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Which TV Pilots Are Likely to Receive Pickups? Here’s the Top 10

With the upfronts slated for next week, broadcast executives are deciding which of 100 pilots will receive orders and land on the 2013-14 schedules. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with industry insiders and compiled a list of the 10 projects that…

What?!!? CNN and HLN Personalities Hold Split-Screen Interview in the Same Parking Lot

In what’s being called "a bizarre television and spatial anomaly on CNN," the network aired a "satellite" interview between CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield and HLN’s Nancy Grace, who were updating viewers Tuesday morning about the Cleveland kidnapping story, with the two…

Fox News Anchor Renews Contract, May Move to Prime Time

Fox News Channel may be on the verge of making the first significant tweaks to its prime-time schedule in more than 10 years, reports Brian Stelter in The New York Times. The report comes after anchor Megyn Kelly, who has…

HBO Series Sets Ratings Record

An HBO drama series is on a ratings roll, setting a series high Sunday for the fourth week in a row. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that "Game of Thrones" drew an audience of 5.5 million viewers for Sunday’s 9 p.m….

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to Co-Host NBC’s ‘Today’

NBC’s "Today" show has arranged for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to co-host the 8 a.m. hour of the show on Friday, when he will appear from the Jersey Shore, reports Deadline.com. Christie will also be interviewed and will discuss…

NBC’s Pro Football Theme Song ‘Waiting All Day for Sunday Night’ Will No Longer Be Sung by Faith Hill. She’s Being Replaced by an ‘American Idol’ Winner

NBC’s "Sunday Night Football" has found a replacement for Faith Hill to perform the show’s theme song, "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night." B&C reports that "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood will now sing the song. "Waiting All Day for Sunday…

CBS to Give Series Order to New Chuck Lorre Sitcom Starring ‘SNL’ Alum

CBS will give a series order to a new comedy from Chuck Lorre, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The order for “Mom” is expected today, the piece reports. It’s the network’s first pilot from this year’s development to receive a…

Plans for $25 Million Remodel of Fallon’s New York Studio for ‘The Tonight Show’ Are Scrapped; Now Re-Do Will Cost Millions Less

"Despite months of planning, Jimmy Fallon won’t be getting a big, new $25 million studio at 30 Rock after all when he takes over ‘The Tonight Show’ and moves it to New York in 2014," reports Paul Bond in The…

Walt Disney Chief Bob Iger Says ABC Needs More ‘Scandal’

Walt Disney Chairman and CEO, Bob Iger, says the ABC television network needs more "Scandal." The TV show, that is. According to Variety, Iger said on an earnings call today, May 7, 2013, that  "ABC’s success will depend on having a team in place that ‘comes…

Steven Spielberg Once Said That Without This Man’s Work ‘There never would have been a ‘Star Wars’ or a ‘Jurassic Park.’ ‘ Special Effects Wizard Ray Harryhausen Dead at 92

Ray Harryhausen, one of the legends of Hollywood special effects and the king of stop-motion animation for decades, died today in London. He was 92. Inspired by the original “King Kong,” Harryhausen became the master of pre-CGI-era special effects, developing…