One major cable channel is keeping it simple by renewing its entire lineup of summer series, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. USA Network gave renewal orders to "Covert Affairs," "Necessary Roughness" and "Royal Pains," according to the…
The winner of NBC’s "The Voice," Javier Colon, has been tapped to play a legendary musician in the network’s controversial new drama "The Playboy Club," according to The Hollywood Reporter. That musician is Ray Charles, the story notes. Colon will…
Network television executives are getting creative in their attempts to convince viewers to sample their new shows for the 2011-12 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which runs down a list of the networks’ last-minute gimmicks and giveaways. ABC, trying…
The public’s hunger for TV talent shows — “American Idol,” “The Voice” and countless others — appears to be insatiable, and now Oprah Winfrey’s OWN will try to tap into it, the New York Post reports. OWN has ordered six…
In a surprise move, Disney Channels Worldwide President Carolina Lightcap is leaving her job after less than two years in the position, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. Disney Channel veteran Gary Marsh, president of entertainment for Disney…
The fall 2012 TV season may feature two beasts. On the heels of news that ABC is developing a "Beauty and the Beast" project, TVLine.com reports that the CW is developing a reboot of the classic 1980s series "Beauty and…
Morning show executives talk about the ultra-competitive battle to secure "gets" — interviews with top newsmakers — in a report by The Washington Post, with one "Good Morning America" senior editorial producer saying the ABC show "basically kidnapped" Ted Williams,…
The team behind FX’s "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" has been given a 13-episode order for an animated show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The team of Rob Rosell, Scott Marder and David Hornsby will create "Unsupervised," about two teenage…
A TV doctor and a federal agency are at odds over whether trace amounts of arsenic found in many apple juice products should be considered a health risk, the AP reports. After Mehmet Oz said Wednesday on “The Dr. Oz…
One of the cast members and behind-the-scenes people on NBC’s "The Office" has signed to remain with the sitcom, with a promotion to executive producer, reports TVLine.com. Mindy Kaling, best known as Kelly on the show, inked a one-year deal…