Steven Bochco

TNT has added to the cast of its legal drama "Raising the Bar," with Natalia Cigliuti joining the Steven Bochco-produced show. Cigliuti ("All My Children," "Pacific Palisades") will play a new member of the New York public defender's office who's brought...

It's a truism of the theater: Nuns are funny. Just ask Nicholas Martin, director of John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves," the inaugural production of the newly remodeled Mark Taper Forum, reopening Saturday after a $30-million makeover. "It's true....

"You Can't Stop the Beat." That's the title of the song that brings down the curtain on the musical "Hairspray." Five years into its Broadway run, Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman's lyrics have taken on a greater meaning. This summer, New Line Cinema's...

TNT has added another series to its roster of dramas, picking up the Steven Bochco-produced "Raising the Bar" for later this year. The cable channel ordered 10 episodes of the show, which focuses on young attorneys whose law-school friendships are tested...

TNT has firmed up its new slate of original programming for the summer, adding a miniseries about the CIA to "The Closer" and two new weekly series. "The Company," which focuses on the activities of the CIA during the Cold War, is scheduled to premiere...

Is "Petticoat Junction" the worst? This week, CBS canceled its bankrupt casino drama "Viva Laughlin," which some have called one of the worst TV shows ever. Which got us to thinking. Here, then, is our list of The 25 Worst TV Shows Ever. Let the...

If Stanley Tucci didn't know the weight of the human brain, he does now. It's right in the title of the actor's new series. Premiering Tuesday, Nov. 14, the CBS medical drama "3 LBS" casts the Emmy winner (for HBO's "Winchell") as neurosurgeon Doug...

FOX has given a put pilot commitment to an untitled legal system comedy from David E. Kelley. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is high on a single-comedy production from 20th Century Fox and David E. Kelley Prods. focusing on a group of...

"Friday Night Lights" hasn't captured a big audience thus far in its first season, but those who like it really like it a lot. To that group you can add the jurors for the 2006 AFI Awards, who named the NBC series one of the 10 best TV programs of the...

In a move that seems certain to force a showdown over what constitutes indecency on the airwaves, four broadcast networks and their affiliates say they are uniting to challenge a Federal Communications Commission ruling that deemed language used in...

The Allen administration, which started off with such promise, is coming to a rather ignominious end. ABC has yanked its freshman drama "Commander In Chief" from the schedule for the rest of May sweeps after the show performed poorly in its new, and...

ABC pulled the plug on "Commander In Chief" earlier this month, and after the final three episodes run in June, the show won't be back. At least not in its current form. Although the show remains cancelled, ABC chief Steve McPherson says the network is...