ABC appears to be turning Robin Roberts’ illness into a promotional opportunity for "Good Morning America," according to a column in the Chicago Sun-Times by prominent television critic Tom Shales. "On every edition of ‘GMA,’ there are shout-outs, warm wishes…
A layoff show that features employees voting to fire co-workers is in the works at Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A similar idea was considered in 2009, with Fox mulling a project called "Someone’s Gotta Go," but the pilot…
"Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ron Moore is working on a version of the 2001 Heath Ledger movie "A Knight’s Tale" for ABC, reports Deadline.com. The film is a romance-adventure story that featured jousting tournaments set to popular rock songs. Ledger…
Seth MacFarlane and writers from the feature film “Ted” have received a put-pilot with series penalty commitment from Fox for a live-action comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The untitled project will be written and executive produced by…
Netflix has dropped about 800 hours of A&E Networks content, including "Storage Wars" and "American Pickers," reports TheWrap.com. The content was pulled after a contract to stream the content expired, the story notes. About 300 hours that weren’t covered in…
ABC has bought two comedies from Ben Stiller, with one of them based on his life, reports Deadline.com. The comedies, from Stiller’s Red Hour Television, are "Please Knock" and "The Notorious Mollie Flowers," the story notes. Both are produced by…
Memories of “Must-See TV” are growing ever more distant. NBC unveiled its new Thursday night programming lineup last night, only to see it greeted by a less than stellar turnout among viewers. Citing Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the entire…
Cast members from “The West Wing” — including Martin Sheen, Allison Janney and Lily Tomlin — got back together for an unusual campaign ad done in the style of the long-running NBC drama. Time magazine reports that actress Mary McCormack,…
Lifetime has given a renewal to a long-running drama series, Deadline.com reports. Premiering in 2013 will be season seven of “Army Wives.” The network ordered 13 episodes. Season six, in which the series delivered an average of 3.2 million viewers,…
Sharon Osbourne has opened up again about her unhappiness with NBC, savaging the network and NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “The outspoken reality personality continues to lash out at the network that employed…