CW finally hooks Brian Austin Green with "Smallville" role
CW didn't pick up his "Body Politic" pilot and he passed on "One Tree Hill," but Green will indeed appear on the CW this fall. The former "Terminator" star will guest on the first two "Smallville" episodes as Metallo, a kryptonite-powered villain.
MTV Music Awards forces Emmys to re-re-schedule
Which is the more powerful awards show? Turns out it's the MTV VMAs. CBS had moved the Emmys from Sept. 20 to Sept. 13 to avoid a conflict with the NFL. Now the Emmys will move back to its original date, Sept. 20, to avoid the MTV's Music Awards, which was firmly stuck on Sept. 13.
ABC won't let go of Melissa Rycroft: "GMA" hires "Bachelor" dumpee
"The Bachelor" babe turned "Dancing" star will remain on ABC this summer as a "special contributor" for "Good Morning America."
It's true: T.R. Knight leaving "Grey's Anatomy"
According to Michael Ausiello, the actor has been granted his wish to leave the show three years early in the wake of George O'Malley's lighter storylines. As Ausiello reports, "ABC has granted T.R. Knight's wish to be released from his contract. The official decision, I'm told, came down in the past few days, just as many of his castmates began receiving their formal pickup letters from the network." PLUS: "Grey's" promotes Jessica Capshaw to series regular.
Conan dominating Letterman among viewers under 55
While Letterman last night eked out another victory over Conan (3.4 million vs. 3.3 million), "The Tonight Show" has remained dominant in all the age groups that advertisers covet — 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54.
Katie Holmes will pay homage to Judy Garland on "SYTYCD"
According to Us Weekly, she'll sing "Get Happy" from Garland's 1950 musical, "Summer Stock."
Bret Michaels: "I thought I died and went to Oz" during my Tonys blackout
He tells Ryan Seacrest: "I thought, 'how ironic that all the money I spent on substances in the 80s and 90s, and all I had to do was hit my head on something.'"
NJ "Real Housewives" brawl to be stretched for hour-long "Extended Version"
Last night's table-flipping episode was "so good that we're making kind of a director's cut of that meal," says Bravo's Andy Cohen. "So we're going to do an hour which is 'The Last Supper: The Extended Version,' which I think the fans are going to love… And we're going to do two parts of the reunion." PLUS: A Danielle sex tape!?
PBS bans new religious shows
But PBS has also decided to let old religious shows stay on air.
"America's Got Talent" is the latest TV show to film at Obama White House
Nick Cannon yesterday was cleared by the White House to film an NBC promo on the north lawn. "Talent is taking over the world," he shouted.
Portia de Rossi's memoir to detail her "Ally McBeal" anorexia
Her agent is shopping a book proposal in which the actress describes dropping to 82 pounds while on "Ally."
"SNL's" Seth Meyers is Twittering the summer away
"SNL's" own Twitter account confirms it's really him, posting some "Weekend Update"-esque tweets.
MTV adding "vixens" to make "The City" watchable
Whitney Port will get two new "friends" next season: "Their names are Samantha and Roxy, and they are out of control," a source tells Page Six.
HBO bans Artie Lange
The Howard Stern sidekick is persona non grata at HBO Sports after hijacking "Joe Buck Live" Monday night. "He can go do as many Howard Stern shows as he likes . . but he will no longer appear on HBO Sports or 'Joe Buck Live,'" HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg said yesterday. "We don't have any interest in his world."
Artie defends himself, HBO fires back // Did Joe Buck try to boot Artie?
Principal not happy with "NYC Prep" exposure
The head of School at Nightingale-Bamford, which includes one of the Bravo reality show stars, sent a warning message to parents: "We counsel our girls to avoid such exposure, knowing that best intentions are usually subsumed by a media machine that too often simplifies the many facets of a Nightingale education into a shallow and stereotypical view of independent schools."
Meet Katee Sackhoff's "24" ex
Actor Clayne Crawford will play a "bad boy" from her character's past.
Microsoft employee's mom defends jilting of "Bachelorette" Jillian for his job
"He had just gotten this job," said Ed Swiderski's mom, Judith Elliott. "He wanted to keep it. I guess maybe he didn’t expect to go as far (on the show) as he did … He could have chosen her and then not been the one in the end anyway. There are still seven or eight guys left. And besides, how could she know if she really wanted him if he didn't have a job?"
Yes, "Rescue Me's" Steven Pasquale can sing
The actor behind Garrity is a singer in real life. In fact, he's releasing a CD, "Somethin' to Love," later this month.
Jason Jones: Going to Iran was tougher than Stephen Colbert in Iraq
"I applaud what Stephen did, but he did have the entire United States military backing him up," says Jones, who spent 10 days in Iran in late May/early April with just his producer.
Coming to GPS: Homer Simpson's voice
"The Simpsons" character is lending his voice, along with Kim Cattrall and Mr. T.
Mary-Louise Parker on rejecting "HousewiveS" and "Weeds" sex scene
"I was more naked, if that's possible," she says of her TV sex with Demián Bichir.
Producers turn down "Survivor" wannabe who walked 2,200 miles to L.A.
Greg Insco said that after journeying from Cincinnati, producers deemed him "too nice": "I'm the guy that walked across America and had my dreams killed," he says.
Susan Boyle signs record deal with Simon, may go on "America's Got Talent"
Piers Morgan has invited Boyle to "AGT": "If she's up for it and she is well enough, our feeling is she probably will (appear). Absolutely!"
British TV hires David Hasselhoff
The Hoff will star in a Living TV series in which he learns to "embrace British culture."
Cartoon Network goes live-action tonight with "CN Real"
Tonight sees the debut of several non-cartoon reality series that are mostly ripoffs of network shows.
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