CBS’s daytime lineup isn’t going anywhere – Let’s Make a Deal, The Talk, The Bold and the Beautiful (picked up for two years), and The Price Is Right and The Young and the Restless, which previously were picked up through 2017, were all renewed. The shows are up an average 2 percent in viewers versus […]
Martin Short will play Edna Turnblad’s husband Wilbur and Derek Hough (Dancing With the Stars) takes on TV host Corny Collins in NBC event Hairspray Live!, set for Wednesday, December 7. Short’s variety show with Maya Rudoloph, Maya and Martin in Manhattan, launches on NBC Tuesday, May 31 at 10p.
Gordon Ramsay, chef, TV personality and producer, has cooked up Studio Ramsay, an indie production company solely owned by him, where he plans to create unscripted shows and develop talent. Studio Ramsay also will have a scripted division to focus on food-themed programming. Ramsay and his new company are in a joint venture with All3Media, […]
Hello Goodbye, which captures moments as everyday people arrive and depart from some of America’s largest airports, touches down on Travel Channel with two premiere episodes Monday, May 9 at 11p and 11:30p. Produced by Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production in association with Telepictures and Shed Media, series highlights surprising and exciting stories of […]
Saturday Night Live is reducing commercial load by 30 percent next season. Instead of ads, viewers will see original sponsored content from ad partners. “We are excited to try something new and unique that will shape and drive advertiser content too,” said Linda Yaccarino, chairman, advertising sales and client-partnerships, NBCUniversal.
Megyn Kelly landed an interview with Donald Trump for Megyn Kelly Presents, her May 17 special on Fox. Kelly had been a target of the GOP frontrunner in attacks Fox News Channel called “a sick obsession,” but the two appear to have cleared the air during a private meeting on April 13. “He was gracious […]
Kelly Ripa will be back in her Live! With Kelly and Michael co-host seat tomorrow. Upset about the way the announcement that co-host Michael Strahan was decamping for ABC’s Good Morning America was handled, Ripa was a no-show on the syndie talker Wednesday and radio silent until Friday night, when she emailed staffers, “I wanted […]
ABC Studios is moving the production of Quantico from Montreal, where the first season of the ABC drama was shot, to New York. The move is expected to generate about $68 million in New York spending. “ABC Studios values the strong partnership that has developed with Empire State Development and we look forward to collaborating […]
HBO is prepping for the return of Game Of Thrones for a seventh season; lengthy negotiations have surrounded the flagship drama and its seventh and eighth final seasons. The network also picked up comedies Veep for a sixth season and Silicon Valley for a fourth.