Outdoor Channel acquired syndicated cable air rights for the first six seasons of A&E reality show Duck Dynasty. Episodes begin airing Monday, January 18 at 8p. Dynasty family member Willie Robertson’s Buck Commander already airs on Outdoor.
HBO has greenlit American Lion, a six-hour miniseries starring Oscar winner Sean Penn as President Andrew Jackson. The project is based on the biography “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,” by John Meacham, with additional source material coming from Robert V. Remini’s biography of Jackson. The project marks Penn’s first major TV role.
Fashion Police has a new co-host. Margaret Cho is joining the E! series when it returns in 2016. Cho has previously appeared as a celebrity guest on the fashion-focused talker. Her addition follows the talent shuffle – namely, Kathy Griffin and Kelly Osbourne‘s exits – that occurred after Joan Rivers‘ death in 2014. The new […]
E! News co-anchor Terrence Jenkins is leaving the entertainment newsmag to focus on acting and producing fulltime. Jenkins produced and starred in his first feature film, The Perfect Match, coming out in 2016. “It’s important I grow and I wanted to leave on my own terms and when I was ready,” said Jenkins, who joined […]
NBC pulled the plug on live variety show Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris after one season. “I’m proud of what we did – live! – and still believe in variety. Stay tuned,” tweeted Harris Tuesday night.
Because we just can’t get enough. Showtime gave the green light to The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, a real-time political docu series produced in cooperation with Bloomberg Politics and featuring Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, and campaign strategist Mark McKinnon. Series will follow stories and key characters from the […]
Fast times. A fledgling street racing team is in the spotlight in new Discovery Channel series Street Outlaws: New Orleans, which premieres Monday, February 22, at 9p. The spinoff to Street Outlaws, part of Discovery’s Motor Mondays, is produced by Pilgrim Studios; Craig Piligian and Sam Korkis are exec producers. For Discovery, Craig Coffman is […]
Mark Burnett has been appointed president of MGM Television and Digital Group, after MGM struck a deal for the remaining 45 percent that Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst hold in United Artists Media Group. Burnett will report to Gary Barber, MGM chairman and CEO. MGM acquired a 55 percent stake in the venture last year. […]
Amazon Prime is developing Highland, starring Margaret Cho as a woman fresh out of rehab who moves back in with family who run a pot dispensary. Dramedy is a co-productions between Amazon Studios and Tomorrow Studios.
Willard Scott, 81, announced on Friday that he is retiring from Today, after 35 years at the morning show and 65 years at NBC. Scott semi-retired in 1996, passing the weather reporting baton to Al Roker. Scott will get a proper send-off Tuesday, December 15. “He is literally my second dad. I love that man,” […]
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