1-20 of 62 items « Prev | Next »
Katrina Law joins 'Arrow' as Nyssa al Ghul
22 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
As if one of Ra’s al Ghul best trainees isn’t enough of a handful, it looks like another powerful female is headed to Starling City.
EW has confirmed that Spartacus alum Katrina Law will be joining the Arrow cast as Nyssa al Ghul, yet another member of the League of Assassins who arrives in Starling City looking for fellow Assassin Sara Lance, otherwise known as The Black Canary. The news was first reported by TV Guide.
Based on the comics, fans know Nyssa as Ra’s al Ghul’s love child from his travels through Russia, which means »
- Samantha Highfill
Jason Bateman Producing Ensemble Comedy For NBC
20 November 2013 6:38 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
NBC has bought Two To Go, a half-hour comedy spec by writers Bryan Shukoff and Kevin Chesley (The Hard Times Of Rj Berger). The project, from Universal TV where Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films has a first-look deal, centers on the last two singles in a group of friends moving into marriage and parenthood, navigating life and love as they Friday night barhop then Saturday morning moon bounce surrounded by kids — none of whom are their own. Aggregate Films’ Bateman and James Garavente executive produce with Shukoff and Chesley. Shukoff and Chesley, repped by CAA, Mosaic and attorney Gregg Gellman, are writing the Summer School remake at Paramount for Happy Madison. CAA-repped Aggregate Films also has comedy Wife Nanny with Spike Feresten in development at Fox and midseason NBC series Growing Up Fisher. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Bill Murray & Rosemarie DeWitt Join Lisa Cholodenko' HBO Miniseries 'Olive Kitteridge'
20 November 2013 8:20 AM, PST | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
For a while there, seeing Bill Murray in a movie was like spotting a rare animal. Tales of his being difficult to reach and non-committal even when taking film roles were the stuff of legend, but it seems these days he just really wants to work. With roles already in three 2014 films — "Monuments Men," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "St. Vincent De Van Nuys" — and currently shooting Cameron Crowe's next effort, Murray has already signed up for his next gig. He'll be joining Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, John Gallagher Jr, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, Brady Corbet, Cory Michael Smith and the also recently added Rosemarie DeWitt in Lisa Cholodenko's HBO miniseries "Olive Kitteridge." Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Elizabeth Strout, and adapted by playwright Jane Anderson, the series will chronicle the dirty laundry of one, small New England town as seen through the eyes of the »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Anderson Cooper renews CNN contract through 2016
20 November 2013 8:21 AM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
CNN’s chief silver fox is staying put, at least through the next presidential election.
EW can confirm that Anderson Cooper has renewed his CNN contract, inking a deal to stay with the cable news network through 2016′s presidential race. (The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news.)
The intrepid newsman came to CNN in 2001, after a stint at ABC News (and host of The Mole); he’s hosted his signature show, Anderson Cooper 360°, since 2003. From September 2011 through May of this year, Cooper also hosted a syndicated talk show called Anderson. »
- Hillary Busis
Lisa Bonet Joins Husband Jason Momoa & Tamara Tunie In Sundance Drama 'The Red Road'
20 November 2013 8:40 AM, PST | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Lisa Bonet returns to the small screen for a 4-episode arc on the new Sundance Channel drama series The Red Road. Tamara Tunie, along with Bonet's real-life husband, Jason Momoa, as well as Martin Henderson, Julianne Nicholson, Annalise Basso, Allie Gonino, Kiowa Gordon and Tom Sizemore all star in the original scripted drama described that revolves around a local cop (Henderson) struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small town where he grew up and the neighboring mountains, home of a Native American tribe. After a terrible tragedy and cover-up occurs involving the cop's wife (Nicholson), an unholy alliance is forged between the cop and Phillip Kopus (Momoa), a member of the tribe, fresh out of prison, who will come back to haunt all involved. Bonet will play a character namd Sky Van Der Veen, a lawyer who represents the tribe. Tunie, a series. »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Ratings: Criminal Minds Eyes Season Highs, Arrow Down, Revolution Dips With Fall Finale
30 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
CBS’ Criminal Minds this Wednesday scared up 12.3 million total viewers and a 2.8 demo rating, rising 6 percent and a tenth to hit and tie season highs.
Opening the Eye’s night, Survivor (10.1 mil/2.4) added a few eyeballs but dipped a tenth in the demo. And CSI closed things out with 11 mil/2.1, rising 5 percent and two tenths.
Elsewhere….
ABC | The Middle (8.4 mil/2.2) and Back in the Game (6.1 mil/1.6) both lost some viewers and slipped two tenths in the demo, with the latter hitting a season low. Modern Family (10 mil/3.3) was down 7 and 13 percent, while Super Fun Night (5.7 mil/1.9) inched down a tenth. »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Exclusive Atlantis Video: Meet Pythagoras (aka the Triangle Guy) and Big-Boned Hercules
32 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
BBC America is taking viewers to Atlantis, a new fantasy-adventure series premiering after the Day of the Doctor special, and its inhabitants are not exactly as legend has built them up.
We’ve got your exclusive first look as modern day Jason (played by Dancing on the Edge‘s Jack Donnelly), on a search for his missing father, unexpectedly wakes up in the lost city — to much confusion.
Photos | The Day of the Doctor Preview
First, he encounters the noted figure Pythagoras (War Horse‘s Robert Emms). “You’re the triangle guy,” Jason says in shock, leaving the mathematician perplexed himself. »
- Vlada Gelman
Exclusive Banshee Video: Explosive Season 2 Trailer Will Blow. You. Away.
33 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Is Banshee delivering another season or a $300 million summer blockbuster?
It’s a question you’ll be asking yourself after viewing the breathtaking, heart-stopping trailer for the Cinemax hit’s anticipated second season, which premieres Friday, Jan. 10 at 10/9c.
Video | Banshee Season 2 Scoop: Fake Lucas’ Real Name Revealed?
“It’s not just a movie, it’s ten movies,” declares exec producer Greg Yaitanes of the following 100-second preview. “It really shows off what the season’s going to promise, and yet it doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of how incredible it is.”
Borrowing a quote from Banshee co-creator Jonathan Tropper, »
- Michael Ausiello
TV ratings: 'Modern Family' falls but still leads Wednesday, 'Criminal Minds' and 'CSI' up
36 minutes ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013
Wednesday was mostly an off night for the broadcast networks, with a couple of exceptions. "Criminal Minds" and "CSI" were both up for CBS, and "Nashville" rose a little bit on ABC.
Elsewhere, the news wasn't so good. "Modern Family" had its lowest 18-49 rating of the season, although it was still the night's top show in the demographic. "The X Factor" was off slightly for Fox, and "Arrow" pointed down as well. "Revolution's" last episode of 2013 improved a bit in viewers but was flat in adults 18-49.
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Survivor: Blood vs. Water" (10.1 million viewers, 5.9/9 households)
ABC: "The Middle" (8.4 million, 5.2/8)/"Back in the Game" (6.1 million, 3.8/6)
Fox: "The X Factor" (5.5 million, 3.4/5)
NBC: "Revolution" (5.25 million, 3.4/5)
The CW: "Arrow" (2.5 million, 1.6/3)
18-49 leader: "Survivor: Blood vs. Water" (2.4)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Criminal Minds" (12.3 million, 7.6/12)
ABC: "Modern Family" (10 million, 6.1/9)/"Super Fun Night" (5.7 million, 3.6/6)
NBC: "Law & Order: Svu" (5.9 million, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Critic Tells Sarah Silverman to Watch Her Mouth; Internet Tells Him Where to Stick It.
47 minutes ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
So Variety posted TV critic Brian Lowry's review of Sarah Silverman's upcoming HBO special, We Are Miracles and, yeah, it didn't go over so well. Check out this sexist dum-dum @blowryontv http://t.co/1ROO8DZgpu— Sarah Thyre (@SarahThyre) November 21, 2013 The nut, so to speak, of Lowry's critique is that Silverman, whom he writes has "all manner of career-friendly gifts -- from her looks to solid acting chops" has sabotaged her own career by working blue:Comics often impress each other with that kind of bawdy fare (see The Aristocrats), but Silverman frequently seems to be playing more toward those peers and a loyal cadre of fans than a broader audience that's apt to be turned off by the questionable stuff, which feels more about shock value than cleverness. And if she really think saying "c--t" repeatedly is a form of artistic expression, more power to her, but in commercial terms, »
- Sam Adams
'Pretty Little Liars' Season 4B: Whose body was found? Ep dishes the dirt
51 minutes ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
"Pretty Little Liars" returns in less than 50 days -- but it seems like an eternity, right fans? Executive producer Oliver Goldstick is here to offer a small goodie about what's in store for the back-half of Season 4.
We tell Goldstick that our most burning "Pll" question is, if Alison Dilaurentis is alive, whose body was found at Maya's house in Season 1? He obviously can't tell us, but we have to know if Season 4B will answer that question.
"I can't say that we'll answer it, but we'll certainly explore it," says Goldstick. "You might not get a complete answer yet, but you will certainly get a ride trying to find out."
So the season will drop little hints?
"Yes," he says.
What do you think, gang? Is it the infamous twin theory that's been floating around?
"Pretty Little Liars" returns Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on ABC Family. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
‘Hemlock Grove’ Creators Developing Texas Oil Saga ‘The Son’ As Limited Series
55 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Screenwriting team, and Hemlock Grove creators, Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman, and their producing partner, Michael Connolly are teaming with novelist Philipp Meyer to write and executive produce his novel The Son as a limited series under Shipman, McGreevy and Connolly’s newly minted production banner, ShineBox Smc. The Son is a multi-generational epic telling the story of America’s birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire. In addition to Meyer’s novel, ShineBox Smc also has acquired the rights to Domenica Ruta’s New York Time’s bestselling memoir With Or Without You, and journalist Wil Hylton’s military blockbuster, Vanished. ShineBox is currently shooting season 2 of Hemlock Grove for Netflix. »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Joan Rivers Back to Warring with Writers Guild over ‘Fashion Police’
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The six-week-old peace between Joan Rivers and the Writers Guild of America East has collapsed.
The WGA East, which has been backing the strike by writers on E! network’s “Fashion Police,” blasted Rivers on Thursday for a recent interview in which she backed E!’s position — that any unionization election would have to be administered by the National Labor Relations Board before it agrees to negotiate a contract. The guild has asserted that the demand is a stalling tactic.
Rivers also said in the interview with Splitsider that the situation is “a stupid sloppy mess” and added, “Everyone is posturing, like, ‘My dick is bigger than your dick.’”
Rivers and the guild had announced on Oct. 7 that she would back the guild’s position and that disciplinary charges against the “Fashion Police” host would be dropped.
In a statement Thursday, WGA East president Michael Winship called the comments “derisive and crude” and added, »
- Dave McNary
Fred Dryer from Hunter is Back on TV in NBC’s Crisis
1 hour ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Does anyone remember the show Hunter? It was that awesome cop show back in the 80s that starred the dashingly handsome Fred Dryer. For all of you Dryer fans out there, good news. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dryer has booked a recurring role on the show. Crisis, a “thriller from Rand Ravich (Life) centers [&hellip
Fred Dryer from Hunter is Back on TV in NBC’s Crisis »
- Nat
Sony CEO: Entertainment Is “Crucial” To Company
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
CEO Kazuo Hirai just gave his movie, TV, and music enterprises a strong endorsement as he kicked off the company’s long-awaited investor briefing about the businesses. “I know that the whole of Sony is greater than the sum of its parts,” he says calling entertainment “a core part of Sony” that is “crucial to our future growth.” He says Sony has had 89 No. 1 movies since 2000, 38 TV series produced in the U.S. this year, 1,500 music artists, and is the No. 1 music publisher. But the picture segment generated a loss in the most recent quarter, and “some movies just didn’t perform as we had estimated” adding that the operation “must get better.” He said that the unit will become more profitable and will revamp the process of greenlighting films. Strategic priorities for entertainment include investing in “fast growing and high margin businesses,” building existing libraries, creating “compelling new franchises, »
- DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
Ad Agencies Working Overtime On Shows, Not Spots
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Hollywood is filled with executives who honed their chops on Madison Avenue. Dick Wolf, builder of the famous “Law & Order” franchise, toiled away at an ad agency writing slogans for Crest toothpaste. Adam Stotsky, president of NBCUniversal’s Esquire, once worked for a big agency called Fallon. Sometimes, an ad man likes to dabble in a glitzier world: Phil Dusenberry, a creative executive at Bbdo known for his work on Pepsi, adapted the script for 1984 baseball film “The Natural.”
Now those worlds are set to mix even further. Ad agencies have long worked to produce various pieces of video content, even full-blown TV programs, but the growth of video platforms has heightened demand for those services, which have been seen as a side business for agencies.
“The agency model is evolving,” said Jon Hamm, chief creative and innovation officer of Momentum Worldwide, an agency owned by Interpublic Group that typically »
- Brian Steinberg
Taraji P. Henson Opens Up About Big Person of Interest Twist, the Race Issue and That Omg Kiss
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
CBS’ Person of Interest this week shocked, and in some cases devastated, viewers by killing off a main character, played by original cast member Taraji P. Henson. But make no mistake, the onetime Academy Award nominee (for her turn in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) was not blindsided by the twist. (As the Poi EPs told TVLine earlier this week, the entire cast was told on Day 1, “Nothing lasts forever.”)
Here, Henson tries to tender comfort to her fans, offers her Pov from the other end of That Kiss and shares her hope that Joss Carter’s legacy is »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Two and a Half Men Exclusive: Odette Annable to Play House With Ashton Kutcher's Walden
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Former House doc Odette Annable is about to send Walden’s heart rate soaring.
The actress is joining Two and a Half Men for a major arc as the new boss and possible love interest to Ashton Kutcher’s perpetual bachelor, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Related | Amber Tamblyn’s New Two and a Half MenGirlfriend is a Real Hellcat
Annable, whose TV-packed resume also includes stints on New Girl, Banshee and Breaking In, will make her first appearance in the CBS comedy’s Jan. 2 episode.
Follow @MichaelAusiello »
- Michael Ausiello
White Collar's Bridget Regan: Neal and Rebecca's Chemistry Is "Undeniable"
1 hour ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Not only is he one of the most-wanted con men in the country — or at least he was — but White Collar's Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) is also one of the most sought-after characters on the small screen. Fortunately, actress Bridget Regan has had her fair share of experience dealing with extremely passionate TV fans after her stint romancing Vincent last year on Beauty and the Beast.
"Honestly, it was really fun to be on Beauty and the Beast and create...
Read More > »
- Kate Stanhope
J.J. Abrams: Smallscreen Influences Bigscreen Work
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
As a producer, director and writer who’s whipped old franchises into shape for the new century (“Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible”), then spun ripping original yarns (“Super 8”) with an equally deft touch, it’s no surprise that J.J. Abrams is the go-to man in Hollywood these days.
But Abrams’ early success came out of television, from such shows as “Felicity” and “Lost,” and as this year’s recipient of the Intl. Emmy Founders Award says, he owes a lot to TV for keeping his approach to features fresh.
“Part of the joy of television is being a part of something that is an organic, living, breathing, evolving thing,” he says. “It’s an evolution, and you’re constantly making decisions based on the results you’re getting — it’s a whole other form of entertainment (than movies) that way.”
Working in TV gave Abrams insight into keeping movie budgets under control. »
- Randee Dawn
1-20 of 62 items « Prev | Next »
« Prev | Next »
company.