Bill Cosby’s scheduled Wednesday appearance on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman was canceled in the wake of revived allegations of sexual assault. Regis Philbin will replace Cosby on the late night talker, which had no comment on the switch. Cosby’s not talking, either. “The fact that [decade-old allegations] are being repeated does not make […]
CNN renewed three unscripted series: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (Zero Point Zero Productions) for season six, and Somebody’s Gotta Do It with Mike Rowe (Pilgrim Studios) and This Is Life with Lisa Ling (Part2 Pictures) for sophomore runs. Also coming up: High Profits, a series about “marijuana moguls.”
A musical based on the Duck Dynasty clan is in the works. (Really.) The New York Times reports The Duck Commander Family Musical, with actors playing members of the Robertson clan featured on the A&E reality show, is being developed by Broadway producer Michael David (Jersey Boys), for a Las Vegas run. “The Robertsons are […]
Randy Jackson won’t be back for season 14 of American Idol. The music producer and original judge on the Fox singing competition first announced he was exiting after season 12, but returned as a mentor. This time, it appears, it’s for real. “After 13 seasons, I felt now was the perfect time to leave,” said […]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta cleaned up for Bravo on Sunday. The reality series delivered the net’s highest-rated season premiere ever, with over 3.8 million total viewers and over 2.2 million P18-49, according to Nielsen. The season seven starter was up 23 percent in viewers and 24 percent in the demo versus last year, and […]
Two months after a cliffhanger that left a lead character’s life hanging in the balance, USA picked up season three of Graceland. The spy drama from creator Jeff Eastin delivered an average 2.6 million total viewers and 1.25 among A18-49 in Live+7.
Showtime picked up The Affair for a sophomore run, and Homeland for season five. While The Affair debuted to just 507,000 Same Day viewers, the relationship drama has grown every week since its premiere and is averaging 3.9 million weekly viewers across platforms Sundays at 10p. Homeland is averaging 6 million weekly viewers at 9p.
NYCers won’t be seeing an irreverent ad for Bravo’s upcoming series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, with star Lisa Edelstein holding up her ring finger and the line, “Go Find Yourself,” on city buses or subways. The MTA banned the poster because of its “implied inappropriate creative,” according to the NY Post. That didn’t stop Bravo […]
AMC is bringing back Hell on Wheels for a fifth and final season of 14 episodes, but the series isn’t racing to the finish line. Seven eps launch in summer 2015 and the rest premiere the following summer, a strategy AMC also used to conclude Mad Men and Breaking Bad. In season four, the Western […]