New York City will start issuing exterior permits for taping television and film projects this week, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting will start handling permits for exterior locations on a…
ABC has bought a comedy about a couple from two different generations — Gen X and Gen Y — from an Academy Award-winning writer, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Diablo Cody, who won the Oscar for writing "Juno" — and created…
John Logan, the co-writer of the new James Bond film "Skyfall," and Sam Mendes, the film’s director, are teaming up to work on a television drama project about vampire hunters in 1800s London, reports Deadline.com. The project is being shopped…
ABC has a new untitled single-camera comedy project in development, with Conan O’Brien’s Conaco Productions and Warner Bros. TV producing, Deadline.com reports. The show is based on “Keep Swinging,” a Kindle Single memoir by Rick Marin. “This is the first…
Underscoring the stereotype that rock stars aren’t exactly morning people, a live appearance on NBC’s “Today” show by the group Aerosmith turned into a problem for the network when lead singer Steven Tyler dropped the F-bomb, the Los Angeles Times…
Country music’s reigning power couple had a winning night at Thursday’s Country Music Association Awards, but the ceremony itself was a loser — at least in the ratings. Blake Shelton, who’s a coach on “The Voice” besides being one of…
An actor best known for the 1983 hit film "Flashdance," who also has had a recurring role on CBS’s "NCIS," was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony domestic violence, reports TMZ.com. The actor is Michael Nouri. Police received a call…
Much of the chatter about Khloe Kardashian’s debut Wednesday as host of Fox’s “The X Factor” has focused on her wardrobe situation, with Kardashian’s sheer blouse and lack of a bra provoking Simon Cowell to offer a quip about the…
An unknown person called in a bomb threat overnight to the CNN Center in Atlanta, reports TVNewser.com. The caller also claimed to have hostages at the network’s Atlanta headquarters. My Fox Atlanta reported that the authorities searched the CNN Center…
Executives behind a beloved sitcom revealed how much money the series has been pulling in since it went off the air 12 years ago. And the numbers say the show about nothing, “Seinfeld,” is definitely about something in syndication —…