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Corbin Bernsen is set as a lead opposite Blair Underwood in L.A. Law, a new incarnation of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama that was officially picked up to pilot by ABC earlier this month. Underwood and Bernsen, reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively, are believed to be the only…

Brianna Bennett is moving from CBS TV Studios to ABC Entertainment to head up drama for the Disney-owned network. Bennett has joined as SVP, Network Drama, ABC Entertainment, where she will lead the drama series development team. It comes after Brian Morewitz left the company in July. Bennett, who reports to Simran…

It’s October, which means it’s time for the Major League Baseball playoffs to take center stage. Friday’s ratings reflected that, as Fox’s broadcast brought in a 1.1 in demos and 5.31 million viewers. Surprisingly (or maybe not so, given the fanaticism of its following) CBS crime drama Blue Bloods brought in a…

ABC has set the fourth installment of its successful Singalong franchise with The Queen Family Singalong. Hosted by Darren Criss, the special one-hour, one-night-only event will air at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 4. The special will feature an hour of killer Queen hits, performed by musical artists including Adam Lambert…

The NFL has set another multiplatform deal for this season’s wild card playoff games. ESPN owner the Walt Disney Company and the NFL announced a five year rights agreement for ESPN to present a new Monday night Wild Card game beginning with the 2021 season and continuing through the 2025 season. The agreement was…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC is developing a legal drama written and executive produced by Bill Chais (Franklin & Bash), a former public defender, and Pat Cunnane (Designated Survivor), who was President Barack Obama’s Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging at the White House. The drama is executive produced by the Black Sai…

The TV audience went swimming with sharks on Friday night, as ABC’s Shark Tank kicked off its Season 13, drawing an 0.5 and 3.55 million viewers. The demo score tied with the Fox WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which had an 0.5 for its visit to San Jose, Calif., but drew far less of a viewing crowd. Shark Tank saw the…

Scandal alum Jeff Perry is set as the male lead opposite Hilary Swank in ABC’s Alaska-set drama pilot from Spotlight and Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and 20th Television. Written, executive produced and directed by McCarthy, the Untitled Alaska Project features Swank as Eileen, a star journalist who moves to…

Former Scandal star Bellamy Young is returning to ABC as a lead opposite John Ortiz in Promised Land, a Latinx family drama starring Ortiz and Christina Ochoa. Written by Matt Lopez and directed by Michael Cuesta, Promised Land is an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power…

EXCLUSIVE: Megan Michaels Wolflick grew up watching her dad, David Michaels, produce the Olympic Games for NBC. The sporting achievements in Athens and Beijing would have led to a few tears, but now Michaels Wolflick is in charge of making viewers weep after taking sole charge of American Idol as it celebrates its…

L.A. Law has taken a major step in its TV comeback. ABC has given a pilot green light to a new incarnation of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama. The project, which had been in the works at the network since December, is headlined by Blair Underwood, reprising his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins in addition to…

Dancing with the Stars judge Derek Hough was forced to sit out of Monday night’s show due to a “potential Covid exposure,” host Tyra Banks announced during the broadcast. “Although he’s fully vaccinated and tested negative, Derek will sit out tonight’s show out of an abundance of caution,” she added. Hough will…