CBS Pulls Dating Show '3' Off Schedule

CBS"3" CBS has taken struggling dating show 3 off the schedule. After two low-rated episodes, the network has pulled the plug on the series, which had its time-slot debut just two nights ago, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. PHOTOS: 10 Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' CBS will air drama repeats at 9 p.m. Sundays beginning next week. Returning drama The Good Wife will assume the time period Sept. 30. The writing was on the wall early...

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Steven Tyler on His 'American Idol' Exit: 'I Loved and Hated It'

Michael Becker / FOX With his time judging American Idol in the rearview mirror, Steven Tyler candidly told Rolling Stone that he's relieved the gig is over. "[It's] not my cup of tea," said the 64-year-old Aerosmith frontman. "I loved it and hated it. It was a great job. I sat next to J. Lo and I made a ton of money. It was a moment in life and it became larger than life." PHOTOS: 'American Idol' Live: The 2012 Tour In Pictures Tyler admitted that...

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Anderson Cooper's Ratings Grow After Coming Out, CNN Rebounds From June Lows

John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images Though only Fox News Channel is in better shape than it was this time last year, July was still a good month for CNN. The network saw growth across the board after record lows in June. Ratings for the month have the network still firmly in third place, but up in double digits in primetime and daily viewers, with even stronger gains in the demo. PHOTOS: THR's 35 Most Powerful People in Media CNN averaged 488,000...

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TV Ratings: Olympics Stay Strong, 'Bachelor Pad' Sinks

Al Bello/Getty Images With the glow of opening weekend fading just a bit, NBC's Olympic coverage still fared incredibly well on Monday night. Fast affiliate ratings have the fourth night of the London Games down just a tenth of a point in the demo from Beijing, averaging a 10.5 adults 18-49 rating for the night. An average of 31.4 million tuned into the festivities. Univision bested the rest of the broadcast nets with a 1.3 adults rating, while Fox...

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'Real Housewives of New York' Recap: Sex Talk and Spit Takes in Miami

Michael Rosenthal/BravoThe Real Housewives of New York Season 5 Cast When The Real Housewives of New York travel, the fun and nuttiness hit the road with them. When we left them last week, we knew Aviva Drescher was setting Sonja up with her vivacious father George but George proved to be so much more than that; it turned out he is, as Aviva claimed, a bit of a sex fiend. PHOTOS: The 'Ex-Real Housewives Club' First, the ladies enjoyed lunch and cocktails,...

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'Bachelor Pad' Recap: Ribbon Dancing Never Looked So Bad

ABC/MATT BROWN What better way to celebrate the Olympics than with a little awkward ribbon dancing by reality TV stars with little to no talent? Bachelor Pad picked up right where last weeks episode ended, with the superfan twins arguing about who may or may not be a slut. They eventually make up, thank the TV gods. The next day, host Chris Harrison informs the contestants that theyll be partaking in some rhythmic gymnastics for this weeks competition....

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TCA 2012 The CW and Showtime Recap: Pedowitz and Nevins Shrug at Ratings, 'Weeds' Says Farewell

Getty Images The CW and Showtime split Monday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, and though the sister networks had quite different presentations, they did have one theme in common: neither is putting much stock in Nielsen ratings. Digital streaming numbers on our shows are astronomical," said CW president Mark Pedowitz. "Nielsen is trying to do the best they can. We are all looking for an accurate measurement." Taking the stage...

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TCA 2012: Showtime Renews 'Inside Comedy'

Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesDavid Steinberg Showtime has renewed docu-series Inside Comedy for a second season. The series will be back for 10 more episodes, it was announced by Showtime entertainment president David Nevins at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour Monday. Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey and Albert Brooks are among the new subjects for the series. From Curb Your Enthusiasm's David Steinberg and Steve Carell,...

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TV Ratings: London Games Continue to Outpace Beijing, '3' Premieres Low

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images NBC's coverage of the 2012 London Games continue to be stronger than the most recent summer games. Sunday night's delayed broadcasts of women's gymnastics, men's relay swimming and more brought in 35 million viewers and a 11.4 rating among adults 18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings. That's up two percent from the comparable broadcast from Beijing in 2008. PHOTOS: Inside the Olympics Opening Ceremonies The contest...

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TCA 2012: CBS Party Diary With Leslie Moonves, Michael Chiklis and Mamie Gummer

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesLeslie Moonves Following a day of panels and chest beating, the most-watched network invited members of the Television Critics Association to mingle with CBS, the CW and Showtimes new fall crop of stars. Here's a minute-by-minute look at what went down -- from Leslie Moonves' favorite rival shows (ABC'sNashvile!) to the actor with the biggest gaggle (Dexter'sMichael C. Hall!) -- inside the Beverly Hilton's Sunday...

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'True Blood' Recap: Two Sams Are Better Than One

John P. Johnson/HBO True Blood dialed up the crazy factor to 11 this week, with plenty of storylines moving along quickly. [Warning: Spoilers ahead if you havent seen Sundays episode.] MVP of the episode definitely goes to Sam Trammell for playing Lunas (Janina Gavankar) shifted version of Sam Merlotte. (More on that later.) VIDEO: Comic-Con 2012: 'True Blood's' Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer van Straten Talk Werewolf Sex, Season 5 Finale The episode,...

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TCA 2012: CBS News Execs Stress Accuracy Amid Flurry of Competitor Gaffes

Getty ImagesJeff Fager CBS News chairman Jeff Fager opened the final session of the networks summer press tour Sunday with a soliloquy about the CBS News mission of quality reporting. It was a speech that alluded to gaffes at competing news organizations. We werent always first, but we were accurate and comprehensive, said Fager, referring to the news divisions reporting on the Aurora, Colo., shooting and the Supreme Court decision on President Obamas...

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TCA 2012: 'Partners' Co-Creators Talk About Putting Themselves in New CBS Comedy

Partners co-creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, the duo behind Will & Grace, spoke a bit more personally than most showrunners during their Television Critics Association summer press tour panel. Though the stars of their new CBS series did field some questions, most reporters targeted the Emmy-winning duo's decision to focus their latest collaboration on their own history. The series follows two best friends and business partners, one gay...

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'Scandal' Cast, Shonda Rhimes on Quinn's Reveal and Mellie's Endgame

ABC/COLLEEN HAYES"Scandal's" Katie Lowes "You learn who Quinn Perkins is in the first episode of the season and the question that emerges from the first episode is not, 'Who is Quinn Perkins' but 'Why is Quinn Perkins who she is and what happened to make her that way." Showrunner Shonda Rhimes tells The Hollywood Reporter that Scandal will jump right back into the action when the ABC political fixer drama returns in September with its second -- and...

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TCA 2012: Charlie Sheen on 'Anger Management': "It's Different Now that I’m Not Insane"

FXCharlie Sheen Reviews be damned, you can expect to see much more of Charlie Sheen. With the half-hour entry garnering ratings above the threshold necessary for renewal, FX Networks president John Landgraf noted that the odds to return for an additional 90 episodes are overwhelmingly in the shows favor. And to hear Sheen tell it, 90 wont be enough. Its exciting as hell, Sheen says of his latest series, which is currently averaging an impressive...

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TCA 2012: Louis C.K. On Pushing Boundaries, Awards Silliness and his Love for 'Project Runway'

From "somwhere" in Albany, Louie executive producer and starLouis CK greeted members of the Television Critics Association Saturday with his thoughts on fashion, comedy and FX's standards and practices division. Here's a look at the many topics he tackled during his half hour before the press. On Comedys Boundaries It is rare for FX to have to reign CK in. Im like a dog with a shock collar. You can take the collar off after a while; I know where...

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Jason Bateman Tweets Michael Cera Pics From 'Arrested Development' Set (Photo)

Jason Bateman/Twitter The Bluth family reunion is afoot. Jason Bateman on Saturday provided Arrested Development fans -- those dedicated television junkies that believed and protested long enough to bring the show back to the dead and on to Netflix -- a couple brief treats from what looks to be a very work-in-progress set. "My son, arriving yesterday," he tweeted, attaching a photo of his TV son, Michael Cera. Now grown up, seeing Cera back as George...

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'Suburgatory's' Emily Kapnek Previews Season 2: Romance for Tessa, George and Guest Star Rachel Dratch

ABCJane Levy of 'Suburgatory' The first season of ABC comedySuburgatory ended with a couple of very dramatic moments. Tessa (Jane Levy) met her maternal grandmother and began exploring more about her family and absentee mother, which offered her an escape route from Chatswin for the summer. Over at the Shea household, Lisa (Allie Grant) found out she's very much Sheila (Ana Gasteyer) and Fred's (Chris Parnell) biological daughter, with her brother...

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'The Office' Hires 'Better With You's' Jake Lacy

Jake Lacy Dunder Mifflin has added a new office mate. Better With You's Jake Lacy has joined NBC's The Office, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. As first reported by TV Line, Lacy will be a series regular on the veteran comedy's upcoming ninth season as the series continues its reboot for Season 9. For Lacy, the casting comes not long after he was dropped from Fox's midseason comedy The Goodwin Games, where he co-starred in the pilot alongside...

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TCA 2012: FX Sets Cast for 'Bronx Warrants' Pilot, Orders Project From 'Cold Case' EPs

Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesDenis Leary FX has set the cast for its comedy pilot Bronx Warrants andordered a drama pilot based on the Danish series The Bridge from the executive producers from Cold Case. Stand-up comic Godfrey and Robert Kelly, among others,will star in the effort that's based on the life of David Joglar and Richard Wetzel, who co-produce, the project revolves around a group of warrant detectives in the Bronx assigned to arrest individuals...

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Olympics Opening Ceremony: Music Hits and Misses Include Punk, Paul and Syria's Ill-Timed March to 'Where The Streets Have No Name'

A $40 million production budget bought the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony one heck of a spectacle, but when it came to the soundtrack, the events musical choices left some watching at home -- and commenting online -- a little miffed. To be fair, encapsulating five-plus decades of British music is no small task, but how do you explain a miniscule nod to Led Zeppelin? Where was Robbie Williams? The Police? Depeche Mode? Even the ever-reliable...

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TCA 2012: ABC Party Diary With Connie Britton, Pamela Anderson and the Creators of 'Modern Family'

Robert ErdmannConnie Britton After another media day focused on the fate of the Modern Family cast, few expectedthe show's co-creatorsSteve LevitanandChris Lloyd to show up for ABC's Television Critics Association party. But that's precisely what they did, fielding questions about their actors' salary demands. That's until news broke that new deals had been struck, and then the hypotheticals turned into proud realities. Here's a minute-by-minute...

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TCA 2012: Andre Braugher, Shawn Ryan Talk Diversity on TV

Getty Images Andre Braugher who stars in ABCs Shawn Ryan/Karl Gajdusek military drama Last Resort humorously and thoughtfully deflected questions about a perceived white wash in primetime television. I dont have a lot of information on which to judge the world in which theres a white Andre Braugher who did better than I did, he said to laughs from media reporters gathered for the final session of ABCs TCA day. And I dont mean to be factious about...

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TCA 2012: '666 Park Avenue' Creator Already Has Season 2 Pitch

Getty Images ABC is banking on 666 Park Avenue as it dips its toe in the horror genre. Though the series, which creator/executive producer David Wilcox described as a "supernatural soap," has yet to debut, he revealed that there is an idea already for a season two at the Television Critics Assoc. press tour on Friday afternoon. PHOTOS: ABC's 2012-13 Season: 'Nashville,' '666 Park Ave' and 'Malibu Country' "We have a pitch for season two," Wilcox...

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TCA 2012: 'Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars' Bristol Palin Talks Partners and Politics

Getty Images After announcing the 12 (ultimately 13) cast members returning for Dancing With the Stars: All Stars, ABC trotted seven of them on stage at the Television Critics Association summer press tour to speak with reporters about the new spin on the veteran competition. They were joined by executive producer Conrad Green, who attempted to explain the evolving model for the series, while dodging a slew of casting questions about who said no...

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TV Ratings: Rising 'Wipeout' Drives ABC to Thursday Win

Fast affiliate ratings have ABC topping all broadcast nets among adults 18-49 and viewers on Thursday night, buoyed by a resurgent episode of Wipeout. The competition was up half of a point in the demo, for a 2.2 adults rating. Rookie Blue had a smaller boost, posting a 1.5 rating among 18-49-ers. The network averaged a 1.9 adults rating for the night and 6.4 million viewers. PHOTOS: Broadcast TV's Returning Shows for 2012-13 Season Encores of Big...

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Toby Keith to 'American Idol': Thanks, But No Thanks

Greg Watermann As the American Idol rumor mill swirls into a chaotic mess of names from every genre imaginable, it seems the country contingent is leading the pack of potential judges, much like the show itself has been skewing in recent years.And can you blame the producers? All but two Idol winners hail from the South and just about every one of them (with the exception of maybe Ruben Studdard) has tried their hand at twang. So it comes as little...

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