VH1 has greenlighted an unscripted show bringing together reality show stars and other celebrities as they start a restaurant, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Among those on board are “The Hills” star Heidi Montag and Danielle Staub of "Real…
CBS Television Studios has signed the showrunner and producers behind "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" to three-year overall deals, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Shane Brennan, an executive producer and showrunner on both shows, and Gary Glasberg, an executive producer…
Fresh off winning the Pulitzer Prize, a novel from a Brooklyn writer is now set to become an HBO series. Jennifer Egan’s "A Visit From the Goon Squad," which won the Pulitzer this week, has a deal to be developed…
Content from HBO and Cinemax that’s not available on Netflix’s online service will be included on DishOnline, a year-old service that provides online access to TV shows and movies to DIsh customers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. DishOnline will show…
A documentary filmmaker and photojournalist who co-directed the Oscar-nominated 2010 Afghanistan film “Restrepo” was killed Wednesday in an attack by Libyan forces on Misurata, The New York Times reported. Tim Hetherington was killed and three other photographers were injured in…
A team of researchers says Apple is secretly obtaining the locations of iOS4 users and recording them in a hidden file, according to a betanews.com report. Two of the researchers, Alasdair Allan and Peter Warden of O’Reilly Media, presented their…
Vacuum manufacturer Hoover Corp. won the hearts of soap opera fans this week after it announced that it was pulling its ads off ABC to protest the cancellation of soaps “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” according to…
Twentieth Television confirmed Wednesday that it has a daytime talk show in development that will star Ricki Lake, B&C reported. TVWeek previously reported that Lake was talking with a number of companies about a return to daytime talk. In a…
Even with Gwyneth Paltrow in a guest role, Fox’s “Glee” saw its ratings dip 12% from its previous original episode (March 15) to a season-low 3.7 average rating in adults 18-49, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. But Fox won the night anyway, averaging…
Two stars of one of the “Real Housewives” shows have been hit with a lawsuit, RadarOnline.com reports. The stars are Gretchen Rossi and her main man Slade Smiley, two of the stars of "The Real Housewives of Orange County." They…