Darren Star News

On Monday, December 9, 2013, The Broadway Dreams Foundation held its third annual holiday gala, "Night of Dreams," at Celsius, a restaurant, bar and event space within the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. At this one of a kind urban winter wonderland in of the heart of midtown Manhattan, Broadway's brightest stars and patrons of the arts joined together for a festive celebration of the country's premier musical theatre training program.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Tony winner, who's set to reclaim the Broadway stage in Roundabout's upcoming revival of VIOLET, has signed on to lead a new TV Land pilot.

According to The Wrap, Broadway vet Cheyenne Jackson has joined the cast of a pilot for Lifetime titled 'HR.' The actor joins previously announced cast members Greg Germann, Will Kemp, Kellee Stewar, Maulik Pancholy, Peter Fonda and Cara Mantella.

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.

TV Land has fast-tracked a project to be written by writer, producer and creator Darren Star, it was announced today by Keith Cox, Executive Vice President of Development and Original Programming for the network.

Recognizing the essential role that writers have played in creating and elevating the medium of television since its inception, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the list of the 101 Best Written TV Series

Tracie Bennett stars in END OF THE RAINBOW by Peter Quilter, directed by Terry Johnson at CTG's Ahmanson Theatre in LA. The show just opened last night, March 20, also featuring Michael Cumpsty, Erik Heger and Miles Anderson. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

Annapurna Pictures and Color Force have secured the feature film rights to Maria Semple's critically acclaimed, bestselling novel WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE it was announced today by Color Force's Nina Jacobson.

ABC Studios previously announced the May/June DVD debut of four new TV series on DVD, just weeks after their season one finales on ABC-TV. The spring releases began May 22 with the DVD debut of the paranormal thriller "The River." The network's hilarious "GCB" struts its stuff to DVD today, June 12, and both the explosive thriller "Scandal" and the mystery-suspense sensation "Missing" head home to DVD, also today, June 12.

ABC Studios announces the May/June DVD debut of four new TV series on DVD, just weeks after their season one finales on ABC-TV. The spring releases begin May 22 with the DVD debut of the paranormal thriller "The River." The network's hilarious "GCB" struts its stuff to DVD on June 12, and both the explosive thriller "Scandal" and the mystery-suspense sensation "Missing" head home to DVD, also on June 12.

Last night on GCB, titled 'Hell Hath No Fury,' Amanda got worried that Laura would be pegged a 'Javelina', and Gigi threw Amanda a luncheon. Carlene rallied from her embarrassment in church and decides to get back at Amanda. In the clip below, Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth sings 'Jesus Take the Wheel' in the episode. Click below to check it out!

The episode marked a climb in the show's ratings with 7.25 million viewers and a 2.3 rating.

The soap returned to Dallas with the premiere of 'GCB,' SUNDAY, MARCH 4 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Beginning that same day, the ABC Music Lounge (http://abc.go.com/music-lounge/) began featuring songs from the 'GCB' premiere episode and video clips from the show. 'GCB' star Kristin Chenoweth contributes three tracks to the compilation.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth's new ABC show, GCB, premiered last night with a 2.2 rating. The 7.6 million viewers topped PanAm's latest 1.2 rating, which previously held the timeslot.

On next week's episode of GCB, titled 'Hell Hath No Fury,' Amanda gets worried that Laura will be pegged a 'Javelina', and Gigi throws Amanda a luncheon. Carlene rallies from her embarrassment in church and decides to get back at Amanda.

The soap returns to Dallas in ABC's GCB, the deliciously fun, wicked new drama that shows that you can go home again - but only if you're ready to face the sins of your past. The series debuts on SUNDAY, MARCH 4 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The soap returns to Dallas in ABC's GCB, the deliciously fun, wicked new drama that shows that you can go home again - but only if you're ready to face the sins of your past. The series debuts on SUNDAY, MARCH 4 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

As first reported on Deadline.com, actress Goldie Hawn will no longer be starring in the upcoming HBO comedy pilot THE VIAGRA DIARIES. The project was to mark the Oscar-winning actress' first return to TV in over a decade.

According to published reports stage veteran Sandra Bernhard will guest star on ABC's upcoming comedy series, GCB. No word yet on the character she'll be playing. The series will premiere on March 4, 2012, at 10 PM.

ABC recently aanounced their midseason premiere scheule, which is set to include Kristin Chenoweth's new show 'GCB.' THe series will premiere on March 4, 2012, at 10 PM.