TVWeek will have a special publishing schedule over the holiday weekend, starting today, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. We are publishing our morning TVBizWire e-newsletter today and the Daily Viral Video but will not publish the afternoon E-Daily newsletter. We’re taking…
Exciting news for fans of the most popular movie franchise in history, "Star Wars." According to our friend Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline.com, Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the screenplays of two of the first three "Star Wars" movies — as…
"The Simpsons" plans to make an episode written by writer and director Judd Apatow, who revealed in a Web interview that he wrote a script for the show while trying to break into Hollywood more than two decades ago, reports…
NBC is in discussions with “House” star Hugh Laurie to star in a pirate drama series called "Crossbones," which comes from "Luther" creator Neil Cross, reports Deadline.com. Unlike "House," in which Laurie played an American, the actor would use his…
ABC News’ Barbara Walters offered a preview of her upcoming annual special “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The program is scheduled to air Dec. 12. Among the celebrities on…
A former model on ‘The Price Is Right" has won almost $777,000 in damages after suing the show’s producers on claims she was discriminated against because of her pregnancy, reports the Associated Press. Brandi Cochran, 41, said the game show’s…
"Little Fockers" co-writer Larry Stuckey has sold a comedy project to ABC, based on his relationship with his brother, reports Deadline.com. The project focuses on Gary Stuckey, whose charismatic younger brother starts to impact his wife and kids after opening…
"Entourage" executive producers Rob Weiss, Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson have a pot legalization comedy in development at Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project will focus on a young corporate attorney who quits his job after a nervous breakdown and moves…
"The Office" star Ellie Kemper will reunite with her former colleague Mindy Kaling on Kaling’s new Fox comedy, "The Mindy Project," reports TVLine.com. It’s not clear who Kemper will play, but she will appear in a guest-starring role in the…
Pay-cable channel Starz has made the decision to pull the plug on a drama series, USA Today reports. The series is “Boss,” which stars Kelsey Grammer as a ruthless Chicago mayor dealing with a brain ailment and struggling to remain…