Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser) is partnering with Spike TV to find the next fitness phenom in non-scripted original series Sweat Inc. The net ordered 10 one-hour epis from 3 Ball Entertainment, set to go into production this summer for a fall premiere.
CBS Television Distribution is staying in business with Judge Judy Sheindlin, extending her agreement through 2020. The new pact includes a first-look production deal with the Judge Judy host, whose Queen Bee Productions produces Hot Bench. In its 19th season, Judy is averaging 10.3 million viewers; top of the freshman class Bench is averaging 2.3 […]
Mark Cuban, President of the United States? That’s the role the Shark Tank star/billionaire investor will play in Syfy’s Sharknado 3, with outspoken conservative commentator Ann Coulter onboard as VP. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return to star in the Asylum production, premiering in July.
Leonard Nimoy, best known as Stark Trek’s iconic human-alien Mr. Spock, died February 27 of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83. Tributes flowed for the actor, who also directed film and television, wrote poetry and published his own photography. “Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy,” said President Obama said […]
Kelly Osbourne is leaving E!’s Fashion Police after five years “to pursue other opportunities,” announced the net on Friday. No replacement has been announced. Osbourne had tweeted that she was considering leaving the show after a post-Oscar show in which co-host Giuiliana Rancic said actress/singer Zendaya’s hairstyle suggested the smell of patchouli oil or weed; […]
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CBS will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “Largest Ever TV Drama Telecast” with a worldwide airing of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode that served as the planted spin-off for CSI: Cyber. On what the net dubs “World CSI Day,” the show will air in over 150 countries at 7p and stream […]
James Brolin has joined the cast of CBS comedy pilot Life in Pieces. Also onboard are Dianne Weist and Colin Hanks.
Lady Gaga, the talk of the Oscars for her Sound of Music medley, is joining season five of FX anthology series American Horror Story. It’s the singer’s first major role as an actress; no other cast members have been confirmed for the AHS chapter, called Hotel.
ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat dipped one tenth versus last week, to 1.8/6 among A18-49 at 8p Tuesday, against a premiere night for NBC powerhouse The Voice (3.9/12), according to Nielsen. At 10p following the singing competition, the series finale of Parks and Recreation scored 1.6/5, up 45 percent versus last week; its 4.2 million […]
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