In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, Sony has decided not to renew Dan Harmon's contract as Community's showrunner and decided to replace him for season 4.
This is arguably the biggest week of the network TV year, as the big five hold upfront presentations in New York, showing off their new schedules and series for advertisers. What's in, what's out, and what looks good? Let's take a look! First up are NBC and Fox.
Let's get to the most important news first: NBC has renewed Parks & Recreation for a full season, not the truncated half-season it was recently rumored to be destined for. So phew. Well done, NBC. Now, moving on to everything else: NBC has lots of comedy shows all of a sudden!
Today: NBC decides to keep a beloved show around, VH1 renews a be-hated show, and Cameron Diaz smartens up.
As NBC gets ready to debut its new lineup at its upfront presentation next week, word is trickling in that an order for the final season of 30 Rock is imminent, but that it will likely be a truncated season of only thirteen or fourteen episodes instead of the standard twenty or so.
Today: PBS has another British hit, Lifetime renews a sexy series, and NBC makes some early orders.
The behind-the-scenes stories of NBC's glory days are coming to light in Warren Littlefield's new book Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV.
Hundreds of news outlets are picking up the story of Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersey woman who allegedly brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, but some outlets aren't acknowledging the obvious reason they're elevating a local news report: the woman is painfully, cringe-inducingly tan.
Perpetually overemployed TV personality Ryan Seacrest has just added another line to his resume, signing a contract with NBC's Today Show as a "special correspondent," The New York Times's Brian Stelter reports
Late last night news broke ("news broke" is sort of a dramatic phrase for this, but whatever) that Gossip Girl writer/producer Josh Safran will be taking over as the showrunner of NBC's Smash from creator Theresa Rebeck. Will this do anything to change the trajectory of the sadly disappointing show?
Many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.
The social media sphere continued to spin this week as spring set in. National Amusements topped the charts, bumping Disney down to number two. Whereas the rest of the top 10 stayed stagnant, there was a lot of movement in the teens, with NBC Universal and WWE both winning the biggest mover status.
Chelsea Clinton may be an entitled diva with prudish rules about what she'll cover at NBC News, but her network colleagues don't come off any better in Buzzfeed's feature on her television career, since all they seem to want from her is to hear about Monica Lewinsky.
For the first time in 16 years, it appears ABC's Good Morning America may have finally beaten NBC's The Today Show in weekly ratings, but it wasn't the during the Katie Couric-Sarah Palin death-match. The New York Times's Brian Stelter credits the inimitable Sherri Shepherd, a member of The View's day-time debating panel.
Alec Baldwin has been angrily tweeting Tuesday night and Wednesday morning about the journalists staked out in front of his apartment (ironically to ask him about his stalker), but it was a perceived slight from a fellow NBC family member that drove him to hint he'd be leaving the network.
The happy news comes today that HBO has officially renewed their successful fantasy series Game of Thrones for a third season. Gods be good! Seems like lots of shows are getting renewed right now. Let's take a look at what we'll be watching next TV season.
If there's one thing we never expected a show about musical theater to be, it's depressing.
Fans who like the Today show just the way it is, this is your lucky day: Matt Lauer and NBC have worked out a deal, and the host won't be going anywhere.
Today: Betty White to the rescue, the return of Captain America, and JGL bows out.
Today: Jimmy Cameron's done it again, Bravo unveils even more new shows, and Ryan Seacrest's announcement is kinda boring.
We appear to be entering Phase Three of Sarah Palin's career: Woman stuff guru.
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