Morley Safer, 60 Minutes’ longest-serving correspondent, is retiring this week after 46 seasons. Following the Sunday, May 15 broadcast of the news show, CBS will air tribute Morley Safer: A Reporter’s Life. “It’s been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens […]
CBS renewed freshman comedy Life in Pieces. The series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Kapital Entertainment, is averaging 10.53 million viewers and a 2.7 rating among A18-49.
ESPN settled its breach of contract lawsuit against Verizon, filed last April when the Verizon’s FiOS service began to offer a skinny bundle of pay TV nets that didn’t include ESPN. The companies aren’t disclosing settlement terms of the case, filed at New York State’s Supreme Court.
After a 12-year tenure at the network, Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless is stepping down. Ganeless, who had a 25-year run at Viacom, is being replaced by Kent Alterman, currently president of original programming. “Michele has decided to step away from her role as President of Comedy Central. During her long and successful tenure the […]
New Girl’s Hannah Simone has been tapped to host Fox’s new competition series Kicking and Screaming. The eight-episode show teams 10 expert survivalists with pampered partners to face challenges in wild environments around the world.
Lynda Carter will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Annual Gracie Awards on Tuesday, May 24 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The gala honors outstanding individual achievement and programming by, for and about women.
Tim Matheson (The West Wing) will star in Killing Reagan, National Geographic Channel’s upcoming two-hour scripted movie and the fourth in the partnership among Nat Geo, Scott Free Productions and Bill O’Reilly. Matheson will portray the actor turned California governor turned President. Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) will play first lady Nancy Reagan. Rod […]
SundanceTV’s new genre drama Cleverman will premiere Wednesday, June 1 at 10p. The six-ep series, starring Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) and Frances O’Connor (The Missing), is set in the very near future and centers on a group of extraordinary beings from ancient mythology who battle for survival in a world where humans feel threatened […]
Ryan Murphy got a straight-to-series order from FX for anthology series Feud, starring Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as nemesis Bette Davis. Not enough starpower? Brad Pitt will serve as an exec producer with Murphy and Dede Gardner; Sarandon and Lange are producing. Each season of the show will center on a […]
Shirley MacLaine and Matthew Broderick are attached to star in Paramount Television dramedy Bettyville. The story, about a man who relocates to care for his aging mother, is based on the memoir by George Hodgman. “Paramount TV could not be in better hands than those of Shirley MacLaine and Matthew Broderick,” said company president Amy […]
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