A juror in the "Desperate Housewives" case, which ended in a mistrial this week after the panel said it was deadlocked, said, "There was no smoking gun" to prove either side’s case with certainty, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The…
After complaints from critics, "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner says he’s making a change to an episode in the AMC show’s fifth season — replacing a song because it wasn’t released until six months after the episode takes place, reports…
The star of “Terra Nova,” the time-traveling drama whose fate is still undetermined after the show was canceled by Fox, has another job lined up, Deadline.com reports. CBS’s untitled Ralph Lamb pilot has cast "Terra Nova" star Jason O’Mara, the…
An actor who voiced one of the original characters in the animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" films is charging director Michael Bay with "sodomizing" the franchise in his upcoming movie, reports TMZ.com. Actor Robbie Rist, who voiced the character Michaelangelo,…
The season finale of a drama series that has been shattering basic cable viewing records added to its record run, with 9 million viewers tuning in to watch the zombie battle in Sunday’s finale of AMC’s "The Walking Dead," reports…
The man who oversees the BBC’s TV channels, radio stations and websites will step down from the broadcaster later this year, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. BBC Director General Mark Thompson, 54, will leave after the Summer Olympic…
Cable channel IFC has given an order for 10 episodes of a single-camera comedy series, Margaret Lyons reports in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The order is for an autobiographical show from "WTF" podcast host Marc Maron, who produced and…
PBS is looking for a sponsor to back an upcoming series, reports our friend Jon Lafayette in B&C. The new show, from the producers of "Antiques Roadshow," is another take on antiques. Called "Market Wars," the show will consist of…
Syfy’s senior vice president of original programming will leave when his contract ends in June, Deadline.com reports. The executive is Andrew Plotkin, who joined Syfy in 2009 and has helped the network’s show development, reporting to President of Original Programming Mark…
A shakeup at the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on Monday "will result in 30 staffers being let go and executives from Discovery Communications being brought in to oversee key operations," report our friends Joe Flint and Meg James in the…