*Both Jennifer Hudson and NeNe Leakes’ NBC shows “Smash” and “The New Normal” have been dropped from the network’s primetime lineup. “The New Normal,” which featured Leakes (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”), was canceled by NBC after one season. The show, from “Glee” producer Ryan Murphy, navigated through the life of a gay couple trying to […]
*NBC has released first clips from NBC‘s new update of “Ironside,” part of the just-unveiled 2013-2014 line-up. As previously reported, Underwood stars as sexy and acerbic police detective who is relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting. This remake of the ‘60s series will find his character pushing and prodding his hand-picked team to solve […]
Sorry “Deception” fans but the Meagan Good and Laz Alonso led drama has officially been cancelled by NBC. The mystery-drama revolved around the death of…
NBC has canceled freshman drama “Deception,” Deadline reports. The Meagan Good mystery series concluded its first season in March after bottoming out with a 1.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo, leading many to predict that “Deception” was certain to be canceled. In addition to Good, “Deception” starred Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Laz Alonso and […]
NBC has officially announced that Jimmy Fallon will take over “The Tonight Show” in 2014, and Jay Leno will end his run as the host of the show. Bill Carter of The New York Times reports that Fallon, currently the host of “Late Night,” will begin hosting the show in February. Fallon has hosted “Late […]
Another day, another Matt Lauer story. This has been a tough week for the “Today” co-host, whose shaky footing at the morning show was the subject of a lengthy piece in New York magazine. Deadline Hollywood reported on Wednesday that the network approached CNN host Anderson Cooper to replace Lauer on “Today” before his contract […]
Matt Lauer offered to resign from “Today” during the height of the crisis over Ann Curry’s ouster, The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz wrote on Monday. In the piece, Lauer also offers his most extensive comments to date about the Curry saga, which has seen “Today” hit with some of the worst publicity in its 60-year […]
WKYC viewers got a very unpleasant surprise on Thursday night … in the form of “Matlock.” NBC’s Cleveland affiliate decided to pre-empt the network’s Thursday night lineup with a re-run of a “Matlock” TV movie from 1992 called, “The Legacy.” With NBC falling to fifth place — behind Univision — recently in February sweeps, and […]
“Law & Order: SVU” often rips straight from the headlines. And despite NBC offering a disclaimer that the episode does not portray particular events or people, it was pretty obvious Chris Brown & Rihanna‘s domestic violence situation was the inspiration. The episode incorporated the “leaked” shot of the victim, “Misha”, with her beat-up […]
More bad news for NBC: The one-time No. 1 network has fallen to fifth place in the Nielsen TV ratings during the important February sweeps period, according to Deadline.com. Sweeps occurs four weeks each year, when networks inundate TV audiences with hairpin plot turns, tear-inducing weddings, jaw-dropping deaths and more major moments all in the […]
In honor of Black History Month, McDonald's salutes Cleveland Black History Maker, Russ Mitchell for his outstanding achievements.
More great news for Cleveland native Steve Harvey as NBC Universal announced that the daytime talk show would be picked up for a second season. Harvey’s show has been a ratings hit across many markets and he joins Katie Couric and others whose shows will return on NBC’s talk lineup. Steve has done Cleveland proud […]