The Fashion Police show will go on without Joan Rivers, E! announced Friday. Along with on-air tributes to the iconic comedian, who died September 4 at 81, “We have also thought long and hard about what Joan would have wanted as it pertains to the future of Fashion Police,” said the net. “We decided, with […]
Actress Polly Bergen died September 20 of complications from emphysema. She was 84. In addition to stage and film roles, Bergen’s career included numerous television roles, from her Emmy-winning part on 1958’s Playhouse 90 to The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives.
TVGN is rebranding as POP, with fan-fueled programming aimed at “someone who wants to stay connected to that emotion of youth,” Brad Schwartz, the net’s president, entertainment and media, tells Cynopsis. “We noticed in the culture that fandom is blowing up. Scandal fans are ‘gladiators’; Lady Gaga fans are ‘little monsters.’ The opportunity to see […]
Saturday Night Live alum Darrell Hammond is returning to the late night sketch show as its new announcer, replacing original announcer Don Pardo. Hammond, a regular on SNL from 1995 until 2009 – longer than any other cast member – starts his new role with the 40th season premiere on September 27. Pardo died in […]
CBS announced Wednesday it’s changing its rating reporting system for the upcoming fall season. Along with fast affiliate numbers, the net will report Live+7 Day projections. “C7 deals were a significant part of our Upfront negotiations this year, and we are doing more C7 deals all the time,” said CBS Corp. president and CEO Les […]
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns to CBS Tuesday, December 9 at 10p. This year’s runway spectacle, to be ogled in about 200 countries, will be filmed in London.
NBC is about to have its first full 52-week win in the A18-49 demo in 10 years. With one week left to count, NBC is running 14 percent ahead of its year-ago ratings in A18-49 (to 2.4); it’s also up 25 percent in total viewers, for the biggest increase by a Big Four net in […]
The premiere date for USA event series DIG has been pushed from this fall to 2015. Production was delayed when the Gaza conflict necessitated a move from Jerusalem to Croatia and next, Albuquerque.
Jimmy Kimmel sold a pilot script to ABC through ABC Studios, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Kimmel will write the pilot, and produce with pal Carson Daly (Today). Also onboard: exec producer Dan Fogelman (The Neighbors).