The Democratic debate on Tuesday night has all of the ingredients of the most consequential one yet this cycle: Bernie Sanders, now the front runner, likely will be the main target of rivals’ attacks. Michael Bloomberg, blanketing the airwaves with his campaign commercials, is looking for a reset after last week’s…

Teri Polo leads a quartet of actors cast in The Big Leap, Fox’s ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot from The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens. Matt Lucas, Jumanji;s Ser'Darius Blain and Ray Cham also are cast in lead roles in the project, inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. It is a…

Harvey Weinstein never made it to jail Monday after being found guilty on multiple counts in his New York rape trial. Instead the disgraced producer is currently at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. Having left the Criminal Courts Building near the Big Apple's Chinatown Monday afternoon, the already hobbled Weinstein…

Netflix said Monday it is expanding the rollout of a Top 10 listing that will show its subscribers the 10 most-watched titles each day on the streaming giant. The service said in a blog post that it had been experimenting with the lists recently in Mexico and the UK, and is now rolling it out in the U.S. and globally…

UPDATED, 4:14 PM: Hardball host Chris Matthews apologized for a remark he made during MSNBC’s Nevada caucus coverage Saturday in which he compared the inability of establishment Democrats to stop Bernie Sanders to France’s futile hopes against Germany’s invasion in 1940. At the top of his show on Monday, Matthews…

Saturday Night Live alumna Ana Gasteyer is set to lead the ensemble cast of NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot American Auto, from Superstore creator Justin Spitzer, Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television. Written by Spitzer, American Auto is set at the headquarters of a major American automotive…

The BBC has commissioned a slate of four dramas from first-time TV writers, including a police series starring The Hobbit and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman as a night shift officer in the British city of Liverpool. The Responder is written by Tony Schumacher, a former police officer who is fulfilling a lifelong…

The BBC’s drama chief Piers Wenger has defended Doctor Who following a drop in ratings and a mixed reception from fans for Season 12 of the sci-fi drama. At a BBC drama even in London on Monday, Wenger was asked if he would consider resting Doctor Who given some of the malaise around the show, which is produced by BBC…

The BBC’s drama chief Piers Wenger has bristled at the idea of the British broadcaster becoming a subscription service amid growing talk of the government abandoning the licence fee. During an event in London on Monday, Wenger made a passionate case for the BBC’s place in a TV ecology that is becoming increasingly…

The BBC has moved quickly to cement its relationship with Irish author Sally Rooney. Youth channel BBC Three is preparing to drop Normal People in the spring, and is now committed to a 12-part adaption of Rooney’s debut book Conversations With Friends. Hulu is attached to Normal People, but has not yet signed up for Co…