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When Parks and Recreations returns to its Thursday night time slot on NBC early next year, Amy Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, will need to rally the troops and bring some creativity to the table to save the department. Leslie’s on-screen dilemma isn’t unlike Poehler’s own fight to save the series. “She’s like, ‘Go big or go home,’” says Amy Poehler. “I say we put on this giant harvest festival. We try to get all the vendors, all the people in town, we raise the money we need for the... Read Full Story

NBC’s upcoming hour-long romantic comedy, “Love Bites”, has had its share of problems since it started production over the summer, but this might be its biggest blow yet: the network has cut the episode order from 13 to nine. NBC has cut the number of episodes for the mid-season replacement from 13 to 9, meaning production on the series will end next week. “Love Bites” was originally going to premiere during the Fall 2010 season in the Thursdays 10 PM time slot, but the show’s star, Becki... Read Full Story

NBC is putting their hopes on “The Cape”, a show about a cop turned masked hero, for the mid-season. The show’s star David Lyons (“ER”) recently explained that his character, Vince Faraday, doesn’t have any special powers but, after he is framed and assumed to be dead, he goes underground and is adopted by a carnival troupe/band of thieves led by the mysterious Max Malini (Keith David, “Death at a Funeral”). After joining the troupe, he takes on the persona of his son’s favorite comic... Read Full Story

Its no secret that the post- Seinfeld years haven’t been kind (at least not professionally) to most of the show’s cast. Just when it started to look like Julia Louis-Dreyfus was about to break the curse, her series, The New Adventures of Old Christine , was canceled. And we all know what happened to Michael Richards. But, none of this is discouraging Jason Alexander, who had two failed sitcoms of his own, from planning his comeback. CBS has ordered a script for an untitled hour-long... Read Full Story

HBO isn’t wasting any time playing up the fact that season five will be the last for Big Love , and they’re promising an epic ending. In two new teaser trailers for the upcoming season, we don’t learn much about the actual plot of season five but we can see the toll that Bill’s new role has taken on the family and we also get the feeling that he could ultimately find himself alone. In the first promo Bill and the wives seem to be having a good time frolicking in the snow until suddenly... Read Full Story

Despite rumors that season five may be its last, Showtime announced yesterday that is was renewing Dexter for a sixth season. Over the past five years, the drama has become the network’s biggest hit. This season’s 10th episode drew more than 2.54 million viewers, the network’s highest rated show behind the series’ season four finale which drew 2.57 million viewers. Showtime president David Nevins said the renewal was “the easiest decision I’ve made since I got to Showtime.” He added... Read Full Story

Office star Steve Carell may be leaving the show at the end of the season, but he’s not leaving the network for good. Carell reportedly just sold a half-hour single-camera comedy to NBC. The comedy is tentatively entitled The Post-Graduate Project . It’s being described as “a sweet and nostalgic take” on the actor’s own 20s when he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Mass. Carell says he quit the job  after only  a few months because his boss told him he was a terrible mail carrier... Read Full Story

Have you jumped out of your seat during a commercial break after the volume mysteriously seems to get much louder? The FCC has been receiving complaints for more than 50 years about the sound bursts that seem to happen when commercials come on but the commission doesn’t regulate TV volume so that left the issue in limbo until now. On Thursday The House passed a bill that would prevent advertisers from abruptly raising the volume to catch the attention of viewers. The bill’s House sponsor... Read Full Story

Kevin Williamson, who is the co-creator/Executive Producer for The CW’s hit series, The Vampire Diaries is working on a new supernatural drama series. The show is being envisioned as a companion for the network’s flagship series, Vampire Diaries . The untitled project, which is in early stages of development at Warner Brothers TV, is about a group of people who investigate paranormal happenings. Williamson’s partner, Julie Plec, is in talks to join the series to co-write the project with... Read Full Story

Next month, Lionsgate will begin  shooting a new pilot for a TNT starring Steven Weber and D.L. Hughley in Albuquerque, NM. The series is still untitled but it is based on the Marshall Karp novel “The Rabbit Factory.” The show will focus on a recently widowed detective Mike Lomax, played by Weber, and his newly married partner, Terry Biggs, played by Hughley. They will “delve into a world of mystery, intrigue and occasional hijinks” while Lomax tries to re-enter the singles world, though... Read Full Story