One of the stars of a popular cable reality show reveals that she begged execs at the network not to air the show. US Magazine reports that Teresa Giudice, in her blog on the Bravo website, implored the cable network…
Actor and rapper LL Cool J reportedly took down an intruder early today after finding him in the kitchen of LL’s home in Studio City, Calif, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police were called to the home at about…
Pulling the plug on its development and production deal with Warner Bros. Television, the feature film production company and financier Legendary Pictures has apparently scuttled plans to expand into TV, Nellie Andreeva reports in Deadline.com. The company, which is behind…
ABC is banking on the teaming of Anthony Zuiker, the man behind "CSI," and Sara Goodman, the executive producer of "Gossip Girl," for a new prime-time soap opera called "Taboo," reports Deadline.com. “’Taboo,’ which will be produced by ABC Studios,…
The series still has a little ways to go, but Showtime has apparently seen enough. The pay-cable channel is pulling the plug on the current season of “The Franchise,” Yahoo Sports reports. The show is tracking Major League Baseball’s Miami…
Veteran media executive Barry Diller filed a 12-page complaint against the website BarryDriller.com Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Deadline.com reports. The suit against the site and Alki David alleges that David is using Diller’s name to profit inappropriately….
Jimmy Kimmel reportedly threatened to leave ABC if he wasn’t given the 11:35 p.m. time slot held by "Nightline," reports TVNewser.com, citing two sources close to Kimmel. As previously reported, ABC announced Tuesday it will move "Jimmy Kimmel Live" from…
A cable channel is touting Sunday’s premiere of a new drama series as the highest-rated series premiere in the channel’s history. The channel is BBC America, which rolled out the new period cop drama “Copper” to record numbers. “Copper,” from…
Playwright David Mamet, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Glengarry Glen Ross,” is behind a TV reboot of the late 1950s-early 1960s television series "Have Gun — Will Travel" that’s in development at CBS, Deadline.com reports. Mamet is writing the…
The home entertainment market has been struggling to move units, so a hot new release comes as good news for the market segment. The potential savior for the segment is “The Hunger Games,” TheWrap.com reports. The story reports: “The dystopian…