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‘Real Housewives’ Tour Announced, Raising the Obvious Question: Why?

Bravo has announced that it’s taking its “Real Housewives” franchise on the road for a fall tour of a number of U.S. cities, E! Online reports. The story then asks the obvious question: Why? The report notes that the reality…

Performer From Upright Citizens Brigade Tapped for Midseason NBC Comedy

NBC’s midseason sitcom "BFF" has tapped a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe as the male lead, reports Deadline.com. Luka Jones will play the live-in boyfriend to Lennon Parham’s character, whose best friend moves back to New York…

Study Examines Whether Spoilers Spoil the Fun, and Determines … Well, We Don’t Want to Spoil It

A new study by the University of California at San Diego suggests that so-called “spoilers” — such as a paragraph early in a book that tips off how it will end — don’t necessarily spoil the fun, according to Reuters….

ABC Has New Drama in the Works From ‘Detroit 1-8-7’ Creative Team

ABC Studios has tapped "Detroit 1-8-7" creator and executive producer Jason Richman and executive producer and showrunner David Zabel to work on a new drama project, which has sold to ABC, reports Deadline.com. The project is called "Two Roads" and…

AMC and Sony Finally Work Out What to Do With ‘Breaking Bad’

"Breaking Bad" is set to return to AMC after the cable network and Sony Television came to an agreement, settling on 16 additional episodes for the drama about a high school teacher who turns to selling crystal meth, reports the…

Disney Halts Production of Feature Film Version of the TV Classic ‘The Lone Ranger’ To Have Starred Johnny Depp as Tonto. Read Why the Studio Shuttered the Production

"In a stunning development, Disney has shut down production on ‘The Lone Ranger,’ the Gore Verbinski-directed period Western that was to star Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the title character," writes Mike Fleming at Deadline.com. Fleming continues,…

Report Says Upcoming ABC News Special on Jackie Kennedy Onassis Secret Tapes Will Reveal Her Affair With Major Hollywood Star. ABC Responds Saying Report is ‘Totally Erroneous’

In September ABC News will broadcast tapes Jackie Kennedy (later Onassis) made months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the tapes she is interviewed by well-known Kennedy historian Arthur Schlesinger. The telecast will be the first time…

Time Warner Snags Fox Prime-Time Shows for VOD Service

Time Warner Cable and Fox have signed an accord that will put a wide range of Fox’s prime-time programs on TWC’s Primetime On Demand VOD service, Multichannel News reports. The deal, which does not cover Fox’s TV Everywhere online service,…

New Reality Show From Ashton Kutcher Tackles an Unlikely Topic

The latest reality television creation from executive producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, the creators of "Punk’d" and "Beauty and the Geek," is set in the Department of Motor Vehicles, reports Entertainment Weekly. TruTV has given "California DMV: Field Offices"…

Sitcom Veteran — a Seven-Time Emmy Nominee — Lands New NBC Comedy

A veteran sitcom star who received seven consecutive Emmy nominations for one show from 2000 to 2006 will return to comedy as the mom on NBC’s "Whitney," reports Deadline.com. The star is Jane Kaszmarek, who was a perennial Emmy nominee…