Mark Burnett and Mexico’s Televisa are partnering for quiz show Generation Gap, featuring family members of different generations answering multiple choice questions. But don’t look for feuding. The show is “fast-paced, a lot of fun, very play-along and uplifting,” said Burnett (The Voice, The Bible) at MIPTV on Monday.
The Bachelor host Chris Harrison has signed on to host syndicated game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at the start of its 14th season in fall 2015. Harrison, who has manned 19 seasons of the dating series, continues on Bachelor, as well as The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. He grabs the game […]
Who says you can’t go home? Not Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi, who’s teaming with TWC-Dimension to exec produce If I Wasn’t a Rock Star. Reality series has stars returning to their hometowns to see what their lives would have been like if they hadn’t followed their music dreams. “I was drawn to this […]
Participant Media CEO Jim Berk resigned on Friday, saying, “After more than eight years at Participant it is the right time for someone else to take the helm.” Founder and chairman Jeff Skoll, who is stepping into the CEO role during the hunt for a replacement, credited Berk with helping the company “span film, television […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our three daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer announced he is retiring this […]
Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer announced he is retiring this summer, after 46 years with CBS News. Scheiffer, 78, became CBS’s chief White House correspondent in 1982, and anchor of Face the Nation in 1991. He also served as interim anchor of CBS Evening News in 2005-2006, after the exit of Dan Rather. Said […]
Tyra Banks will man the mic as host of the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmys, airing on Pop Sunday, April 26 at 8p. Banks is a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for The Tyra Banks Show.
FX released summer premiere dates for new and returning series: Thursday, May 28: Louis C.K.: Live From the Comedy Store at 11p Tuesday, June 16: Tyrant at 10p Thursday, July 16: Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll at 10p, Married at 10:30p
Kathy Bates joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth installment of Ryan Murphy’s hit anthology series. Bates previously starred in AHS: Freak Show and AHS: Coven, for which she won an Emmy Award. Already onboard: Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley and Chloe Sevigny.
ABC’s World News Tonight With David Muir broke the 288-week total viewer winning streak of NBC Nightly News, with 7.99 million viewers versus NBC’s 7.91 million. ABC also won in the A18-49 and A25-54 demos, its first trifecta in over seven years. NBC was quick to voice support for its anchor, who took over when […]