MILLION SECOND QUIZ Delivers Time Slot High for NBCSeptember 15, 2013At 8 p.m. ET, 'The Million Second Quiz' (0.7/3 in adults 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) equaled NBC's highest 18-49 rating in the time period, excluding sports, in 19 months (since a “Voice” encore earned a 1.0 in the hour on February 11, 2012).
Ben Affleck to Direct Mob Drama Pilot for FoxSeptember 13, 2013FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a pilot production commitment to The Middle MAN, a new drama produced by FOX and Pearl Street Films, and executive-produced by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck ('Argo,' 'The Town') and Emmy Award nominee Glenn Gordon Caron ('Medium,' 'Moonlighting'), who wrote the pilot script. Affleck ('Argo,' 'The Town,' 'Gone Baby Gone') is attached to direct the pilot. Pearl Street Films' Chay Carter ('Argo,' 'The Town,' 'Gone Baby Gone') will also serve as an executive producer on the project. Production is scheduled to begin in early 2014.
Halloween Episodes of KICKIN' IT & MIGHTY MED Among Disney XD's AHHH-CTOBER ProgrammingSeptember 13, 2013Spine-tingling episodes from live action and animated series will haunt Disney XD for a 'Monster Mayhem' Halloween programming event during AHHH-CTOBER beginning MONDAY, OCTOBER 14. Featuring more than seven hours of frightful family fun, the ghoulish event kicks off with a five-hour marathon featuring popular Halloween episodes from 'Phineas and Ferb,' 'Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja,' 'Packages From Planet X' and 'Camp Lakebottom,' as well as the Disney Channel Original Movie 'Girl Vs. Monster.' Immediately following the marathon, fans will be treated to all-new spirited episodes of 'Crash & Bernstein,' 'Kickin' It,' 'Mighty Med' and 'Lab Rats.'
Danny Glover to Guest on NBC's Upcoming Drama IRONSIDESeptember 13, 2013Emmy nominee and film star Danny Glover ('Lethal Weapon,' 'The Color Purple') will guest star in an episode, titled 'Minor Infractions,' on NBC's 'Ironside' as Ironside's (Blair Underwood) father, Frank.
HOUSE's Lisa Edelstein to Lead Bravo's Scripted Pilot GIRLFRIEND'S GUIDE TO DIVORCESeptember 13, 2013The one hour dramedy follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from her divorced friends rather than her married ones and it leads her to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.
Christine Baranski to Return to THE BIG BANG THEORY this FallSeptember 13, 2013According to TV Line, the Tony winner is set to reprise her role as Leonard's 'brilliant-but-socially-challenged' mother Beverly in the upcoming seventh season. Baranski is set to appear in the October 10 episode via Skype, the site has confirmed.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Guys of DUCK DYNASTY Visit DR. OZSeptember 13, 2013Monday, Dr. Oz is talking health with America's favorite family and cast of the television show Duck Dynasty, The Robertson Family. He sits down with the duck commander, the boys and their wives to discuss everything related to family, faith and food. Dr. Oz talks with Phil about what duck liver can teach us about our health, Uncle Si about all his tea drinking, and Willie about how faith keeps this family healthy. Dr. Oz puts the happiest hunting family to the test with a game called “Real or Quack Medicine” to decide which medical facts are true or false. Then, Dr. Oz explains the anatomy of a beard and why theDuck Dynasty men can grow them so long. He also gives an “Oz approved tip” to help keep your beard as clean and soft as the hair on your head.
Woody Allen to be Honored with Golden Globes' 2014 Cecil B. DeMille AwardSeptember 13, 2013The multi-hyphenated Woody Allen will be honored with the 2014 Cecil B. DeMille Award and will be paid tribute to at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 12, 2014, LIVE coast-to-coast on NBC with the pre-show from 4:00-5:00 p.m. (PST)/7:00-8:00 p.m. (EST), and main telecast from 5:00-8:00 p.m. (PST)/8:00-11:00 p.m. (EST) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was announced today by Theo Kingma, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
MAMA's Andres Muschietti in Talks to Direct THE MUMMY RebootSeptember 13, 2013According to Deadline, the man behind MAMA, Andres Muschietti, has entered talks to helm the upcoming reboot of Universal's hit 1999 film THE MUMMY. Len Wiseman was originally set to direct, but departed the project earlier this summer.
CBS Names Margot Wain New VP of Daytime ProgramsSeptember 13, 2013Margot Wain has been promoted from Director, Daytime Programs to Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS Entertainment, it was announced today by Angelica McDaniel, Senior Vice President, Daytime, CBS Entertainment, to whom she reports.
GHOST HUNTERS, FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES & More Set for Syfy's 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEENSeptember 13, 2013Syfy's sixth annual 31 Days of Halloween will unleash nearly 600 hours of bloodcurdling programming throughout the entire month of October, led by Halloween-themed episodes of Ghost Hunters (October 30) and Naked Vegas(October 29), a Scare Tactics marathon (October 28) and a trio of original horror movies including Zombie Night (October 26) starring Darryl Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall and “Mrs. Partridge,” Shirley Jones!
VIDEO: New Featurette for Fox Searchlight's BAGGAGE CLAIMSeptember 13, 2013Fox Searchlight has released a new featurette for the highly anticipated romantic comedy Baggage Claim, in theaters on September 27th. Directed by David E. Talbert, Baggage Claim stars Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Adam Brody and Trey Songz. Check it out below!
STAGE TUBE: David Henry Hwang Talks New York Debut on THE GRAHAM SHOW, Part 2September 13, 2013In his second appearance on THE GRAHAM show, titled 'Beginnings, Mentors & The New York Debut': playwright David Henry Hwang reveals reveals the initial reaction to his first play, how trusting his gut led him to an Off-Broadway NYC debut only months after graduating from college and what Sam Shepard taught him about writing from his 'unconscious mind.' Check out the interview below!
STAGE TUBE: In Rehearsal for MERCURY RISING Benefit Concert, Feat. Drew Aber & Josh FreilichSeptember 13, 2013Big Thunder Productions will present Mercury Rising, a Benefit Concert by MSS Alums in the Big Apple, a cabaret event to be performed on Sunday, September 15th at 4pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The event will feature songs from new, bound-for-Broadway musicals written by up-and-coming composers and lyricists from all over the globe, including Mercury Summer Stock's own Dan Marshall, Carla Rose Fisher, and Aliyana Stewart. This benefit concert will feature Broadway's Corey Mach and Drew Aber, and over a dozen of Mercury's NYC-based professional alumni, along with special guest Marissa Rosen. Check out a first look at Aber and Josh Freilich rehearsing below!
VIDEO: Julie Chen Admits to Having Plastic Surgery to Make Eyes 'Bigger'September 12, 2013On today's edition of CBS' THE TALK, co-host Julie Chen admitted that while working in Dayton, Ohio at 25, she underwent plastic surgery to make her eyes 'bigger.' The procedure was originally suggested by her acting news director at the time, saying, according to Chen, that due to her ethnicity, she: 'look[ed] disinterested and bored because [her] eyes are so heavy, they are so small.'