The off-network rights to NBC’s "Minute to Win It" have been sold to a cable network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. GSN will air four episodes in a four-hour block on Tuesday nights, starting on July 24, with the network…
Discovery Channel announced today that it has appointed a new head of programming, Deadline.com reports. The channel named Scott Lewers as senior vice president of programming. Lewers will be based at the company’s Silver Spring headquarters and will report to…
20th Century Fox Television has signed "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer to an overall pod deal, which will allow him to develop, direct and executive produce comedy and drama projects, reports TheWrap.com. Fleischer will also create a production company based at…
A Grammy Award-winning singer has signed on for the upcoming season of NBC’s “The Voice,” where she will be part of Adam Levine’s team, Rolling Stone reports. The new team member is R&B star Mary J. Blige, who will be…
ABC’s prime-time lineup hit season-low numbers Monday, according to Nielsen overnights cited by TVbytheNumbers.com. The network’s two-hour “The Bachelorette” pulled in a 2.2 average rating in the key demo of adults 18-49, while “The Glass House” managed only a 1.0…
NBC’s "Today" show had an embarrassing goof on the air today, running a clip of an NFL quarterback that it thought was the show’s guest, Michael Vick. The Huffington Post reports that the footage was actually of another quarterback, Jerrod…
One cable channel is having a busy week, rolling out plans for four new series, Deadline.com reports. The channel is CMT, which unveiled two shows for fall 2012 and two others to bow in 2013. “Chainsaw Gang,” set for fall…
A “Battlestar Galactica” executive producer and developer has closed a deal with Sony Pictures TV for the rights to a fantasy/adventure series that he will turn into a cable series, Deadline.com reports. “Galactica’s” Ron Moore will write the adaptation of…
A legendary country singer who was known as the “Queen of Country Music” died Monday in Madison, Tenn., the Los Angeles Times reports. Kitty Wells, 92, died of complications after suffering a stroke. Wells’ career goes back to the 1930s,…
Comedian Daniel Tosh’s high-profile hassle over a rape joke has claimed another victim, in what appears to be a case of bad timing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Louis C.K. says he inadvertently got labeled as a “defender of rape”…