NBC's "Knight Rider" remake has cast its female lead -- and is working at getting the original Knight to make an appearance as well.
Deanna Russo ("The Young and the Restless") will star opposite fellow soap actor Justin Bruening ("All My Children") in the two-hour movie/back-door pilot that updates the 1980s NBC show. Meanwhile, according to The Hollywood Reporter, original "Knight Rider" star David Hasselhoff is in talks to reprise his role as Michael...
Knight Rider has a female foil for Justin Bruening’s Mike Tracer, naming Sydney Poitier, well known for her last role in playing the part of “Jungle Julia†in a Tarantino flick "Death Proof", as an FBI agent on the NBC TV-movie.
Poitier, who is the youngest daughter of award-winning thespian Sidney Poitier, plays an agent who butts heads with Michael Knightâ€Ã...
The Donald is returning to the place where he first staked his claim as a TV personality.
NBC has announced a premiere date for its "Celebrity Apprentice." The seventh edition of the show, which will feature 14 reasonably famous people vying to raise money for their favorite charities, is scheduled to premiere at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, Jan. 3.
The scheduling of the show on Thursdays is a major hedge against a prolonged writers' strike. "Celebrity Apprentice" will slide int...
Katie Cassidy, who plays a demon on the CW's "Supernatural," has been up to mischief in real life.
The 20-year-old actress, who happens to be the daughter of singer-actor David Cassidy, was cited on underage drinking and lying to a peace officer, reports the Tucson Citizen.
Although the incident occurred on Tuesday, Oct.30, it has come to light after a state public records request was submitted. According to the report, Cassidy was in a pickup driven by Caleb Wilson, 19, who was ...
While not confirming those pesky rumors that a new season of "Big Brother" could start as soon as February, CBS has opened up casting for the reality favorite.
CBS announced Thursday (Nov. 15) that "Big Brother 9" will have organized casting calls in 17 cities (some very close to each other) between Saturday, Nov. 17 (in Los Angeles and Columbia, South Carolina) and Saturday, Dec. 8.
Additional information is available through the CBS website.
Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who recently made a guest appearance on NBC's "Heroes," may have been less than heroic in the way he treated his girlfriend.
The Hawaiian resident was charged Wednesday night (Nov. 14) with domestic violence after allegedly assaulting his live-in girlfriend, report Hawaii-area newspapers.
Tagawa, 57, confirmed an incident involving his girlfriend had occurred, but could not say more since there is an ongoing investigation. He did, however, comment on d...
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CBS' bet on Drew Carey as the heir to Bob Barker is paying off.
During Carey's first week at the microphone, "The Price Is Right" averaged 5.4 million viewers, level with the same week last year, but the ratings indicate younger viewers are sampling the ayem gameshow.
Gamer is up 10% in 18-49 vs. with the same week last year, and during Carey's first week, it was the No. 1 daytime show in the key adult male demos, according to Nielsen.
"Battlestar Galactica" fans will have a chance to enjoy their favorite space drama on a bigger scale.
"Battlestar Galactica: Razor" will screen at select movie theaters on Monday, Nov. 12, nearly two weeks before it debuts on the Sci Fi Channel, it was announced Friday (Oct. 26).
"Razor" revolves around the harrowing adventures of young officer Kendra Shaw (Stephanie Jacobsen) who becomes a ruthless warrior under the wing of Battlestar Pegasus commander Admira...
Hugh Laurie should be on the set of "House" today --but he won't be.
With little advanced notice, Laurie left Los Angeles for the U.K. Thursday night. That immediately started buzz that something was going on -- perhaps Laurie was unhappy?
"Hugh had family obligations in England to attend to, but production is continuing in his absence," a rep for show producer Universal Media Studios said, adding that, per producers, Laurie "asked for time off and they were happy ...
The Sci Fi Channel has greenlit a two-hour pilot for the original series "Warehouse 13," which is described as "part 'X-Files,' part 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' and part 'Moonlighting,'" it was announced Thursday, Oct. 25.
The show, based on a script by Rockne O'Bannon, Jane Espenson and D.Brent Mote, will be a one-hour dramedy produced by Universal Media Studios.
The revolving door of producers on NBC's "Bionic Woman" is spinning again.
The latest addition to the show is former "Sopranos" scribe Jason Cahill. He'll take over as showrunner for the first-year series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Cahill is stepping in for Jason Katims, who executive produces another NBC show, "Friday Night Lights." He has been working as a consultant on "Bionic" for the past month or so, overseeing the writing on the sho...
There's something disturbing about living on an island for the "Lost" cast, not just on the show, but in real life.
Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Jin, is the last cast member to be arrested for DUI, reports The Honolulu Advertiser.
While most of the details haven't been released, the newspaper reports that the 39-year-actor was arrested around 3 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in Oahu, Hawaii, where the show is filmed. He was booked at the Honolulu Police station and was released at 5:05 a.m...
For more than two seasons now, "Bones" fans have been looking for a way to get Booth (David Boreanaz) and Bones (Emily Deschanel) to share their deepest, darkest feelings for each other.
Get ready to love Dr. Lance Sweets.
"I am a very green psychotherapist and I am treating Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan like they're a couple," says John Francis Daley of his character, who makes his first "Bones" visit on Tuesday (Oct. 23) night's episode. "It's a couples t...
Former "Dawson's Creek" star Joshua Jackson will return to television later this season for a guest arc on "Grey's Anatomy."
Jackson will play a doctor on the ABC series. His first appearance is scheduled for the show's 11th episode, which barring a writers strike will likely air in December or January.
In other casting news, Variety reports that Carrie-Anne Moss ("The Matrix") will star opposite Joseph Fiennes in FX's pilot "Pretty Handsome," and La...
"Old School" and "Starsky & Hutch" director Todd Phillips is taking on his first TV project, a comedy pilot at ABC.
Phillips and writer Allan Loeb have earned a green light from the network for a single-camera pilot called "The More Things Change ...," which revolves around four male friends. They pitched the show over the past couple weeks and drew interest at several networks before striking a deal with ABC, the showbiz trade papers report.
NBC's comedy pilot "Zip" has found its leading man, and it didn't have to look too far.
Steven Weber, who has a long relationship with the network and most recently co-starred in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," will star in the pilot. His casting lifts a contingency on the project and earns it an official green light, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Zip" was originally developed as part of NBC's pilot roster last spring -- by then-producer Ben Silverman...
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are joining professional forces for their first project together as producers, with HBO the beneficiary of their work.
The couple will executive produce an untitled drama about an international aid organization, focusing on both political maneuvering at the top and the struggles of aid workers on the ground. Scott Burns, a co-writer of "The Bourne Ultimatum," will write the script and also serve as an exec producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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On the CBS Monday-night comedy "Rules of Engagement," Patrick Warburton and Megyn Price play long-married Jeff and Audrey; Oliver Hudson and Bianca Kajlich play engaged Adam and Jennifer; and David Spade plays Russell, their single pal.
In real life, Warburton, Price, Hudson and Kajlich are married, and Spade is their single pal.
Says executive producer Tom Hertz, "Russell, the character, and David, they're both aware that they're not successful at committing and having a mo...
Addison Montgomery's search for that miracle will go on a little bit longer.
ABC has picked up a full season of its new series "Private Practice," the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff that follows neonatal surgeon Addison (Kate Walsh) to Los Angeles, where she joins an unconventional medical group and seeks a complete life for herself.
The show joins The CW's "Gossip Girl" and CBS' "Big Bang Theory" as the only freshman series thus far to earn full-season or...