Ben Silverman News

It's a week of wild surprises when the contestants find the gym empty - and can only use equipment they've successfully bid on -- in the show's first ever auction, and then later get to connect via Skype with loved ones at home on 'The Biggest Loser,' airing tonight, October 29 (8-9 p.m. ET) on NBC.

TV Land has closed a half-hour workplace comedy script deal with multimedia studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI) which was announced today by Keith Cox, Executive Vice President, Development and Original Programming for TV Land. The script revolves around a 30-something woman as she navigates the executive ranks among her old-school male counterparts while her 20-something male assistant tries to make it amid his female-dominated peers - two fish, a big corporate pond, and very little water. The untitled script will be written and executive produced by Jon Sherman ('Frasier') with Electus' Chairman and Founder, Ben Silverman and Jimmy Fox also executive producing.

NBC has partnered with multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC, for three telenovelas to be developed with an eye towards airing one as a 13-episode series, with multiple episodes running each week, much like an actual telenovela.

VH1 is enjoying a crop of new and well-seasoned faces this fall. Keke Palmer, Lil Mama and Drew Sidora are cast for VH1's original movie, 'CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,' based on the life and career of superstar music group TLC.

CMT's current No. 1 series, DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT, returns with brand new episodes on a new night and time tonight, August 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CMT.

CMT's current No. 1 series, DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT, returns with brand new episodes on a new night and time this Saturday, August 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CMT.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has acquired MARCO POLO from Starz. The series was originally picked up last January by Starz, which has now dropped the drama after hitting roadblocks on filming in China.

NBC has announced the 10 teams set to participate in 'Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls.' The Electus-produced adventure-reality competition series premieres Monday, July 8 (9-10 p.m. ET).

DOG AND BETH: THE PREVIEW SPECIAL premieres on Sunday, April 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CMT. The special will re-air throughout the next week on CMT and CMT.com as part of the countdown to the new series premiere.

NBC has given the green light to GET OUT ALIVE (working title), a new, larger-than-life and extreme adventure reality-competition series headlined by world-renowned adventurer Bear Grylls, to be co-produced by Bear Grylls Ventures and Ben Silverman's multimedia studio, Electus.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the NBC network has renewed the design competition FASHION STAR for a second season.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport has announced the cast and creative team for the Neil Simon comedy, The Sunshine Boys.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport has announced the cast and creative team for the Neil Simon comedy, The Sunshine Boys.

Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced that its global distribution arm, Electus International, has acquired the global distribution rights for two titles from Howard Schultz's Lighthearted Entertainment, Next and Anything for You.

Rainn Wilson has confirmed reports that he is in talks to star in a potential spin-off of the NBC hit comedy THE OFFICE.

Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio Electus, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced that the Company has secured a three-for-one project development deal that includes one guaranteed series greenlight with National Geographic Channel, while two of the three projects will remain confidential until a later date.

NBC's 'FASHION STAR revealed today the 14 designers competing to become America's next big Fashion Star and a chance to win the multi-million dollar prize of launching their collections in three of America's largest retailers: Macy's, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue. The new series, hosted and executive-produced by Elle Macpherson, and featuring celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos will premiere on Tuesday, March 13

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport has announced the cast and creative team for the Neil Simon comedy, The Sunshine Boys.

Renowned tennis star and certified trainer Anna Kournikova will join NBC's hit series 'The Biggest Loser' for season 12 as the show's newest trainer. Her addition to 'The Biggest Loser' team is one of many exciting changes for season 12 of the show, which will premiere in September 2011 on NBC.

Spike TV announces an ambitious new slate of non-scripted original pilots aimed at the network's core audience of Men 18-34, while also appealing to the network's expanding audience of Men 35-49. The pilots in development follow a distinctive theme of authentic characters in a high risk/high reward environment, similar to that of the network's new crop of successful original series, 'Auction Hunters,' 'Coal' and 'Repo Games.'