Crackle has snatched up Harry Potter‘s Rupert Grint.
The actor will headline and executive-produce Snatch, a 10-episode series for the streaming network based on the 2000 movie of the same name. READ MORE
Talk about an Eye-popping twist.
Nina Tassler, who has overseen CBS’ super-successful entertainment division for more than a decade, is stepping down as Chairman in December, the network announced Tuesday. READ MORE
CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler fielded questions Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, addressing major developments at the network — and, of course, The Good Wife‘s recent Emmy snub. READ MORE
You’ve got to give CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler props. When facing the Television Critics Association on Friday, she said more about Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen and his bad boy behavior –- a current and sordid sticky wicket — than Kara DioGuardi offered the day prior about her months-old and comparatively vanilla American Idol exit.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Sheen partook in another weekend so wild that CBS and Men producer Warner Bros. TV were angling to leverage the high-paid star of TV’s most watched comedy into getting help that sticks. The story goes that Sheen promptly summoned his lawyers to ward off the quasi-intervention.
“We have a high level of concern – how could we not? ” Tassler acknowledged. “This man is … READ MORE
