"Southland" renewed by TNT

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – TNT’s cop drama “Southland” has been renewed for a fifth season, the network said Friday. The 10-episode season will premiere in February 2013. The series, which stars Michael Cudlitz as Los Angeles police officer John Cooper, who struggled to beat an addiction to painkillers following back surgery, featured a number of notable guest appearances its fourth season, including Lucy Liu, Lou Diamond Phillips and C. Thomas Howell. …

Magic City: Collateral Damage

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

Magic City S01E05: “Suicide Blonde” Judi Silver, we hardly knew ye. After Ben Diamond’s hit man accidentally offed the wrong hooker at the end of last week’s “Atonement,” Stevie and Ike made it priority numero uno to get Judi Silver out of Miami. Of course, this was easier said than done, because Judi Silver is one of the fiercest women on Magic City . Beautiful, commanding, and in a way,…

Next season of "Simpsons" reveals Bart’s love life

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Bart Simpson, ladies man? You might not think so, but he’ll go “High Fidelity” when he revisits a bevy of exes – played by Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sarah Silverman – next season. Fox confirms to TheWrap that the actresses will reprise their guest roles as Bart’s former love interests, in an episode called “Moonshine River.” It will find the 10-year-old wondering if he let the love of his life slip away. EW.com first reported the guest appearances.

Showtime picks up season 3 of "The Borgias"

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Showtime is throwing in for another round of unholy intrigue with “The Borgias.” The cable channel has picked up the show’s third season, with production on the next 10 episodes slated to begin this summer in Budapest, Showtime’s President of Entertainment David Nevins announced on Friday. The new season will premiere in 2013. Currently, Showtime is nearing the halfway mark of the show’s second season, with episode 5 of the Renaissance-era drama airing Sunday. …

R.I.P. ADAM YAUCH NEWS … In the wake of the sad news that Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch died today, MTV will air a live tribute special titled Adam Yauch: Remembering a Beastie Boy at 8pm Eastern tonight (live-stream it/watch the archived video here ). The special will feature past performances, thoughts from his friends, and music videos from throughout Yauch’s career. >

Fox "mole" scores six-figure deal for memoir

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Joe Muto, perhaps better known as the “Fox Mole,” has burrowed his way into a six-figure book deal, according to Gawker, the site that made him (in)famous. Muto, the former Fox News employee who fed embarrassing information about his employer to Gawker last month, has struck a deal with Penguin imprint Dutton to pen a memoir, tentatively titled “An Atheist in the Foxhole,” about his eight-year tenure at the broadcasting company, which came to an end after he was discovered as the source of information and terminated. …

CBS warns ABC it may sue over "Glass House"

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – CBS’s lawyers have threatened ABC that its upcoming summer reality series, “Glass House,” is copying CBS’s “Big Brother” in a way that constitutes “a classic case of copyright infringement.” Saying that they will pursue “all available remedies if this course of action continues” (you’ll recognize that as lawyer talk for “we’ll sue”), the attorneys demanded a stop to ABC’s plans. ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …

The Vampire Diaries: Head Trauma Drama (PHOTO RECAP)

by TV Show Warehouse on May 5, 2012

The Vampire Diaries S03E21: “Before Sunset” Are we operating by the geological timeline now? Why is time moving so quickly? It seems like Stefan was JUST eating a Tennessee floozy and Detective Katherine was JUST snooping around the 1920s in her shiny bob wig.

Mexico competition watchdog to investigate TV

by TV Show Warehouse on May 4, 2012

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission said on Friday it will begin an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices by the country’s broadcasters. The commission, known as Cofeco, said it will investigate practices in the market for TV content. Cofeco did not give further details. Mexico’s TV sector is dominated by two players, Televisa and TV Azteca. Televisa, the biggest producer of Spanish-language content in the world, has a 7 percent stake in BMP, the controlling company of privately held U.S

Dish subscribers could lose "Mad Men" in dispute

by TV Show Warehouse on May 4, 2012

(Reuters) – Subscribers to Dish Network Corp could lose TV shows such as “Mad Men and “The Walking Dead” as a result of a dispute between the satellite TV company and AMC Networks Inc over programming fees and a 4-year-old lawsuit. Dish spokesman Bob Toevs said in a statement on Friday that the satellite provider had decided to drop the channels IFC, Sundance, WE and the AMC Network’s flagship AMC channel when its contract expires in June. …