YouTube rolled out its eagerly anticipated subscription service today, taking the wraps off 30 paid channels, the Los Angeles Times reports. The channels offer familiar entertainment brands including "Sesame Street," "Jim Henson Family TV" and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the…
PBS has commissioned a project that is being described as "Downton Abbey" set in California, reports the New York Post. Called "Alta California," the show is set in the 1800s in California, and is a multigenerational drama with some of…
NBC made a number of programming moves, including canceling a drama series. Deadline.com reports that the network pulled the plug on the midseason drama "Deception." While NBC executives liked the show, it had a tough time finding its footing in…
"American Idol" isn’t asking any of its four current judges to return next season, and on top of that, longtime producer Nigel Lythgoe also will be leaving the show, reports TheWrap. While reports have surfaced about former judge Jennifer Lopez…
Fox kicked off the upfront season Wednesday by announcing it has picked up five new comedies and four new dramas for the fall, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The comedies are: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," a cop comedy starring "Saturday…
A feature film director, screenwriter and actor whose legacy includes a series of successful 1960s and 1970s movies has died. Reuters reports that Bryan Forbes, best-known for the 1975 psychological thriller “The Stepford Wives,” died Wednesday at 86. The British-born…
NBC’s "The Voice" disclosed a voting irregularity this week, and talked about the problem on Wednesday’s show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Fans had trouble voting online and via text messaging through the vote-tallying company Telescope, the story notes. Nevertheless, even…
Alex Trebek revealed that he has been considering how he would like to spend his post-"Jeopardy!" years, telling TV Guide that he would like to try his hand at a talk show. Trebek said he “wouldn’t mind hosting a once-a-week…
PBS has unveiled its wide-ranging programming plans for fall 2013, with a number of special programs on tap to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Other fall highlights include new…
NBC has signed an exclusive one-year first-look development deal with one of the coaches on "The Voice." Deadline.com reports that the network signed with Adam Levine and his producing partner, Jordan Feldstein. The pair will develop scripted and alternative programming…