The television ads in the 2012 presidential race are more negative in tone than in the previous three elections, reports Bloomberg, citing a report from the Wesleyan Media Project. Nearly two-thirds of presidential ads airing between June 1 and Sept….
"Lie to Me" creator and executive producer Samuel Baum has signed a development deal with CBS TV Studios and sold a drama to CBS under the deal, reports Deadline.com. The project, which is untitled, will focus on the surgeon general,…
CBS has bought a comedy from "Smurfs" writers Jay Scherick and David Ronn, reports Deadline.com. The untitled multicamera project is about a blended family, focusing on two very different brothers who are forced to move their families into the same…
Netflix is giving away walk-on parts in its revived "Arrested Development," reports TheWrap.com. The company is running a contest to give away six walk-on roles. There’s a catch, though: To get one of the parts, contestants need to submit an…
"In his first foray into network television, ‘The Sixth Sense’ writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has teamed with ‘Eagle Eye’ writer John Glenn for a drama project, which landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment," reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com….
ABC has ordered a workplace comedy from Julia Roberts and her longtime collaborator Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Deadline.com reports. “Taming of the Shrew” comes from Roberts’ Red Om Films, 3 Arts — where Goldsmith-Thomas is a manager and producer — and ABC…
Here’s a clip from last night’s episode of CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” in which the host, frustrated that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney won’t appear on the show, instead interviews a celebrity stand-in — who hits it out…
“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest says he knows who the winner was in the heated verbal exchange between the show’s dueling divas, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. The winner, according to Seacrest, was the show itself, which he apparently thinks…
When the “Entertainment Tonight” spinoff “The Insider” relaunches in January, it may be hard to recognize. CBS TV Distribution and Yahoo are collaborating to rebrand the syndicated newsmag, which is set to become “omg! NOW” — the name of a…
The pattern for fall 2012 continues to take shape in the hotly contested ratings fight among syndicated talk shows — and with most shows now having unveiled their fall premieres, the early leader in the key demo of women 25-54…