A project that was passed over last pilot season is getting another chance from ABC, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. "The Kings of Van Nuys" stars John Leguizamo and Dustin Ybarra as two street-smart brothers, with Christopher Lloyd starring…
"Fox NFL Sunday" has hired a "comedic prognosticator," replacing Frank Caliendo, B&C reports. The job goes to the man who recently hosted the ESPY Awards, comedian Rob Riggle. Riggle will contribute a weekly segment in which he challenges the show’s…
With some of Viacom’s cable channels shedding viewers during the past year, the media conglomerate is turning to another method of maintaining advertising sales: shoehorning more commercials into its shows, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ…
Tom Bettag, the longtime former “Nightline” executive producer, "and other ‘Nightline’ hands lamented what [ABC’s plan to move ‘Nightline’ to 12:35 am. while adding an hour of ‘Nightline’ in prime time on Fridays] would mean to committed news viewers, and…
"The Office’ spinoff "The Farm" has added two cast members: Tom Bower of "Die Hard 2" as Dwight’s great-uncle with Nazi roots, and Matt Jones as Dwight’s cousin Zeke, reports Deadline.com. The spinoff, which focuses on Dwight, played by Rainn…
“Television news didn’t seem to fully recognize the importance of Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, on the weekend he died,” reports David Bauder of the Associated Press. The story continues, “In the hours after Armstrong’s death…
Consumers waiting for an Apple TV product may have a long wait on their hands, according to an article from Fortune, which bases its story on a financial analyst’s report about his meeting last week with two Apple executives. The…
Nike and two other top brands are sticking with Lance Armstrong despite the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to ban him from competition for life and to strip him of his seven Tour de France titles, reports Michael McCarthy in Advertising…
The top broadcasters will air a speech from aspiring first lady Ann Romney, after the organizers of the Republican National Convention said they would move her keynote address to Tuesday night, reports the Los Angeles Times. As previously reported, the…
NBC’s "Parks and Recreation" has cast a nemesis for Amy Poehler’s character Leslie Knope: a town councilman played by Jon Glaser, reports TVLine.com. Glaser, a longtime writer on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" and the creator of Adult Swim’s "Delocated,"…