"American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has been tapped by CBS to produce a game show pilot called "Secret Fortune," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s catch is that contestants begin the show with 24 envelopes, each of which…
"The Talk" executive producer Brad Bessey is leaving the CBS daytime talk show he helped debut in October, reports Deadline.com. Bessey will leave at the end of the season, the article says. The show has been averaging what the piece…
After protests from cable television companies including Viacom and Discovery Communications, Time Warner Cable is dropping 12 networks from its iPad application that allows consumers to watch TV on the devices from anywhere in their homes, reports Bloomberg. Time Warner…
As part of a plan to make over Cinemax into a guy-focused action channel, HBO has tapped "Blade Runner" makers Ridley Scott and Simon Mirren to create a new sci-fi series for the channel, reports the New York Post. The…
The latest move for Charlie Sheen is a musical one, reports Billboard.com. The former "Two and a Half Men" actor was recording a single this week for his upcoming tour, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow, April 2, in Detroit,…
MTV has given a 12-episode order to its remake of the British show "The Inbetweeners," Deadline.com reports. The project is described as a high school comedy that’s a mix of "Superbad" and "Freaks and Geeks," the story says. It focuses…
DirecTV in late April will start offering $30 video-on-demand rentals for films that have been released about eight weeks previously in theaters, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. One of the first movies to be offered will likely…
Seven cable networks have drawn more than 2 million fans each to their pages on Facebook, but one channel has distanced itself from the pack, B&C reports. The runaway leader is MTV, with 18 million fans, according to the report….
Bravo’s "Top Chef All-Stars" ended its season with its highest-rated episode of the cycle, drawing 2.77 million total viewers and 1.95 million viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, reports B&C. The episode also helped improve ratings for the…
The family of Michael Jackson was offended by a comment on Wednesday’s episode of Fox’s “American Idol” that referenced a 1984 incident involving Jackson, TMZ.com reports. Contestant James Durbin reportedly said on the show, "I have a lot of hairspray…