MTV announced the renewal of a scripted show, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Getting a sophomore year is the half-hour show "Awkward," the story reports. The renewal follows the cancellation of "The Hard Times of RJ Berger,"…
The host of "America’s Got Talent’ is joining the cast of a new NBC sitcom, reports TVGuide.com. Nick Cannon has signed on for a recurring role on "Up All Night," the story reports. Cannon will take on the role of…
Police in New York are being criticized for their handling of an attack on a pop singer outside an East Village nightclub, the New York Post reports. Some New Yorkers are accusing the police of giving preferential treatment Gavin DeGraw…
A poor reception for the second “Sex & the City” feature film has the team behind the franchise looking to take it in a different direction, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports. It’s possible that the Darren Star comedy hit will…
Google dropped a bombshell on the mobile telephone business today, buying communications company Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, Digital Trends reports. The move is seen as part of a strategy to protect Google’s Android operating system. "Google sees the need…
The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards are moving to a new cable home, Deadline.com reports. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that the awards, which have aired on E! for some time, are moving to ReelzChannel. The fledgling…
Another HBO drama project is in the works from the team behind the miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” including executive producer and director Todd Haynes and EPs John Wells and Christine Vachon, Deadline.com reports. It’s another period piece, “Dope,” based on the…
A cable network’s $1.5 million countersuit against the former producer of one of its hit shows paints a picture of what the network calls an “intolerable” work environment allegedly created by the producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq….
A veteran Major League Baseball announcer who called games on television for more than three decades died Friday at 87, SportsNewser reports. Ernie Johnson Sr., a former player with the Atlanta Braves, was the voice of TBS’s broadcasts of Braves…
Former Scripps Networks executive Mary Ellen Iwata has been hired by The Weather Channel as vice president of Original Content and Development, reports Deadline.com. This is a new position and bolsters the industry buzz that The Weather Channel is stepping…