Kelly Ripa announced on yesterday’s show that pal Ryan Seacrest is her new permanent co-host on newly-named Live with Kelly and Ryan. Seacrest, also an exec producer on the show, will relocate to NYC for his new duties, but continue as host and exec producer of radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest (New York’s […]
ABC’s 1988-1997 hit Roseanne is being shopped as a limited series, with Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf among the returning stars. Original exec producers Tom Werner, Barr and Bruce Helford, along with Gilbert and Whitney Cummings, will exec produce. The 20th anniversary of the landmark series’ finale is May 20.
The Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch set deals for new 2-year contracts, for seasons 11 and 12. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who struck their own agreements in February, each took a $100,000-per-episode pay cut to help get their co-stars a hefty raise.
The 1997 political satire Wag the Dog is getting a small-screen treatment for HBO, which is partnering with Barry Levinson and Robert De Niro. The series is “an ode to the classic film, but moving the weapons of mass distraction beyond politics and into business, entertainment, and yes, non-profits,” according to the network. Rajiv Joseph […]
Velocity is stepping on the gas this spring with the premiere of new original series Speed Is the New Black, Wednesday, May 24 at 9p. Following young prodigy Noah Alexander and his team at elite automotive shop Classic Car Studio in St. Louis, series will feature the intricate builds including redesigns of classic cars from […]
Mindy Kaling optioned the rights to Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House, the bestselling memoir by former Alyssa Mastromonaco, Barack Obama White House deputy chief of staff for operations. The book will be adapted as a TV series with […]
Hilary Swank is headed to the small screen. The Oscar-winning actress will star as Gail Getty, John Paul Getty III’s determined and resourceful mother, in FX’s Trust.
Their marriage may have flopped, but Tarek and Christina El Moussas, who announced their separation last year, will reunite for a 20-episode season 7 of Flip or Flop. “Regardless of the situation, our job is to flip homes and create a TV show for people to enjoy around the world,” wrote Tarek on Instagram. “Who’s […]
Two newly colorized episodes make up The New I Love Lucy Superstar Special, airing Friday, May 19 at 9p on CBS. The installments, set in Hollywood and featuring Van Johnson and Harpo Marx, tell a continuous story and will be presented as one hour.
In his first public appearance since leaving the White House, Barack Obama noted the dangers of a fractured media landscape. Speaking at the University of Chicago, the former president warned that between social media and cable news – which has liberals tuned to MSNBC and conservatives fixated on Fox News – “we now have a […]