A family comedy set in the 1980s from "Breaking In" co-creator Adam F. Goldberg has received a production commitment from ABC, shifting the project from Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project is described as "The Wonder Years" set in a dysfunctional…
Dick Wolf, the creator of NBC’s wildly successful “Law & Order” franchise, tells the Los Angeles Times that his new drama for the network, "Chicago Fire," marks a return to "retro TV." "Nobody knows what’s going to work in television…
After the departure of cast members Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Abby Elliott, “Saturday Night Live” has hired two sketch comedians: Aidy Bryant and Tim Robinson, reports the Comic’s Comic. The two will join the cast when the show returns…
NBC is developing a drama for an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-nominated actress, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The actress is Angela Bassett, who starred in a Fox drama pilot last spring that didn’t get picked up for this fall, the report…
NBC and CNN were the most watched broadcast and cable networks, respectively, during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, reports B&C. NBC drew an average of 7.03 million total viewers from 9-11 p.m. on Thursday, while CNN was…
Comedy Central has created attack ads that mimic political commercials, as a way of getting viewers to tune in to "The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" during the election season, reports TVNewser.com. In an ad that attacks Fox, the commercial…
The film industry recorded its slowest weekend in more than a decade, with ticket sales amounting to only $67 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. The total makes the weekend the lowest grossing since the second weekend after the Sept….
In this month’s issue ot TVWeek’s NewsPro, we feature travel journalism. As we say in the issue, "In a world where the travel writer might commonly find himself or herself at the scene of a natural disaster or face-to-face with…
The revived comedy series "Arrested Development" has tapped a legendary performer to appear on the show. The performer is Liza Minnelli, who will reprise her role as Lucille Austero — the older girlfriend of the Bluth son Buster, reports TVGuide.com….
Shonda Rhimes, the creator of "Grey’s Anatomy" is "reteaming with ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ scribe Peter Nowalk for" a script commitment with NBC, writes Lesley Goldberg in an exclusive story for The Holllywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. Goldberg writes that the script…