Updated at 2:10 p.m. (PT) on Sept. 13, 2011 to include Sheinberg remarks that were in The Huffington Post. One movie released nationwide on Sept. 9 , 2011, made box office history of the worst kind, according to The Huffington Post. The…
A multiple Goden Globe- and Tony-winning actor is giving sitcoms another chance and the USA Network has greenlighted his pilot along with one other comedy, reports TheWrap.com. Broadway veteran Nathan Lane’s pilot is the "Untitled Douglas McGrath Project," in which…
A Swiss group has put out a TV commercial that is aimed primarily at George Clooney, AOL’s DailyFinance reports. Ths Swiss labor rights group Solidar Suisse is behind the spoof ad, which features a Clooney look-alike dodging — and failing…
NBC Entertainment is changing the name of its television production unit back to its original 1951 name, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. That means Universal Media Studios will now be called Universal Television, the story says. The…
Michael Ovitz is working on developing a Tom Clancy project for TNT, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Tom Clancy’s Homeland Security" focuses on a team of domestic intelligence operatives who fight enemies both in the U.S. and abroad, the story…
Glenn Beck’s Internet-only network GBTV is on track to bring in $20 million in revenue in its debut year, according to The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ is behind a pay wall and not all readers may…
ABC has bought a sitcom pilot from Jim Belushi, who starred for eight seasons in ABC’s "According to Jim," reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. “You Won’t Even Know I’m Here” focuses on a "co-dependent father and his teenage daughter," the…
TBS has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and Warner Horizon Television, reports TheWrap.com. The untitled project is about a man who reunites with his old best friend and his old neighborhood after quitting his job, the…
Tyler Perry heads a very special list, one that includes nine other A-list celebrities. Perry tops this year’s list of the highest paid ten men in the entertainment business, as compiled by Forbes magazine. As Forbes says in its introduction…
NBC has announced the name of its upcoming prime-time newsmagazine, to be headlined by Brian Williams, the Sun Sentinel reports. In something of an echo of Tina Fey’s sitcom "30 Rock," the new show will be called "Rock Center With…