TV Land Orders Workplace Comedy from Ben Silverman & Jon ShermanOctober 7, 2013TV 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.
Animal Planet's PIT BULLS AND PAROLEES Returns for Fifth Season, 11/2October 7, 2013New Life. New Orleans. Tia Torres has spent 20 years building Villalobos, the largest pit bull rescue in the United States. Recently, she's spent over a year moving her entire operation, including 200+ pit bulls across the country from California to Louisiana and rebuilding it from the bottom up. Once Tia and her family unpacked their bags in 'The Big Easy,' they were sure they'd found home.
MASTERS OF SEX Up from PremiereOctober 7, 2013The new SHOWTIME drama series MASTERS OF SEX grew in its second week up nine percent at 10 p.m. with 1.1 million viewers (vs. one million last week) and up seven percent for the night with 1.5 million viewers (vs. 1.4 million last week).
MTV's BIG TIPS TEXAS Sneak Peek Scores Strong Numbers in Key DemoOctober 7, 2013 MTV's “Big Tips Texas,” a new 14-episode, half-hour docu-series, follows the lives of a group of fun-loving girlfriends serving up southern hospitality at a popular Texas watering hole while hoping to make their dreams a reality. The 30-minute premiere episode, which aired as a sneak peek on Wednesday, October 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT following “Miley: The Movement,” delivered 1.0 million total viewers, ranking as the #1 original cable series in its timeslot (P12-34) and the #1 program in its timeslot with women 12-34.* “Big Tips Texas” officially kicks off on Wednesday, October 9 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes.
WIGS' RUTH & ERICA Now Available on HuluOctober 7, 2013Popular WIGS drama Ruth & Erica, starring Maura Tierney (“ER”, “The Good Wife”) and an all star cast premieres on Hulu and Hulu+ TODAY. The 13-episode series (which originally premiered on YouTube) is now available in three, 30-minute episodes on the platform at www.hulu.com/ruth-and-erica.
DETAINED IN THE DESERT to Receive World Premiere at LALIFFOctober 6, 2013JOSEFINA LOPEZ, the creator of the critically acclaimed hit play, Real Women Have Curves and co-writer of the Sundance Film Festival award-winning film of the same name will now have her second film, Detained in the Desert, which she executive produced, presented in its World Premiere screening in competition as part of the 16th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. at TCL 6 Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Mann's Chinese Theatre), Theatre One, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028.
STAGE TUBE: Annaleigh Ashford, John Tartaglia & More Perform at BORN FOR BROADWAY 2013October 6, 2013BORN FOR BROADWAY 2013, the fourth annual celebrity cabaret, featuring Broadway and TV stars donating their time and talent to raise money for paralysis-based organizations, took place at 54 Below last Monday, Sept. 30. Below, check out highlights from the concert, including performances from Annaleigh Ashford, John Tartaglia, and Betsy Wolfe!
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Ratings Stay on Track with Miley CyrusOctober 6, 2013Despite a 27-minute delay in its start time due to a football overrun, “Saturday Night Live,' with host and musical guest Miley Cyrus (4.5/13 in metered-market households from midnight-1:30 a.m. ET [actual start time was 11:57 p.m. ET], 2.7/14 in adults 18-49 in the Local People Meters)has equaled the show's top 18-49 rating (2.7) in the Local People Meters since April 13 (with host Vince Vaughn and musical guest Miguel). The 2.7 ties both last week's season premiere (with host Tina Fey and musical guest Arcade Fire) and the show's May 18 season finale (with host Ben Affleck and musical guest Kanye West). The 4.5 in metered-market households is within 4% of last week's season-premiere 4.7 despite this week's 27-minute delay.
AUDIO: GLEE Remembers Cory Monteith - All Songs from this Week's Tribute EpisodeOctober 6, 2013Ahead of this week's memorial episode to the late Cory Monteith, titled 'The Quarterback,' GLEE has debuted all of the tracks from the tribute, including 'Make You Feel My Love,' 'No Surrender,' 'If I Die Young,' and 'I'll Stand by You' - you can listen below. BWW also exclusively premiered the cast's heartfelt rendition of 'Seasons of Love' earlier today, for the world premiere, click here.
VIDEO: SNL Presents Poetry ClassOctober 6, 2013An enthusiastic guest teacher tries to get students excited about poetry - to no avail. Check out the sketch below!