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Is the Public Losing Interest in Foxy Knoxy? One Network Has a Stake in It

The public’s interest in Amanda Knox — aka Foxy Knoxy — may be waning, and one of the major broadcast networks could suffer as a result. According to The Hollywood Reporter, presales for the April 30 publication of "Waiting to…

CBS Orders Game Show Project

CBS has placed an order for a game show project. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network ordered a pilot for a game show called "Money Pump.” According to TVRage.com, the competition works like this: Contestants work in…

CW Greenlights Spinoff Series, Announces Two Renewals

The CW made a number of programming announcements, including ordering its first new show for the 2013-14 television season. The channel ordered "The Originals," which is a spinoff of its popular "Vampire Diaries," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed….

ABC Family Developing Comedy With Tori Spelling

Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Tori Spelling is working on a project with ABC Family, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is called "Mystery Girls" and focuses on two actresses who previously starred in a detective series…

Country Music Legend Dead at 81

One of country music’s greatest legends — described as “the definitive country singer of the last half-century” by The New York Times — has died. George Jones, 81, died today in a Nashville hospital. He was admitted April 18 with…

What Happened to Broadcast Ratings Last Night? ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox All See Shows Slump to Season Lows; Only One Series Bucks the Downtrend

Season lows and series lows were the order of the night for broadcast prime time Thursday night, with all of the big four broadcast networks seeing their shows sink, based on Nielsen overnights. Equaling or surpassing their all-time lows in…

NBC Renews Five Drama Series

NBC made a major programming announcement today, revealing that it has given early renewals to five drama series, Deadline.com reports. The network gave full-season, 22-episode orders to freshman series “Revolution” and “Chicago Fire” along with “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law &…

Oscar Winner, Music Superstar Set for ‘SNL’ Season Finale

NBC revealed that an Oscar-winning actor and a music superstar will be in the lineup for the season finale of “Saturday Night Live.” USA Today reports that Ben Affleck, who directed the Oscar-winning film “Argo,” will make his fifth appearance…

Victoria’s Secret and Former Model Waging a War of Words — She Says She ‘Felt Like a Piece of Meat’

A war of words is under way between Victoria’s Secret and one of its former models after the model said she “felt like a piece of meat” while she worked for the lingerie company, the Los Angeles Times reports. In…

Which Broadcast Shows Will Make It to Next Season? For Starters, Don’t Count on These Two NBC Series; Who’s In, Who’s Out and Who’s on the Bubble?

In three weeks the broadcast networks will announce their 2013-14 fall schedules at the upfront presentations in New York City, and EW.com’s Inside TV has issued its forecasts on which current shows are likely to get renewed or canceled. Don’t…