Dreamworks’ hit animated movie "How to Train Your Dragon" will be the basis for a new weekly animated TV series, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The film will become the basis for a weekly series that will debut…
The Hub, the new cable network co-owned by Discovery Communications and toy maker Hasbro, debuted on Sunday with better ratings than what its predecessor, Discovery Kids, had during its last week on the air reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. On its first…
ABC’s summer reality show "Wipeout" is expanding with a winter edition this January, the network has announced. According to the announcemnet, ABC is introducing "a brand new “Winter Wonderland” course, complete with slippery ice, frosty snow and numerous avalanches of…
Some TV viewers in the New York area may lose the ability to watch the Fox television network, as well as the MLB playoffs, if talks between Fox and cable operator Cablevision aren’t resolved this week, reports Claire Atkinson in…
E! announced that it has ordered eight episodes of a new comedy show that appears as though it will follow in the tradition of “The Larry Sanders Show,” New York Magazine reports. The show will star Chelsea Handler and will…
The Parents Television Council announced Tuesday that it is joining forces with drug companies to publish a schedule of advertisements for erectile dysfunction drugs in an effort to help parents plan their kids’ TV viewing, James Hibberd reports in The…
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has approached Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with a merger proposal, Reuters reports, and the idea has the support of corporate raider Carl Icahn. As Lions Gate’s largest shareholder, Icahn is seen as crucial to any possible deal. He said…
The world premiere of country and crossover singing star Taylor Swift’s three-part series of tour specials will be televised by the new children’s and family network The Hub, the network announced. The specials, scheduled to air Oct. 22, 23 and…
The next edition of NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice" will reportedly include a Star, a pop star and a rock star, according to NBCLosAngeles.com. They are, respectively, former co-host of "The View," Star Jones; Michael Jackson’s older sister, pop singer LaToya Jackson; and the…
The top-rated shows Monday night in the Nielsen ratings were ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars" and CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. the first hour of "Dancing With the Stars" averaged a 3.75 rating…