CBS’s quirky Tuesday night programming approach — starting with the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” special at 8 p.m. for the kids and wrapping up with “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” at 10 p.m., presumably for the dads — seemed to pay…
ABC appeared to go into damage control after a co-star of one of its dramas implied in an Internet message that the show has been canceled. According to a tweet from "Pan Am" co-star Karine Vanasse, the ABC drama will…
Daniel Craig, the actor portraying British spy James Bond in the film franchise, is no fan of the Kardashian family, describing them as "(bleeping) idiots," reports the New York Post’s Page Six. Craig spoke to British GQ, which hasn’t posted…
It turned out to be the marriage made in hell. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross details the project jointly worked on by the glitzy, lurid English director Ken Russell and America’s own sarcastic, acerbic Paddy Chayefsky, TV and movie…
The ratings battle among cable news channels has had a shakeup, with two networks swapping positions, reports our good friend Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. MSNBC has moved back ahead of CNN in prime time…
Is an at-risk NBC drama a candidate for the kind of viral social-media campaign that worked to save "Chuck," another NBC program? Probably not, writes the Los Angeles Times‘ Mary McNamara. The show in question is "Prime Suspect," which was…
On Tuesday’s "NBC Nightly News," anchor Brian Williams kept his cool and continued broadcasting the newscast despite a blaring fire alarm, reports Poynter.org. Williams was introducing the lead story about the American Airlines bankruptcy filing when the fire alarm started,…
ABC Family has renewed a drama series for a third season, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The series is the teen-oriented mystery/thriller "Pretty Little Liars." The show’s next season will include 24 episode, the same as the second season, which…
Lifetime is developing a high-end drama about extramarital affairs, with "Army Wives" consulting producer Barbara Hall writing and executive producing the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gary Randall of “The Glades" will also serve as executive producer through his…
The BBC has hired a former producer of "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" as executive producer of BBC News, America, reports TVNewser.com. Dick Meyer will expand the BBC’s U.S. news-gathering operations, along with overseeing "BBC World News America" and…