The Hollywood Reporter has had a question-and-answer session with Carson Daly, the host of NBC’s singing competition show “The Voice.” In the interview, Daly talks about the plans for the upcoming season. When asked about whether the winner, Javier Colon, was the right choice, Daly said, “I don’t think they could have made a wrong choice. Our whole goal was to put the best artist on stage all year long and by the time we got to our top 16, you’re really looking at strong artists. I think they definitely got it right.” As for next season (which will see the return of star judges Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee  [ Read More ]

It’s official! According to Entertainment Weekly, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler have been signed back on as judges for “American Idol”. This will make the show’s 11th season, as well as Jackson’s 11th season as a judge on the show. The only wild card this time around is Jennifer Lopez, who is reportedly “on the fence” due to her new “American Idol”-esque project “Q’Viva.” Time for my personal opinion: After sitting through this season of “American Idol,” I would hope beyond hope that the two judges–three, if Lopez returns–stop reusing the same words and phrases like “beautiful,” “beyond critique”, and the now-infamous, “In it to win it.” Also, in the  [ Read More ]

James Spader is currently in talks with NBC to replace Steve Carrell on ‘The Office,’ Entertainment Weekly is reporting. While the Emmy-winning actor’s character Robert California was originally in negotiations to become the new manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, the mockumentary’s producers are now considering having Robert replace Kathy Bates’ character Jo Bennett as the CEO of the paper company. Bates will reportedly leave her ‘Office’ role to solely focus on Season 2 of her other NBC show, the legal dramedy ‘Harry’s Law.’ However, Spader’s deal isn’t final yet, and no scripts have been written yet for ‘The Office.’ If he does join the show, he will  [ Read More ]

KSL TV, an affiliate of the NBC Network, of Salt Lake City, won’t be airing the upcoming drama ‘Playboy Club’ this coming Fall! KSL has sited that the series from creator Chad Hodge, that travels back in time to 1963, following the days of the first Playboy club in Chicago and its bunnies, isn’t appropriate. KSL also went on to explain that since the Playboy brand is “known internationally” airing such a program is against their moral code. KSL is operated under the guidelines of the Mormon Church. I have to say at first glance a title like the Playboy Club conjures a few thoughts, but since it was picked  [ Read More ]

Several news outlets (TMZ being one of them) are reporting that former ‘Two And A Half Men’ star Charlie Sheen may be returning to television once again! After a public meltdown, and verbal battle with Chuck Lorre, Sheen and his tiger blood self looks to be moving on, and is brokering a new deal with a reported “big offer!” Charlie Sheen’s possible new TV series is reportedly being written around the troubled actor, and is said to be skipping the pilot stage. The unknown production will apparently go right to air, making its debut as soon as this January 2012. But according to reports coming out of ABC: “A source  [ Read More ]

“Fear Factor” was one of my favorite shows back in the late ’90s-early ’00s, and it was one of the precursors to the huge reality show craze that’s still (in some cases, sadly) going on today. But it would seem that reality television has come back full circle to when it was awesome; “Fear Factor” has finally returned to NBC! According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC and Endemol are bringing the show back to television. The show will be updated; the host of the reboot has not yet been named, but Endemol North America Chairman David Goldberg has said that former host Joe Rogan is “high on the list”, according  [ Read More ]

NBC’s new singing talent show “The Voice” has garnered the prized television spot–airing after the Super Bowl. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chairman of NBC Entertainment Bob Greenblatt, an hour-long episode of the show will air Sunday, Feb. 5 following Super Bowl XLVI. It has yet to be released as to whether the episode will be the season premiere. “There is no better showcase on television than to follow the Super Bowl, and we believe ‘The Voice’ is deserving of such high-profile exposure,” Greenblatt said in a statement. “The attention-grabbing blind audition phase of ‘The Voice’ has mass appeal and will fittingly team up with the biggest sporting event of  [ Read More ]

NBC has released their 2011 Fall TV schedule early and from the looks of things, it looks like NBC has a firm plant on reality TV on Mondays with “The Sing-Off” and a new drama “The Playboy Club” (the title alone will get viewers). NBC is moving their usual Monday favorite, “Chuck” to Friday night. I don’t this is a problem so much as this is the final season of “Chuck” anyway and their loyal and vocal fanbase will most likely be home on a Friday night (they’re mostly geeks). Right now, NBC has ordered 13 episode for the fifth and final season of “Chuck”, but if it has good  [ Read More ]

‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ lead actress Mariska Hargitay has signed a new contract to return for the upcoming 13th season of the hit show, TVLine is reporting. However, going into the negotiations, the Emmy-winning actress requested to have her workload scaled back on the show next season. The producers accepted Hargitay’s request, reducing her hours for next season. Her character, Detective Olivia Benson, will continue to help solve sex crimes for the first 13 episodes. After the 13 episodes, Benson will be promoted to a supervisor position, and a new female detective will take her place. Jennifer Love Hewitt is at the top of the list to portray  [ Read More ]

Meredith Vieira has finally publicly admitted that she’s leaving her post as co-anchor on NBC’s ‘The Today Show, US Magazine is reporting. Ann Curry will replace Vieira after she leaves the top national morning broadcast. Vieira said on the May 9th episode of ‘Today’ that she decided to leave the show in order to spend more time with her three kids and her husband, TV news producer Richard Cohen. But she said she only came to the decision after “a great deal of personal reflect and private conversation” with her friends and family. The co-anchor told Ladies Home Journal last year that if she were to leave ‘The Today Show,’  [ Read More ]

This is probably the most ambitious movie project since Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of The Rings” Trilogy. Universal is looking to develop Stephen King’s widely popular book series “The Dark Tower” into a movie trilogy AND two seasons of TV, in-between each movie . This project will take a lot of commitment from production crews, actors, filmmakers and studios. Ron Howard is developing these projects and is looking to direct, at least, the first movie in the series. On the TV production side, it looks like most likely, the TV series will head to NBC (or its cable network) since it’s part of Universal. My guess would be NBC, I  [ Read More ]

The Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton drew in almost 23 million American viewers between 6 and 7:15 am on April 29, Deadline is reporting. Tuning in on 11 networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC America and E!, the estimate beats the number of people who watched the wedding of William’s parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana. When Charlies and Diana married in 1981, an estimated 17 million people tuned into the Big 3 broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC. However, Deadline’s London Editor Tim Adler reported that more Britons watched Charles and Diana’s wedding than William and Kate’s nuptials. Nearly 27 Britons watched William and Kate’s wedding  [ Read More ]

Ray Romano, James Spader and British comedienne Catherine Tate have all signed on to appear in the hour-long season finale of ‘The Officem’ tvline.com is reporting. The three have also been added to the list of possible permanent replacements for Steve Carrell for the mockumentary’s eighth season. They also join already announced guest stars Will Arnett and the British ‘Office’ boss, Ricky Gervais. Will Ferrell has been a leading potential replacement for Carrell, as the former ‘Saturday Night Life’ regular will temporarily replace his ‘Anchorman’ co-star after he leaves on April 28. Ferrell will portray D’Angelo Vickers, who will take briefly take over the reins at Dunder Mifflin. While NBC  [ Read More ]

NBC’s upcoming series ‘The Playboy Club’ is already getting complaints from the Parents Television Council (PTC), as the actors have a clause in their contracts stating that nudity may be required, tvline.com is reporting. The clause also states that simulated sex acts may be required as well. While these scenes won’t appear on the NBC broadcast version, they may be included in the international DVD releases or cable syndication. The pilot, which is now wrapping in Chicago, doesn’t include any nudity. But PTC president Tim Winter released a statement, saying that when Congress was reviewing the NBC Universal-Comcast merger, he “called on the FCC to force Comcast to stipulate that  [ Read More ]

Will Arnett and Ricky Gervais have both been confirmed to appear on this season’s finale of ‘The Office,’ http://insidetv.ew.com is reporting. The May 19 finale will be the first time Arnett will guest-star on the hit NBC comedy series. Gervias will reprise his role of manager David Brent from the original U.K. ‘Office’ for the second time this season on the American remake. The comedian let the news slip while he was doing an interview with BBC Radio 1 earlier this month. Arnett, who is most well-known for his roles on ‘Arrested Development’ and ’30 Rock,’ is a contender to replace Steve Carell on ‘The Office.’ His recent comedy series,  [ Read More ]