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Nov 8 2010 05:06 PM ET

Tim Allen could return to ABC with new comedy pilot

Tim Allen is in talks to star in the comedy pilot Man Up, which has just been given a put pilot order, the network confirms to EW. That means the network would incur substantial penalties if the pilot doesn’t make it to air. Emmy-winning writer Jack Burditt (30 Rock, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Frasier) will pen the script. Allen would star as a man “fighting for his manhood in a world of women.” It would be his first TV series since Home Improvement, which was a top show for ABC during its entire eight-season run.

In September, EW first reported that Allen was looking to stage a return to prime time.

Nov 8 2010 04:14 PM ET

AMC renews 'The Walking Dead'

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

AMC has renewed its zombie frightfest, The Walking Dead, for a 13-episode second season. Since premiering in Mad Men‘s Sunday night timeslot on Halloween, the Frank Darabont-produced series has reached more adults 18-49 than any cable show in history. The premiere drew a total of 5.3 million viewers.

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‘The Walking Dead’: Ken Tucker’s review
‘Night of the Living Dead’: How a 42-year-old zombie movie refuses to die

Nov 8 2010 02:45 PM ET

'Grey's Anatomy' tops list of most DVR'd shows in week 5

by Sandra Gonzalez

Categories: Television, TV Ratings

In the fifth week of the fall TV season, Grey’s Anatomy and CBS freshman action series Hawaii Five-0 continue to be among the most-DVR’d shows, beating out top-rated shows like Dancing With the Stars (No. 44) and NCIS: Los Angeles (No. 14). For the week of Oct. 18 to Oct. 24, Grey’s notched an additional 3 million viewers from DVR playback (which is measured by the number of viewers who watch their recordings within seven days of the show’s airing), while Five-0 gained 2.98 million viewers.

Top ten:
1) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 3.02 million gained from DVRs
2) Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): 2.98 million
3) Modern Family (ABC): 2.89 million
4)The Mentalist (CBS): 2.63 million.
5) House (Fox): 2.59 million
6) Castle (ABC): 2.43 million
7) Criminal Minds (CBS): 2.33 million
8 ) NCIS (CBS): 2.30 million
9) CSI (CBS): 2.23 million
10) The Big Bang Theory (CBS): 2.14 million

In the 18-49 demo, Modern Family and Grey’s topped the list, with 1.4 million in gains each.

Nov 8 2010 02:43 PM ET

Steve Carell, Dan Fogelman team up for 'Imagine'

by Kate Ward

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

Deadline reports Tangled screenwriter Dan Fogelman will pocket $3 million to helm Imagine, starring Steve Carell as the long-lost son of a 60-something musician who decides to change his life after reading an old letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Fogelman also wrote the script for Imagine. This will be his second collaboration with Carell — the writer-director penned the script for Carell’s Crazy, Stupid, Love, which hits theaters in April 2011.

Nov 8 2010 01:25 PM ET

Nancy O'Dell to host 'New Year's Eve Live' on Fox

by Lynette Rice

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Image Credit: Tommaso Boddi/PR PhotosNancy O’Dell (Access Hollywood) will host Fox’s New Year’s Eve Live on Friday, Dec. 31 from 11 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. live ET. She’ll help count down to 2011 during the year-end special that’ll feature musical guests.

Fox will have cameras at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and New York City.

Nov 8 2010 01:04 PM ET

Gretchen Mol pregnant with second child

by Kate Ward

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Boardwalk Empire actress Gretchen Mol is pregnant with her second child with husband Kip Williams. “I’m just enjoying this time. We’re not shooting now so I’m having a baby and then we’ll start shooting again, which is great,” the actress told People. “It’s really lovely to know I have a job coming and there’s this little time and I can really enjoy it instead of feeling [stressed].” Mol’s due date is in February; the actress and Williams are already parents to 3-year-old Ptolemy John.

Nov 8 2010 10:25 AM ET

Fiona Shaw joins 'True Blood' cast

by Simon Vozick-Levinson

Categories: TV Biz

Irish actress Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter’s Aunt Petunia) has joined the cast of HBO’s True Blood, Deadline reports. Shaw’s character, Marnie, has been described as an underachieving palm reader who is spiritually possessed by an actual witch. She will be a regular cast member in the show’s fourth season next year.

Nov 8 2010 10:19 AM ET

AT&T, Scripps Networks reach deal

by Simon Vozick-Levinson

Categories: TV Biz

AT&T and Scripps Networks reached a deal on Sunday night, per press releases from both companies. The 2.7 million customers who get cable TV through AT&T are now able once more to watch Scripps channels like HGTV and Food Network. AT&T access to Scripps Networks was cut off on Friday due to difficult negotiations between the two corporations over programming fees.

Nov 8 2010 09:54 AM ET

'Days of Our Lives' renewed

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Television, TV Biz

The long-running daytime soap, Days of Our Lives, will be renewed for two more seasons, with an option for a third season, according to NBC. The new contract will ensure the 45-year-old soap will be on the air until at least September 2013. “Days of Our Lives remains vitally creative through the years as it continues to draw new generations of viewers, especially among its loyal female audience,” says NBC Universal chairman Jeff Gaspin.

Nov 8 2010 09:49 AM ET

'The Haunting in Georgia' scares up a cast

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

The Haunting in Georgia, a semi-sequel to 2009′s The Haunting in Connecticut, begins shooting later this month in New Orleans, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Chad Michael Murray (House of Wax), Abigail Spencer (Mad Men‘s Miss Farrell), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), and Emily Alyn Lind (The Secret Life of Bees) will play members of a family who encounter spirits in their new home. Cicely Tyson will also appear. First-timer Tom Elkins is directing, and Lionsgate will distribute.