Emmy winner Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) will play defense attorney Leslie Abramson on NBC’s upcoming Law & Order: True Crime – The Menendez Murders. “I’ve known Edie for more than two decades,” said executive producer Dick Wolf. “Our working relationship started when she was among an elite group of actors who made multiple appearances as […]
ABC ordered a pilot for Household Name, a comedy starring Carol Burnett as a larger-than-life eccentric actress, written and exec produced by Michael Saltzman and exec produced by Amy Poehler via her Paper Kite. Universal Television is the studio. Pilots for Losing It, from DJ Nash (Truth Be Told) and Kapital Entertainment, and an untitled […]
As seen on TV: Donald Trump took the first moments of the National Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday to praise his success as a television show host and blast the ratings for Celebrity Apprentice and its current host Arnold Schwarzenegger. “I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can. For those ratings. OK?” Trump told […]
WGN America released key art for the second season of its series Underground ahead of the season premiere on Wednesday, March 8 at 10p. The release of images coincides with the series’ participation at aTVfest, which honored Underground with its annual Cast Award for outstanding contributions to the art of television. Season 2 follows an […]
Apparently, crime pays – Oxygen Media is refocusing its programming, expanding to a crime destination for women. New series include Three Days to Live (harrowing abductions), launching Sunday, March 5, along with a revival of Cold Justice (small town murder cases), from Dick Wolf, and The Jury Speaks (controversial courtroom cases), both premiering in 3Q17. […]
On the heels of word that Fox News transplant Megyn Kelly will take a slice of NBC’s Today show, comes the news that Tamron Hall is leaving the network when her contract expires this month. Hall, who served as anchor on NBC and MSNBC and co-hosted the 9a hour of Today with Al Roker, was […]
Oprah Winfrey is joining the 60 Minutes team as a special contributor. “There is only one Oprah Winfrey,” said the CBS news magazine’s EP, Jeff Fager. “She has achieved excellence in everything she has touched. Her body of work is extraordinary, including thousands of interviews with people from all walks of life. She is a […]
Teri Hatcher, who starred as Lois Lane in ABC’s Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has been tapped to recur on Season 2 of Supergirl. The CW describes Hatcher’s character as “a mysterious new role that will become the new Big Bad of Season 2.”
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee host Samantha Bee and her show’s producers are holding a “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” on Saturday, April 29 in D.C., the same night the official Correspondents Association event takes place. Hosted by Bee, the affair will include “journalists and non-irritating celebrities from around the world. We suspect some […]
NBC renewed The Good Place for season 2. Season one of the comedy, created by Mike Schur and starring Ted Danson and Kristen Bell, averaged 4.7 million viewers and a 1.4 rating among A18-49, with a Live+7 lift to 6.1 million viewers and 1.9. “Mike Schur has always had one of the most fertile and […]