Lorne Michaels: "I feel awful" about "SNL" F-bomb, but few complained
"Saturday Night Live" doesn't use a delay, and so Jenny Slate's F-bomb resulted in what Michaels calls "an actor's worst nightmare." "I don't want that show to be remembered for one word," he says, adding that "it was literally her first time on the show. There was nothing dirty, just a slip of the tongue. It was 'frickin', frickin', frickin' ' and then boom! The pain that Jenny is going through is, I'm sure, considerably worse than that experienced by anybody who saw it."
NO FINES!: FCC approves of profanity — and nudity — after 10 o'clock
Don Pardo back?: He opened the show, despite being "officially retired"
Darrell Hammond gone?: He wasn't in opening credits, but was on "Update Thurs"
NBC confirms: Jenny Slate "will not be fired"
"Weekend Update Thursday" is undermining underwhelming "SNL"
Baz Luhrman inspired "Dancing with the Stars" — tonight he'll guest judge
The Australian director, who sits on the panel tonight, says of doing the show: "Actually, well, first of all it’s fun. The show is fun. But more importantly, a lot of people in the U.S. don’t know that 'Strictly Ballroom' was the inspiration for the original BBC version, which then was the inspiration for 'Dancing With the Stars.'" PLUS: British "Dancing" fans outraged by cheap dresses.
How much do "The Hills" stars make? A lot!
Lauren Conrad earned $125,000 an episode (for a total of $2.5 million a year), Kristin Cavallari is getting $90,000 an episode, Heidi Montag gets $100,000 a show and Spencer Pratt earns $65,000 a show.
When did Letterman become a lefty?
David Letterman hasn't been afraid to hide his political leanings in recent years, which is why Obama was treated with kid gloves while expressing disdain at certain Republicans.
Is Jay Leno a Democrat or Republican?
"The Jay Leno Show" has in its two weeks hosted Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh. Which begs the question: Which way does he lean? PLUS: Leno seems confused, antsy, more ill at ease on his 10 o'clock show.
Vandals torch "Simpsons" donut in Springfield, New Zealand
A giant doughnut erected to promote "The Simpsons" movie was set ablaze on Friday.
"Friends" movie is going to happen, according to Gunther
James Michael Tyler, who worked at Central Perk, claims in the British tabloids: Friends: The Movie is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen."
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Barney to headline a "big-ass musical" as "HIMYM" gets closer to revealing mom
Episode 100 will see "How I Met Your Mother" going "bananas" with Ted's future wife, according to producer Craig Thomas. And, he adds, “Fans of Neil’s performance at the Emmys will enjoy the ending of the episode. It’s not a musical episode, but all of a sudden it becomes one. It’ll probably be one of the craziest things we’ve ever done on the show.” PLUS: Watch "HIMYM's" Season 4 gag reel.
Kristen Chenoweth unable to find work after Emmy win
Nobody has been calling Chenoweth, who said on stage upon winning that she was unemployed and looking for work on "Mad Men," "The Office" and "24."
Jay Leno: I'd rather be stranded on a desert island with Conan than Letterman
He tells Oprah that he and Dave never really communicated that much, so he'd rather spend more time with Conan O'Brien.
Mr. T gives his blessing to the new B.A. Baracus
"I'm not mad at Quentin Jackson and I'm not mad at ('A-Team' creator) Steve Cannell," says Mr. T. "I like to think he's my friend, because back in '95 when he heard about me going through the chemotherapy for my cancer, he would call me constantly to check up on me. There's no hard feelings. I'm not mad about nothing. There's no I in A-team. …"
Ryan Seacrest may be too expensive to replace Larry King
The "Idol" host is the popular choice, but his massive deal with "American Idol" might keep him away from doing the nightly CNN show. Meanwhile, another contender is Joy Behar of "The View."
Simon Cowell, turning 50, writes a letter to his "cocky" younger self
Cowell, who turns 50 on October 7, recalls the financial ruin that forced his "shallow, reckless, cocky younger self" to move back in with his parents.
Jimmy Fallon loses his voice — another ill NBC late-night host
Fallon tweeted over the weekend that his voice was gone. But there's no word if he's recovered in time for tonight's "Late Night."
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Gordon Ramsay getting animated
He'll star in a stop-motion series called “Gordon Ramsay, at Your Service."
Dear parents: Don't be afraid of "Glee's" sex
In fact, the Fox show's overtly sexual nature might be a perfect opportunity for parents to talk to their kids about sex.
Report: "Wife Swap" star who stabbed husband had affair with FDNY calendar stud
Turns out that Jamie Czerniawski, who went on a knife-wielding rampage on Memorial Day weekend, was having a relationship with a New York City firefighter who was on the cover of last year's FDNY "Calendar of Heroes."
Tony Danza calls teaching a mixture of extreme joy, desperation and Armageddon
"It's thrilling," he says, "and yet it's, you know, you look down and you're working your tail off trying to make them see some value in 'Of Mice and Men,' for instance, and you look down and you see somebody making origami. … It kind of breaks your heart."
Jenna Elfman planned her pregnancy to coincide with "Accidentally on Purpose"
That way her pregnant character's belly will grow at the same rate as it will in real life.
"Cleveland," "Glee," "Vampire," "FlashForward" are the most pirated new shows
Those four are tops among BiTorrent users.
Michael C. Hall & John Lithgow compare their "Dexter" serial killers
"Well, they’re obviously both saddled with a compulsion," says Hall. "They’re different seeds from very different trees. For Dexter’s part, I think it’s an awareness that Trinity does what he does, and it makes him compelling the way no one has ever been to him — other than perhaps his brother."
"Dexter" is no longer cool // The horror has not been toned down
"Mad Men" has been as bleak as modern America this season
With last night's episode, Heather Havrilesky says, "Matthew Weiner beautifully illustrates the unnerving invasiveness of modern, postwar culture, the ways that empty trends and bad ideas and innocuous shifts in personal taste seem to join together, gather momentum, and crash down upon the populace like a sociocultural tsunami. At the moment when you think the boom times will never end and you'll live out the balance of your days on Easy Street, half of your personal nest egg disappears, you lose your job, you're uninsured, and before you know it, you're nearing bankruptcy. That's not just a cautionary tale."
Weiner hit five baseballs out of the park with Sunday's episode
Is "Mad Men" ripping off "Six Feet Under"? // "Mad" is back on track
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Trauma + intelligence = "Trauma"
You'd be wrong to think the best acting on NBC's newest drama is done by the helicopters, says Tom Shales. As he points out, "The show ratchets up the sense of peril that the often brave, sometimes foolhardy team members face; they definitely get their hair mussed, unlike characters on some similarly themed shows of the past. The drama in their professional lives, and some of the drama in their personal lives, is treated with an unusual amount of intelligence, considering the show's basic goal is thrill, thrill, thrill. Which it does, does, does — to a breathtaking degree, at least in the pilot."
San Francisco is depending on "Trauma" to help rescue the ailing economy
You've seen this show 30 or 40 times // This "A Team" meets "ER" is very well written
Quit front-loading episodes with exposition and cramming the actors with turmoil!
FX are big-screen worthy: "Trauma" explodes helicopters, oil trucks like nobody’s business
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