The short-lived CBS comedy "$#*! My Dad Says" may have been testing the waters for acceptance of swear words — or some toned-down form of them — in show titles, as four programs currently in development have the word "fuck"…
In a case that is reportedly under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department, actor Charlie Sheen allegedly threatened to shoot a man to death with a semi-automatic shotgun, TMZ.com reports, citing a police report filed with the LAPD. The…
The filmmaker behind the notorious anti-Muslim film “Innocence of Muslims,” Mark Basseley Youssef, was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison, the Los Angeles Times reports. Prosecutors and the judge said the sentence was unrelated to the content of the…
A U.S. District Court judge refused to grant Fox Broadcasting’s first attempt to block Dish Network’s AutoHop service, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. While the court order by Judge Dolly Gee is under seal and attorneys for both…
The Sundance Channel has projects on its 2013-14 development slate from "Boardwalk Empire" actor Steve Buscemi and "This American Life" host Ira Glass, as well as from Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford, reports TheWrap.com. Buscemi’s project is "Behind the Sun,"…
ReelzChannel and Muse Entertainment are working on a sequel to the 2011 miniseries "The Kennedys," with the follow-up expected to be structured as an eight-episode program, like the original, reports Deadline.com. The sequel would be based on the book "After…
Netflix has increased its dominance in online viewing, bucking predictions that newer competitors would take away subscribers, reports Bloomberg. The streaming service represented 33% of prime-time Web viewing, based on Internet traffic, in September, more than Amazon.com, Hulu and Time…
The Oscar-winning director of the 1982 hit “An Officer and a Gentleman,” set in Naval flight school, is revisiting Naval airspace for a new TV project. Taylor Hackford — whose impressive string of feature films also includes “Ray,” “Dolores Claiborne”…
Drama projects are in the works at both Fox and NBC from the former head of NBC Entertainment, Deadline.com reports. Warren Littlefield’s Littlefield Co. is teaming with writer Thompson Evans on the projects, including “Night Hunters” for Fox, which focuses…
“The American people have spoken, and the results are in,” TheWrap.com reports, focusing on ratings for Election Night coverage among the broadcast networks. “NBC has been declared the winner in the 2012 election.” On the the cable side, "CNN took…