CBS sets 'This Morning' prod'n team

CBS News has set the senior production team because of its new ayemcast, "CBS Today," that will replace "The First Show" on Jan. 9. Former "Early Show" senior producer Tom Mazzarelli assists as senior broadcast producer under professional producer Chris Licht. Dealing with Mazzarelli is going to be seven senior producers: Sharon Hoffman, late of "Hello America" "Early Show" veterinarians" Ryan Kadro, Bob Meyer and Kevin Rochford former Bloomberg TV staffers Mosheh Oinounou and Avoi Nordstrom and Rachel Weintraub Riegel. Riegel done OWN's "The Gayle King Show" with King, who'll co-host "Today" with Charlie Rose and Erica Hill. Ron Jefferson, an MSNBC alum who's done NBC News programs varying from "Hardball with Chris Matthews" to special occasions, continues to be drawn on as director of production. CBS has stated "Today" may have a far more hard-news bent that it is network rivals. The process change uses numerous reinventions of "Early Show" unsuccessful to drag the attention from last place one of the Large Three morning shows. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Cinemax renews 'Enlightened,' cancels comedy trio

Cinemax has restored its low-rated but considerably congratulated comedy "Enlightened" while getting rid of half-hour laffers "Hung," "Making It within the usaInch and "Bored to Dying." The fate in the four comedies has thought about heavily on programming leader Michael Lombardo. He, along with Cinemax co-leader Richard Plepler, made cautious ax the three shows, an infrequent housekeeping move for your pay cabler, to have the ability to create more room on Sunday nights for just about any slew of incoming series the web has set to debut in 2012. In the three suggests which were canceled, "Hung" had the greatest audience. Series, starring Thomas Jane just like a well-endowed secondary school teacher who comprises a full time income just like a male prostitute, averaged 3.9 million audiences -- including multiple linear telecasts, Dvr so when Needed usage -- within the third season. However, that was lower 44% within the 6.9 million received through the second season. The skein was created by professional producers Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin. Other professional producers are Scott Stephens, Alexander Payne, Michael Rosenberg, Noreen Halpern and John Morayniss. Second-year series "Making It within the usaInch and third-year skein "Bored to Dying" came exactly the same 2.3 million each, each lower about 25% utilizing their particular previous seasons. "Making It in the united states,In . about some Manhattan twentysomethings searching to produce their strategies by the design and style business, was created by Ian Edelman, who professional produced with Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Julian Farino, Make the most of Weiss and Jill Soloway. "Bored to Dying" was created by novelist Jonathan Ames, who professional produced with Sarah Condon, Stephanie Davis and Dork Becky. Series starred Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis. Ironically, in the four comedies whose future was in danger, "Enlightened" had the smallest audience. Just One.5 million audiences up-to-date straight into start to see the Laura Dern and Mike White-colored professional produced series of a lady (Dern) who returns home in the treatment facility to handle a mind-mind-mind-numbing job in the industry enterprise. Through ratings were small, "Enlightened" can be a favorite of several experts and contains another following. The series features a healthy Metacritic.com score, plus it acquired round the kudos front the other day when both show and Dern were nominated for Golden Globes. "This is often a large deal for just about any show like us," White-colored mentioned the other day following a nominations were introduced. "It's awesome for just about any show like 'Modern Family,' but also for us it's a completely factor." Otherwise for HBO's incoming slate of latest series, Lombardo and Plepler might have restored a few in the suggests which were canceled. Internet, however, is at strict Sunday-only programming slate continuing to move forward -- except for a few smaller sized Friday shows the procedure for 2012 is always to not air original series on Mondays. The Monday programming experiment, that have been attempted formerly with "Six Foot Under" and "Large Love" many seasons ago, looks being shelved for a while now. Cinemax examined "Enlightened" on Mondays throughout its first season with poor results. Among the new comedy series Cinemax has coming inside the year are "Women," created by and starring Lena Dunham "Veep," with Julia Louis-Dreyfus "Life's Short,In . with Ough Gervais and "Angry Boys," from "Summer season Levels High" creator Chris Lilley. Also set to return might be the 3rd season of Danny McBride baseball laffer "Eastbound minimizing.Inch Round the drama side, Jan. 29 marks the debut in the David Milch-Michael Mann horseracing drama "Luck." The Aaron Sorkin project starring Rob Daniels, tentatively titled "Newsroom," is searching as being a possible summer season entry. Also coming will be the return seasons of "Wager on Thrones," "Treme" and "Boardwalk Empire." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

New trailer and poster for 21 Jump Street

A brand new trailer has showed up for cop comedy 21 Jump Street, and this time around out Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum get to demonstrate their action chops.The brand new teaser consists of a reasonable bit of the identical material we had within the first trailer, even though new footage is pleasingly heavy on gunfire, chase moments and gratuitous, slow-motion dives for cover!Have a look in the new trailer, thanks to Digital Spy...Okay, therefore it is not consistently laugh-out-noisy funny, there is however enough promise here to convince us that one is going to be worth a glance, specifically if the slapstick element lives as much as Jonah's spectacular bonnet-slide fail.Gleam shiny new poster to accompany a clip, with Hill and Tatum resplendent in a set of whitened tuxes underneath the slightly ho-hum tagline: "The only real factor getting blown tonight is the cover." Let us hope they are saving the very best jokes for that finished article.21 Jump Street opens within the United kingdom on 16 March 2012.

TV Guide Network orders two series

TV Guide Network is adapting two November special deals into series, "Hollywood Moms Evening" and "Wilson Phillips: Still Securing.In . Premiering in March, 5-episode "Hollywood Moms Evening" features Alison Sweeney and Ali Landry, who host potluck dinners filled with girl talk between celebrity moms. The pair are professional creating with Ellen Rakieten, Tom Forman and Kaira Bishop for Ellen Rakieten Entertainment and RelativityREAL. "Wilson Phillips" will launch the following month with eight episodes carrying out a comeback attempt of Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips. The premiere is timed for the relieve their new album, "Devoted," through the new the new sony Masterworks. Forman will professional produce with Jay Blumenfield, Tony Marsh and Kaira Bishop for RelativityREAL, with David Simone and Winston Simone also professional creating for DSW Entertainment. "We are thrilled to expand our associations with two of the extremely celebrated reality producers and deliver series that bring audiences closer to Hollywood existence and stars," TV Guide Network chairman Allen Shapiro mentioned. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

TV Ratings: CBS Wins Wednesday, But Fox's 'X Factor' Tops 'Survivor'

Dreamworks Over the past decade (2001-2010), only 15 performances were nominated by both the HFPA and SAG but not by the Academy (one or two a year, on average): 1. Hayden Christensen (Life as a House, 2001) for best supporting actor 2. Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky, 2001) for best supporting actress 3. Cate Blanchett (Bandits, 2002) for best actress or best supporting actress* 4. Richard Gere (Chicago, 2002) for best actor 5. Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven, 2002) for best supporting actor 6. Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen, 2003) for best actress 7. Maria Bello (The Cooler, 2003) for best supporting actress 8. Paul Giamatti (Sideways, 2004) for best actor 9. Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man, 2005) for best actor 10. Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005) for best actress 11. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, 2006) for best actor or best supporting actor* 12. Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, 2007) for best actor 13. Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart, 2007) for best actress 14. Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road, 2008) for best actress 15. Mila Kunis (Black Swan, 2010) for best supporting actress *HFPA nominated for lead; SAG nominated for supporting PHOTOS: 2012 Golden Globe Nominees Over the past decade (2001-2010), only 12 performances were nominated by neither the HFPA nor SAG but were still nominated by AMPAS (one a year, on average): 1. Samantha Morton (In America, 2003) for best actress 2. Djimon Hounsou (In America, 2003) for best supporting actor 3. Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, 2003) for best supporting actress 4. Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River, 2003) for best supporting actress 5. Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, 2004) for best actor 6. Alan Alda (The Aviator, 2004) for best supporting actor 7. William Hurt (A History of Violence, 2005) for best supporting actor 8. Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah, 2007) for best actor 9. Laura Linney (The Savages, 2007) for best actress 10. Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, 2008) for best supporting actor 11. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart, 2009) for best supporting actress 12. Javier Bardem (Biutiful, 2010) for best actor PHOTOS: 2012 SAG Award Nominees Considering those numbers, this week's nominations represent... GREAT NEWS for these 2011 performances that were nominated by both the HFPA and SAG (although, based on history, one or two of the following still will not get an Academy nod): George Clooney (The Descendants) for best actor Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar) for best actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist) for best actor Brad Pitt (Moneyball) for best actor Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) for best actress Viola Davis (The Help) for best actress Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) for best actress Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) for best actress Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) for best actress Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn) for best supporting actor Jonah Hill (Moneyball) for best supporting actor Christopher Plummer (Beginners) for best supporting actor Berenice Bejo (The Artist) for best supporting actress Jessica Chastain (The Help) for best supporting actress Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) for best supporting actress Octavia Spencer (The Help) for best supporting actress BAD NEWS for these 2011 performances that were nominated by neither the HFPA nor SAG (although, based on history, one or two of the following still will get an Academy nod): Daniel Craig (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) for best actor Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo) for best actor Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus) for best actor Paul Giamatti (Win Win) for best actor Ryan Gosling (Drive) for best actor Woody Harrelson (Rampart) for best actor Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) for best actor Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) for best actor Michael Shannon (Take Shelter) for best actor Martin Sheen (The Way) for best actor Ellen Barkin (Another Happy Day) for best actress Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia) for best actress Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) for best actress Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method) for best actress Adepero Oduye (Pariah) for best actress Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) for best actress Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) for best actress Michelle Yeoh (The Lady) for best actress Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady) for best supporting actor John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene) for best supporting actor Jeremy Irons (Margin Call) for best supporting actor Ben Kingsley (Hugo) for best supporting actor Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) for best supporting actor Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) for best supporting actor John C. Reilly (Carnage) for best supporting actor Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) for best supporting actor Kevin Spacey (Margin Call) for best supporting actor Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris) for best supporting actor Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) for best supporting actor Christoph Waltz (Carnage) for best supporting actor Sandra Bullock (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) for best supporting actress Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) for best supporting actress Marion Cotillard (Midnight in Paris) for best supporting actress Judi Dench (J. Edgar) for best supporting actress Judi Dench (My Week with Marilyn) for best supporting actress Judy Greer (The Descendants) for best supporting actress Carey Mulligan (Shame) for best supporting actress Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus) for best supporting actress Evan Rachel Wood (The Ides of March) for best supporting actress MIXED NEWS for these 2011 performances that were nominated by either the HFPA or SAG, but not by both (based on history, the numbers fluctuate greatly in terms of how many still will get an Academy nod): Demian Bichir (A Better Life) for best actor Michael Fassbender (Shame) for best actor Brendan Gleeson (The Guard) for best actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50) for best actor Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love) for best actor Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March) for best actor Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris) for best actor Jodie Foster (Carnage) for best actress Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) for best actress Charlize Theron (Young Adult) for best actress Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) for best actress Kate Winslet (Carnage) for best actress Albert Brooks (Drive) for best supporting actor Armie Hammer (J. Edgar) for best supporting actor Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method) for best supporting actor Nick Nolte (Warrior) for best supporting actor Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) for best supporting actress Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) for best supporting actress PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Golden Globe Awards: The Nominees Golden Globes SAG Awards Golden Globes 2012 SAG Awards 2012

'Hugo' and 'The Artist' Top the Broadcast Film Critics' Nominations

"Hugo" and "The Artist," two films that pay tribute to the early days of moviemaking, led the pack with 11 nominations each as the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its nominees Tuesday for its 17th annual Critics Choice Movie Awards.They were followed closely by "The Help" and, in a surprising show of strength for a genre-based movie, "Drive," with eight noms each, while "The Descendants" and "War Horse" both collected seven noms.The BFCA, which is comprised of more than 250 TV, radio and online critics, prides itself as being a predictor of Academy Award nominations, although its extensive list of nominations outlines the general field without actually suggesting who will make the final cut. That's particularly true this year, since the critics have nominated 10 movies for best picture, while the Academy could settle on as few as five films.Rounding out the BFCA's top 10, in addition to the above-mentioned movies, are "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball"and"The Tree of Life."In addition, while the Academy will nominate five performers in each of its acting categories, the BFCA stacks the deck with six noms each.Its best actor line-up includes established leading men such as George Clooney ("Descendants"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar") and Brad Pitt ("Moneyball") as well as rising stars like Ryan Gosling ("Drive"), Michael Fassbender ("Shame") and France's Jean Dujardin ("The Artist"). Clooney actually picked up three noms, since he also shares in acting ensemble nominations that went to "Descendants" and "The Ides of March,"and he now holds the record for the most Critics Choice nominations -- 13.Among the actresses, Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") will be contesting for her third Critics Choice Award; she previously won best actress for "Doubt" and "Julie & Julia." She will be competing with Viola Davis ("The Help"), Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"), Tilda Swinton ("We Need to Talk About Kevin"), Charlize Theron ("Young Adult") and Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn").Martin Scorsese, who was nominated for directing "Hugo," alsopicked up a second nom for his documentary "George Harrison Living in the Material World" andis guaranteed not to go home empty handed when the Critics Choice Awards are held Jan. 12 at the Hollywood Palladium with a live broadcast on VH1. The group previously announced that it also plans to give him its Music+Film Award.In the directing contest, he will face off against Stephen Daldry ("Loud"), Michel Hazanavicius ("Artist"), Alexander Payne ("Descendants"), Nicolas Winding Refn ("Drive") and Steven Spielberg ("Horse").In the best supporting actor category, Andy Serkis broke new ground by earning a mention for his performance capture work in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." The category also embraced Kenneth Branaugh ("Marilyn"), Albert Brooks ("Drive"), Nick Nolte ("Warrior"), Patton Oswalt ("Young Adult") and Christopher Plummer ("Beginners").Two of the actresses from "The Help," Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, picked up supporting nominations. Their competition consists of Berenice Bejo ("Artist"), Melissa McCarthy ("Bridesmaids"), Carey Mulligan ("Shame") and Shailene Woodley ("Descendants").For best acting ensemble -- a category that the Screen Actors Guild will also serve up when it announces its nominations Wednesday -- the nominees are "Artist," "Bridesmaids," "Descendants," "Help," and "Ides."The animated movies that nailed down nominations are "The Adventures of Tintin," "Arthur Christmas," "Kung Fu Panda 2," "Puss in Boots" and "Rango."For all of the BFCA's largesse, though -- the group showered three of its five best song nominations on tunes from "The Muppets" -- several movies still came up short."Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" had just four nominations, all in crafts categories. Beyond DiCaprio's best actor nom, "J. Edgar" got just one other nomination for its makeup -- nothing for director Clint Eastwood. "Albert Nobbs" also got a makeup nom, but nothing for its actresses Glenn Close and Janet McTeer. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" got only two mentions, for its editing and its score. And the spy tale "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and the financial thriller "Margin Call" were ignored altogether. The Hollywood Reporter

The famous host the famous host oprah: Haitian Leader Assisted Me Promise To Return

First Launched: December 13, 2011 4:32 PM EST Credit: AP Caption The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey stands with Sean Penn inside a camping for people displaced with the devastating 2010 earthquake at the thing that was when a golf iron in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on December 12, 2011PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The famous host the famous host oprah Winfreys trip to Haiti incorporated dinner while using countrys leader. Winfrey notifies reporters she dined with Leader Michel Martelly and also the wife Sophia. The best choice formerly mentioned he wanted the television personality is a goodwill ambassador for Haiti. Winfrey states no formal role was spoken about but he gained her promise revisit Haiti and he or she did. She spoke Tuesday as she visited Caribbean Craft, a correctly-known business that produces circus masks, sculptures and pieces of art for export. The organization received financing using a program launched taken by former U.S. Leader Bill Clinton, and contains had success reaching high-finish clients. Winfrey states she'll be featuring the venture in the program about Haiti on her behalf account The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Network. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

New 'Battleship' Trailer: 'Transformers' At Ocean?

There's something serious happening within the new "Battleship" trailer: explosions. Also, Beyonce (we believe). Within the trailer, which first showed at Apple today, there are many robots that become other activities (we can not legally say they "transform," are we able to?), and a lot of super slow-mo shots of lovely people searching really, really confused and upset. Fans of "Friday Evening Lights" is going to be stoked to determine Tim Riggins (also known as "John Carter" leading guy Taylor Kitsch) getting his game on, but sadly, nobody states "You sunk my battleship!" -- that may defang the film of their importance. Possibly that's only a sacrifice we'll need to learn how to accept, childhood reminiscences be damned... or possibly Liam Neeson will surprise all of us using the zinger from the summer time. The game-switched-movie is type of an unusual pick to have an finish-of-the-world plot featuring CGI aliens, but hey, such is Hollywood. Peter Berg ("Hancock") has selected weirder concepts to utilize ("Hancock," for just one), so perhaps the entire factor will accomplish with no hitch. There always must be a minumum of one blockbuster to start the summer time season of large guns going boom and dudes striking one another, and possibly "Battleship" is simply that ticket. "Battleship," starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Beyonce and Liam Neeson, comes to theaters next summer time on May 18, 2012. Allow the fight from the ships... begin. Are you currently looking forward to the brand new "Battleship" trailer? Let's read your comments within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Keck's Exclusives: Molly Shannon Coming back to Up Through The Night

Christina Applegate, Molly Shannon Molly Shannon's guest appearance on NBC's Up Through The Night has become formally a recurring role. I have just found that Molly continues to be asked to reprise her single-mother character, Nancy, early the coming year. The brand new story will discover Nancy, an incompetent connect producer on Ava's talk show, jumping into the dating pool. And who she request to become her wingman? The one and only a really reluctant Chris (Will Arnett). Molly, an SNL cast member from 1995-2001, whose 2008 sitcom Kath & Kim unsuccessful to click with audiences, first showed her Nancy character on Up All Night's November 23 episode. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Is Stevie Wonder Heading to Dancing with the Stars?

Ellen DeGeneres and Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder may be dancing onto your television screen - yes, dancing! The 61-year-old "Superstition" singer appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday, where Ellen DeGeneres put him on the spot after hearing rumblings he wanted to join Dancing with the Stars. "I'm losing weight," he replied. "When I get to where I feel like I'm going to look good enough for what I want to do, I'll do that." After DeGeneres pointed out that the singer would lose weight while on the show, Wonder replied, "I'll look good in the beginning and I'll look even better in the end." VIDEO: Ellen witnesses virgins' frightening first kiss - at their wedding! Though Dancing with the Stars has never featured a blind celebrity, hearing impaired Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin competed and came in 7th place during Season 6. Would you want to see Wonder on Dancing? Check out a video of his appearance on Ellen and hit the comments with your thoughts.