Is CBS Corp. on the prowl for an acquisition? According to B&C, CBS Chief Leslie Moonves, in an interview, said that he would "love to own" another "general entertainment network." Moonves was interviewed by our good friend, B&C editor-in-chief Melissa…
Salma Hayek and Silvio Horta, two of the people behind ABC’s popular drama "Ugly Betty," have teamed up again on another project sold to ABC, reports Deadline.com. In what’s described as a last-minute purchase, ABC has put "Bastards" into development….
George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder after shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, has sued NBCUniversal for defamation, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Zimmerman alleges that reports that edited his voice on a 911 tape constituted defamation…
Updated on 12/6/12 at 8:40 p.m. to correct error in headline and body of story. We mistakenly said "series" finale instead of "season" finale for "CSI:New York." CBS has announced its midseason prime-time schedule, slated two previews for a new drama series and…
While attending Miami’s Art Basel show, Martha Stewart revealed that her Thanksgiving wasn’t exactly up to her usual high standards, as she suffered a nasty case of salmonella, the New York Post reports. Stewart told the paper: “I never get…
The highest-rated daytime drama on television has held that spot for more than two decades, and this week it will mark 24 years in a row, Deadline.com reports. The show is CBS’s "The Young and the Restless." The streak means…
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the nominations today for outstanding achievement in television during the 2012 season. On Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, the awards will be presented in simultaneous…
Jwoww and Snooki, two of the stars of MTV’s "Jersey Shore," have made plans for a New Year’s Eve celebration on the youth-focused cable network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The pair will celebrate the occasion in New York’s Times Square, hosting…
A drama series is attracting attention for its level of violence — especially for its season finale, which aired this week. Tuesday’s fifth-season finale of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" became the show’s highest-rated finale ever, but also raised…
NBC has secured the services of a sought-after director to helm the pilot for a recently picked-up single-camera comedy, Deadline.com reports. The pilot for “The Gates,” from writers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV,…