A veteran television producer who was showrunner on “Rescue Me” — an Emmy winner as part of the team behind “Murphy Brown” and again as a writer on “The Larry Sanders Show” — has joined “Rake,” a legal drama set…
A film director who has earned a reputation for his creepy material has signed on with a project that is likely to reinforce that image. “Cosmopolis” director David Cronenberg will narrate HBO’s “Tales From the Organ Trade,” Deadline.com reports. The…
"Teen Trouble," an unscripted show featuring teen behavior specialist Josh Shipp, has been ordered by Lifetime, reports B&C. Shipp will host the show, with each hour-long episode tracking him as he helps out-of-control teens address their problems, including issues such…
NBC has bought a comedy about a group of Generation Y friends whose lives have been affected by the Internet, reports Deadline.com. The project, called "iQuit," focuses on five friends seven years after graduating from UC Berkeley. One of them…
The CBS Sports Network acquired the rights to the Arena Football League as part of a two-year agreement, with the league’s championship game to air on the CBS broadcast network, reports B&C. CBS Sports Network reaches 99 million households. It…
The daughter of a well-known rock performer was arrested today on drug possession charges after what is suspected to be a heroin overdose, Reuters reports. Stephanie Bongiovi, the 19-year-old daughter of Jon Bon Jovi, was arrested in Clinton, N.Y., after…
On a night when NBC and CBS went at it tooth and nail for ratings supremacy, an ABC series that is playing out the string sank to an all-time low Tuesday, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC eked…
TiVo has hired controversial NFL quarterback Tim Tebow as its spokesman, USA Today reports. The story reports: "TiVo CEO Tom Rogers … admits the genesis of the idea came from his teenage son, who mistakenly thought a discussion he heard…
Actor Daniel Craig, who’s out making the rounds in support of his current James Bond movie “Skyfall,” was asked whether Beyonce or Rihanna would make a better Bond girl, and he didn’t hesitate. Craig thinks Rihanna is a better fit…
Netflix subscribers watch 11% fewer minutes of television each day than people who don’t subscribe to the streaming service, reports Multichannel News, citing a report from Nielsen. Netflix users watched an average of 246 minutes of TV per day in…