E! is developing a docu-series focused on former Olympian and reality star Bruce Jenner, whose changing appearance has sparked rumors that he may be transgender. Supportive stepdaughter Kim Kardashian told ET, “What Bruce is going through, I think he’ll share when the time is right.”
E!’s first scripted drama, The Royals is getting a Super Bowl-size push ahead of its Sunday, March 15 debut. Elizabeth Hurley and the cast will appear in what the net calls a 30-second “mini movie” during the game, promoting the series about a scandal-plagued royal family.
Rita Moreno (West Side Story) is joining the cast of CW’s Jane the Virgin. TVLine reports the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner will play Jane’s paternal grandmother, “Glam-ma.”
Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris broke the news via Twitter on Tuesday that Frozen songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will pen an original tune for the awards show. “We love the Oscars and have always been huge Neil Patrick Harris fans, so when he asked us to write him a song for this year’s […]
Craig Ferguson and his Green Mountain West production company struck a multi-year overall TV deal with Lionsgate that will have the former Late Late Show host developing scripted and unscripted programming. Ferguson’s Celebrity Name Game, recently renewed for season two, is co-produced by Debmar-Mercury (owned by Lionsgate) and FremantleMedia North America. “I’m delighted that Lionsgate […]
The 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is getting an extra half hour to celebrate its golden anniversary. The dick clark productions show is set to broadcast live from Arlington TX on Sunday, April 19 from 8p-11:30p, with performances honoring “seven superstars who have achieved significant milestones in ACM history.”
Docu-series Cake Boss, starring baker Buddy Valastro and his family, returns to TLC for seasons seven and eight. Through a partnership with Discovery Networks International and TLC in the US, the show will be produced by original series producer Jon Sechrist, High Noon Entertainment and Valastro’s Cakehouse Media. Eps launch this summer on TLC internationally […]
NBC picked up two trophies at Saturday’s 2015 Producers Guild of America Awards in LA: The Voice (NBC) for competition television, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) for live entertainment and talk. Rounding out the other TV categories were Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) for comedy, Cosmos: A Space Odyssey (Fox/NatGeo) for […]
A partially-shot HBO documentary from Martin Scorsese about Bill Clinton has stalled, according to the New York Times, because the former POTUS wants more control over the project than the Oscar-winning director is willing to cede. Said HBO, “It’s not happening soon but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen.” Likely complicating matters is […]
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