Nashville (tv program)

MALIBU -- Veteran comic character actor Henry Gibson, whose career included the 1960's hit "Laugh-In," and more recently " King of the Hill," died Monday. Gibson died at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73. Gibson was born...

This may go down as the day the music died for FOX's "Nashville." Two disappointing weeks into its fall run, "Nashville" has been pulled from FOX's Friday schedule effective immediately. For at least the next two weeks, FOX will air a more scripted saga...

The ratings may not be impressive, but FOX has given the Kelsey Grammer/Patricia Heaton comedy "Back to You" a full season order. FOX has never had any problems showing support for the comedy, which has only averaged 7.4 million viewers and a 2.6 demo...

Multiple Oscar nominee Peter O'Toole will join the cast of Showtime's "The Tudors" next season, playing the pope who wants to excommunicate Henry VIII from the Catholic Church. Meanwhile, another Showtime series, "Dexter," has added Keith Carradine ("...

It's a time-tested story: A young person heads for America's country music capital to stake his or her claim to fame. Now it gets unscripted-series treatment as FOX debuts "Nashville" Friday, Sept. 14. From the makers of "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange...

With a possible writers strike now less than a week away, networks are continuing to hedge their bets on their new shows. The latest shows to get a little extra love, but not a full-season pickup, are ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" and The CW's "Reaper."...

Someday perhaps a Brad Pitt movie can be made about the assassination of "Jezebel James" by the cowardly FOX. After only two airings and three episodes, FOX has pulled the plug on "The Return of Jezebel James." Effective immediately, FOX has replaced...

Fast National ratings for Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. FOX premiered the fall's first new show on Friday night, but the early results for "Nashville" were rather devastating. Overall, ABC averaged a 3.8/7 to win the night, beating the 3.0/6 for CBS and the...

In 1975, Robert Altman's "Nashville" used Music City as a backdrop for a multi-layered ensemble about country music, politics, Vietnam and the state of the American Dream in the Bicentennial. Since you probably can't trademark the use of a city's name in...

Fast National ratings for Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 ABC doubled up on "20/20" Friday and scored a ratings win in the process. For the night, ABC averaged a 4.2 rating/8 share. CBS finished second at 3.8/7. NBC, 3.1/6, came in third, while The CW took...

FOX has set six new shows -- two dramas, one comedy and three unscripted offerings -- for its fall 2007 schedule, a line-up that will then be overhauled come January. As usual, the network will hold many of its biggest name shows -- "American Idol," "24"...