GLEE's Ryan Murphy talks for the first time about a spinoff and firing missteps. Murphy recently declared three GLEE lead actors would be leaving the show, and there was hell to pay. HBO announces Fall premiere dates. Tori Spelling regrets getting breast implants. Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman plays a lifetime gambler recently released from prison in a new HBO show. TRUE BLOOD is on the verge of a 5th season pickup after creator Alan Ball signs a new deal. HBO says they won't ax GAME OF THRONES too soon.GLEE's Ryan Murphy talks for the first time about spinoff and firing missteps
Until a few weeks ago he was working on a planned scripted hourlong spin-off to GLEE. But after several of the show’s stars claimed surprise at Murphy’s announcement that this year would be their last on the first series, he opted to put the new show on hold. Murphy told Deadline that as early as March of this year, he talked to GLEE stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith about a possible spin-off in which their characters would graduate from high school and go on to college at NYC's Juilliard which he called. Murphy said he opted to include the actors in the plans for a spin-off because he wanted their input on how they saw their characters changing and because he wanted to know whether they’d be willing to relocate to New York to film the series.
Inside the GLEE controversy: When executive producer Ryan Murphy recently declared three GLEE lead actors would be leaving the show, there was hell to pay
“As far as anyone can tell, Cory’s always been very, very affable and a team player,” said a source close to the show. “We’re not sure what created the tension… 20th wasn’t particularly happy in the aftermath of what Ryan said in that interview. It was a point of contention internally. Everyone here was pretty much caught off guard.”
Monteith’s publicist said the actor is on vacation and unavailable, but she refuted the idea that Monteith is being mistreated. “Cory has wonderful relationships with the entire GLEE team.”
Murphy has also said Glee will scale back musically this season, doing only four numbers per episode instead of six, and not producing any musical tributes to have more time to develop the characters.
HBO announces Fall premiere dates
BOARDWALK EMPIRE will kick off HBO's fall season, debuting Sunday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c. HUNG's well-endowed male prostitute (Thomas Jane) returns for a 10-episode third season on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 10/9c.
15 Apartments on TV That We Wished We Owned
A look at TV apartments including the Bass-Van der Woodsen-Humphrey family apartment on GOSSIP GIRL.
Tori Spelling regrets getting breast implants
"Well I got my boobs done in my early 20's and if I had known it would or could possibly impact production of milk, I would never had had them done," she said on GMA.
BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app launch in 11 countries
BBC Worldwide is launching its global iPlayer service on Thursday, via an iPad app that will be made available in 11 countries in Western Europe. The US, Canada and Australia will follow later this year, as part of what is intended to be a one-year pilot.
TCA 2011: HBO to get 'Luck'-y in January
Set in the world of horse racing, LUCK is the brainchild of David Milch, who previously created the western DEADWOOD and the surreal surfing drama JOHN FROM CINCINNATI for the pay-cable network. Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman plays a lifetime gambler recently released from prison.
HBO: We won't ax GAME OF THRONES too soon
“I hope it lasts for 20 years,” says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo of the show. “I promise you we won’t stop it before it’s ready to stop … There’s a great relationship fans have with the show and we appreciate that. We’ve never seen people get so excited about casting [decisions].”
WEB THERAPY does not translate to television
According to Mike Hale: "What the show’s TV incarnation demonstrates, at least in its current configuration, is that the twain still do not meet. Even the most conscientious and intelligent effort to turn 5-to-10-minute Webisodes into a half-hour television comedy is apparently doomed to — well, not failure, but not success either."
TRUE BLOOD is on the verge of a 5th season pickup after creator Alan Ball signs a new deal
Ball's new deal with HBO is actually multi-year. But under it, he has committed to be a full-time executive producer/showrunner on TRUE BLOOD for only one more season. He is expected to reevaluate his future on the show at the end of Season 5.
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