A scripted comedy series from “Saturday Night Live” alum Will Ferrell has received the green light, Deadline.com reports. The show, “The Spoils of Babylon,” comes from Ferrell and Adam McKay, and is produced by Funny or Die. “Spoils” received a…
"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke is whipping theater goers into a frenzy and prompting them to violate a long-standing Broadway rule against photographs, the New York Post reports. The excitement is over her new role in "Breakfast at Tiffany’s,"…
Al Gore has been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $5 million over the sale of his Current TV to Al Jazeera, which was brokered for $500 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The lawsuit claims Gore…
The use of a certain plural noun in the titles of reality TV shows has reached the saturation point — or has it? TheWrap.com reports that at least 17 reality shows feature the word "wars" in their titles. Just a…
Fox Business is going for the jugular against CNBC, airing ads that mock its bigger rival’s swing into reality programming, reports Advertising Age. The ads are airing on Fox News and Fox Business — as well as on CNBC, the…
“The Bible” producer Mark Burnett says "weird things" happened during the production of the wildly successful History miniseries, which he describes as being touched by "the hand of God." As previously reported, the show’s premiere Sunday attracted a whopping 13.1…
An actor who starred in a string of period-defining movies in the 1960s and 1970s — receiving an Academy Award nomination for “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” — has signed on with a new NBC comedy project. Deadline.com…
One of the stars of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has been cast in a new CW drama project. TVLine.com reports that Anthony Head, who played the watcher Giles on the cult favorite, will co-star in the CW drama pilot "The…
Amazon.com is working with one of the top suppliers of children’s programming on a new project aimed at kids. The New York Times’ Media Decoder reports that the online firm is partnering with WGBH-TV, one of the biggest providers of…
One of the hosts of CBS’s "The Talk" has been cast in a comedy project for the network. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Sara Gilbert joins CBS’s "Bad Teacher" pilot. If the project goes to series, Gilbert will…