ABC’s putting a twist on its veteran reality series "Wife Swap," reports Deadline.com. Meet "Celebrity Wife Swap," In the new version, celebrities will swap lifestyles for a week, the story says. ABC has ordered six episodes and casting is under way. "Saturday Night…
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of "Jersey Shore" fame has signed a development deal, with a pilot forthcomiing, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the story, the deal is with MTV, the network that also airs "Jersey Shore." The pilot will…
Barack Obama will appear on television this Sunday for his first interview following the historic announcement that Osama bin Laden was killed, Entertainment Weekly reported. CBS confirmed that the president will be interviewed on "60 Minutes" by Steve Kroft. The…
A Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles ruled today that a former “Desperate Housewives” star’s wrongful termination suit against ABC and Marc Cherry over her dismissal from the show should go to trial, reports the AP. Los Angeles Superior Court…
With its dance competition show “Dancing With the Stars” dominating the night, ABC waltzed to a huge win in Monday’s ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC closed out the night with a 3.9 average rating for prime time in the 18-49 demo,…
A former “Survivor” champion whose prize money from the reality show led to years of legal trouble is back behind bars, TMZ.com reported. Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on the original installment of the CBS reality competition franchise, lost…
DirecTV and Panasonic have announced that they will fund six short films as part of a 3D film festival, which will help develop content for the 3D channel n3D, a partnership of the two companies, Multichannel News reported. Six filmmakers…
Presenting its programming lineup Tuesday at the upfronts, History Channel made the announcement that it is greenlighting three new unscripted shows, Deadline.com reported. History also unveiled plans for the miniseries “The Men Who Built America.” The new unscripted shows are…
CBS News has made the official announcement naming "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley to replace Katie Couric as anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Jeff Fager, CBS News chairman and "60 Minutes" executive producer, and David Rhodes, president of CBS News,…
The first round of the NBA playoffs delivered record-setting viewership numbers for TNT, reports Multichannel News. TNT averaged 4.18 million viewers and a 2.7 U.S. household rating over the course of 23 games, up 32% in viewers and 29% in…