A co-executive producer of "Entertainment Tonight" has left the show after only eight months on the job, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move by Heidi Clements is reportedly her choice, based on her wanting to become a writer. Linda…
HBO had a particular NFL team in mind to be the focus of the pay-cable net’s football reality series “Hard Knocks” in 2011, but the team turned down the offer, SportsNewser.com reported. The team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who…
Now that ABC has decided not to bring back "Brothers & Sisters," the showrunner for that series, David Marshall Grant, has signed on as an executive producer on NBC’s midseason drama pickup "Smash," reports Deadline.com. Grant will assist the show’s…
A botched agreement for an infomercial has wound up in court, with a marketing firm filing a $25 million lawsuit against a well-known action star, TheWrap.com reports. The action star is Jean-Claude Van Damme, who has been sued by Total…
On a night of season finales for many shows–including NBC’s “Chuck” and CBS’s “Hawaii Five-0,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Mad Love” and “Mike & Molly”–the biggest ratings splash by far was made by “Dancing With the Stars,” which pushed…
ABC has announced that it plans on introducing 13 shows into primetime over the course of the 2011-2012 season. New comedies include “Apartment 23,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It.” New dramas are “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,”…
CBS is adding a new drama to the lineup, following announcements Monday that it was picking up two dramas and a comedy for fall 2011, Broadcasting & Cable reported. The drama “A Gifted Man” will also be on the schedule….
The secrecy surrounding a 770-page oral history of ESPN is serving to heighten interest in the book’s content, with some wondering how many salacious details are included in the publication, reports The New York Times. And no wonder the folks…
One of the notorious villains from the long run of CBS’s showcase reality competition franchise “Survivor” has been given his own show, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Russell Hantz will resurface on A&E, which has greenlighted a house-flipping show…
ESPN rolled out a significant lineup of new programming at its Tuesday upfront presentation, including new ESPN programs “Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable” and “Numbers Don’t Lie.” “Batard” is a 30-minute weekday afternoon show (4 p.m. ET) featuring the…