A renowned feature film director may come out of retirement to take on "The Knick," a period series from Cinemax set in 1900 New York, reports Mike Fleming Jr. on Deadline.com. Steven Soderbergh had announced he would retire after his…
Cablevision Chief Executive James Dolan called the police on protesters at the company’s annual meeting, reports The Wall Street Journal. The protesters were shareholders with ties to the Communications Workers of America, a union that’s been in a labor dispute…
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The winner of CBS’s most recent season of "Survivor" has been hired as a writer for one of the network’s new comedies. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that John Cochran made the announcement on Twitter. "I’m thrilled to announce…
Broadcast networks have filed a lawsuit against Aereokiller in an effort to prevent the company from providing streaming video of broadcast programming in the Washington, D.C., market, Variety reports. The move is “the latest effort to challenge the legality of…
A spelling bee-themed game show called "Spell-Mageddon" has been ordered by ABC Family for a summer debut, reports TheWrap. The show adds distractions to the traditional spelling bee. The program is executive produced by Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Leslie…
Music and TV producer Russell Simmons has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Simmons will develop new projects for the network, which was home to his "Def Comedy Jam," which ran from…
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis apologized for his "hurtful" remarks made during an interview in which he called jurors who convicted him "retarded" and said they should be shot by firing squad, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker. As…
"The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to end its controversial policy banning gay kids and teens from joining one of the nation’s most popular youth organizations, ditching membership guidelines that had roiled the group in recent years,"reports NBC News….