Ryan Murphy

NBC cancels 'Smash' and 'The New Normal'

2013-05-10 23:31:00

"Smash" just got smushed. As expected, NBC officially axed its Broadway drama late Friday after two seasons of high expectations but low ratings. NBC also confirmed that it won't bring back the sitcom "The New Normal." RELATED: 'Smash' ratings are a...

Jonathan Groff to star in Ryan Murphy's 'The Normal Heart' film

2013-04-29 08:01:00

Stage and screen star Jonathan Groff has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's "The Normal Heart," an HBO film about the early days of the� AIDS epidemic in New York City. Groff, who recently appeared in the Mark Taper Forum's production of "Red," will play...

Fox orders two more seasons of 'Glee'

2013-04-19 12:05:00

Fox announced Friday that it has ordered two more seasons of "Glee." That would take the musical dramedy into its fifth and sixth season.� “GLEE debuted as the first and only successful musical comedy series on television, and more than four...

Review: Rocked by an alternate history in 'American Misfit'

2013-04-19 09:00:00

With ferocious satire, time-bending surrealism and songs fiercely throbbing to the wild heart of early rock 'n' roll, Dan Dietz’s darkly brilliant "American Misfit" defies easy labels — as befits a full-volume celebration of the dissonant...

Joe Mantello joins Ryan Murphy's 'The Normal Heart' movie

2013-04-16 12:34:00

Joe Mantello, who was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Ned Weeks in the 2011 Broadway production of "The Normal Heart,” has signed on for a different role in Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation. Mantello will play Mickey Marcus in...

'Glee' school shooting episode upsets Newtown parents

2013-04-12 14:33:00

"Glee," the occasionally topical high school musical series, aired an episode on Thursday night that could have been ripped from yesterday's headlines. The topic: a school shooting. In the episode, titled, "Shooting Star," one of the students of...

Connie Britton finds a true voice in 'Nashville'

2012-11-29 06:00:00

After the indelible impression Connie Britton made as Tami Taylor, the �ber-capable and compassionate high school counselor and wife to a football coach on "Friday Night Lights," Britton ventured into the outlandish fun house of FX's "American Horror...

Golden Globe TV nominations: the snubs and surprises

2012-12-13 07:54:00

Despite a blockbuster season--which included becoming the first cable series on any network to win the overall fall TV ratings war in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo--AMC's "The Walking Dead" couldn't gorge up a Golden Globe nomination. The zombie...

Producers Guild Awards 2013: The complete list of nominations

2013-01-02 14:53:00

"Skyfall" became the first James Bond film to ever receive a nomination from the Producers Guild of America, as its producers and those of�"Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Moonrise...

Golden Globes 2013: NeNe Leakes flaunts her actress alter-ego

2013-01-14 09:15:00

NeNe Leakes was looking fabulous Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet. She even popped a twirl -- take that, Kenya! "Girl, this is how you do it," Leakes said, finishing it off with her signature catch phrase, "Bloop!" "The Real Housewives of...

Our 'Million Dollar Decorators' challenge: Shop Kmart, Marshalls

2012-11-14 09:15:00

They shop, they drink, they dine, they kvetch. They turn otherwise ordinary rooms into polished interiors, and then ... they go shopping again. They are the stars of “Million Dollar Decorators,” the Bravo reality series that started its second...

Power couple Jane Fonda and Richard Perry vote with their feet

2012-10-28 00:00:00

Just in time for the elections, actress and political activist Jane Fonda and music producer Richard Perry have sold their house in Hollywood Hills West for $8.5 million. The traditional-style home was built in 1942 for actor Ronald Reagan and his...

Creator Ryan Murphy poses backstage with the television comedy series award for "The New Normal."

2013-04-21 23:46:13

Last TV role: "Law & Order: SVU" (recurring, 2010) Why we want her back: Although she's had recurring guest roles on "SVU," "Huff" and "The Practice," Stone's only experience as a series regular was the short-lived '80s baseball drama "Bay City Blues.

2013-02-11 13:09:48

6. "American Horror Story: Asylum" Freaking crazy (in a good way), Ryan Murphy's second installment of his super-dark anthology has included some of the most remarkably tense and weird scenes on TV this year (or any year).

2012-12-18 00:00:00