In an unusual move between cable networks, a series will shift to the Cooking Channel from Planet Green later this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The show is "The Fabulous Beekman Boys." The Cooking Channel…
Oprah Winfrey talked about the difficult launch of her OWN cable network during Thursday’s Discovery Communications upfront presentation, vowing that the channel will reach the summit in 2014, Advertising Age reports. Winfrey thanked advertisers for sticking with the channel, credited…
NBC has drafted "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf and reality producer Mark Burnett to create an unscripted competition show that will benefit the military, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Called "Stars Earn Stripes," the show…
20th Century Fox TV has signed a two-year pact with "House" executive producers Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend, reports Deadline.com. Under the pact, the pair will develop new shows while also working on existing programs, the piece notes. The deal…
Jimmy Smits, who was a New York police detective on “NYPD Blue” in the 1990s and a lawyer on “L.A. Law” in the 1980s, will spend a season as a gang member on FX’s biker drama "Sons of Anarchy," reports…
An executive producer and co-showrunner of “CSI” has inked a new three-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, Deadline.com reports. Don McGill’s new agreement has him staying on with the hit drama show, which is produced by CBS TV Studios….
On a Wednesday night when NBC found itself in the increasingly common position of fifth place in the ratings, the network’s newest sitcom premiered to mediocre numbers while another NBC comedy wrapped up its difficult freshman run with some of…
Google’s YouTube suffered a key defeat in court Thursday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a landmark June 2010 lower court ruling that had gone in YouTube’s favor, Reuters reports. The decision revived lawsuits brought by Viacom…
The sudden exit of Bryan Greenberg as the male lead in CBS’s untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy project, which we reported earlier today, turned into an opportunity for an actor whose NBC sitcom appears to be doomed. Deadline.com reports that…
In the high-stakes battle for morning ratings supremacy between NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a crack finally appeared Wednesday in the NBC show’s armor. “GMA,” with former “Today” star Katie Couric as guest host, beat “Today” in total…