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Fox Hopes to Get Its Mojo Back With New Prime-time Slate Kevin Reilly stocks up

In the midst of putting the finishing touches on his network’s fall prime-time schedule, Kevin Reilly is in full-on survivalist mode. The Fox entertainment chairman is stocking up on new…

May 12, 2013, 10:38 PM EDT

NBC Breaks a Lot of Eggs to Make its 2013-14 Omelet Sweeping changes for the new broadcast season

Since ER flatlined in 2009, NBC’s Thursday night lineup has been the Drunk Uncle of prime time television. But in a radical move to reclaim its movie-night mojo, the Peacock…

May 12, 2013, 7:05 PM EDT

It’s Official: Seth Meyers Named Late Night Host NBC taps SNL head writer to replace Tonight Show-bound Jimmy Fallon

NBC on Sunday locked in the final piece of its late-night schedule, naming Seth Meyers the host of Late Night. The Saturday Night Live head writer and “Weekend Update” mainstay…

May 12, 2013, 3:41 PM EDT

ABC, CBS Firm Up Their Fall Schedules Nets heavy up on comedy, part ways with underperforming legacy series

On the Friday night before the TV world converges on New York for the upfronts, word about their respective orders, renewals and cancelations is starting to trickle in from the…

May 10, 2013, 11:55 PM EDT

NBC’s Go On Will Not Network cancels Matthew Perry sitcom

The ax continues to fall at NBC, which over the last several hours has severed ties with three of the four freshman comedies that were still in contention for a…

May 10, 2013, 4:50 PM EDT

Report: NBC News Sets Sights on Deborah Turness Appointment would make ITV News vet the first female U.S. network news chief

ITV News editor Deborah Turness is on the verge of becoming president of NBC News, which would make her the first woman to helm a network TV division in the…

May 10, 2013, 1:48 PM EDT

Adult Swim Greenlights Mike Tyson Show, Renews 17 Including Controversial Loiter Squad Slate features Galifianakis and Dan Harmon's Rick and Morty

UPDATED: Turner's Adult Swim has greenlit five new series, including a show from retired heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson called Mike Tyson's Mysteries, from Warner Bros. Animation (Warner Bros. owns Turner).…

May 10, 2013, 10:07 AM EDT

Michael Shannon Finds Television 'Tremendously Uninteresting' Prefers a Discman

Specs Who Michael Shannon Age 38 Accomplishments Stars on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; currently appearing in films Mud and The Iceman; plays Superman nemesis General Zod in Man of Steel (in theaters June 14); member…

May 10, 2013, 12:05 AM EDT

The CW Stocks Up on Sci-Fi Network Orders Four New Dramas, Renews Nikita and Carrie Diaries

Although it won’t formally unveil its 2013-14 schedule for another week, the CW on Thursday effectively mapped out the entirety of its 2013-14 programming strategy. In addition to its previously announced…

May 9, 2013, 7:40 PM EDT

NBC Picks Up 5 New Series for 2013-14 Peacock orders 3 single-camera comedies and a pair of dramas

NBC has begun piling on the series orders for the 2013-14 campaign, picking up three new comedies and a pair of dramas. Heading to NBC after the summer break are J.J.…

May 9, 2013, 4:39 PM EDT

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