Today hosts Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin and Al Roker manned the third hour of the morning show following Friday’s cancellation of Megyn Kelly Today. “We are starting a new chapter,” said Kotb. “As it evolves, we want you to know the entire Today family will continue to bring you informative and important stories, […]
Boxer Mike Tyson is shopping a scripted comedy, Rolling with the Punches, in which he would star, based on his life as a marijuana grower. “It’s basically me acting like me,” Tyson told Page Six. Tyson’s business partner, Rob Hickman, said he expects the show to make it to the small screen in five months.
Sexually intimate scenes on HBO will be monitored by an “intimacy coordinator” who will serve as an advocate for actors, reports Rolling Stone. The position was created after complaints by actress Emily Meade about the on-set culture at porn industry drama The Deuce; now every HBO show with sex scenes will be staffed with a […]
Netflix canceled American Vandal after two seasons. While the mockumentary won critical acclaim, including a Peabody Award and Emmy nomination, the fact that it was produced by CBS Television Studios, Funny or Die and 3 Arts, at a point when the streamer is looking to produce shows in-house, likely did not work in its favor.
Tina Fey has officially signed on as EP of upcoming E! talker Busy Tonight starring Busy Philipps. The show hails from Fey’s Little Stranger banner and NBCU’s Wilshire Studios.
NBC Sports is set to debut television’s first-ever field goal “tracer” on Sunday Night Football this weekend for the Saints/Vikings game. The new SNF Kicks Tracer – an element of SNF Kicks – can map the flight of the football on all field goal attempts. The SNF Kicks technology will provide additional data including trajectory, […]
Five more years! Phil McGraw, host and executive producer of Dr. Phil, has inked a new agreement with CBS Television Distribution to continue his talk show through 2023. The extension adds three years to McGraw’s current deal and will take his show – the highest-rated daytime talk show for the past seven years — through […]
CNN evacuated its headquarters in New York after a suspicious package was discovered in the mailroom. Included in the package was what looked like an explosive device and an envelope of white powder. The incident happened hours after the Secret Service reported intercepting packages meant for former President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and […]
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which has given away more than $100 million in total winnings since its syndicated debut in 2002, celebrates milestone, next month, with a series of specialty shows and giveaways. Mickey Mouse makes an appearance to mark his 90th anniversary on Friday, November 2, and from Monday, November 5 through […]
Multi-platinum music artist Mariah Carey will join NBC’s The Voice as a key adviser for the season 15 “knockout rounds,” beginning Monday, October 29. She’ll work with and mentor the remaining 32 artists with coaches Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.