Undeterred by the sudden demise of one period piece — NBC’s “The Playboy Club” — CBS is rolling the dice on another one: “The Producer,” inspired by the life of Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, according to The Hollywood Reporter. CBS…
Actress JoAnna Garcia and writer/producer Shana Goldberg-Meehan, who previously worked together on the ABC sitcom "Better With You," are reuniting for another ABC comedy, reports Deadline.com. The pair have a pilot commitment from ABC, following a bidding war that also…
A network news correspondent has left CBS News and moved out of the United States to live in her husband’s native country, reports TVNewser. Kelly Cobiella, a regular contributor to CBS News broadcasts since joining the network since 2003, moved…
Another 1960s television series is being developed as a feature film, according to The Hollywood Reporter — the situation comedy about a talking horse, "Mr. Ed." Elizabeth Gabler’s Fox 2000 acquired the film rights to "Mr. Ed" with Jim Mahoney…
In an interview with Ann Curry on NBC’s "Today," syndicated talk show star Ellen DeGeneres said that coming out as a lesbian in 1997 was the right decision, reports UPI.com. DeGeneres, the Emmy Award-winning star of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show,"…
A popular cable news host was one of only a few voices expressing a negative reaction to Tuesday’s decision in the Amanda Knox case, USA Today reports. HLN host Nancy Grace, currently taking a break from her show to compete…
A comedian who got his start on “Saturday Night Live” and went on to a huge career in movies may return to his roots this weekend, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Eddie Murphy may appear when his "Tower…
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner took to Twitter to provide an explanation for why NBC’s "The Playboy Club" failed, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "It should have been on cable, aimed at a more adult audience," Hefner tweeted to his roughly…
The man who built his father’s company into a firm that’s synonymous with television ratings has died, reports The New York Times’ Bill Carter. Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. was 92. Nielsen, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died Monday in Winnetka, Ill.,…
The long-running animated Fox series "The Simpsons" may shut down next spring as the six actors who voice the program’s characters have reached a negotiating impasse over pay, reports the Daily Beast. Fox is insisting that if the cast doesn’t…