If ever there was an expedient excuse to cite the proverb "the more things change the more they stay the same," the broadcast networks’ 2019-2020 fall schedule is such an occasion now that the annual hoopla of the upfronts are over. Gotham is gone on Fox, but Gotham City is swinging back to the small screen with the…

CBS bosses have addressed the controversial decision to renew Bull following sexual harassment allegations against star Michael Weatherly and have promised that new procedures will "go beyond what we've done in the past". The procedural drama was picked up for a fourth season despite the allegations made against…

NBC's The Voice (1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 7.60 million viewers) topped total viewers Monday in primetime with a 2.9 million edge over its closest competitor, the Season 15 launch of ABC's The Bachelorette (1.3, 4.67M). But Hanna Brown’s debut on ABC’s dating competition drowned out NBC's singing…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television is walking away from CBS’ popular legal drama Bull in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations against star Michael Weatherly. A rep for Amblin confirmed to Deadline that Steven Spielberg, Amblin Television, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey are no longer attached to…

CBS has picked up a fourth season of series Bull, starring Michael Weatherly. The procedural drama, which has been a solid ratings performer for CBS, was never in doubt for renewal though the show became a center of controversy earlier this season over sexual harassment allegations against Weatherly by Eliza Dushku…

NBC's The Voice (1.1, 7.215M) topped Monday primetime in total viewers but marked a Monday version low In the demo, in which it was tied by Fox's 9-1-1 (1.1, 5.796M). ABC aired a Bachelorette reunion special (0.6, 2.854M) fell 2/10th relative to previous week's Adam Lambert/Queen special in the demo and where, two…

"The year has been in some ways just extraordinary in a beautiful way and it's been in some ways extraordinary in a really challenging way," proclaims Mapplethorpe producer Eliza Dushku. From almost any perspective, that seems like an understatement from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Married last summer and…

NBC's 8-10 PM The Voice premiere (2.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 10.75 million viewers ) powered the network to an easy Monday win. The long-running singing competition's latest edition launch climbed a tenth in the demo versus the show's most recent premiere, and did 1.1 million better in total…

Claiming that there's been nothing but "deflection, denial, and spin" from CBS, Bull's Michael Weatherly and an EP on the drama over revelations of harassment and the $9.5 million settlement she received, Eliza Dushku today decided to tell her own side of the story – and it doesn't read well for the already…

After it was revealed that Les Moonves was directly involved in a $9.5 million payout to Eliza Dushku in January after the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum accused Bull star Michael Weatherly of sexual harassment, Weatherly’s former NCIS alums took to Twitter to defend their former co-star. NCIS fan favorite Pauley Perret…

EXCLUSIVE: As accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein and others began flooding Hollywood early this year, CBS’ then-CEO Les Moonves stepped in to settle claims against one of the network’s biggest stars. Moonves was deeply and directly involved in the $9.5 million payout that CBS…

CBS paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 million to resolve claims that she was retaliated against for complaining about sexual harassment on the set of the prime time drama Bull, according to a report in the New York Times. Dushku appeared in three episodes of the show and had been assured of a significant recurring role, the NYT…