Henry Winkler Returning to 'Arrested Development'

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesHenry Winkler The Bluthfamily attorney is back in the house. Henry Winkleris returning for the fourth season of Netflix's revived Arrested Development, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. STORY: Ron Howard Tweets Pictures from the 'Arrested Development' Set Winkler will reprise his role as Barry Zuckerkorn, the dingy and incompetent family attorney who does more harm than good for the Bluths, who was eventually replaced...

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Fox Renews Gordon Ramsay's 'Hotel Hell' for Second Season

Jeffrey Neira/FOX"Hotel Hell" Fox has renewed Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell for a second season. The network announced Friday that the award-winning chef and hospitality expert will be back for a second year to help save struggling establishments across the country. STORY: TV Ratings: 'Hell's Kitchen,' 'Hotel Hell' Hit Summer Highs "With Hotel Hell, Gordon has proved once again that hes one of the most successful and appealing personalities on television,"...

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'Glee's' Naya Rivera on Brittany and Santana's 'New Challenge,' Same-Sex PDA

"Glee's" Naya Rivera Glee's Naya Rivera is all over the map. The actress, busy prepping her upcoming solo album, will be traveling back and forth between Lima, Ohio, and the University of Louisville when season four of the Fox musical returns as the cheerleader extraordinaire juggles colleges and missing friends, family and her girlfriend, Brittany (Heather Morris). In addition, the singer-actress is juggling Glee with work on her upcoming solo album....

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TV Ratings: 'Big Brother' Steady on Final Night of Republican National Convention

CBS Coverage of the final night of the Republican National Convention -- and preseason football in some areas -- have affected ratings for Thursday broadcasts, but for now it looks as if Big Brother was steady with the CW's The Next rising. Expect adjustments to be made in the final nationals later today. The latest live eviction of Big Brother didn't drop substantially. Instead, the CBS summer reality series remained on par with its previous episodes,...

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Is Randy Jackson Out as 'American Idol' Judge? (Report)

Jason Merritt/Getty Images Randy Jackson's exit from the American Idol judges' table has been long rumored and now TMZ is calling it fact. Citing sources, the website says that Jackson, the only Idol cast member other than host Ryan Seacrest to have an on-air role since season one, will transition to a mentor role in season 12. Jackson was expected to remain with the Fox show that's been home to him for more than a decade in part because he co-manages...

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Mondo Guerra Recaps 'Project Runway' Season 10, Episode 7: The Lord & Taylor Challenge

[Warning: Spoilers ahead if you havent seen Thursday's episode.]Related TopicsProject Runway Heidi has a big surprise "in store" for the designers when she sends them off to meet Tim Gunn. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Project Runway, Lord & Taylor will be producing a collection featuring one design from each of the shows nine past seasons (yours truly is proud to represent season eight with my little black dress). STORY: 'Fashion Is...

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'House' Scribe Sells Terrorism Drama to ABC (Exclusive)

Call it the Homeland effect. ABC has given script orders to a terrorism drama from House alum Pamela Davis, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Double Felix revolves around a family man who after suffering from a traumatic brain injury attempts to regain his memory and discovers he may have been part of a domestic terrorist plot. More TV Development News Davis, a writer-producer on USA Network's Common Law, will pen the script and executive...

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CBS Circling Robin Williams Comedy From David E. Kelley

Getty ImagesDavid E. Kelley and Robin Williams Nanu nanu, CBS. Robin Williams, who made the expression a household name in the late 1970s and early '80s as Mork from Ork on ABC's Mork & Mindy, could be returning to the small screen. The Good Will Hunting Oscar winner is prepping a return to TV via a half-hour comedy from The Practice's David E. Kelley, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. CBS is circling the untitled single-camera, which is...

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Taylor Schilling to Star in Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black'

Getty ImagesTaylor Schilling Taylor Schilling has landed the lead role in Weeds creator Jenji Kohan's new Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. The Mercy star will play the coveted lead role in the project from Lionsgate TV that's based on the book by Piper Kerman. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time The one-hour dramedy centers on an engaged Brooklyn resident whose decade-old relationship with a drug-runner in college results in...

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MTV Ending 'Jersey Shore' With Season 6

MTV Seaside Heights is about to get significantly more quiet. MTV announced Thursday that the upcoming sixth season of reality cash cow Jersey Shore will be its last, ending frequent speculation that the network would maintain the franchise with a new cast. PHOTOS: The Quotable Snooki The last run of Jersey Shore premieres Oct. 4, with production already completed. The network will start saying goodbye with a retrospective special, Gym, Tan, Look...

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CBS, History, TBS Receive Failing Grade on GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index

David Giesbrecht/CBS"The Good Wife's" Archie Panjabi CBS, History Channel and TBS failed to make the grade on GLAAD's annual study mapping the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals on TV. In its sixth annual Network Responsibility Index, watchdog organization the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation evaluated programming on five broadcast and 10 major cable networks, finding that the...

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'Glee': Meet Brittany's New Rival, Rachel's Potential Boy-Toy (Video)

When Glee's fourth season returns in two weeks, two locations and a lot of fresh faces joining the Fox musical. Among them, a new (hunky) love interest for Lea Michele's Rachel in Dean Geyer's Brody, who joins the New York-based portion of the dual-location story, and three newbies at McKinley High back in Ohio. Here are five things to know about the new additions as previewed in the new season four teaser. PHOTOS: 'Glee' Season 4 Cast Portraits...

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CBS Reveals 'The Amazing Race' Season 21 Cast, New Twist (Video)

CBS CBS on Wednesday announced the season 21 cast of The Amazing Race, which will includes a pair of reality stars, a heavy metal rocker, married monster truckers, a double amputee professional snowboarder and two Chippendales dancers. Competitors include Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, stars of the cable reality show The Fabulous Beekman Boys; professional dancers Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis; professinoal monster truck drivers Rob French...

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'Pretty Little Liars' Grows in Ratings for Summer Finale

ABC Famliy"Pretty Little Liars" Pretty Little Liars made a big reveal, identifying a member of the new "A" team in last night's summer finale. But did it hold up in the ratings? It sure did. The season three midseason closer hit a season high 3 million viewers, just a tad above the season premiere when it averaged 2.93 million. It also was on par with Pretty Little Liars' previous summer closers, which hovered around the 3 million mark. ABC Family's...

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'Fringe' Season 5 Promo: Walter Gets Beaten Up (Video)

Let the Fringe countdown begin. A new season five promo has surfaced on the web for Fox's cult favorite -- and the 30-second teaser is a doozy. A bloody Walter (John Noble) takes center stage, with a happy Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Olivia (Anna Torv) picnicking like any couple would. But the sight of Walter bloodied and beaten is unsettling. It seems as though the mad scientist is being held against his will by an Observer, so how exactly does...

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Bravo Orders 'Most Eligible Dallas' Spinoff, Renews 'It's a Brad, Brad World'

Bravo Bravo continues to beef up its 2013 slate. The NBCUniversal cable network announced Wednesday that it's given a second season to stylist Brad Goreski's It's a Brad, Brad World and ordered a spinoff of Most Eligible Dallas starring cast member Courtney Kerr. PHOTOS: Broadcast TV's Returning Shows for 2012-13 Season Brad, produced by Shed Media U.S. and Television 360, is a spinoff of sorts of The Rachel Zoe Project. Goreski made his first appearance...

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'Obama's America' Producer: CNN Snubbed Ad for Being 'Too Political'

An executive producer for 2016: Obama's America says CNN declined to air the conservative documentary's commercial because it was "too political," EW.com reports. John Sullivan, who also co-directed the film, tells the entertainment news site: "They rejected our ad, actually. A really weird situation. That was really funny. They said it was 'too political,' which is very odd because we have no affiliation with any political party of any sort, or...

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'Modern Family' Creator: Fan Ann Romney Should Marry Cam and Mitchell 'As Soon As It's Legal'

Getty Images; ABC Asked by Entertainment Tonight to name her favorite TV show, aspiring First Lady Ann Romney replied thatModern Family -- the hit ABC sitcom about the lives of three very different and intertwined families -- was the show she most looked forward to watching each week. PHOTOS: On the Set of 'Modern Family' The endorsement did not go unnoticed by Modern Family executive producer Steve Levitan, who tartly tweeted, "Thrilled Ann Romney...

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Eddie Murphy, Shawn Ryan Shopping 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series

Eddie Murphy in "Beverly Hills Cop," with Shawn Ryan, inset Axel Foley could be coming to the small screen. Sony Pictures Television, The Last Resort EP Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy are shopping a small-screen version of Paramount's Beverly Hills Cop, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. As first reported by Vulture, the pitch is being taken to broadcast networks Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. PHOTOS: Broadcast TV's Returning Shows for 2012-13...

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'General Hospital' Star Steve Burton Quits After 21 Years

Getty Images Steve Burton is leaving General Hospital -- at least that's what he's saying. ABC had no comment Tuesday morning, following a TV Guide interview in which he announced his departure from his job of the last 21 years, but he seems adamant. PHOTOS: Famous ABC Daytime Alums "I have no complaints, no negative feelings at all," Burton said. "But it's time to go." Burton followed the lengthy Q&A with comments on his personal Twitter, thanking...

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TV Ratings: 'Hell's Kitchen,' 'Hotel Hell' Hit Summer Highs, 'Stars Earn Stripes' Falls

Patrick Wymore/FOX Staving off the bigger drops seen by many reality series this summer, Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen climbed to a new high on Monday night. Fast affiliate ratings give the Fox show a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49, moving up 15 percent from last week and topping all other broadcasts for the night. Hotel Hell saw similar growth at 8 p.m., rising 15 percent for a new series high of a 2.3 adults rating. The network averaged a 2.6 rating...

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Rosie O'Donnell Marries Michelle Rounds

Getty Images Rosie O'Donnell married her longtime girlfriend, Michelle Rounds, ahead of Rounds' June surgery to combat a rare and potentially fatal disease. The former talk show host announced the news Monday on her personal blog, writing in her signature haiku style: "we married in private before her surgery just the 2 of us/when we r both well enough will have the wedding of r dreams surrounded by those we cherish thankful for the love and support...

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'X Factor': Nick Jonas Paired With Demi Lovato for Judge's House Round (Exclusive)

Getty Images If theres one thing weve learned in the past four-plus years while observing the neverending shuffles of judges on shows like American Idol, X Factor and The Voice, its that singing competitions make for strange bedfellows. Take, for example, the latest news to come out of the Fox fortress: X Factor'sDemi Lovato is being paired up with fellow teen star Nick Jonas for the judges house portion of the show, THR has learned. This is the...

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'Bachelor Pad' Recap: She's Under His Spell

ABC Its time for a twist! This week on Bachelor Pad, Chris Harrison introduced a new twist. The contestants will now compete as couples. They will vote together, and can be voted off together. You know who is really missing her better half? Rachel, who cant stop weeping about Michael being kicked off last week. She claims she was falling in love with Michael. She gets paired up with Nick. VIDEO: 'Bachelorette' Star Kalon Hints at Romance on 'Bachelor...

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Style Network Sets Weeklong Coverage of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Style Media, which includes the Style network and myStyle.com, has scheduled a weeklong marathon of fashion-themed programming and coverage from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. From Sept. 6-14, the network and website will air various shortform content, specials, countdowns and fashion-themed marathons of Gossip Girl and Sex and the City, among other acquired series, to celebrate the spring 2013 collections. In addition, fashion guru Jeannie...

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'The Office's' Creed Bratton Spoofs Todd Akin in Funny or Die Spot (Video)

A folk rocker and then a sitcom star, Creed Bratton may have found the next stage in his career: very specific political satirist. The former Grass Roots guitarist will see his run on The Office end after this season, so it's good he's found a new gig with Funny or Die, spoofing Republican Rep. Todd Akin. Once in the lead in the Missouri senate race, Akin caused a national firestorm when he told a local news network that women's bodies had ways...

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Chris Matthews Yells at Reince Priebus, Accuses Mitt Romney of Race-Baiting on 'Morning Joe' (Video)

MSNBC Chris Matthews brought his own thunder to the storm-swept Republican National Convention. The Hardball host joined a panel on the Monday morning, Tampa-set edition of Morning Joe, and unleashed his not uncommon rage on the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Preibus. Matthews was upset that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been claiming that President Obama waived work requirements for welfare recipients, and that...

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'True Blood' Finale Recap: Death, Destruction and Bill's Dark Side

John P. Johnson/HBO See that look of shock on Sookie's (Anna Paquin) face in the above photo? That's how every True Blood fan probably feels after seeing Sunday's finale. What the heck just happened? Its been an insane fifth season for HBOs True Blood. From Bills (Stephen Moyer) trip to the dark side to Sookies hunt for her parents killer and Terrys (Todd Lowe) troubles with a fire monster, season five has been full of bloody, bloody drama and at...

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6 Big Reveals From the 'Newsroom' Season Finale

Patrick Harbron/HBO"The Newsroom's" Jeff Daniels [Warning: This story contains spoilers from Sunday's season finale of The Newsroom.] The freshman run of HBO's The Newsroom came to a close Sunday, with an episode that put the spotlight on the "greater fool," which ultimately proved to be a good thing for Will (Jeff Daniels) and almost everyone on the News Night team. After the staff failed to win the Republican debate in last week's penultimate episode,...

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Emmys 2012: Choreographer Travis Wall on the Differences at 'Dancing With the Stars'

Getty Images After years of watching Travis Wall compete on and choreograph So You Think You Can Dance, fans are seeing a different side of the 24-year-old with a new Oxygen reality show, All the Right Moves. Two of his co-stars and partners, Teddy Forance and Nick Lazzarini, recently joined him in coming up with a massive ensemble number on ABC's Dancing With the Stars, which earned Wall his second Emmy nomination in as many years. The Hollywood...

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'Project Runway': Nathan Paul Reacts to Judges' Decision, Ven Budhu's Insults

Richard McLaren/Lifetime Project Runway contestant Nathan Paul admits that the dress that got him booted from the competition was not his best effort. The Manhattan-based designer, 33, was eliminated in Thursday night's episode for a challenge that asked the contestants to make over an everyday woman. His client, an aspiring R&B artist, asked for a garment she could wear onstage. Paul ended up making a blue satin dress that featured black panels...

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'Suits,' 'Burn Notice' Summer Finales Hit Ratings Gold

Christos Kalohoridis/USA Network"Suits" USA Network hit the goldmine with Burn Notice and Suits. The summer finales for the two Thursday night dramas posted season highs, with Suits powering USA as the top cable and broadcast network among the adults 18-49 and 25-54 demos for the 10 p.m. hour. At 9 p.m., Burn Notice's midseason closer drew a high of 5 million total viewers for season six, up 14 percent from the previous episode and a 13 percent improvement...

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Utah Station Says It Won't Broadcast NBC's 'New Normal'

NBC"The New Normal" NBC's new comedy The New Normal is feeling the heat again. One month after Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler's upcoming series drew the ire of anti-gay group One Million Moms, Utah station KSL-TV says it will not be broadcasting New Normal when it premieres this fall. New Normal centers on a single mother's life as she becomes a surrogate for a gay couple. "After viewing the pilot episode of The New Normal, we have made the decision to...

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