Courtesy of Media Bistro and HuffPost Live By Mark Joyella In an interview on HuffPost Live, former “GMA” host Sam Champion said network morning television’s “getting to the point where I need a costume malfunction moment, you know what I mean? It’s getting … to a hysteria of everything’s gotta be flashing all the time”: […]
Courtesy of TV Guide by Stephen Battaglio Merv Griffin died in 2007, but he lives on in TV history thanks to having created the remarkably durable game shows Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. He even composed the iconic Jeopardy theme song. But for baby boomers, Griffin will always be remembered for his talk show that […]
SYFY scraps the Will Wheaton Project. (TVWeek)
The talk host turned down a two year deal the cable network had offered him. (reader)
CBS to launch all-female sports talk show ‘We Need to Talk’CBS gears up to launch an all female sports talk show (Newsday)
The latest cast changes at ABC’s daily talk show “The View” may signal a more sweeping transition, as two hosts will depart by the end of the summer, and the new participants may include the show’s first permanent male host. Executives familiar with the changes said on Friday that the departures of Sherri Shepherd and […]
Matt Lauer of NBC’s “Today” show is receiving backlash over a question he asked on the show during an interview with General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra. Barra has faced many challenges since becoming CEO, given the company’s massive recall of 20 million cars over a faulty ignition switch, among other problems. But in the […]
Cast Set, Plot Revealed For Wachowskis’ Netflix Globe-Spanning Series ‘Sense8′ (Deadline) EXCLUSIVE: Lost alum Naveen Andrews, Daryl Hannah and Stargate Universe‘s Brian J. Smith are among the 14-member international cast of Sense8, Netflix‘s 10-episode sci-fi drama series from the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski. Also cast in the show, expected to debut next year, are British […]
HBO in Early Talks for ‘True Blood’ Musical (The Wrap) The vampire series’ longtime composer Nathan Barr is developing the stage show It may not be a true death for HBO’s “True Blood” when it wraps with the upcoming seventh season. Apparently, HBO is in very early talks for a musical inspired by the show. […]
Disney-ABC is developing a talk show with Tyra Banks for fall 2015, the company confirmed today. The syndicator, whose first-run talk show Katie will end its run next month, is looking to replace that show in fall 2015. This year, in its place, ABC stations will air shows such as Disney-ABC game show Who Wants […]