Big screen stars just keep migrating to pay cable networks. Maybe they're bored with filmmaking. Maybe they like the steady paycheck HBO, Showtime, Starz, and other networks can offer without sacrificing any quality. Or maybe they're just attracted to good stories no matter the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Entourage gets one last season
HBO has announced that Entourage, the pay-cable network's longest-running show, will be ending after its eighth and final season. The show is currently filming season seven, and HBO has negotiated with Entourage creator Doug Ellin for a shortened eighth season, which will likely … [Read more...]
Rosie returning to daytime TV
Rosie O'Donnell -- the one-time "Queen of Nice" on daytime TV -- is returning to host her own daily talk show again in 2011. Only this time, she's working for her biggest rival from back in the day. Oprah Winfrey has hired Rosie to host a daily chat program on OWN -- the Oprah … [Read more...]
Carol Burnett guesting on Glee
This has got to be one of the greatest casting coups of all time. Carol Burnett is guest starring in Season 2 of Glee as -- get this -- Sue Sylvester's mother! Sue (played by the hilarious Jane Lynch) mentioned in an episode in Season 1 that her parents were rarely around when … [Read more...]
Spielberg’s Terra Nova pushed back… a year
It was pretty darn surprising when Fox gave a greenlight to Terra Nova, a visual effects-intense scifi drama about a family that takes part in an effort to save mankind by time-traveling back to the time of the dinosaurs, where a modern human settlement has been constructed. The … [Read more...]