Walking Dead Creator Sued Over Royalties
Robert Kirkman, the comic book writer who helped create The Walking Dead TV series, is being sued by his collaborator who said he’s owed “as much as half the proceeds,” Hollywood Reporter said today. read more
The Munsters Reboot Changes Title, Gets Pushed Back
The Munsters reboot, which changed its name to Mockingbird Lane last week, has pushed back production until summer. read more
House To End After Current Season
The future of House has been up in the air for quite some time now and it’s now official that the current season will be its eighth and final one. read more
Jon Favreau To Direct J.J. Abrams' NBC Drama
J.J. Abrams keeps churning out high-concept sci-fi dramas one right after another and this time it’s a NBC pilot called Revolution. Last week the new show was picked up by the network for a pilot commitment and now the project has a director in big-budget action film guru Jon Favreau. read more
Watch Dawes' Cameo on Parenthood
Dawes is playing themselves, so it wasn’t too much of a stretch. In fact, they just stand their awkwardly interacting with the guy who used to run around with Ashton Kutcher punking people. read more
Beach Boys Performing at Grammys with Maroon 5, Foster the People
As previously reported, the Beach Boys have reunited for a new album and tour dates. The Grammys announced today the group's first performance back: The reunited Beach Boys are set to make their first appearance back at the 54th Grammy Awards. The group will be joined by Maroon 5 and Foster the People for the performance. read more
NBC's Friday Night Dinner Adaptation Lands Two Emmy Winners As Leads
Greg Daniels (creator of the American version of The Office) has already generated a lot of buzz for another British adaptation with Friday Night Dinner, which was picked up by NBC for a pilot test a few weeks ago. Now the buzz has grown expotentially thanks to the series gaining finalized deals from Emmy winners Tony Shalhoub and Allison Janney as the stars. read more
Watch the Alabama Shakes Play Conan
The Alabama Shakes took to Conan O’ Brien's show last night to promote their forthcoming album, Boys & Girls. The group played “Hold On,” a bluesy track to preview their album. read more
Dawes Set to Make Cameo on NBC's Parenthood
Dawes will be making their acting debut when the quartet appears on NBC’s Parenthood tonight. The group is the target of Adam and Crosby’s (Peter Krause and Dax Shepard) company as prospective clients. read more
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan to Star in Showtime's Masters of Sex
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan are set to star in Showtime’s Master of Sex, which is a look into the lives of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Masters and Johnson researched human sexuality in the 1960s and helped liberate many of the attitudes towards sex. read more
Watch Gotye Make His U.S. Television Debut
Last night Gotye, with the help of Kimbra, made his U.S. television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live in front of hundreds of screaming fans. Even though he hasn’t been that big of a name in the country yet he was still able to command attention of his adoring fans without so much as swaying back and forth. read more
Don Cornelius: 1936 - 2012
The Associated Press confirmed today that Don Cornelius, the creator of the TV show Soul Train, is dead. The cause of death is being reported as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cornelius was 75. read more
HBO Renews Luck After Only One Episode
It looks like 1.1 million viewers was enough for HBO to renew Luck for a second season. The horse racing drama, which focuses on the seedy underbelly of the gambling world, premiered this past Sunday nearly a month after the premium cable network presented a sneak peak of the pilot episode. read more
Mindy Kaling Might Be Leaving The Office To Star In Own Show
Mindy Kaling has already developed an animated series for NBC, and now has received the green light for a medical comedy. Only, it isn’t on the network that made her famous; instead Fox has picked up the series which Kaling will co-produce and co-star in as an OB/GYN. read more
Arrested Development Writer Offers Update on Series
Years of rumors finally ended late last year when Mitch Hurwitz finally confirmed an Arrested Development film would actually be filmed sometime in the near future. Better yet, there would be a 10 episode series to help bridge the gap that would air exclusively on Netflix in 2013. read more
CBS Finally Picks Up Louis C.K.'s Sitcom 13 Years Later
It took over a dozen years for CBS to finally give the greenlight to a project Louis CK conceived with Spike Ferestem, a former Seinfeld writer. The two initially came up with the idea of Boomtown 13 years ago. read more
Watch Ferris Bueller Return in Honda's Super Bowl Ad
The moment we’ve been waiting for since 1986 is finally here — Ferris Bueller is back. Today a highly rumored Super Bowl ad for Honda hit the internet. read more
SAG Awards Announce Winners
Last night the Screen Actors Guild hosted the 18th annual SAG Awards and one film came out a clear winner. However, there were no upsets in the television categories, where five of the six acting awards were repeated from last year. read more
NBC Preps Dwight Schrute Spinoff
First Michael Scott left The Office and now perhaps Dwight Schrute? Looks like NBC is ready to give Rainn Wilson his own spinoff for a midseason 2013 premiere. Though no deals have been finalized, it looks like Wilson and producer/writer/star Paul Lieberstein have been brewing this idea for a few years now. read more
NBC Picks Up 10 New Pilots
Over the past months NBC has purchased a handful of pilots that may or may not air and even if they do, nothing is ever guaranteed. Yesterday the Peacock network was at it again when they picked up a total of 10 promising pilots, which includes eight comedies. read more
