TNT will leave Dallas fans dangling, cancelling the Ewing saga reboot after a season three cliffhanger that had one major family member die, and (spoiler alert!) J.R.’s long-lost daughter show up. “We are extremely proud of the series, which defied expectations by standing as a worthy continuation,” said TNT. Finale earned a .4 rating among […]
Steve Martin will receive the American Film Institute’s 43rd Life Achievement Award, presented on June 4 at a gala in LA and airing on TNT, with an encore on TCM. Last year’s honoree was Jane Fonda.
Fox is pulling reality show Utopia from its Tuesday sked. Encores of Family Guy, The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers will fill the hole until October 14; the World Series takes up the following two Tuesdays, then a new season of MasterChef Junior launches November 4, shuttled from Friday, November 7. Utopia will continue in its […]
CBS Daytime game shows The Price Is Right and Let’s Make a Deal will recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Week with themed shows today and Tuesday, October 14, respectively. Studio audiences will include cancer fighters, survivors and their supporters; prizes on Deal will include pink items like jewelry and a scooter.
A day after ABC announced a season three pickup for Mistresses, Alyssa Milano took to the Internet to announce she won’t be returning to the summer drama, which is relocating shooting to Vancouver. “I have two babies under four,” the actress explained on her web site. “Being a wife and mother comes first…I will miss […]
If you’re in the Times Square neighborhood this morning, you can watch history in the making, sort of: TNT is attempting to break the Guinness world record for the tallest pancake stack. The stunt promotes the premiere of new cooking competition On the Menu, with show host Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) and chef […]
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will air a live broadcast from Phoenix on Super Bowl night, Sunday, February 1, following The Blacklist and local news. The talker then tapes from LA’s Universal Studios February 2-5, its first trip to the City of Angels since its move to NYC after the end of Jay […]
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment is bundling Bravo, E!, Esquire and Oxygen in a new lifestyle group headed by Frances Berwick, already overseer of Bravo and Oxygen. Esquire president Adam Stotsky adds the title general manager of E! Entertainment, while E! president Suzanne Kolb leaves the company. “In a crowded, constantly evolving media landscape, it’s more important […]
Fox is counting its Sunday blessings. The Simpsons had its best premiere number in three years, up 34 percent from its last season opener, averaging 3.9/11 among A18-49 and 8.5 million total viewers. An hour-long Family Guy, with a Simpsons crossover, had a 73 percent boost from its year ago debut, to 4.5/12, with 8.4 […]
The Dovekeepers, from exec producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (The Bible), as commenced production in Malta for broadcast in 2015. The four-hour event series based on the historical novel by Alice Hoffman, a co-production between CBS Television Studios and LightWorkers Media, is the first project from CBS Entertainment and CBS Television Studios’ Limited Series […]