Fox News has sent a letter to former "O’Reilly Factor" associate producer Joe Muto, who was paid by Gawker to provide anonymous intel on the network, informing him that his actions are "likely criminal," reports TVNewser. “It’s now in the…
A new TV series update of “The Flintstones” has hit a snag, Deadline.com reports. The project has been pushed back because the driving force behind it, Seth MacFarlane, has too much on his plate. Given his current four TV series,…
A&E has given renewals to three successful “Wars” reality shows — two focused on storage lockers and one centered on shipping, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed. "Shipping Wars," "Storage Wars" and "Storage Wars: Texas" have each been…
Despite his detainment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will debut his television talk show next week, with the program airing on Russia Today and online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "For 500 days now I’ve been detained without charge, but that…
The Fox Network has announced a two-season renewal for a show that has become a fixture on the network, TheWrap.com reports. The show is Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition "Hell’s Kitchen," which now will have an 11th and 12th season. The…
In a move to grab viewers who aren’t subscribers, HBO plans to make two new comedies available online for free, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder. "The shows are the coming comedies ‘Girls’ and ‘Veep,’ both…
Showtime’s "Californication" is working on a spinoff based on a new character who will be introduced next season, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The character, Faith, was an innocent Catholic schoolgirl who becomes a groupie after falling in love with rock…
In a move that could open up the public airwaves to a flood of campaign advertising, a federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s ban on political ads on public TV and public radio, Reuters reports. The story reports:…
Fox’s dominant “American Idol” claimed its share of casualties among the broadcast competition Wednesday night, as Fox soared to a big win for the night in the Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Among the victims: CBS’s reality staple “Survivor,” which hit…
A long-running daytime soap opera will head in a new direction with its first-ever lesbian story line, EW.com reports. The soap is the CBS staple "The Bold and the Beautiful." The series will introduce veteran soap actress Crystal Chappell as…