For the first time in its history, Hulu took the stage at the Television Critics’ Association on Sunday to unveil a slate of programming designed to make it a bona fide content maker.

It may be best known as a one-stop shop for last night’s  episodes of hit shows like “Modern Family” or  “The Daily Show,” but that could soon change. Like Netflix and YouTube, Hulu is betting on original content by partnering with such prominent filmmakers as Morgan Spurlock (”Super Size Me”) and Richard Linklater (“Dazed and Confused”).

The three shows include a scripted series about...

FX president John Landgraf said the network picked up Charlie Sheen's new series, "Anger Management," based solely on a pitch and brief outlines for 15 episodes -- but believes it is worth the risk.

"We're a network that likes to take risks," he said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Sunday.

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Landgraf says the network generally doesn't pick up shows that haven't shot pilots, but made an exception for "Anger Management" in part because the show is inexpensive to produce. Lionsgate, the studio behind it, covers much of the cost, he said.

Landgraf is known for giving FX shows an...

"The Killing" will reveal its killer at the end of its second season, AMC announced Saturday.

The news confirms what fans of the show strongly suspected at the end of the first season's finale: the man arrested for Rosie Larsen's killing in the episode wasn't necessarily the killer. (We're trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible.)

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Speaking at the Television Critics Association winter press tour Saturday, AMC head of original programming Joel Stillerman said the network had listened to...

Melissa Rycroft is the rarest of rarities in the world of reality television: a star who doesn't want to act or record an album, and doesn't expect reality fame to last forever.

Her new CMT series, "Melissa and Tye: A New Reality," finds her and husband Tye Strickland managing a commuter marriage: While she pursues a TV career in Los Angeles, he travels to Dallas to build his insurance company -- because the couple considers his work crucial to their long-term success.

"This world out here is really silly to us," said Rycroft, speaking at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena on Saturday. "His job is our long-term income...