Television
TV: Nick Cannon’s Talk Show Gets Swift Cancellation After Just Six Months, Jerry Springer’s Judge Show Cut Too
The world of TV syndication is tough, kids.
Nick Cannon's talk show began last fall and never garnered more than 500,000 viewers. On most weeks...
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TV Exclusive: Over at CBS’s “The Good Fight” Word of a Bad Fight Backstage as Producer-Director Departs
I'm hearing it's not such a good time at CBS' s "The Good Fight."
The word is that producer-director Brooke Kennedy has left the show...
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Oscars: Academy Awards Announce Head Writer Who Worked on Shows Hosted by Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin and Hugh Jackman
The Oscars executive producer Will Packer has announced members of the behind the scenes team for the March 27th broadcast.
The team starts with head...
Television
Bustle About: HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Catching On Now. Has Risen 62% Since Premiere, Christine Baranski Heading for Emmy
HBO's The Gilded Age is catching on like crazy.
Monday night's episode was 10% higher than the previous week. The show from Downton Abbey's Julian...
Television
Exclusive: “Law & Order Organized Crime” Will Get Special Appearance by Dann Florek, aka “SVU” Captain Cragen
I'm told there's a big effort now to re-organize the very disorganized Chris Meloni show, "Organized Crime."
One step in the right direction will be...
Television
“SNL” Suffers Lowest Ratings So Far This Year with Oscar Isaac, Charli XCX Outing
"Saturday Night Live" is in another ratings decline.
The return show on January 15th scored just over 5 million viewers. But ever since then, it's...
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TV: Dreadful Independent Spirit Awards Fails to Make the Top 150 Cable Shows on Sunday
Sunday afternoon's Spirit Awards, on the IFC Channel, were a travesty. There has rarely been an awards show on television that was so badly...
Television
Nigel Lythgoe Bounced from “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Manifest” Is Filming, RIP Mitchell Ryan, “General Hospital” Actress Leaves for School
Nigel Lythgoe has been a judge and producer on "So You Think You Can Dance" since 2005. That's around 220 episodes. But no more...