A new comedy from "Scrubs" and "Cougar Town" creator Bill Lawrence and former "How I Met Your Mother" and "Friends" executive producer Greg Malins is having the finishing touches put on a pilot order from TBS, reports Deadline.com. The project,…
An Emmy-winning actress has been cast to play opposite “Up All Night’s” Will Arnett in the new Greg Garcia comedy pilot at CBS, Deadline.com reports. Margo Martindale, who won an Emmy in 2011 for her supporting role in the FX…
CNBC has bought "Nightly Business Report" from the investment company Atalaya Capital Management and will start producing it from its New Jersey headquarters on March 4, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. While the format will…
A pioneering producer who actively worked in TV from the late 1940s until the early 2000s has died at age 90. His name was Milt Hoffman, and he was born in Los Angeles in 1922. The first producing credit we could…
CBS has got an Academy Award-winning actress to star in one of its comedy pilots. She won an Oscar in 1995 as Best Supporting Actress and is the daughter of a famous actor. "Mira Sorvino is returning to her comedy…
NBC, which has been in a miserable ratings slump, is about to notch another unpleasant milestone as the network is projected to finish the February sweeps period in fifth place for the first time in history, Deadline.com reports. The Peacock…
A former winner of “Latin American Idol” was arrested Wednesday night, reportedly with heroin in her possession, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dominican singer Martha Heredia, 22, who won the 2009 edition of the show in Argentina, was reportedly nabbed…
Robin Roberts’ return to the desk of ABC’s “Good Morning America” after almost six months away from the show produced a spike in viewer numbers for the program, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show had 6.1 million viewers, based…
Fox’s singing competition “American Idol” continued to see its viewer numbers slip Wednesday night, but the show still had enough strength to win the night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour installment of “Idol” registered a 4.1…
Women in Cable Telecommunications today announced the release of its "Path to PAR" report, which spotlights leadership development practices at the companies identified as the best for women in cable in the organization’s 2011 Pay equity, Advancement opportunities and Resources…