NBC has won a bidding war with Fox over the comedy project "Brenda Forever," with "The Office" actress Ellie Kemper in talks to play the lead, reports Deadline.com. The project, which has received a pilot order, takes place in two…
Barbara Streisand — who has a couple of Oscars of her own, for best actress in “Funny Girl” and best original song, “Evergreen,” in “A Star Is Born” — will sing at this year’s Oscars for only the second time…
The "Doctor Who" television movie "An Adventure in Space and Time" has cast the "Harry Potter" film actor David Bradley, who played Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 90-minute TV movie will begin filming next month…
When the Super Bowl airs Sunday on CBS, the other television networks will deploy a "run for the hills" strategy, reports the New York Post. The night’s most popular shows will almost all disappear from TV, although some programs will…
ABC is moving ahead with a project based on a Disneyland theme park ride, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The network gave a pilot order to "Big Thunder," based on Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain, the story reports. The logline says, "When…
Starz is developing what it calls a "gritty" and "unflinching" ballet drama, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The untitled show tracks a ballerina with a dark past who joins a New York dance company. "Breaking Bad" co-executive producer Moira…
YouTube is getting ready to debut paid subscriptions for individual channels this spring, reports Advertising Age. The goal is to lure content producers, advertising money and viewers from traditional television, the story notes. "As of now it appears that the…
Showtime, which has seen a number of key shows post ratings gains, has renewed its entire Sunday comedy block, giving renewals to "Californication," "House of Lies" and "Shameless," reports EW.com’s Inside TV. All three shows are performing better than last…
Barbara Walters has returned home after being hospitalized for more than a week and after a variety of reports — not all of them accurate — about her health. TVNewser.com reports that the ABC News fixture, 83, had traveled to…
TNT’s two-hour premiere of the second season of "Dallas" saw its viewer numbers drop significantly from where the show left off last summer, B&C reports. The drama drew 2.98 million viewers to its second-season return, down 31% from where it…