Describing NBC’s recent Thursday night comedies as “simultaneously the smartest and dumbest shows on television,” a column on TheWrap.com laments what TV writer Tim Molloy calls the end of an era — NBC’s “Golden Age of Weird.” “For years, ‘30…
The Federal Communications Commission is rethinking its enforcement of complaints about broadcast indecency and is scaling way back on the number of complaints it will pursue, TheWrap.com reports. “Chairman Julius Genachowski has ordered agency staffers to refocus enforcement efforts to…
Lifetime has released a short video going behind the scenes of its upcoming Elizabeth Taylor biopic “Liz & Dick,” starring Lindsay Lohan, and the clip is all about the similar paths taken by Taylor and Lohan — especially life in…
A young Disney Channel star who has gone on to a successful career in movies and pop music is headed back to the channel with a project that will revisit her roots. Selena Gomez will be a key player in…
Most prime-time television is directed by white men, with the ratio actually ticking upward last season, reports TheWrap.com, citing a report by the Directors Guild of America. The percentage of prime-time TV episodes directed by Caucasian men rose by a…
"Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes said he’s considering a prequel to his popular period drama, reports the U.K.’s Daily Mail. "I do have an idea of doing a prequel of the courtship between Robert and Cora," Fellowes said. The show…
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that will provide protection to young actors in Hollywood by banning registered sex offenders from representing minors in the entertainment industry, reports the Los Angeles Times. The law also requires criminal…
"The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd has sold a series adaptation of the CIA novel "The Eleventh Commandment" to NBC, reports Deadline.com. Based on the 1998 Jeffrey Archer novel, the project has tapped Patrick Harbinson of "24" and…
Details are emerging about a gruesome incident Wednesday morning in Los Angeles that left two people dead — “Sons of Anarchy” actor Johnny Lewis, 28, and his 81-year-old landlady. The Los Angeles Times reports: “Investigators have identified Johnny Lewis, 28,…
Five-time Emmy Award winner John Larroquette, once a television fixture with roles on NBC’s “Night Court” and “The John Larroquette Show,” Hallmark Channel’s “McBride” and other series, is headed back to NBC, Deadline.com reports. Larroquette will be featured in seven…