Ashton Kutcher, who replaced Charlie Sheen on CBS’s "Two and a Half Men" this season, said he hasn’t heard from "the powers that be" about whether he will return in his role as billionaire Walden Schmidt, according to The Hollywood…
Rush Limbaugh’s syndicator has withdrawn its national advertising spots from his radio show, which continues to see fallout from his disparaging comments about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, reports TheWrap.com. "We are suspending the requirement to run barter spots for…
Ratings may not matter so much for shows like "Community," says our friend Bill Carter in The New York TImes. Carter calls the NBC show from Sony Pictures Entertainment "one of the first shows of the so-called post-television era." "Community"…
An Oscar-winning producer is developing a drama series for Showtime, Deadline.com reports. The project, executive produced by Arnold and Anne Kopelson, is “Pure Evil.” The story reports: “The project, which is being written by Trey Callaway (‘CSI: NY’), centers on…
One of the world’s top technology firms is considering an online pay-television service that will operate on TVs, computers and mobile devices, reports Bloomberg. The company is chipmaker Intel Corp. Intel is talking with media companies including cable networks about…
Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN scored its highest rating yet with a recent telecast, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The program was Sunday’s interview by Winfrey with Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney…
The director behind such big-budget action films as "The Rock" and the "Transformers" series has a reality series in development with A&E, reports Deadline.com. The competition series from director Michael Bay would test "the strength of the family unit like…
Barry Diller’s Aereo pay-television service countered a lawsuit filed by the owners of New York’s local TV stations, stating in a counterclaim that the service is "entirely lawful," reports Adweek.com. "Consumers use the Aereo Technology to do no more than…
The iconic cruise ship that served as the model for the hit ABC series "The Love Boat" may be scrapped, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The Pacific Princess, which was featured in the show’s opening credits, has been…
ABC announces the following May finale dates for the 2011-12 Season (all times ET): Tuesday, May 1: 8:00-8:30 p.m. “Last Man Standing” Sunday, May 6: 10:00-11:00 p.m. “GCB” Monday, May 7: 10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle” Sunday, May…