A Los Angeles billionaire has joined the bid of a cable industry veteran to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Times reports. The cable veteran is Leo Hindery, who at one time worked directly under John Malone in…
NBC has ordered a pilot for a family comedy from “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy and “Glee” writer Ali Adler, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is “The New Normal.” The story reports: “The project landed at the network after…
Jim Murphy is out as executive producer of Anderson Cooper’s syndicated daytime talk show “Anderson,” Deadline.com reports. The move completes what the story describes as a “behind-the-scenes changing of the guard” for the show. Murphy’s departure leaves Cooper and Terence…
An accusation of rape against a well-known television news anchor is being met with skepticism by officials in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the New York Post reports. WNYW-TV anchorman Greg Kelly, the son of New York Police Commissioner Ray…
Jimmy Fallon has a live special coming up. "Jimmy Fallon’s Super Bowl Special" will be seen the night of the big game, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, writes our good friend — and former TVWeek staffer — James Hibberd at…
Roger Werner, the former CEO of ESPN, has stepped down from his current CEO post, reports Multichannel News. Most recently Werner has been the CEO of the Outdoor Channel. Reports Multichannel, "Outdoor Channel named longtime executive Thomas Hornish president and…
CBS TV Studios has inked a deal for a director and executive producer on the upcoming CBS Sherlock Holmes pilot “Elementary,” Deadline.com reports. Michael Cuesta, best known as the director of Showtime’s "Homeland" pilot and as an executive producer on…
One of the female leads has been cast for “Anger Management,” Charlie Sheen’s upcoming FX sitcom, Deadline.com reports. Shawnee Smith will play the ex-wife of Sheen’s character, the story reports. Smith is best known as Ted Danson’s comic foil on…
An actor who played one of the Sweathogs — the students in high school teacher Gabe Kotter’s class on “Welcome Back Kotter” — has died, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on the 1975-79 ABC…
NBC’s "Fear Factor" will air a challenge Monday that is so gag-inducing it caused network executives to debate whether they should pull it from the show, reports TMZ.com. The challenge asks contestants to swallow fresh glasses of donkey semen, the…