Nina Tassler Defends 'Criminal Minds' Violence: 'I Don't Let My Kid Watch it. I Do'
January, 12, 2013 11:29 am | Comments On #Bob Greenblatt, Criminal Minds, Dexter, nina tassler, TelevisionDays after another network chief criticized the violence on CBS's "Criminal Minds," CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler defended the series but said she doesn't allow her 14-year-old daughter to view it.
"It's a much-maligned show," she said after a Television Critics Association panel on Saturday. "I happen to enjoy the show. It's not for everybody. It's an adult show. ... It's given an appropriate rating every week. I don't let my kid watch it. I do."
Both Tassler and NBC's Bob Greenblatt, who said last Sunday that "Criminal Minds" is "worse than 'Dexter'" in terms of violence...
Read MoreStephen King's 'Under the Dome' Gets CBS Premiere Date
January, 12, 2013 9:16 am | Comments On #Chester's Mill, Maine, Stephen King, Television, Under the DomeCBS announced Saturday that Stephen King's "Under the Dome," a 13-part serialized drama about a small town in Maine trapped under a giant dome, will premiere Monday, June 24.
CBS will give the series some high-profile advertising by airing promos during the Super Bowl, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler said. The show was one of several, including "Unforgettable," to have its summer premiere date announced on Saturday.
The series is based on King's novel of the same name and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. "Lost" writer Brian K. Vaughn, who also wrote the celebrated comic book "Y: The Last Man," is scripting....
Read MoreCBS Wants 11th Season of 'Two and a Half Men,' Expects More 'Mother'
January, 12, 2013 9:10 am | Comments On #angus t. jones, Ashton Kutcher, CBS, nina tassler, Television, Two and a Half MenCBS wants an eleventh season of "Two and a Half Men," and expects to announce soon that "How I Met Your Mother" will be back for a ninth season, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler said Saturday.
"We've told Warner Bros. we would like to have an eleventh season and they're equally interested," Tassler said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour Saturday.
Also read: Angus T. Jones: 'Stop Watching' Filthy 'Two and a Half Men' (Video)
She also...
Read More'Banshee' Head Greg Yaitanes: Secrets Galore, But Hold the Olives
January, 11, 2013 5:55 pm | Comments On #Alan Ball, banshee, greg yaitanes, TelevisionLike many TV creators, Greg Yaitanes isn't crazy about the alternate identities people adopt online – and the Emmy-winning former "House" executive producer gets to explore anonymity and becoming someone else in the new Cinemax series "Banshee."
"I've been harassed by 'House' Twitter fans for years now. I'm always kind of surprised at people's level of saying something that they would never say to my face -- that they would never say to another human being's face," he said.
Not that Yaitanes has a problem with social media – he was an early investor in Twitter, and used a litany of apps and new technology to make his...
Read MoreMatt Damon to Guest on Kimmel for First Time
January, 11, 2013 11:55 am | Comments On #Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon, Sarah Silverman, TelevisionMatt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel will finally get to air their grievances when the actor appears as a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for the first time on Thursday, Jan. 24.
The two have a long history of fake feuding, going back to Damon appearing with Kimmel's then-girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, in a 2008 video entitled "I'm F---ing Matt Damon." But Damon has never appeared on the show before as a guest.
Also read: Kimmel on First Ratings Win Over Leno: 'It Was Fun'
"It's been a whole long, sordid history of these two guys taking jabs at each other. So to actually have them face-to-face for the first time in late-night television history is a big deal for us," Kimmel's executive producer,...
Read MoreKimmel on First Ratings Win Over Leno: 'It Was Fun'
January, 11, 2013 11:24 am | Comments On #David Letterman, jay leno, Jimmy Kimmel, ratings, TelevisionJimmy Kimmel says it was "fun" to score his first ratings victories over Jay Leno in his new 11:35 timeslot.
For the first time since moving to his new timeslot Tuesday, Kimmel won the 18-49 demo Thursday, scoring a .98 rating compared to a .74 for "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and a .73 for "The Late Show With David Letterman." In the 25-54 demo often used to measure late-night and news shows, Kimmel scored another win, earning a 1.3 compared to a 1.07 for both Leno and Letterman.
Also read: Matt Damon to Guest on Kimmel for First Time
Leno and Letterman narrowly beat...
Read More'The Middle' Will Gladly Take Longevity Over Awards
January, 10, 2013 6:23 pm | Comments On #atticus shaffer, cast, creators, deann heline, eden sher, Eileen Heisler, Neil Flynn, Patricia Heaton, Television, The MiddleABC's "The Middle" doesn't get the recognition, ratings or Emmy Awards that "Modern Family" does, but the cast and creators are fine with cruising under the radar if they can continue producing more episodes.
"I say slow and steady wins the race," series star Neil Flynn rationalized at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.
Also read: Ratings: 'People's Choice Awards' Inches Up; ABC Wins With 'Modern Family'
Despite averaging a middling 2.8 rating in the 18-49...
Read MoreABC's 'Zero Hour' Will Conclude Conspiracies After Each Season
January, 10, 2013 2:35 pm | Comments On #ABC, conspiracy, Lost, Prison Break, TCA, Television, zero hourPaul Scheuring, the executive producer of ABC's "Zero Hour," says the conspiracy driving the new ABC drama will "100 percent" wrap up at the end of its first season.
Premeiring Feb. 14, the show follows Anthony Edwards ("ER") as the publisher of a magazine that investigates conspiracy theories. But after his wife (Jacinda Barrett) is abducted from her antique clock shop, Edwards' character is pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history. We don't know exactly what that mystery is yet, but it involves clocks and Nazis.
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Read MoreABC Hopes to Fast-Track 'S.H.I.E.L.D' Series
January, 10, 2013 11:43 am | Comments On #Avengers, Joss Whedon, Paul Lee, s.h.i.e.l.d, TelevisionNBC entertainment chief Paul Lee says he has fast-tracked a Joss Whedon series based on "S.H.I.E.L.D," the Marvel comics peacekeeping agency featured in "The Avengers" and other films.
ABC announced in August, after the huge success of "The Avengers," that it had ordered a pilot based on the fictitious agency headed by Nick Fury (played in the movies by Samuel L. Jackson). Lee said in a Television Critics Association panel on Thursday that while ABC has not greenlit a series, it hopes to fast-track it if the pilot works out.
"We haven't yet seen the pilot," Lee said. "We fast-tracked that before the others. We're going to see...
Read MoreABC Chief Says Network Needs Hits, Will Abandon 'All-Star' Format for 'Dancing'
January, 10, 2013 11:17 am | Comments On #ABC, Dancing With the Stars, Paul Lee, TelevisionABC entertainment president Paul Lee summd up his fall season by saying his network has "a lot to shout about, and we also have a lot to do."
Lee's network finished the fall in fourth place in the key 18-49 demographic and third place in total viewers. He lamented the fall's lack of any "big breakout hits on broadcast on any of the networks and on ABC in particular."
NBC, which passed ABC and its other rivals to become fall's top-rated network in 18-49, might dispute that: It has touted the new drama "Revolution" as a hit.
Lee assessed his network's fall at a Television Critics Association panel on Thursday. He said he was...
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TheWrap at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
