Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes responded to questions about her recent run-ins with the law, telling People.com that she is "doing amazing" and denying that she drinks. Bynes, 26, has been charged with a DUI and two counts of hit-and-run….
NBC is making a big move in the executive ranks of its advertising sales operation, giving veteran ad sales exec Linda Yaccarino oversight of all ad sales for NBCUniversal, reports our good friend Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. The move puts Yaccarino in…
An Oscar-winning actor is joining the Showtime drama series “Homeland,” TheWrap.com reports. Cast in a recurring role is F. Murray Abraham. Abraham will play an intelligence operative named Dar Adul, who works in the CIA’s Special Activities Division. The actor,…
Lifetime has released a new promotional poster for its television movie "Liz & Dick," and the poster prominently features words that appear to refer not only to the movie’s subject, screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, but also to its star, Lindsay…
ABC and CBS have both bought dramas from "The Ghost Whisperer" producers Ian Sander and Kim Moses and their Sander/Moses Productions, reports Deadline.com. ABC has bought "Gaslight," a soapy drama set in a modern steampunk San Francisco where three rival…
After an earlier effort didn’t get off the ground, NBC is making a second attempt at developing a drama based on the comic "Midnight, Mass.," Deadline.com reports. This time around, "Snow White and the Huntsman" co-writer Evan Daugherty is slated…
CBS has given one of its long-running reality shows an early renewal, reports TheWrap.com. Coming back in the summer of 2013 will be “Big Brother,” the story reports. The show, which debuted in 2000, will air a 90-minute finale for…
Mitt Romney describes most of the hosts of ABC’s "The View" as "sharp-tongued" in a hidden video that surfaced this week — but that hasn’t kept him from booking an appearance on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As…
In a move to reverse the 20% slump in its ratings the channel endured during last year’s holidays, Nickelodeon will boost its original programming by 70% in the fourth quarter, reports Jon Lafayette at B&C. Speaking at the 21st Annual…
With one returning show and one new show both pulling their weight, NBC cruised to a huge win in the Tuesday night ratings. Citing Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the Peacock Network’s talent show “The Voice” and its new comedy…