Oprah Winfrey’s earnings took a huge hit during the past year, due to the loss of income from "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which went off the air in 2011, according to Forbes‘ list of the highest-paid celebrities. Winfrey’s earnings fell…
ABC has turned to a former "ER" showrunner to adapt a Dutch drama, Deadline.com reports. Adapting a show called "Overspel," about an unhappily married woman who starts an affair with a powerful attorney, will be David Zabel, the story reports….
NBC is in talks with independent Utah station KUCW-TV to add "The New Normal," after NBC affiliate KSL-TV refused to air the comedy because of its content, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. As previously reported, the Mormon-owned…
"Pushing Daisies" writer Lisa Joy has sold a project to Fox, which is based on her mythology-inspired graphic novel "Headache," reports Deadline.com. "Headache" is about a 23-year-old woman who realizes she’s the Greek goddess Athena, and who must battle ancient…
Tyler Perry’s studios in Atlanta were hit by a second fire in four months, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The authorities are investigating the cause of Monday’s fire, which was limited to a roof of a building in the complex, the…
Ivi, an online service that transmitted over-the-air television signals via the Web, lost a court bid to overturn an earlier ruling that shut down the service, reports Bloomberg. A panel of federal appeals judges ruled Monday that a lower-court judge…
"24" actor John Boyd, who played Arlo Glass during the show’s eighth season, has been cast in a recurring role on Fox’s "Touch," reuniting him with actor Kiefer Sutherland, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Boyd will play Kase, a math…
Two big-name stars who have reportedly been in the running for spots as judges on Fox’s "American Idol" have backed out, according to media reports. E! Online reports that Miley Cyrus is no longer under consideration while TMZ.com says Katy…
A real-life surf icon who became the stuff of legends and was the model for the ubiquitous “Big Kahuna” seen in the “Gidget” movies and TV show and other productions has died. Terry “Tubesteak” Tracy, 77, died Wednesday, Aug. 22,…
Nickelodeon has pulled the plug on another series, on the heels of the cable network’s decision two weeks ago to cancel “Victorious,” as previously reported. The latest series to fall is “How to Rock,” which will go away after just…