Tuesday, November 10, 2009

"Mad Men" meets "X-Men"
Check out a comic mash-up of Don Draper and Wolverine, and Betty Draper and Jean Gray.

Jon & Kate will reunite for Christmas
They'll both be on the same house for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Watch "Melrose Place's" Amanda Woodward in action
It's Heather Locklear in a fierce short skirt!

Candace Bergen, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry to the TV Hall of Fame
All three will be inducted next year into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame early next year.

"Top Model's" Miss J reveals: "I'm a dad"
Miss J Alexander tells Tyra Banks that he used "a little test tube" with a French lesbian.

Middle East is getting its own Comedy Central
Comedy Central Studios Arabia will create comedy content in Arabic.

The Beatles voicing History channel documentary
"The Beatles on Record" will feature the voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo, pplus 60 Beatles songs.

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Letterman suspect: I was trying to sell Dave a screenplay
Robert "Joe" Halderman appeared in court this morning, where his lawyer to dismiss charges. There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for sale," the defense attorney said. There was a commercial transaction. Nothing more."

The average American spends 4 hours, 49 minutes each day watching TV
That, according to Nielsen, is four minutes up from last year.

TV's Top 3 male earners: Simon Cowell, Donald Trump and Ryan Seacrest
According to Forbes, Charlie Sheen is No. 4 and Steve Carell is No. 5.

Jay Leno falls to a new low
"Monday Night Football" and "CSI: Miami" combined to give Leno's his fewest viewers last night.

Marion Berry, reality TV star?
The former Washington, D.C. mayor is reportedly shooting a reality pilot.

Kansas City Chiefs make their own "30 Rock"
The struggling NFL team has also done a spoof of "The Office."

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Disabled community not happy with "Glee's" non-disabled actor in wheelchair
Why wasn't a disabled actor hired to play Artie? "We brought in anyone: white, black, Asian, in a wheelchair," says executive producer Brad Falchuk. "It was very hard to find people who could really sing, really act, and have that charisma you need on TV."

"Glee" is helping revive the music industry
The Fox show's more than two million songs sold is helping music labels tap into a new revenue stream.

"Sons of Anarchy" tops itself with tonight's 90-minute episode
Next week's episode, however, might be even better.

"Ugly Betty" expects to move into "Eastwick's" Wednesday timeslot
Can "Betty" get a boost from "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town"?

William Shatner will interview Rush Limbaugh, Seinfeld, Mackenzie Phillips
His Bio talk show returns Dec. 6 for Season 2.

James Franco: I've discovered that soap opera acting is different
"One big difference," says the "General Hospital" star, is that you do one take. They're going for one take because they have about four cameras for each setup. It's one take: You do the whole scene and then you're on to the next. That's three or four pages in a moment."

"Sex and the City's" Jason Lewis to star in "Rio!"
Rio de Janeiro is the setting for this "Miami Vice"-like TV pilot about an international detective.

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"Gossip Girl" threesome turned out to be pretty tame
Really, not much outrage-worthy happened.

Where was the PTC outrage over last night's "Two and a Half Men" threesome?
While the Parents Television Council was busy stewing over the low-rated "Gossip Girl" threesome, they forgot to complain about the threesome over on CBS.

Jon Gosselin to countersue TLC for $5 million
Gosselin is likely to argue that TLC's contract was too restrictive in preventing him from earning a living. PLUS: Why is TLC showing a distant Kate?

Discovery Channel does a sequel to "I Love the World"
It's the same song with different visuals.

Carnegie Hall crowd walks out on Tracy Morgan
His act Friday night was too offensive for some New Yorkers' taste.

Elizabeth Mitchell: "Lost" won't show any previews for the new season
"It's going to be a complete blackout," she says. "They're not going to have any leaks or teasers. It's just their new idea."

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Heather Locklear still wearing short skirts on "Melrose Place"
"They're short," she says, "and I keep wanting to say, 'Shorter,' but I have to work into that, because I think wardrobe might be mortified."

"Apprentice" star running for Congress
Season 6 competitor Surya Yalamanchili wants to represent an Ohio district.

Kathy Griffin's "Let's Dance" yanked, "D-List" renewed
ABC had trouble casting the dance show, which was set to debut in less than two weeks. "My Life on the D-List," meanwhile, will return for a 6th season on Bravo.

"Lopez Tonight" is a bit hacky, but it might improve
George Lopez's new TBS talks show tries to be a mixture of every talk show out there, while attempting to be different. PLUS: Was the "revolution" played too safe?

Happy 40th birthday, "Sesame Street"
As Robert Lloyd notes, in a message to "Sesame": "You are 40 years old now, just a year younger than Mickey Mouse was the year you arrived on television — and he was semi-retired by then, while you still report to work each day. This very morning you begin your 41st season, you and your cast of aging humans and ageless Muppets, with three first-episode veterans still in residence…That kind of continuity is rare, if not otherwise nonexistent, on television. Certainly there is no other children's show to match you for longevity, cultural penetration or global reach."
NYC gives "Sesame" its own street corner // Watch Michelle Obama on "Sesame"
Meet the (black) man behind Elmo // "Sesame" let kids acknowledge the media world

Matthew Weiner explains "Mad Men" Season 3
Sterling Cooper, he says, "was not fully taking advantage of Don’s talent… if we believe that Don is as good at what he does as he says… he could not continue working in the place. And to me, that meant him being in a new place and the rest of that was working backward from there." Weiner adds that he doesn't know what will happen to Ken, Paul and Sal.
"Sal Romano": "I really don't know" about my future on the show
Top 5 "Mad" Web spoofs // In praise of Lane Pryce
"Conrad Hilton" speaks // 2.3M watched, up 29% from last year
Matthew Weiner film postponed due to "Mad" scheduling

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"True Blood" tops People's Choice Award noms

"Southland" DVDs will be released "uncensored"

Do conservatives get their own Tina Fey with "V"?

Save "Eastwick" campaign launches

Was "Dancing" Donny Osmond channeling Michael Jackson or Adam Ant?

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