Marking its second comedy pickup of the season, CBS has ordered a pilot for a comedy from a writer who worked on “Undeclared” at Fox before shifting to feature films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The Muppets" and “Forgetting Sarah…
A prequel to a wildly successful HBO series and an updated version of a 1980s CBS drama have received pilot orders from the CW, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The projects are “The Carrie Diaries,” a prequel to HBO’s "Sex…
A lovefest between Oprah Winfrey and her fans in India turned ugly this week as a brawl erupted during her visit to the subcontinent, E! Online reports. Winfrey is reprotedly in India taping a segment on Bollywood for “Oprah’s Next…
Two of the stars of ABC’s acclaimed sitcom “Modern Family” sounded off about a swearing controversy before Wednesday night’s “Little Bo Bleep” episode aired, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog reports. Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who play…
"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest is creating his own TV network in partnership with Mark Cuban, who has agreed to rebrand his HDNet network as AXS (pronounced Access) TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The partnership will include AEG and…
Dog walkers made a grisly discovery near the iconic Hollywood sign: a plastic bag with a man’s head inside, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Local blog. Police using a cadaver dog searched the spot for more clues, eventually finding two…
A new family comedy from "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, a writer on the show’s third season, has tapped Broadway star Andrew Rannells for a lead role, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Rannells, who…
The Syfy cable channel made its first pilot pickup in more than a year, ordering a pilot for an action thriller called "Rewind," Deadline.com reports. The two-hour pilot tracks a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who travel…
A member of the Kardashian family is blamed for killing a potential Kardashian fanzine, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. According to the story, matriarch Kris Jenner’s demand for absolute control doomed the American Media deal. The publisher, the…
TLC later this month will begin rolling out two new shows with a premise that sounds as though it may have been inspired by the plot of the Eddie Murphy movie “Coming to America,” EW.com’s Inside TV blog reports. "Undercover…