271 stories by "Cynthia Littleton"
Dennis Haysbert has joined the cast of “Undercover,” the limited series set to air next year on the BBC and BBC America. The six-part series penned by Peter Moffat revolves aroun…
Nicole Scherzinger, a singer who is a staple of British TV including a regular gig on “The X Factor UK,” has signed on to NBC’s “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harr…
Neil Patrick Harris wants to attract a very specific demographic with "Best Time Ever": Sarah Silverman, Louis C.K. and their ilk. On big key to the success of the show " a huge swing for NB…
Legiters love their own, and they love pushing the boundaries of the stage. That was the clear vibe in the room at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday during the Tony Awards ceremony. It was evi…
The Kennedy Center has tapped White Cherry Entertainment, veteran producers of numerous TV events including the Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, to handle production of this year's Kennedy Cente…
Fox is developing an event special around “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the enduring midnight-movie classic that has been playing for 40 years. Kenny Ortega is on board to dir…
TEL AVIV " Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his performance as Tevye the milkman in "Fiddler On the Roof," has been awarded Israel's highest honor: The Israel Prize for Lifetime Ach…
The hefty three-year pact calls for Leight to develop new projects exclusively for the studio. But the deal also allows Leight to continue as showrunner on "SVU" for the coming 2015-16 seaso…
Disney's long corporate runoff has come to an end with the promotion of Tom Staggs to chief operating officer. The Walt Disney Parks and Resort chairman has long been seen as the front-runne…
Disney shares shot up more than 7% in early trading Wednesday to top the $100 mark, thanks to the tailwind from Tuesday’s stellar quarterly earnings report. The Mouse House’s str…
Joe Franklin, the New York media fixture who hosted one of TV’s first and longest-running talk shows, died Saturday. He was 88. “The Joe Franklin Show” was a Gotham latenig…
Time Warner and Disney were the showbiz’s biggest gainers in the stock market in 2014. Discovery Communications and Viacom were the biggest losers in what was generally a solid year fo…
NBC’s three-hour “Peter Pan Live” telecast, starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, scored a solid but unspectacular 2.3 rating/7 share in adults 18-49 and about …
Allison Williams has taken wing on NBC’s “Peter Pan Live.” So far, so good with the first flight over London and a safe landing in the children’s room at the Darling …
Stephen Colbert has been tapped to host the Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 7. "He is best in class and will no doubt undue any solemnity that might otherwise attend the occasion," said Honors…
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - In its pursuit of audience-grabbing event programming, NBC is said to be eyeing a live staging of Aaron Sorkin's play "A Few Good Men."
In its pursuit of audience-grabbing event programming, NBC is said to be eyeing a live staging of Aaron Sorkin's play "A Few Good Men." The Peacock is in the early stages of working out an a…
ABC is developing a contemporary take on “The Phantom of the Opera” shepherded by “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry. The ABC Studios project is described as …
Seizing a moment when diversity is being embraced by the small screen, prolific playwright Josefina Lopez is trying TV again with a dramedy about four sisters set up at ABC and ABC Studios. …
Disney has unveiled a $1.25 billion bailout plan for Disneyland Paris as the park struggles with an attendance slump and a high debt ratio. Disney confirmed late Sunday that it has set a 1 b…
The New York Times found itself in an Internet dust-up with uber producer Shonda Rhimes on Friday following the online publication of a story by TV critic Alessandra Stanley assessing Rhimes…
Playwright Samuel Hunter, docu filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, musician Steve Coleman and cartoonist Alison Bechdel are among this year’s picks for the MacArthur Foundation’s ge…
As the premiere of “Homeland” approaches, conflict and terrorism in the Middle East once again dominate the headlines. The horrors of beheadings of journalists and other acts by …
The shock of Robin Williams’ death on Monday spread far and wide through the showbiz community, a reflection of the actor’s long career in movies, television, stage and standup c…
NBC topper Bob Greenblatt opened the Peacock’s portion of the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour on Sunday by touting the network’s strength so far this summer and confir…
