Food Network Starts Production on ‘Candy Land’ Competition Show With Kristin Chenoweth

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“Law & Crime Daily,” a new first-run daily newsmagazine that examines the day’s most interesting court cases and true-crime events, is set to launch in syndication on September 14, the latest move by entrepreneur Dan Abrams to extend his company’s coverage of legal matters to new media venues.Litton Entertainment and Abrams’ Law & Crime Network will team up to offer the new show, which will feature exclusive footage, interviews and analysis from anchors and

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVProduction wrapped yesterday on Tyler Perry’s BET+ drama series Ruthless, a spinoff of his popular BET White House drama The Oval. Starting today, Perry began taping new episodes of his BET+ comedy series Bruh.Perry has been filming new seasons of his series at his Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta amid the coronavirus pandemic with breaks between the shoots.

Katie Lee is a mom! The Food Network star has welcomed her first child, she announced on Thursday. Lee, who revealed she and husband Ryan Biegel were expecting in February, gave birth to a baby girl named Iris.

Major congratulations are in order for Katie Lee and her husband Ryan Biegel! Katie gave birth to the pair’s daughter, Iris Marion Biegel, on Sept. 2. She took to Instagram one day later to announce the exciting news, while also sharing a photo of herself cradling the newborn in her hospital bed.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMore U.S. series have started filming in Vancouver with COVID-19 protocols amid the pandemic.ABC/Sony TV’s The Good Doctor, which helped pave the way to an agreement between Hollywood studios and the British Columbia unions, started production on its fourth season today, I have learned.Disney+/ABC Signature’s The Mighty Ducks, whose production was halted in March because of the pandemic, resumed filming Tuesday, I hear.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News’ Chris Wallace, NBC News’ Kirsten Welker, and C-SPAN’s Steve Scully will each moderate one of three Presidential Debates leading up to the 2020 election, taking center stage in seminal events in the campaign to win the White House later this year.The non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that the three debates would each be 90 minutes long, as would a separate vice-presidential debate moderated by Susan Page of USA Today.More to

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment’s Lullaby is set to start production in Toronto on Sept. 8.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are the definition of the term: “relationship goals.” The country singer, 53, took to Instagram on Monday to reminisce over his 1996 Spontaneous Combustion tour, in which Faith served as the opening act. “Thought I’d take y’all back a bit…. From the Spontaneous Combustion Tour… we just started dating…..,” Tim captioned the vintage photo, which showed the pair singing a duet on stage.

Texas is pretty well known for its chainsaw massacres. Over the decades, there have been quite a few of them caught on film, all beginning with the classic Tobe Hooper film from 1974.

Kristin Chenoweth has been set as the host of the upcoming Food Network competition series Candy Land, which is based on the Hasbro children’s game of the same name.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTucker Carlson’s top-rated Fox News Channel hour has hit record ratings highs in recent months amid the rising tide for news networks as the presidential election draws near. Record ratings usually means record revenue for ad-supported TV shows.But “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has never been more difficult to monetize for the news network amid today’s polarized political environment.

Supernatural has resumed filming on the final season after shutting down production earlier this year due to the pandemic.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVCameras started tolling today as planned on the last two episodes of the CW’s Supernatural in Vancouver.Series producer Warner Bros. TV made a deal with the local unions that paved the way for production to begin.

Kate Aurthur editorIn Netflix’s “Sing On!,” Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) hosts a singing competition in which contestants face-off to see who can sing popular hits with the most accuracy. The eight-episode show, which has addictive “Floor Is Lava” vibes, will premiere on Sept.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC’s flagship comedy series The Conners is back in production on its upcoming third season. I hear production started today, with the first taping slated for later this week.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNexstar Media believes it has created the nation’s next great evening newscast. All it needs to do now is get viewers to agree.The company, the nation’s largest owner of TV stations, today will kick off a national promotional effort to call attention to  “News Nation,” a primetime three-hour newscast that will air on the cable outlet WGN America seven days a week starting September 1.

Kate Aurthur editorFood Network is cutting down the number of episodes for the upcoming fourth season of its holiday series “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” because of a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 this week, Variety has learned. The season will be six episodes long instead of its usual eight.Sonic Dog, the producers of the show, offered Variety a statement (posted in full below), saying, “At episode 6, unfortunately, an employee tested positive; after contact tracing, the producers