Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne died March 6. He was 84. “His calming presence, gentlemanly style, encyclopedic knowledge of film history, fervent support for film preservation and highly personal interviewing style all combined to make him a truly world-class host,” said TCM General Manager Jennifer Dorian.
Hours after accusing former president Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower, President Trump took aim at his Celebrity Apprentice successor on Saturday. “Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me.” Schwarzenegger had said he was washing his hands of the NBC competition due to Trump, […]
Ellen DeGeneres is taking ingredients from her daytime talker, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and whipping up a new series. NBC ordered six episodes of Ellen’s Game of Games for primetime. The hour-long game show, hosted and executive produced by DeGeneres, will feature supersized versions of the most popular games from her talker, with contestants pulled […]
Leah Remini and Jessica Gunning are set to star in NBC pilot What About Barb?, a female-centric adaptation of the 1991 film What About Bob?. Remini will play psychotherapist Suzanne, the role played by Richard Dreyfuss in the film. Gunning will play Barb, an overbearing patient who refuses to leave Suzanne and her family alone. […]
Viacom is thinking bigger with the new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The competition series, previously on Logo, will air on VH1 Fridays at 8p, starting March 24 (Lady Gaga guests). Encores will air on Logo. “Coming off RuPaul’s Emmy win and a ratings record-breaking season of All Stars, the fandom around RuPaul’s Drag Race […]
Twelve-year Viacom vet Frank Tanki has been promoted to General Manager, TV Land. Tanki will oversee strategy ad day-to-day operations for the channel. Tanki most recently served as Executive Vice President, Brand Marketing and Creative, Spike TV.
Showtime Networks picked up five-part limited series Melrose, starring and exec-produced by Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Sherlock). David Nicholls (Far From the Madding Crowd, One Day) is writing all five episodes of the television adaptation, based on the Patrick Melrose series of decade- and globe-spanning semiautobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Series, a […]
FX gave the green light to a second installment of Ryan Murphy’s Feud, before the first debuts. The network ordered a 10-episode second season of the anthology project, which in round two will focus on Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The first season, which debuts this Sunday (March 5) delves into the feud between Bette […]
Syfy canceled futuristic drama Incorporated after one season. The show, centered on a man’s attempts to throw a wrench in the works of a powerful company, came from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Pearl Street Films, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions.