Michael Mosley News

USA's newest original series GRACELAND, featuring Broadway veteran Aaron Tveit, will kick off the network's summer slate of original dramas, featuring SUITS, BURN NOTICE, ROYAL PAINS, COVERT AFFAIRS and NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. The network just held their annual upfronts in New York City and you can check out photos from the festivities below!

USA Network today greenlit its first original half-hour comedies, with series orders for SIRENS from Denis Leary ('Rescue Me') and Bob Fisher ('Wedding Crashers') and PLAYING HOUSE from Jessica St. Clair ('Bridesmaids,' 'Best Friends Forever') and Lennon Parham ('Best Friends Forever,' 'Accidentally On Purpose').

J.R. Ward's latest BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD novel, LOVER AT LAST, landed at the top of The New York Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending April 14.

Harlan Coben's latest novel, SIX YEARS, debuted at the top of The New York Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending April 7. A film adaptation of the thriller is now being developed by Paramount, with LES MISERABLES' Hugh Jackman set to star.

PBS previously announced the addition of a series of health-focused specials to its smart and popular EXPLORATION WEDNESDAYS science programming block on Wednesday evenings. The specials follow best-selling British author, journalist and popular TV personality Dr. Michael Mosley as he conducts experiments on himself to improve his health and discovers how the human body works. The three-part series follows Nature and NOVA on Wednesdays, tonight, April 3-17, 2013, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS.

James Patterson's latest installment in the hit Alex Cross franchise, titled RUN, reclaimd The NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 31. Sheryl Sandberg's LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD topped nonfiction and Amazon's overall list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

PBS announced today the addition of a series of health-focused specials to its smart and popular EXPLORATION WEDNESDAYS science programming block on Wednesday evenings.

Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads!

J.D. Robb's latest murder-mystery, titled CALCULATED IN DEATH, topped the NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 17. Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson's AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL topped the nonfiction list, while LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, took the top spot on Amazon's list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

James Patterson's latest installment in the hit ALEX CROSS franchise, titled RUN, topped the NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 10. Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice's AMERICAN SNIPER topped the nonfiction list, while LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, set for release tomorrow, took the top spot on Amazon's list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

Nicholas Sparks' SAFE HAVEN once again claimed the top spot on the NY Times' best fiction best seller list, just as the film adaptation was released in theaters a few weeks ago. Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice's AMERICAN SNIPER topped the nonfiction list, while THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA was the week's best seller on Amazon. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Our Awards Celebration, Hershey Felder returns, shows at The Music Theater Company, a Broadway star in 'The Music Man,' the Lincoln Squares, and music in the sketch comedy world, from '50 Shades' to the opera to Team StarKid at Second City! And more....

On LAST RESORT's upcoming series finale 'The Pointy End of the Spear' - Kylie works with Admiral Shepard to bring down the President, using evidence of what really happened in Pakistan. This affords Marcus the opportunity to surrender the Colorado, if all goes according to plan, on 'Last Resort,' THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network. Ernie Hudson guest stars as Speaker of the House Conrad Buell, who meets with a small group of Washington heavyweights to discuss the unthinkable when Kylie's video information helps persuade him to participate in a risky and treasonous maneuver.

USA Network today finalized a cast contingent pilot order for the hour-long period genre series HORIZON. The Universal Cable Productions' project with Valhalla Entertainment is the first new pilot from executive producer Gale Anne Hurd since the Golden Globe®-nominated "The Walking Dead," which comes from her studio deal. Stacey Levin, Valhalla's VP of Television, and Kris Henigman, Director of Development, shepherded the project.

On this week's episode of the new ABC drama LAST RESORT titled 'Big Chicken Dinner' - Marcus brings the members of the Colorado and the islanders all together to celebrate their two cultures -- a feast in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Get a sneak peek below!

The USA Network half-hour comedy pilot SIRENS cast Michael Mosley ('30 Rock,' 'Pan Am'), Kevin Daniels ('Modern Family'), Jessica McNamee ('The Vow') and Kevin Bigley ('Game Change') to star. Leary will co-write with Fisher ('Wedding Crashers,' 'Traffic Light'), and both will executive produce the series along with Jim Serpico ('Rescue Me'), and Hal Vogel and David Aukin ('Hyde Park on the Hudson,' End Game,' 'The Promise') of Daybreak Pictures. Apostle and Fox Television Studios will produce in conjunction with Daybreak Pictures. The pilot, set to shoot in Chicago later this month, will be directed by Victor Nelli ( 'Happy Endings,' 'Wilfred,' 'Ugly Betty,' 'Scrubs'), who will also executive produce.

Mark it down now! You won't want to miss the third annual Celebration of the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, a fun mid-winter party to be held on Wednesday night, January 9, 2013 at The Call nightclub in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood.