Friday, July 24, 2009

"FlashForward" denies its the new "Lost"
"Nothing is ever going to be the new 'Lost,'" its producer told a Comic-Con audience.

QVC tries reality TV with "Isaac Mizrahi Live!"
The show will mix a typical QVC show with reality TV elements as Mizrahi tries to pitch goods on live TV.

Jerry Springer returning to "Chicago" — in Atlanta
He'll reprise his London stage role of lawyer Billy Flynn this September.

"Eureka" renewed for Season 4
The Syfy show will be back for 22 more episodes.

"Dr. Horrible" and "Firefly" are each getting the comic book treatment
Joss Whedon will be busy working with Dark Horse Comics.

"Dollhouse" adds Joss Whedon actors Alexis Denisof & Summer Glau
The respective "Angel" and "Firefly" vets will both make appearances next year as the show changes its look with a new director of photography  to "create a new look that's a lot more immediate, a lot less conventional."
Amy Acker to return // More Whedon // Reviewing "Dollhouse's" 13 episode

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NBC won't move "America's Got Talent" to fall
It's one of the Peacock's biggest hits, yet NBC won't budge and move it to within the season. The network likes it where it is, in the summer. "The audition process is arduous," explains NBC reality guru Paul Telegdy. "It takes about eight months."

It's official: Dominic Monaghan is joining "FlashFoward"
The former "Lost" star will be part of ABC's new "Lost"-like series.

Adrianne Palicki isn't sure she'll return to "Friday Night Lights"
"I'm actually going to be shooting ('Red Dawn') during the fourth season, so I don't know if I'm going back," she says.

"Caprica" gets January premiere; Ron Moore calls "Battlestar" Emmy snub "a fraking crime"
"We would not be here talking about the about 'Caprica' if not for the ensemble of actors on 'Battlestar,'" Moore says in announcing the Jan 22, 2010 premiere of the "Battlstar" prequel.

Charisma Carpenter joins "Legend of the Seeker"
She'll guest as Triana, a leather-clad Mord'Sith warrior woman who inflicts pain.

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"Things will change this year" on "The Big Bang Theory"
So says Chuck Lorre, who wouldn't elaborate at Comic-Con.

Amy Poehler: How I bumped into Obama — in shorts — at the White House
She was taking a normal tour of the West Wing, when the president suddenly emerged, she tells David Letterman.

Elijah Wood explains "Lost"
"I think it's a good versus evil thing," says the "Lord of the Rings" star, who drove down to Comic-Con with ex-"Lostie" Dominic Monaghan.

AMC unveils "The Prisoner" highlight reel
It's 9 minutes full of the remake that set to debut in November.

Watch the "Stargate Universe" trailer
This didn't debut at Comic-Con.

Showtime posts clips of "Dexter" at Comic-Con
What was joining the show like for John Lythgow?

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Nigel Lythgoe tells Katie Holmes bashers: "You make me sick"
The "So You Can Dance" judge is defending Holmes' "terrible" performance, saying on Twitter: "Why hate on Katie? She's had no dance training and did this for publicity for the charity." He adds in another tweet that Katie should be judged like somebody who throws an opening pitch at a baseball game. "I'm trying to figure out why Katie is being judged as a dancer," he says.
Why no "SYTYCD" DVDs? Blame music clearance // What about replacement music?
Janette's ejection was "criminal" // Guest stars dragged down the 100th episode

HBO will air 2-night mega-concert
With U2, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Simon and Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin and more.

Shirley Jones reuniting with the Cassidys
She'll play David and Patrick's mother on "Ruby & the Rockits."

Katherine Heigl: I'd be happy to spend the whole "Grey's" season in bed
"It's awesome," she tells Jimmy Kimmel. "It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing."

Should Jon Stewart change his name back to Jon Leibowitz?
According to Ron Rosenbaum, a name-change wouldn't hurt "The Daily Show" star's career at t his point. "It's almost as if the Leibowitz in you is trying desperately to escape from behind the mask of the Stewart," he writes. "So why not set it free? Change the name back?"

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Eliza Dushku & Elizabeth Mitchell discuss playing TV's kick-ass women
Speaking at a Comic-Con panel, Mitchell said, "My roles have been far more adventurous, far more interesting, once I moved beyond 30." Added Duhku: "I asked Joss (Whedon) for the most kick-ass multi-dimensional character he could think of, and he delivered … this character, it's just a lot like me."

Anna Friel: I turned down a Simon Cowell record deal
The "Pushing Daisies" star says: "Simon offered me a record deal twice, I was about 19 – I wouldn't be here now if I'd said yes."

Report: "Jon & Kate's" older twin girls are seeing a psychologist
A source on the show says Cara and Madelyn are taking the divorce the worst.

"Mad Men" drops hints about Season 3
"It's like that show 'Mad Men,' but it's even better," says Vincent Kartheiser.

Dominic West: I turned down American cop shows after "The Wire"
"I got offered a lot of cop roles on (American) television after The Wire," says the actor best known as Det. McNulty, "but I don't really want to do any episodic television because it's a huge commitment and I've got children here and I can't really live over there for any amount of time." PLUS: Check out "The Wire" characters, illustrated.

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Check out photos of the "Lost" props going on sale

"Kendra" is writing her memoir

It's a boy!: "Dexter" has a baby Harrison // Watch Michael C. Hall talk about daddy "Dexter"

"Gossip Girl" tour costs $40 and visits 40 locations

AOL is animating Warren Buffett for kids' Web show "Secret Millionaire's Club"

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