Just hours after NBC settled on an actor to play Herman Munster in “Mockingbird Lane,” as previously reported, word surfaced that the network has decided on an actress to play Herman’s wife, Lily Munster, in the project, Deadline.com reports. Yvonne…
Fox rode strong premieres for its two Monday night food shows to a ratings win for prime time Monday night, according to Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “MasterChef” bowed with a 2.3 average rating in the key 18-49 demo, up five-tenths…
Fuse, the Madison Square Garden Company’s music-centered cable channel, announced today that it has greenlighted three new original reality series, Deadline.com reports. Here’s a look at the new shows: “Off Beat” — 12 episodes of a weekly 30-minute mash-up of…
Nominees were announced today for the Second Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and the most-nominated show is NBC’s quirky comedy "Community" with six nominations, Deadline.com reports. Another low-rated NBC Thursday night sitcom, “Parks & Recreation,” pulled in five nods, as…
NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has named a former top development exec from Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions to develop original first-run programming for the syndication company. Valerie Schaer takes the position of executive VP, creative affairs, it was announced today by…
Horror guru Clive Barker is being brought on board by Amazon Studios to rewrite the action horror project “Zombies vs. Gladiators,” TheWrap.com reports. The project focuses on a gladiator who battles zombies in ancient Rome. In a statement, Barker said:…
Following up on its famous Magic Wall for election coverage, CNN unveiled a new version of its interactive national election map on "The Situation Room," reports TVNewser.com. John King appeared on the show using the new CNN Electoral Map to…
An Oscar-winning actress is firing back after becoming embroiled in a Twitter controversy over a reference to the N-word, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love” in 1999, stepped into it on…
Tribune, the troubled media company that has been in Chapter 11 for more than three years, is considering Jeff Zucker as one of its top candidates to fill the company’s CEO slot, reports our good friend Claire Atkinson at the New York…
Dish Network has banished AMC to channel 9609, the realm of informercials and low-quality programming, in retaliation for the "Mad Men" cable network airing negative ads about Dish, according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC aired commercials during Sunday’s episode of…