Tom DeLay beats Cloris Leachman as the strangest "Dancing" star
His booty-shaking "Wild Things" performance (watch it here) was "surreal," as Carrie Ann Inaba put it. As Verne Gay points out, "Delay shook some booty, played air guitar, slid across the dance floor, and otherwise made 17 or so million viewers wonder, 'Is this the most bizarre dream I've ever had?'… In fact, the whole thing was strange – terribly, terribly strange."
Charlie Sheen leaving "Two and a Half Men"?
His contract is up, and TV's highest-paid sitcom star is threatening to leave if CBS and Warner Bros. don't come up with a good deal.
HBO miffed after being omitted from Emmy's "Put Down the Remote" song
The pay network with 99 nominations is upset that Neil Patrick Harris failed to mention HBO in his song that opened last night's awards show. PLUS: Snubbed E! confronts Neil Patrick.
Ellen defends her "Idol" judging qualifications
"I'll tell you right now, how I know I'm going to be a great judge — because I've spent my whole life being judged," she said on today's show.
"Mad Men" gets bobbleheaded
Check out the bobblehead versions of Don Draper and Joan Holloway, complete with cigarettes in their fingers.
"The Office" gives Jim & Pam their own wedding page
Wish them well at HalpertBeesly.com.
Truck begs for "Sarah Connor" movie
"Terminator: TSCC" fans haven't given up hope. They recently purchased a truck with a "Terminator" billboard to drive around L.A. asking for a movie.
FX's fantasy football drama debuts next month
"The League" premieres Oct. 29, after "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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ABC will air fewer commercials for 1st episodes
"Cougar Town," "Modern Family" and other series premieres will contain fewer ads in effort to keep viewers from tuning out. "You hope the longer you keep them at the start of the show, the more likely they are to stick to it," says one ABC exec.
Mya will go "Dancing" after injuring her hand
A source says: "She went to grab a glass for something to drink late last night and it just broke and shattered in her hand."
Fox picks up "Glee"
The "cultural phenomenon," as Fox's entertainment president calls it, is the first pickup of the new season.
Jason Segal & Chloë Sevigny?
Could there be a "How I Met Your Mother"-"Big Love" love connection?
"30 Rock" nabs Betty White, wants Justin Timberlake
Betty White will play Betty White, according to Tina Fey, who adds that she'd like a cameo out of J.T.
Obama gets serious on Letterman
The president initially traded jokes with Dave, but "the conversation quickly turned serious," according to the NY Times. (Watch Obama walk on stage and the Obama Top 10 list.)
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Letterman gets more political — his producers lobbied Obama after Leno visit
In the wake of the Sarah Palin brouhaha, David Letterman has been "reshaping his program around a longer, more ambitious, more politically pointed monologue — the kind viewers associate more with that long-running late-night show on NBC," according to Bill Carter. He also points out that, in getting tonight's presidential guest, "the Letterman bookers have been diligent ever since in arguing for some fair play — and equal booking — for their guy."
"Reality Hell" contestant sues E! for humiliating her
Malena Brush claims that when she learned that the "Making the Band"-like reality show she had auditioned for was fake, she suffered "mental and emotional anguish, fright, horror, nervousness, grief, anxiety, worry, shock, humiliation, shame, embarrassment and fear." Her episode has yet to air.
How did "Ghost Whisperer" become a Friday night sensation?
The Jennifer Love Hewitt begins its 5th season having thrived on a night mostly abandoned by TV. Producers credit the "total engagement experience" of linking the show to the Web with keeping viewers hooked.
Chuck Lorre is no longer a hothead as he juggles "Two and a Half" and "Big Bang"
The sitcom honcho used to have a reputation for having a volatile personality and jumping from project to project. But not anymore. He's still closely involved with the two hit comedies he co-created.
Andy Griffith Museum opening in his hometown
Mount Airy, North Carolina is set to open a museum featuring the largest collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia in the world.
Hugh Laurie: "House" limp is damaging my body
"The show might last to series seven, eight or nine but I don't know if I will because I'm starting to lose my knees a little bit," says the "House" star. "It's a lot of hip work. There's things going badly wrong. I need to do yoga." PLUS: Tonight's "House" season premiere should earn Laurie the Emmy.
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Jeff Probst: "Amazing Race" should bow out of the Emmys after 7 straight wins
"Maybe 'Amazing Race' should do what Oprah did and pull itself out of competition," the "Survivor" host said after winning the best reality TV host for the 2nd straight year. Asked moments later if he should pull out, "Amazing" boss Bertram Van Munster said, "I'm going to discuss it with my committee here, but it's unlikely . . . . It was very intimidating to win for the seventh time."
David Hasselhoff hospitalized for alcohol poisoning
The "America's Got Talent" judge has reportedly been hooked on vodka in recent weeks.
HBO creates a "True Blood" jewelry line
The collection by designer Udi Behr includes rings, necklaces, earring and a fang-like enclosure, costing $59 to $1,295.
"Next Top Model" vs. REAL fashion modeling
Why Tyra Banks' entire show is flawed.
Many viewers can't get "Mad Men" in HD
AMC and other cable networks like Comedy Central are having troubling getting their HD channels on major providers like DirecTV and Time Warner Cable. As a result, the "Mad Men" those viewers get is murky with diffused images.
"Joe Millioniare"/"Trading Spouses" reality TV production company files for bankruptcy
Rocket Science Laboratories had run into problems after a downturn in interest in their projects.
Is anybody still watching "How I Met Your Mother" for Ted?
"HIMYM" returns tonight with more Barney and Robin, but unfortunately the show still revolves around Ted Mosby. As Ellen Gray points out, "I've come to think of The Mother as the woman who'll help transform the charmingly awkward Ted into a guy who can't ever seem to finish a story and who sounds disturbingly like Bob Saget."
Susan Boyle's visit to America will become a documentary
Film crews spent last week documenting how the "Britain's Got Talent" star conquered the United States.
Chris Sligh warns "Idol" Top 10: "No one will care about you" after the tour
"Those fans who’ve been asking for your autograph all tour long — 98 percent of them don’t give a flying poo about you once next season of ‘Idol’ starts," he writes in a lengthy blog rant. "In other words, your days of being a star are over. But that’s all right — so are mine.”
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Credit Harris for rescuing the Emmys from two years of reality TV hosting "miasma," says Robert Bianco, but credit should also be shared with producer Don Mischer for grouping the awards by genre. "The tone was set from his opening number, a hilarious song salute to the TV season that was as well-written as it was performed," says Bianco. It was an intentionally elaborate shift from last year's infamously deadly start — the reality quintet confessing they had nothing prepared — and it did precisely what it was meant to do. It let the crowd at home and in the theater know they were in the hands of someone who took the job seriously and knew how to do it."
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