the Academy Awards ceremony may push this year’s advertising sales to almost $100 million, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. That would top last year’s $88.3 million in commercial sales, the story notes. The…

Fallon Continues His Dominant Ratings Start on ‘Tonight’

Night three of the Jimmy Fallon era for NBC’s "Tonight Show" continued the "Saturday Night Live" alum’s strong ratings start — presumably helped by NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia. Citing Nielsen Media Research data, NBC reported:…

NBCU Boss Crowing About the Sochi Olympics

NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke wrote in a memo to employees that the company’s Winter Olympics coverage is a “tremendous success,” reports Bloomberg. “In 2011 we made a major commitment of over $4 billion for the Olympic Games through 2020,”…

‘Nikita’ Writer-Producer Headed to ‘Sleepy Hollow’ With New 20th Deal

A writer-producer who was recently with the CW’s "Nikita" will be co-executive producer on the second season of Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The publication reports that the move is part of Albert Kim’s new two-year overall…

A&E Developing Fallen Angels Drama

A&E Network is working on a drama called “The 36,” which is based on the mystical Jewish idea of the Righteous 36 — the concept that at all times 36 people in the world have special powers, reports Deadline.com. “The…

Fallon Continues to Deliver: Biggest Tuesday for ‘Tonight Show’ in 13 Years

Citing Nielsen "live plus same day" results for Tuesday’s late-night programming, NBC announced that the second night of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” again delivered strong numbers. Starting at midnight following late local news and NBC’s coverage of the…

Cable News Channel HLN Rebrands, Rolls Out Development Slate — Now With More Social Media Savvy

The sister channel to CNN, cable news channel HLN, has rebranded itself and has taken the wraps off the initial 2014 programming development slate for the channel’s new identity as "the first TV home for the social media generation." Albie…