"Melrose Place" reboot disappoints with just 2.3 million viewers
On a positive note: "Melrose" was the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter last night, but that's not too hard to accomplish. PLUS: Laura Leighton on the big twist
"Amazing Race" casts poker players, Harlem Globetrotters, Asperger's sufferer
The 15th batch also includes a former Miss America, married yoga instructors and dating country singers. Asperger's sufferer Zev Glassenberg, 26, will be racing with his best friend: “I don’t think the fact that I have Asperger’s will hinder me,” he says. “I do tend to think outside of the box, so it might help us. It’ll be weird going into these social situations around the world. I might not take it all in right away, but I know I’m racing, so I’ll probably get past it really fast.”
Young people are rejecting reality shows for scripted TV
That's according to the annual Youth Trends Fall Television Preview Report, which found that teens and college students are anticipating the season's new batch of scripted shows over reality.
White House slams Fox for choosing "SYTYCD" over Obama
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs chided Fox during an appearance on Fox News Channel: "I do hope the viewers of Fox will find a way to watch the speech tonight. I know that the network, instead of dealing with the reality of millions of people on health insurance reform, have decided to show a reality show called something like, 'So you think you can dance.' … I do hope that people will check into the reality of what’s going on in America rather than the distraction of a reality TV show."
"Next Top Model's" short cycle isn't always apparent
It's not always clear from tonight's 13th-cycle premiere that every model is 5-foot-7 or under.
How did Katey Sagal react to her pivotal "Sons of Anarchy" moment?
On her pivotal moment: "Well you know, it’s always sort of the job of the actor to make real make-belief circumstance. In this particular case, it required me to visit some pretty dark places but just seemed to hang around with me after I left work." PLUS: What was Sagal's hubby/"Sons" creator thinking?
