AMC, which has found success with period shows such as "Mad Men," is turning to Colonial times for a comedy called "We Hate Paul Revere," reports Deadline.com. The show tracks two brothers who live in Colonial Boston and, as the…
ABC Family has two "Romeo and Juliet"-themed projects in the works, with both based on young-adult novels, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. "Recovery Road," a 2011 novel by Blake Nelson, focuses on a high school student who is…
Apple is testing designs for a large-screen high-resolution television with component suppliers in Asia, reports The Wall Street Journal. (The WSJ is a subscription site and not all readers may be able to access the story.) The testing could mean…
The person Beatle George Harrison once called "The godfather of world music" has died. According to the Associated Press, "Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who…
Discovery Channel announced that it has ordered production to begin on its first-ever scripted miniseries. The program is "Klondike," based on Charlotte Gray’s novel “Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike." The show “brings to life the tale about…
The American Film Institute has rolled out its list of the 10 television shows it considers the best of 2012, the AP reports. AMC and HBO had the most shows to make the list, with three each, followed by FX…
One of the stars of the hit A&E reality show “Storage Wars” has filed a lawsuit against the show, alleging that it is rigged, TMZ.com reports. Dave Hester — known for his “Yup!” bidding call — filed the lawsuit, alleging…
Just a day after claiming that she was clean and sober, as we reported previously, Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife Brooke Mueller has returned to a drug rehabilitation facility, reports UPI.com. Her attorney confirmed that she is undergoing treatment for drug addiction….
Six new original series are under way at one cable channel, targeted to air in prime time. The six unscripted shows got the green light from Travel Channel. The programs are “All Forked Up,” “Burger Land,” “DigFellas,” “Fortune Diggers” (working…
NBCUniversal, which recently retooled its senior sales team — as we reported last month — has announed a number of additional appointments of senior digital ad sales and strategic sales executives in its Ad Sales division. The company announced: “Scott…