A Broadway drama that tracks an African-American family’s weekend at Martha’s Vineyard is in development at HBO. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the pay-cable network has given a script commitment to "Stick Fly." The project will be executive…
"Hacking the Planet," a new series that attempts to change the course of nature, received a go-ahead from the Weather Channel, reports Variety. Weather Channel ordered six 30-minute episodes. The show will premiere Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET. Former…
The replacement for Sharon Osbourne on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” — if a current judge on the show has his way — will be Rosie O’Donnell, The Huffington Post reports. The show has confirmed that Howard Stern will be back…
NBC is adding a new game show to a network portfolio that already includes "Deal or No Deal," "Minute to Win It," "Who’s Still Standing" and the new Howie Mandel show “Take It All.” Deadline.com reports that the network is…
Donald Trump won a $5 million ruling in a nasty legal battle with former Miss USA hopeful Sheena Monnin, the New York Post reports. Monnin, who won the state title for Pennsylvania, had become disenchanted with the beauty pageant, calling…
In what is being called the first casualty of a stricter stance on carriage rates, cable giant Time Warner will drop the arts channel Ovation at the end of the year, Variety reports. The move comes just a couple of…
CBS got a solid ratings performance from its comedy block Monday night and eked out a narrow win over NBC, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s special one-hour “How I Met Your Mother” delivered a 3.4 average rating…
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” moves up to the 11:35 p.m. ET/PT (10:35 p.m. CT) slot in ABC’s late-night lineup — and out of its long-held midnight slot — starting Jan. 8, and the network is backing up the move with a…
Social media service Twitter and ratings provider Nielsen Holdings are creating a partnership to measure the online chatter generated by television shows, reports Bloomberg. Called the Nielsen Twitter TV Rating, the service will be available in the second half of…
Just hours after a report surfaced that Suri Cruise was receiving lavish Christmas presents from her mom, Katie Holmes — with The Huffington Post reporting a $24,000 playhouse as the centerpiece of a $49,000 bounty — Suri’s dad, Tom Cruise,…