‘NCIS’ ratings go up for New Orleans-based spinoff episode

“NCIS” ratings go up for New Orleans-based spinoff episode
Last night”s episode with Scott Bakula saw a rise of 4%. PLUS: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” up with its season finale.

Oprah going on tour
She”s taking her pals Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rob Bell and Iyanla Vanzant on an eight-city weekend tour to bring “empowerment, resilience and authenticity.”

Josh Charles called “Parks and Rec”s” Retta to console her
“After watching my tweets he called to say he was concerned,” she says. “He basically trying to console me cuz he knew I was a wreck.”

Mindy Kaling responds to complaints that she”s only dating white guys on “Mindy Project”
“Do people really wonder on other shows if female leads are dating multicultural people?” she asked at Paleyfest. “Like I owe it to every race and minority and beleaguered person. I have to become the United Nations of shows?”

Is HBO trying to take down “House of Cards” with its “True Detective” Emmy decision?
The Netflix series had emerged as a critical favorite, which may have prompted HBO to put “True Detective” in the drama series category, instead of miniseries.

Chloe Sevigny”s “Those Who Kill” will air on Lifetime Movie Network
A&E had pulled the serial killer drama two weeks ago.

Could a “Community” movie actually happen?
There”s been increasing talk of putting the NBC comedy on the big screen – after Season 6.

El Rey Network renews “From Dusk Till Dawn”
The Season 2 pickup comes two weeks into its Season 1 run.

NBC acquires “Taxi Brooklyn” starring Chyler Leigh and Jennifer Esposito
The series from Luc Besson is based on the director”s “Taxi” film franchise.

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator talks about the big season finale
“This just seemed like a good way to throw a wrench into the precinct dynamics for a while — how much of his assignment we will or won't work into S2 remains to be seen,” says Michael Schur. PLUS: That”s how to do a sitcom season finale, the finale proved how great it”s become and it set up Season 2 for a strong start.

Jimmy Kimmel asks kids to reveal the naughtiest words they know
Just how dirty did it get?

E!”s new slate includes “Botched,” “Christina Milian,” “Gucci” and “The Receipt”
“Pretty Young Things,” “Lance Bass Wedding” and “Spin Out” are also coming to E!

Jayma Mays doesn”t expect to return to “Glee”
“It is probably (the end) for me, for my character, but I'm not sure about the show itself,” she tells Chelsea Handler.

“Bachelorette” Ashley Hebert is pregnant
She and J.P. Rosenbaum are expecting their first child.

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