MTV Lays Off NYC Reality Staff, Lauren Dolgen Promoted to Head Streamlined Team
MTV has promoted Lauren Dolgen to head of reality programming and executive vice president of series development for the network. The promotion comes after the network combined the East Coast and West...
View ArticleE! Pulls ‘Fashion Police’ Amid Cast Shakeups, Bad Press, Advertiser Woes
The E! network has pulled “Fashion Police” from the schedule, following spectacular internal meltdown, negative press and diminishing returns for advertisers, TheWrap has learned. “E!’s comedy series...
View Article‘Empire’ Co-Creator Tackles N-Word Question: ‘We Don’t Need to Use It’ (Video)
Fox’s “Empire” has enjoyed one long winning ratings streak all season. And just as it’s nearing Wednesday’s two-hour finale, its co-creator has gotten use to his new normal. “Every week, I’m not...
View Article‘Army Wives’ Mayte Garcia Joins ABC Pilot ‘The Kingmakers’ (Exclusive)
Mayte Garcia is set to play a senator’s wife on ABC drama pilot “The Kingmakers,” TheWrap has learned. “The Kingmakers” follows a young man whose sister is found dead during her freshman year at an...
View ArticleLogo TV Gives ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Early Season 8 Renewal (Exclusive)
On the strength of its current seventh season ratings, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has already been renewed for an eighth season. “It’s kind of amazing to see how each season ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ continues to...
View Article‘Flipping Out’s’ Original Showrunner Returns Amid Creative Shift (Exclusive)
Bravo and “Flipping Out” producer Authentic Entertainment have brought back the reality series’ original showrunner, Billy Taylor, for Season 8. He replaces Andrew Hoegl, who headed up the show’s...
View ArticleWhen ‘Glee’ Was Great: Looking Back at Fox’s Pop Culture Phenom
The other day I jokingly tweeted that I couldn’t even assign a story written about Fox’s “Glee,” because no one in TheWrap newsroom watched the show anymore. Just a few years ago, a joke like that...
View Article‘Degrassi’ Star Alex Steele Joins ABC Pilot ‘Original Sin’ (Exclusive)
Alex Steele has joined the cast of ABC’s drama pilot, “Original Sin,” TheWrap has learned exclusively. From writer Jenna Bans (“Grey’s Anatomy”), “Original Sin” follows the return of a politician’s...
View Article‘Divergent’s’ Ray Stevenson Joins Starz’s ‘Black Sails’ as Iconic Pirate...
Providence Island is about to meet one of history’s most notorious pirates. Ray Stevenson joins Starz’s “Black Sails” as Blackbeard for Season 3, the premium network told TheWrap. Known as Edward...
View Article‘X-Files’ Returns to Fox as Limited Series
“X-Files” is coming back to Fox as a six-episode limited series, the network told TheWrap. The series’ Emmy Award-winning creator and executive producer Chris Carter is returning, alongside stars David...
View ArticleABC Family Orders Workplace Comedy Series From ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Producer
ABC Family has ordered single-camera comedy, “Kevin From Work,” to series, the network told TheWrap. The series will begin production in June and premiere this summer. Created by Barbie Adler (“How I...
View ArticleOWN Orders Evelyn Lozada Reality Series, ‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ Spinoff
The Oprah Winfrey Network announced that it has ordered two new series, ordered additional episodes of three shows from its Saturday night lineup, and revealed its first batch of stars on the upcoming...
View ArticleHBO Cancels ‘Looking,’ Sets Series Finale Special
HBO has canceled gay-themed comedy “Looking” after two seasons, but will give the San Francisco friends a farewell special. Here’s the network’s statement: After two years of following Patrick and his...
View Article‘Night Shift’ Alum Daniella Alonso Joins BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ (Exclusive)
Daniella Alonso is giving Gabrielle Union some competition on BET’s “Being Mary Jane.” TheWrap has exclusively learned that Alonso has been cast in a recurring role on the cable drama. Currently booked...
View ArticleDeadline Backlash: Black, Latino, Asian, Native American Advocacy Groups Slam...
A controversial Deadline article by co-editor-in-chief Nellie Andreeva that pondered whether Hollywood had gone too far with diversity casting is under fire from a coalition of Latino, African...
View Article‘Mentalist’ Star Owain Yeoman Cast as ‘Supergirl’ Villain
The reports are true: CBS’s “Supergirl” has booked Owain Yeoman as a villain for the pilot episode. Yeoman will guest star as longtime DC Comics baddie Vartox, a Warner Bros. Television representative...
View Article‘Goldbergs’ Star Wendi McLendon-Covey to Host Lambda Legal West Coast Liberty...
Wendi McLendon-Covey will be hosting the annual West Coast Liberty Awards at The Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Thursday, June 11, Lambda Legal told TheWrap exclusively. “Wendi McLendon-Covey...
View Article‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Star Elodie Yung Joins ABC Pilot ‘Of Kings and...
Elodie Yung has been cast on ABC’s biblical drama pilot “Of Kings and Prophets,” TheWrap has learned exclusively. The epic Biblical saga about faith, ambition and betrayal is told through the eyes of a...
View ArticleiHeartRadio Music Awards Winners List: Taylor Swift Tops the Night With 3...
Oscar and Grammy award winning actor and musician Jamie Foxx hosted the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which were held Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The iHeartRadio Music Awards were...
View ArticleiHeartRadio Music Awards: Iggy Azalea, Jennifer Hudson and Nick Jonas Get...
Live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Iggy Azalea was joined by Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson for an adorable (if a prison backdrop could be called “adorable”) performance of “Trouble.” Nick...
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