Wednesday, October 21, 2009

October 21, 2009

End of "Dollhouse"? Fox yanks Joss Whedon drama for November sweeps
The likely final episodes will be  burned off in December in back-to-back Friday airings.


"Glee" DVD due before New Year's, splitting season in half
"Glee Season 1: Road To Sectionals" will be released Dec. 29 with the first 13 episodes.


"Glee" to pen an episode inspired by the Macy's Thanksgiving brouhaha

Ryan Murphy is getting even with a storyline about the Glee Club being denied their own float.


Madonna gives "Glee" rights to her catalog; Adam Lambert may visit

The plan, at least so far, is for Dianna Agron to cover "Papa Don't Preach."


Pauley Perrette crossing over to "NCIS: LA"

The "NCIS" star will drop by the spinoff on Nov. 24.


Katee Sackhoff surfaces on "The Big Bang Theory"

The "Battle" star will play herself in the Nov. 23 episode.


Jerry O'Connell will join his wife on "Eastwick"

He'll appear on a multi-episode arc as the new hot neighbor.


Carrie Ann Inaba disappointed in Natalie Coughlin's "Dancing" ouster

“We haven’t had a female dancer who moved with such strength and flexibility and fluidity in a while," she says. "And she hasn’t had any performing experience — I was really excited to see how far she could grow throughout the ten weeks of our show.”

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October 21, 2009

"Smallville" star busted in drug deal
Sam Jones was allegedly the "Hollywood connection" in a plot to purchase and distribute more than 10,000 pills of oxycodone.


CW gives "Vampire Diaries" and "Melrose Place" full seasons

For "Melrose," a full season will equal, for the moment, 18 episodes compared to 22 for "Diaries."


Carnie Wilson goes "Unstapled" for GSN

The Game Show Network is doing a reality show, "Carnie Wilson: Unstapled," that will delve into "The Newlywed Game" host's life after gastric-bypass surgery.


Lifetime pulls Balloon Boy's  "Wife Swap" episode

Their episode was scheduled to be repeated next Thursday.


Is Oprah interviewing Sarah Palin to win back conservative viewers?

Ratings have declined for the Oprah Winfrey show since she endorsed Obama.


Introducing the TV set inside a bra

The specially made "Boob Tube Bra" is being auctioned off in Texas to benefit breast cancer services.


Did "Glee" go overboard flooding the Web with 8 previews of tonight's episode?

Fox has posted nearly a whopping 10 minutes of footage from tonight's show, or nearly a quarter of the episode.


"Addams Family" song writer's death is a reminder that TV theme songs are dying

As the Wall Street Journal notes, many of today’s TV themes are absent, completely forgettable, or painfully brief.

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October 21, 2009

Television — not the Internet — is responsible for worldwide social change
Thanks to TV, poor people in small villages can watch soap operas that empower women, as Charles Kenny points out: "In our collective enthusiasm for whiz-bang new social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the implications of this next television age — from lower birthrates among poor women to decreased corruption to higher school enrollment rates — have largely gone overlooked despite their much more sweeping impact. And it's not earnest educational programming that's reshaping the world on all those TV sets. The programs that so many dismiss as junk — from song-and-dance shows to 'Desperate Housewives' — are being eagerly consumed by poor people everywhere who are just now getting access to television for the first time. That's a powerful force for spreading glitz and drama — but also social change."


It's a girl for Amy Ryan

The 39-year-old veteran of "The Office" and "The Wire" gave birth to Georgia Gracie Slovin on Oct. 15.


Simon Cowell was 5 when he uttered his 1st insult

Julie Cowell, 82, says her son was 5 when he mocked her hat: "I bought a new hat and asked him if I looked nice in it. He replied, ‘You look like a poodle."'


Rosie: My relationship is on the rocks

She and Kelli Carpenter "are working on our issues."


Paul Shaffer leads Jimmy Kimmel's band

Watch Letterman's bandleader repeatedly interrupt Kimmel's monologue on last night's show.

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ODDS & ENDS

October 21, 2009

"The Bachelor's" Jason Mesnick gets engaged to Molly

ABC says "I'm With Stupid" with Judy Greer

Adam Lambert unveils new music video and a collaboration with Lady Gaga

Plane crash may result in a "Desperate" death toll

Jeff Probst: I can no longer name all the 300+ "Survivors"

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