Jon Gosselin despises Kate, claims she was verbally abusive
"I was beaten down," he says in an ABC News interview of Kate, whom he can't sit next to while filming "Jon & Kate" because "I can't sit on someone right now that I despise." "She would hold my kids over my head. I would want to spend time with my mom, and she would say, 'Don't spend time with your mom, spend time with your kids.' Why can't I spend time with my mom and my kids?"
Fox confirms it won't air Obama's Wednesday speech
The network doesn't want to disrupt the season debuts of "SYTYCD" and "Glee."
Oprah: Whintey Houston was "the best interview I've ever done"
"I think it’s the best interview I’ve ever done," Oprah says of her two-day interview airing next week. "But I guess you’re supposed to let other people say that about yourself. I can’t think of a moment, ever, when I had a stronger connection to the person I was interviewing." PLUS: Oprahpalooza takes over Chicago and can Oprah save music?
Tyra Banks to launch an online magazine — "TYRA"
"TYRA: Beauty Inside and Out" will focus on beauty, fashion and healthy living.
Denis Leary's firefighter charity is among the worst celebrity nonprofits
The Leary Firefighters Foundation received one star for its poor financial performance in 2007.
Larry David is only watching "Gossip Girl" these days
Asked if he watches TV, David replies: "Not really. I find it very hard to sit down and devote an hour to television. And I don't have any TV-alone time when I can watch shows. I have two teenaged daughters, so sometimes I'll watch shows to spend time with them. I watch 'Gossip Girl' with my teenagers."
Dallas Cowboys keep Spike TV reality star
Jesse Holley, winner of Michael Irvin's reality show "Fourth and Long," has earned a spot on the Cowboys' practice squad.
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Marc Cherry to spin off "Desperate Housewives" in Sprint commercials
“They’re kind of like the old Taster’s Choice commercials, but we added a lot of wicked dark humor, murder and adultery and betrayal,” Cherry says of the ads, which will begin running during the season premiere to stop viewers from hitting the fast-forward button. PLUS: "Housewives" dress in vintage gowns.
ESPN is hungry for the Olympics
"There's no question the Olympics would continue the process of establishing ESPN as the home of championship sports and great sports," one ESPN exec says of landing the Olympic games for 2014 and 2016.
Obama tells kids: Don't count on becoming a reality star
"I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work," he says in his address to all returning students.
Has "House" ruined healthcare?
A new Kaiser report faults the Fox show for "pushing medical practice to the extreme."
Watch Bob Barker take on WWE "Raw"
The former "Price is Right" host got physical last night. (Watch Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4)
Playboy model with GG breasts wins "Big Brother" UK — after "shocking" weight gain
Check out 20-year-old Sophie Reade's transformation from before she entered, during her stay in the house and after she won last Friday.
Claim: Letterman is the last grown-up on network TV
And growing up is the reason why David Letterman has triumphed over Jay Leno, according to Peter W. Kaplan. "Somehow," he says, "without anyone looking, David Letterman has superseded the usual TV categories of comic, or talk-show host, or broadcaster. He paces the stage at night worrying about the Afghan-election recount and generally free-associating about the flies and vultures flapping around in his head. His nightly broadcast from Broadway has become a weird and great American entity unto itself, a blurred throwback, an amalgam of the tradition he came from: Johnny Carson, Edward Murrow, Jack Paar. And the most middle-American of talk-show hosts has become the most New York–centric."
Stand-up comic dying of cancer gets his wish — a performance on Letterman
Auburn University's "Dave Letterman Physics" course has nothing to do with Letterman
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"Sons of Anarchy" enters Season 2 at a "Shield"/"Sopranos" level of quality
As Alan Sepinwall explains, "Entering season two, the 'Hamlet' allusions have more or less gone away and 'Sons of Anarchy' is more purely pulp fiction than it was at this time last year. But if (creator Kurt) Sutter has lowered his sights a bit, he's now unerringly hitting the target. Because 'Sons' is about a criminal gang, and because its creator cut his teeth writing about Vic Mackey, comparisons to 'The Sopranos' and 'The Shield' were inevitable. And where last year those comparisons weren't flattering, now 'Sons' is starting to hold its own against its spiritual ancestors."
A middling "Sons" becomes engrossing in Season 2
Season 2 is newbie-friendly // Hunnan lacks the acting chops of Michael Chiklis
How does Katey Sagal's husband get her to degrading scenes? // Hunnan sees parallels
Q&A with Kurt Sutter: Why Charming is like Mayberry
Soulless new "Melrose Place" doesn't match up to the original
Too much has changed, says Mary McNamara of the "Melrose" revamp. "The young and the soulless dominate television these days, with the CW's own 'Gossip Girl' and MTV's 'The Hills.' Indeed, creators Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin have filled the now iconic courtyard apartments with characters that seem to have been plucked from other shows, 'Grey's Anatomy' perhaps or 'Chuck,' or from failed sitcoms like 'Notes From the Underbelly.'"
"Melrose Place" is nothing without Heather Locklear (or Alyssa Milano)
Old "Melrose" vs. New "Melrose" // CW's "Melrose" is better // Even acting is better
Laura Leighton didn't hesitate when contacted // Katie Cassidy: The Breakout star?
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Susan Boyle is No. 1 on Amazon in the U.S., topping Whitney Houston
Her album doesn't debut for nearly three months (Nov. 24), yet there's already a large demand for her music. PLUS: Boyle covers a Madonna song, "You'll See."
Here's your rundown of fall premiere dates
The fall season kicks off Tusday with "90210," "Melrose Place" and "Sons of Anarchy."
"Dancing" and Tom DeLay: Do scandalous politicos make better dancers?
Time magazine why Tom DeLay was chosen — after the show was refused by Bill Clinton's people: "Absent Clinton, DWTS's ideal political candidate is an elected official with a national profile, who has the time and stamina for five hours of rehearsal six days a week. Most incumbents are too busy, most retired politicians are too frail, and most losing candidates are too forgotten. That pretty much narrows it down to someone whose political career was cut short after a big scandal and–since the show's core audience is older women–preferably one that didn't involve infidelity. (Put the tux back in storage, John Edwards.)"
BBC taps "The Wire's" Idris Elba to play an angry detective
He'll play "Luther," which will reveal the killer at the start of each show.
Simon Cowell admits: "Idol" chemistry is different without Paula
"It's like comparing a carrot to a banana," he says of the difference.
ABC's "FlashForward" ad codes turn into 3-D promos
When users hold the codes in front of their webcam, they get photos and clips from the show.
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Fox unlikely to dump "Glee's" lucrative season premiere for Obama
If Fox airs the president's healthcare speech to the joint session of congress, the network "stands to lose the gross national product of a small third-world nation in ad revenue," according to Lisa de Moraes. That's because premiere episodes command higher ad rates.
U2 joins Megan Fox on "SNL's" season premiere
The band's musical performance will come amid a world tour.
"The Jay Leno Show" will change TV — whether it fails or succeeds
Leno has landed on the cover of Time magazine, which calls him "the future of television. Seriously!" If "The great Leno gamble fails," NBC will become further decimated, says James Poniewozik. But, he adds, "if 'The Jay Leno Show' succeeds — where succeeding means not getting more viewers than the competition but simply increasing NBC's profit margin — it suggests a TV future in which ambitious dramas become the stuff of boutique cable, while the broadcasters become a megaphone for live events and cheap nonfiction." As former NBC president Fred Silverman puts, it "If the Leno Show works, it will be the most significant thing to happen in broadcast television in the last decade."
Tim Gunn not a fan of "slob" Jon Gosselin's fashion style
"Everything is too big," the "Project Runway" star says of Gosselin's clothing. "It is what I refer to as the slobification of America. If you want to dress to feel as though you never got out of bed, then don't get out of bed." PLUS: Kate's hair gets a makeover.
VH1 is giving Megan of "Megan Wants a Millionaire" another reality show
The new show starring the VH1 reality vet will likely move away from dating.
"X Factor" contestant has facial plastic surgery after Simon Cowell mocked her looks
Five years ago, Simon told Katrina Lee he wished he could put her voice "in somebody else's body." Five years later, Simon said he shouldn't have been so harsh. PLUS: Private chef sues Simon.
Stephen Colbert, the "God-loving square," graces the cover of Rolling Stone
The magazine profiles "TV's most dangerous man" and looks back at his "Law & Order" past.
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Jon Gosselin: Kate abused me
The "Jon & Kate" dad tells "GMA" that he took "a lot of abuse" from his wife. "She'll call me like, almost like a lame fish. Like I wasn't going anywhere," he says. Gosselin also complains that he'd often have to take care of the kids by himself while Kate was always on the road. PLUS: Jon joins Twitter.
How Fox's "Glee" gamble paid off
Airing the pilot episode in May has created mass interest in the Fox series. That in addition to heavily marketing the show all summer could make "Glee" one of the biggest success stories of the fall season. “The analog was like putting a movie trailer in front of ‘Titanic,’” says creator Ryan Murphy. “It’s an instant way for people to sample the product.” PLUS: Tonight "Glee" tweets the director's cut.
Linguist says "Mad Men" isn't speaking properly for 1963
From Peggy Olsen to Jennifer Crane's use of words, linguistics professor John McWhorter takes issue with the way "Mad Men" depicts language use in the '60s. As he explains, "the show’s depiction of how people speak is less accurate than the loving exactitude with attire, cocktails, product labels, and the like." PLUS: Furniture store is selling the Don Draper bed.
Audrina Patridge's "The Audrina Show" will be a family affair
Her brother and sister will also be featured in the MTV project. And according to Page Six, Audrina wants a producer's credit so she could have control over how she's edited.
Tony Blair going on Letterman
The former British prime minister makes his "Late Show" debut on Tuesday.
Gordon Ramsay has 4 of the 10 "most disappointing" restaurants in Britain
A new food guide slams the "Hell's Kitchen" chef for "dreary" atmosphere and "outrageous" prices.
Conan auctioning Wax Tom Cruise and other props to benefit California
Go here to bid on eBay items that Conan has put up, including the Obama Pencil Sharpener and a foam asteroid signed by Tom Hanks.
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"SNL" adds 2 female comediennes
Jenny Slate, a "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" veteran, and Nasim Pedrad, a former "ER" nurse and an Iranian-American from the Groundlings troupe, will join the "Saturday Night Live" cast this fall. Slate was one of the stars of Fallon's "7th Floor West" reality spoof, playing a network page and Jimmy's assistant. Pedrad played "Nurse Suri" on several "ER" episodes, and had her own one-woman show called "Me, Myself & Iran." Both comediennes began work this week on "SNL's" 35th season.
"Idol" signs Danny Gokey to record deal — now all of the Final 4 have "Idol" label deals
Gokey will sing country tunes as "Idol" label 19 Recordings has, for the first, opted to sign all Final four "Idols."
"Sarah Connor" joins HBO's "Game of Thrones"
"Terminator" star Lena Headey Queen Cersei of House Lannister in the fantasy pilot, based on George R.R. Martin's book.
Ice Cube teams with ESPN on an L.A. Raiders documentary
"Straight Outta L.A." will document Al Davis' move into and out of Los Angeles, and "explore the unlikely marriage between the NFL’s rebel franchise and America’s glamour city."
"Idol" taps Avril Lavigne & Katy Perry for L.A. callbacks
They'll each spend a day critiquing those that made it to the next round.
"Gossip Girl" offers 5 sneak peeks
Watch Chace Crawford meet Joanna Garcia, his new frenemy.
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Evan Marriott and Omarosa recount to "Nightline" the changes in their lives after becoming a reality TV star. "I actually went into a depression," says Marriott, who starred on "Joe Millionaire" nearly 7 years ago. "I started drinking a lot. I'd wake up at 10, 11 o'clock in the morning and go to the bar and start drinking, 'cause I had nowhere to be."
