CBS ordered two pilots for drama series today, according to The Hollywood Reporter — one is a legal drama and the other is a modern spin on Sherlock Holmes. “Elementary,” from CBS TV Studios, finds Holmes now living in New…
A reality music competition show inspired by Fox’s "Glee" has been renewed for a second season, reports Deadline.com. The show is "The Glee Project," which was renewed by Oxygen, the story reports. Casting for the new season started in September,…
ABC rolled out its new daytime show Monday, and the initial results may have the network rethinking whether it was a good idea to cancel its long-running soap operas. The new talk show "The Revolution" premiered to a 1.9 rating/5…
Trifecta Entertainment & Media has announced a two-year deal to bring a hit TNT television drama to the CBS-owned stations in 13 markets, beginning in Fall 2012. The show is the caper series “Leverage,” which was recently picked up for…
A cable TV channel that has a unique feature — some might say a monkey on its back — will soon be put up for sale, with its owner having already hired an investment bank to shop the channel, the…
A fight over legislation designed to slow piracy of content over the Internet may hit home with consumers when Wikipedia goes dark on Wednesday, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said Monday that the…
YouTube added two new entertainment networks to the website Monday, Multichannel News reports. The site rolled out Entertainment News Television, from PMC and ION, and the Young Hollywood Network. YouTube has its sights set on adding a total of 96…
Facebook may sell shares to the public for the first time in May, according to the New York Post. With that timeline, Facebook would need to file its initial public offering documents within the next month, the story says. It’s…
Fox got a prime-time bump from the NFL overrun Sunday night and coasted to a big win for the night, with its new animated show “Napoleon Dynamite” benefiting from the big audience for the football playoffs, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Fox finished…
Starz is rolling out a carefully coordinated multiplatform strategy to help pump up interest in the new season of its action franchise “Spartacus,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pay cable network will launch the Facebook game “Spartacus: Vengeance The…