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Feb 24 2011 04:30 PM ET

ABC to air Oscars through 2020

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ABC will keep the Oscar gold for years to come. The network announced today that it has extended its deal with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to air the Academy Awards through 2020.

“This contract ensures that the Oscar show will be an ABC tradition for 45 consecutive years,” said Academy President Tom Sherak in a statement. “ABC is absolutely the very best place for the Academy Awards, a television event that is beloved and watched by millions of movie lovers all over the world.”

The network has already aired 46 Oscar telecasts. The 83rd Academy Awards, which will air live on Sunday, will be the 36th consecutive ceremony to air on ABC.

ABC’s current deal with the movie academy was set to expire in 2012.

Feb 24 2011 03:13 PM ET

Scoop: How NBC landed the behind the scenes special 'Inside the Royal Wedding'

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The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has already set off a media frenzy, with every outlet under the sun wanting a piece of the big day. NBC is planning on sending all of its Today Show anchors as well as Nightly News’ Brian Williams to cover the event, but the network will also air Inside the Royal Wedding, a one-hour special premiering April 27, following the wedding preparations from January through April. According to exec producer Nick Bullen, the show will focus on “the supporting cast around the wedding,” like the wedding procession cavalry and the Dean of Westminster Abbey. Bullen says production will be filming until the very last minute to assure the special will catch every last detail. “We’re going to try and deliver as near as possible to [April 27],” he admits. “Obviously, what’s happening with the wedding is that things are being revealed on a daily basis. We want to be as up-to-date as possible. There’s even talk of doing a live introduction from Westminster Abbey on the Wednesday night with Meredith linking live to the States, but that’s still very much in discussions.”  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 18 2011 03:49 PM ET

Tim Allen returning to TV in ABC pilot

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tim-allenImage Credit: FilmMagic Inc/FilmMagic.comABC just persuaded a major player from its glory days to come back and engage in a little home improvement. Tim Allen — whose long-running role as Tim Taylor on Home Improvement helped to propel ABC to No. 1 — will star in an unnamed multi-camera comedy pilot (the working title was The Last Days of Man).

Penned by the Emmy-winning Jack Burditt (The Mike O’Malley Show, Inside Schwartz), the comedy focuses on a guy’s guy who’s surrounded by women. The storyline is still being adjusted, but the original logline spoke of a character who is “fighting for his manhood in a world that is being increasingly dominated by women.”  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 17 2011 06:28 PM ET

CBS fall development: The Robs (Riggle and Schneider) want to entertain you

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CBS-developmentImage Credit: Bob Charlotte/PR Photos; Chris Hatcher/PR Photos; Amanda Meredith/PR Photos; Al Messerschmidt/Getty ImagesCBS may not have a project like Wonder Woman that’s eating up all the headlines, nor does it have a much-anticipated reboot in the works that has fans hoping for the best (and even anticipating the worst). But the No. 1 network (in viewers) doesn’t need to make a lot of noise with its fall 2011 development, especially when it continues to succeed with tried-and-true formats featuring law dogs and crime-fighting duos. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 17 2011 03:02 PM ET

'Glee' men to produce 'American Horror Story' for FX

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Ryan-Murphy_240.jpg Image Credit: Noel Vasquez/WireImage.comIs Ryan Murphy’s fiefdom about to get a little bigger? FX announced today that the mastermind behind Glee — along with his fellow creator/executive producer Brad Falchuk — are returning to FX with a new drama pilot called American Horror Story.

The collaboration between Murphy and Falchuk reunites the duo with FX, where they worked on Nip/Tuck for seven years.

“American Horror Story is a project that Brad and I have been discussing for a while,” said Murphy in a statement. “(FX President) John Landgraf and I have maintained a wonderful relationship since Nip/Tuck ended its run and he gave me an open invitation to develop a new show for the network. FX is the perfect place for this series and we look forward to a great homecoming.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 9 2011 02:48 PM ET

NBC completes pilot orders, goes with big and loud projects (See: 'Wonder Woman,' 'Prime Suspect,' 'Smash' and 'Grimm')

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NBC-developmentImage Credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR Photos (2); Warner Bros/DC ComicsNBC is pretty much done ordering pilots for the 2011-12 prime time season and, under the new leadership of Robert Greenblatt, the network seems to be doing exactly what it needs to dig itself out from behind CBS and Fox: It needs to go big and bold. (Right now, NBC ranks third among adults 18-49 with a 2.6 rating/7 share and fourth in viewers, with 7.8 million). READ FULL STORY »

Feb 9 2011 10:34 AM ET

Nigel Lythgoe launches music show on CMT

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Nigel-LythgoeImage Credit: FoxNigel Lythgoe is expanding his empire yet again. CMT announced today that Lythgoe, together with his son Simon, will launch a new music competition series designed to find CMT’s Next Superstar. It’ll premiere in April.

In each of the show’s 10 episodes, CMT will search to find America’s “next great country star.”  The competitors will live together in Nashville, and the show will go behind-the-scenes to follow “all ensuing drama that can take place when musical adversaries live and compete together.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 8 2011 03:35 PM ET

Donald Faison, Christine Taylor, and others sign on for new TV Land sitcom pilots

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TV Land is hoping to emulate the success of Hot in Cleveland by stuffing its upcoming sitcom pilots with familiar faces. In Happily Divorced, based on Fran Drescher’s life, Drescher’s character starts dating again after she discovers her husband is gay. Rita Moreno (West Side Story) will play her mother, Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris) is cast as the best friend, and John Michael Higgins (Best in Show) and D.W. Moffett (Friday Night Lights) have signed on for other roles. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 7 2011 04:45 PM ET

Lifetime picks up two procedurals

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Lifetime announced today that is has ordered Against the Wall and Exit 19, two procedurals that’ll star Miguel Ferrer, Treat Williams and Kathy Baker. Against the Wall follows a Chicago police detective Abby Kowalski (Rachael Carpani) who causes a rift when she joins the department’s Internal Affairs division. Williams and Baker star as Abby’s parents. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 1 2011 04:48 PM ET

'The Kennedys' finally finds a home

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The controversial Kennedy miniseries staring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes has officially found a buyer: ReelzChannel will air The Kennedys starting April 3, the New Mexico-based network announced today. The eight-part miniseries marks ReelzChannel’s first original scripted programming, although the project famously was produced for The History Channel, until that basic cable network canceled it last month. The trailer is below: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2011 04:40 PM ET

Aaron Sorkin's cable news network drama earns HBO pilot order

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HBO has taken a major step forward in launching a series by Aaron Sorkin that chronicles the backstage drama at a cable news network.

The pay cabler has officially given a pilot order to Sorkin’s project, which could mark the much-anticipated return of The Social Network scribe to the small screen. To prepare, Sorkin spent time on Keith Olbermann’s set while penning the behind-the-scenes script (think Sports Night meets Countdown), something he did while juggling The Social Network and working on an early draft of the upcoming film Moneyball (starring Brad Pitt). READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2011 01:53 PM ET

Holy $#*!, a trend: Another show in the works with an expletive (kind of) in the title

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Cover your ears, grandma: There’s another comedy coming down the pipeline that hints to an expletive in the title. ABC just announced it has ordered a comedy pilot titled My Frickin’ Family, a single-camera project from Brillstein Entertainment that was penned by Erica Rivinoja (South Park). The logline: Two young parents’  lives change after they have a baby and the four grandparents with very different cultural backgrounds descend upon their lives to fight for the soul of their grandchild. (Or should we say, the little f–ker?)

A naughty word in the title certainly hasn’t hurt CBS’ $#*! My Dad Says, which has averaged 10.6 million and a 3.1 rating/9 share in adults 18-49. Before American Idol began, the William Shatner comedy was typically winning its timeslot. The Eye has yet to order another season, but it seems likely that The Shat will be back.

But back to ABC: The net also picked up a comedy pilot called Bad Mom, a single-camera project from Sharon Horgan and Aaron Kaplan about a woman who goes from having the best mom in the world to being the best mom in the world.

Fall 2011 development: Will remakes of Charlie’s Angels and Wonder Woman become great hits?

Jan 27 2011 06:52 PM ET

Think 'Taken' the TV show: ABC schedules summer series about a kid gone missing

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No, Liam Neeson is not doing a small-screen version of Taken for ABC. But the Alphabet is developing a series that’s similar to the 2008 film about a former spy who’s daughter is kidnapped overseas. In Missing, which was written by Greg Poirier and executive produced by Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo through ABC Studios, a young man disappears while in Italy for a summer internship so his mom travels to Europe to track him down. It soon becomes clear, however, that she’s no ordinary woman. That’s because she used to work for the CIA!

The drama is expected to air this summer.

(What’s that, you say? Don’t care about June and July programming and would prefer, instead, to review what ABC and the other networks may have in store for fall? Well, then check out our handy development list here.)

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