1,856 Entries
Dick Clark Productions and the Academy of Country Music have joined together to produce country music-themed programming, the Hollywood Reporter says. The partnership also gives Dick Clark Productions exclusive rights to produce and distribute the ACM’s awards and other events,…
NBC has added Saffron Burrows (“Boston Legal”) to the cast of the Christian Slater drama “My Own Worst Enemy,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Burrows will play the shrink to Slater’s character, as well as the girlfriend to his alter ego,…
CBS is considering adding a second night of comedy to its schedule based on a series of strong comedy pilots, Daily Variety reports. The untitled Ed Yeager/Ric Swartzlander sitcom from ABC Studios starring Jay Mohr as a divorced father balancing…
The CW’s “Gossip Girl” is getting a super-sized second season to make up for the episodes lost during the writers strike, E! Online reports. Twenty-four new episodes will air next season, which could premiere as early as summer, the Los…
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters that California must increase tax incentives for movie and television studios in order to keep productions in state, the Hollywood Reporter says. He claimed lawmakers have been resistant to approve tax incentives despite his lobbying…
A MindShare study found that 91% of American mothers surveyed do not watch commercials on their DVR, AdWeek reports. Watching television was the third most chosen me-time activity behind reading and surfing the Web, the newspaper says. MindShare surveyed 600…
ABC TV’s “Bad Mother’s Handbook” and Warner Bros. TV’s “Captain Cook’s Extraordinary Atlas” are looking like likely pickups by ABC, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports, citing unnamed sources. CBS is high on its own “Mythological Ex” and WBTV’s “The Mentalist” while…
Verizon Communications will stop transmitting analog signals of local broadcasts to FiOS TV subscribers in New Jersey on June 2, Multichannel News reports. The proposed shutoff is part of Verizon’s plan to transition to digital television before the Feb. 17…
Portia de Rossi has joined the cast of ABC’s untitled Victor Fresco comedy pilot, TV Guide reports. The workplace sitcom centers around a moral guy trying to do the right thing in an amoral world, TV Guide says. Rossi’s most…
Showtime’s “Weeds” will have a new theme song and a new locale when it returns for its fourth season on June 16, the New York Post reports. Nancy’s new life as a pot dealer near the California/Mexico border also means…