Kelsey Grammer is teaming with another big name in comedy for his next TV project. FX ordered an untitled sitcom starring Grammer and Martin Lawrence as Chicago lawyers, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. The order is set up akin to the…
A TV pitchman who is a familiar face after decades of appearances in commercials has been dumped by his company. George A. Zimmer, who started Men’s Wearhouse in 1973 and was known for decades as the face of the company,…
Apple TV said it has added two major media partners to its set-top box lineup. The New York Post reports that initiative has been joined by ESPN and HBO. The Apple effort will add the WatchESPN and HBO Go apps…
Online streaming service Netflix has renewed an original horror series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Netflix picked up a second season of "Hemlock Grove." Season two will be a little shorter than the show’s freshman season, the piece…
After television chef Paula Deen admitted she has used the N-word, the hashtag #PaulasBestDishes was trending on Twitter, with wags combining references to America’s troubled history of race relations with references to Deen’s Southern cuisine, reports the Los Angeles Times’…
"The Colbert Report" returned to air on Wednesday after an unexpected hiatus due to the death of host Stephen Colbert’s mother, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Colbert’s mother died June 12, and last Thursday’s episode was canceled at the…
ReelzChannel canceled a weekly series after just one taping, with the episode going "so disastrously that execs were talking cancellation by Friday," Deadline.com reports. The series is “The Big Picture.” The entertainment talk show was co-hosted by "So You Think…
"James Gandolfini, 51, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama ‘The Sopranos’ as Tony Soprano, a tough-talking, hard-living crime boss with a stolid exterior but a rich interior life," died today, Wednesday, June 19, 2013,…
ABC News is replacing the anchor on its late-night newsmagazine “Nightline.” Deadline.com reports that the network is moving “Good Morning America” contributor Dan Abrams into the post. Abrams was also named chief legal affairs anchor for the news division. “He…
A country singer who sold millions of records and found international success over the course of a long career died today of heart failure at a Florida hospital. The family of Slim Whitman, 90, announced the singer’s death, Billboard reports. “With millions…