Come on down! Former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker is making his third appearance on CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful, and he’ll pack a few punches, Happy Gilmore style. Barker wallops a character who insults animal lovers…but not before urging him to get his pets spayed or neutered on Thursday, August […]
WE tv gave the series greenlight for Sex Box, part of a makeover announced in June to broaden the net’s audience. Adapted from the UK series, the “extreme therapy” reality show has couples discuss their issues with experts, then enter a camera-free box on the set to have sex. After the deed, they discuss the […]
Promising “a season unlike any in recent history,” ABC is touting a new studio and social media station for The View that will allow its hosts – Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell so far – to interact with viewers. The weekday talk show will also be branded with a new color scheme and logo, starting […]
Billy Crystal will lead the Emmy tribute to his long-time friend Robin Williams at Sunday’s awards show. “We felt we needed to do something powerful and memorable,” said producer Don Mischer. “Billy seemed like the perfect choice.” Williams, who last year honored Jonathan Winters in the Emmys’ In Memoriam segment, was found dead on August […]
Showtime gave season three orders to summer series Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex. The dramas are “quintessentially Showtime: bold, provocative, premium television with production values at the top of the food chain,” said David Nevins, president, Showtime Networks. Masters is averaging nearly four million viewers across platforms per week, while Donovan is averaging five […]
Discovery had its highest-rated “Shark Week” in the stunt’s 27-year history. The week delivered over 42 million viewers (P2+cume), with Discovery the top network in all of television among M18-34 and M18-49 delivery for the week. Making the biggest splash: Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine, ranking as the top non-sports cable telecast in 3Q14 […]
This Sunday’s episode of Showtime’s Ray Donovan (August 24 at 9p) was directed by series star Liev Schreiber. It’s Schreiber’s first time directing for the small screen.
Elizabeth Vargas has checked herself back into a recovery center, the 20/20 co-anchor revealed in a statement. “As so many other recovering alcoholics know, overcoming the disease can be a long and incredibly difficult process,” said Vargas, who entered a treatment facility in 2013. “I feel I have let myself, my co-workers and most importantly […]
It will be hard to miss NBC’s The Blacklist in the coming weeks. Images of star James Spader, in character as criminal mastermind Red Reddington, will stare out from mock covers on the back of 10 magazines (Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and the New Yorker among them), and on the front cover of Playboy. Also […]
HBO nabbed the most awards at the Creative Arts Emmys Saturday night. NBC was second with ten – including five for Saturday Night Live, the most for any series – while PBS brought home eight and Fox and Netflix each won seven. Among the winners: Orange Is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba for Outstanding Guest […]