Antoine Dodson Gets His Own Reality TV Show
Hide ya kids, hide ya wife; they givin’ a TV show to everybody out there. Antoine Dodson of Bed Intruder fame (AKA: Paste’s favorite internet meme of 2010) has been offered the chance to star in a reality-show pilot.... read more
Glee Cast Breaks Elvis Presley's Top 40 Record
Another legend has fallen at the hands of the Gleeks. Elvis’ Presley’s 50-year record of 20 top 40 hits in the shortest span of time has been broken by the cast of television series Glee.... read more
Conan O'Brien Sells Vince Uncensored Pilot to CBS
Vince Uncensored, a comedy pilot from Conan O’Brien, was recently given the go-ahead by CBS. According to TVGuide.com, the show follows a man trying to embrace honesty after going through a life-altering experience.... read more
Warner Brothers is Rebooting Every Movie Ever
Via The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers is rebooting and/or remaking a large number of classic titles like Lethal Weapon, The Dirty Dozen, Oh, God, Tarzan, Westworld and The Wild Bunch.... read more
MTV Develops Music Channel...in the UK and Ireland
Don’t know if you’ve heard, but for a station originally based around “Music Television,” there really isn’t very much music to be found on MTV.... read more
Baltimore Police Commissioner Criticizes The Wire, David Simon Retorts
The Wire has been hailed as one of the greatest TV shows of the decade by myriad critics. It is a triumphant drama that tells the story of a broken system, a decaying city,and the fight for the American Dream. However, not everyone is in love with The Wire—particularly the Police Commissioner of Baltimore, the city that provides the setting for the show.... read more
No More Golden Globes for Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais, creator of hits like The Office and The Ricky Gervais Show, received a wide round of criticism for his jokes at the Golden Globes. Many people said he went too far, and while Gervais disagrees, he still won’t host the Golden Globes for a third time, according to TMZ.... read more
Comcast Finally Acquires NBC Universal
Comcast has finally realized its goal of acquiring NBC Universal. Federal regulators allowed the acquisition after setting stipulations that must be followed to ensure that the marketplace can remain competitive.... read more
Finally, a Pac-Man Reality Show!
Merv Griffin Entertainment and Namco Bandai Games are actively pitching an unscripted reality show based on the legendary videogame Pac-Man, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, according to Deadline.com.... read more
Regis Philbin Announces Retirement
Television mainstay Regis Philbin has announced his retirement from his long-running daytime talk show. The 79-year old TV host, whose show has been nationally syndicated for 22 years, announced the decision at the beginning of Live with Regis & Kelly this morning.... read more
The Social Network, Glee Win Big at 2011 Golden Globes
While the Golden Globes winners don’t get as much exposure as the Oscars, the event does have its moments. For one thing, the audience is free to consume alcohol during the entire show, which definitely translates to more, well, interesting moments.... read more
Conan O'Brien Movie to Debut at SXSW
South by Southwest 2011 will be the debut location for a Conan O’Brien’s documentary, Conan O’Brien: Can’t Stop, which is based on his 32-city tour that took place while the funnyman was under NBC’s legal stipulations that precluded him from appearing on television.... read more
Watch The Low Anthem Play Letterman
Providence folk-rockers The Low Anthem returned to the The Late Show with David Letterman last night. To preview its upcoming sophomore effort, Smart Flesh, the group serenely brought its new single “Ghost Woman Blues” to the late-night set.... read more
Conan O'Brien Conquers Late Night, Sort Of
According to numbers recently released by TBS, Conan is the number one show in late night television in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic.... read more
Watch The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend Whore Out for The Colbert Report
Last night, Stephen Colbert decided to have some fun with his Grammy ballot for this year. The late-night talk show host invited Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys to battle Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig for Colbert’s Best Alternative Music Album vote. Colbert decided to have a “sell-out-off” where each side went through their various song placements in major television ads—including Zales, Honda, Tommy Hilfiger, Hewlett Packard and Sony Ericsson.... read more
Neil Gaiman to Guest on The Simpsons
Comic book writer, novelist and Paste-approved Twitter user Neil Gaiman is adding another notch in his already impressive résumé: guest star on The Simpsons.... read more
Salma Hayek Working With ABC on Wicked Miniseries
Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is being adapted for television by Salma Hayek and ABC studios.... read more
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston Starts a Web Series
Star of the critically-acclaimed AMC show Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, is now concentrating his efforts on a web series with a lighter tone.... read more
Watch Justin Townes Earle Perform on David Letterman
Just Townes Earle released a terrific album last year called Harlem River Blues. So terrific, in fact, that we deemed it #15 of our top 50 albums of the year. Last night, David Letterman gave Earle his network television debut, where he performed the impossibly catchy title track with Jason Isbell on lead guitar and Paul Shaffer rocking the organ.... read more
Writers Guild Announces 2011 Award Nominations
The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations for exceptional achievement in screenwriting in 2010. Screenplays for both Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network and Stuart Blumberg’s The Kids Are Alright were among those selected. However, several celebrated films this year including The Kings’ Speech, Winter’s Bone and Toy Story 3 did not make the cut due to the WGA’s controversial and complicated Minimum Basic Agreement.... read more
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