"The Sarah Silverman Program" has been canceled on Comedy Central, ending the program after three seasons and despite a Twitter campaign to convince executives to keep it, Nellie Andreeva reports at Deadline.com The show was teetering on cancellation last year after…
"General Hospital" led all programs with the most nominations for the Daytime Emmys with 18, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today. For network totals, PBS garnered the most nominations with 53, ABC had 51, CBS received…
Starz plans to air a six-part prequel to "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" in January, with the original series’ star, who is undergoing cancer treatment, making a brief appearance, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Lucy Lawless will return as Lucretia, the wife…
Betty White, clearly the favorite octogenarian of Millennials–and probably most of the rest of us as well–is now being urged to both co-host the primetime Emmys this year and host the Oscars next year, according to a number of articles,…
Many in the entertainment, TV and movie industries know about former News Corp. COO Peter Chernin’s producing deal for TV shows and movies for Fox. What many don’t know is that he’s also been working on a "start-up venture staffed…
NBC and P&G are targeting baby boomers with a new Web portal, reports Mediaweek. The network’s digital division is joining with Procter & Gamble Productions to create a Web portal called Lifegoesstrong.com, which will serve as a central jumping-off point to…
Twentieth Television has sold its drama "Bones" for a second cycle in weekend broadcast syndication, B&C reports. The show has been picked up on Fox, Tribune, Local TV and Sinclair stations through the 2012-13 season, meaning that the hour-long program…
Model and TV personality Tyra Banks is writing three "Modelland" novels, the New York Daily News reports. According to the article, some of the characters in the novel will be based on real people. The story quotes Banks as saying,…
Chrysler is readying a new television advertising campaign aimed at restoring its image with consumers, Advertising Age reports. The campaign is expected to appear in the next few weeks and feature real company employees. The auto maker has hired a…
Verizon, which has been cut out of the iPhone and iPad markets thus far, is working with Google on a tablet that will compete with the iPad, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Verizon already has phones that run on…