Discovery Set to Push Planet Green Out of Orbit
Watch My Show: The Finder's Hart Hanson Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Bones creator Hart Hanson launched his TV career in his native Canada, where he worked on Great White North dramas like Neon Rider and Avonlea.
Disney Junior to Replace SoapNet in March
Disney Channel has confirmed a launch date for its new 24-hour preschool channel. Disney Junior will replace SoapNet on most cable and satellite systems at midnight on Friday, March 23. The new cable network, an offshoot of Disney Channel's Disney Junior block, will launch with the new animated series Doc McStuffins. That show, about a six-year-old girl who nurses her sick toys back to health, is one of several new programs that will make their debut on Disney Junior. Among the other new shows coming to the channel over the next year: Gaspard and Lisa, which centers on two puppies in a French neighborhood; Guess How Much I Love You, based on the book of the same name; Sofia the First, a TV movie and series about a princess; and...
Former Walking Dead Producer Frank Darabont Develops New TNT Drama
Nearly six months after he was fired as the executive producer of AMC's The Walking Dead, Frank Darabont is busy developing a new drama project — this time at rival TNT. TNT has given a pilot order to L.A. Noir, which takes a look inside the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles cops and villains in the 1940s and 1950s, the heyday of L.A. noir and scandals (such as the Black Dahlia). Darabont will write and direct the pilot.
Newly "Mellow" Charlie Sheen Preps His FX Series Anger Management
As he plots a return to primetime via FX's upcoming sitcom Anger Management, Charlie Sheen says he is putting last spring's "tiger blood"-fueled antics behind him."I'm a lot more mellow and focused and much more rooted in reality," Sheen told reporters Sunday night at Pasadena's Castle Green. Sheen took his image rehabilitation tour to the nation's TV critics, who were gathered ...
Kathy Griffin Will Keep Talking for Bravo
Bravo can't stop talking. Kathy Griffin will host a new one-hour weekly talk show for the cable network starting this spring, in which she'll rant about pop culture, perform some standup routines and interview celebrities. The new Griffin talk show (dubbed Kathy) comes on the heels of Bravo's decision to...
Watch My Show: Once Upon a Time's Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis Take Our Showrunner Survey
Having served as executive producers on Lost, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis are experts in alternate worlds, shocking twists and the battle between good and evil. As the creators of ABC's fairy tale-themed new hit Once Upon a Time, they found another way to spin those kinds of yarns. It's working: When seven days of DVR usage are included, Once averages 13.8 million viewers and a 4.8 rating among adults 18-49. In case you haven't checked it out yet (the show returns January 8), Horowitz and Kitsis answered our showrunner questionnaire in the hopes that you'll soon book a trip to Storybrooke...
The CW Orders Mystery Drama Pilot Cult
The CW has handed its first pilot order of the season to Cult, an hour-long project about a TV show that inspires copycat crimes. The drama centers on a young female production assistant who grows suspicious after a rash of disappearances and possible murder seem tied to the show she works on, called Cult. She teams up with a journalist blogger to begin looking into the show's rabid fans, who may be behind the actual crimes. Rockne O'Bannon (Defiance) is behind the show, which has been developed several times over the years at the networks — including ABC last year, the CW in 2009 and at the...
American Idol: Back In Tune
Around this time every year, Fox executives and the American Idol producers start to panic, wondering if the show's huge audience will return en masse for the start of a new season. But this winter is different. Idol defied the odds last January, engineering a successful reboot with the addition of new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. And more importantly, the show's talent made a comeback as well, thanks in part to the countrified sounds of finalists Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. Now, as American Idol enters its 11th season, no one's predicting the show's demise. Even with The X Factor and The Voice on the scene, rivals concede that Idol, the granddaddy of them all, remains a ratings monster. For the first time in four seasons, there are...
Mid-Season Burning Questions
It's Round 2 for the networks as they head into mid-season. As CBS and Fox dominate, ABC is hoping to continue its momentum and NBC's looking for a break. Here are hot topics to consider this winter. Will new drama Smash and the return of The Voice finally hit some high notes for NBC?The Peacock's execs and its competitors all agree this is the key question for winter. "NBC is going to have a very sleepless night the evening both shows premiere," says one rival. "That night is going to...
Fuse Lights Up Funny or Die's Comedic Game Show Billy on the Street
Billy Eichner has a camera, a microphone and an astounding passion for pop culture. Let him loose on the streets of New York, and you have the basis for Fuse's new game show Funny or Die's Billy on the Street.Produced by the folks behind Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy's Funny or Die website, Billy on the Street features a hyper Eichner as he prowls ...
Watch My Show: The Exes' Mark Reisman Answers Our Showrunner Survey
A few years ago, Mark Reisman tackled marriage on his short-lived NBC series In-Laws.
Exclusive: Chuck Lorre Talks Two and a Half Men's Turnaround and His "Painful" Year
When all hell broke loose this year on Two and a Half Men, and it was clear that his relationship with star Charlie Sheen had turned toxic, executive producer Chuck Lorre came up with a way to end the madness."I offered to quit the show last winter," Lorre, 59, reveals for the first time.
As Dave Catches Jay, Are the Late Night Wars Over?
Remember the late night wars? Now that there are so many choices on TV — even in the bedtime hours — the idea of Jay vs. Dave seems quaint.That was all the more apparent this November, as the battle between the two late night titans came to a draw. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (3.6 million) still held a slight edge over Late Show With David Letterman (3.4 million) in viewers. But for the first time since 1994, Letterman (with a 0.9 rating) managed to beat ...
Exclusive: George Lopez's First Post-Talk Show Project Lands at Fox
George Lopez is plotting his return to TV, but this time behind the camera. Fox confirms that it's developing a comedy project from Lopez based on the life of comedian Mark Viera. The untitled half-hour is the first project to be...
Celebrities Recount Their Awkward Childhoods for The Mortified Sessions
David Nadelberg is mortified. When he launched his critically acclaimed stage show Mortified a decade ago, he couldn't have imagined that he would eventually host a TV spinoff for the Sundance Channel."Certainly me being on camera was never part of the vision starting out," Nadelberg says. "I feel very exposed about the whole thing. It's not something I'm used to in life. That's been an interesting ...
Watch My Show: Up All Night's Emily Spivey Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Up All Night executive producer Emily Spivey has reason to stay out late and celebrate. Her critically acclaimed comedy, which stars Christina Applegate and Will Arnett as new parents, moves to the comedy big leagues — NBC's Thursday night lineup, behind The Office — starting January 12. Spivey tackled our show-runner survey to explain why her sitcom is worth staying Up All Night for. TV Guide Magazine: I've got room for one new show on my DVR. Why should it be yours?Emily Spivey: It's funny and...
Is TV Too Gory?
When you absolutely, positively have to determine whether a zombie has devoured a missing girl, there's only one thing to do: Shoot it in the head and disembowel what's left of the flesh-eater's rotting corpse.
Exclusive: MTV Goes Buck Wild for New Appalachian-Set Reality Show
MTV is heading to the hills of West Virginia for Buck Wild, a new docu-series centering on recent high school graduates living in a rural Appalachian town.
Watch My Show: Allen Gregory's David Goodman Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Put the mind of Jonah Hill together with Family Guy alum David Goodman, and you're bound to come up with something that teeters close to the edge. That's Fox's Allen Gregory, the new animated comedy starring Hill as the voice of a 7-year-old who's wise and sophisticated beyond his years but desperately lacking a moral compass or any social skills.French Stewart stars as Allen Gregory's equally self-involved ...
Fall TV Analysis: Inside ABC's Hot Streak
When ABC announced its fall schedule in May, the network's critics and competitors were skeptical. Not only were its aging dramas quickly eroding, but ABC faced a formidable task in launching a whopping 13 new series. It seemed like a tall order for ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee, who was coming off his first full development season at the network. But as NBC sinks into an even deeper slump, ABC has somehow managed to defy the odds. It doesn't yet boast the ratings prowess of top-rated CBS and Fox, but Lee is encouraged by his network's ability to debut a handful of promising new series.
Tim Allen Saves the Family Sitcom with Last Man Standing
All Tim Allen wants for the holidays are a few cool outdoor gadgets. But don't expect him to use any of them. "I love the thought of me out there fishing and hunting and camping," says Allen, on a break from rehearsals for his ABC hit Last Man Standing. "But I don't do it."
