From the daily archives:

Monday, November 16, 2009

November 16, 2009

Bob Saget's A&E series to feature America the unusual
"Bob Saget's Strange Days" follows the "Full House" dad as he meets with biker gangs, mail-order brides, survivalist cults and Amish teens.


Whitney Houston will sing on "Dancing"

It's not clear what song she'll perform on next week's season finale.


Lisa Kudrow: I doubt a "Friends" reunion will ever happen

The biggest objectors to a reunion, she says, are not the actors but the creators of "Friends."


Neil Patrick Harris is really on Twitter

"ActuallyNPH" is actually him, according to CBS' own Twitter account.


Lorraine Bracco returning to TV to play Angie Harmon's mom

"The Sopranos" alum will star in TNT's "Rizzoli," playing the mother of Harmon's police detective character. If you're wondering, Bracco is 18 years older than Harmon.


John Stamos gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

His "Full House" co-stars Bob Saget and Lori Loughlin were on-hand for today's ceremony.

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November 16, 2009

"House's" Jennifer Morrison: "I don’t know anything about anything"
"Everyone expects me to have an answer and there’s no answer to have because there’s… no answer," she says of her departure.


Orlando Jones visiting "House"

He'll play Foreman's estranged brother.


Chris Elliott goes live-action for Adult Swim

In "Eagleheart," Abby's dad will play "Eagleheart," a low-level television exec sent to Texas to produce an action series of the same name.


Michael Richards mocks his famous N-word rant on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Said Richards on last night's show: "If only there were a horrible name that I could call you that would make you as angry as I am!"


"Mad Men" teacher lands NBC pilot

"Rex" teams Abigail Spencer with David Tennant.


"Melrose Place" will reunite the originals

Expect a scene with Amanda, Jane, Michael and Jo.


Teacher Tony Danza takes his students on a tour of Washington

Danza, however, was not allowed to talk to the press. "There is a muzzle on me until the show comes out in January," he said.


Judge tosses plagiarism lawsuit against Elisabeth Hasselbeck

"The View" co-host had been accused of stealing for her book "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide."

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November 16, 2009

Speidi are pitching their own reality show, but they don't want to leave "The Hills"
Heidi and Spencer Pratt want to showcase the non-"Hills" famous side of their lives, possibly live. The couple is currently shopping a reality show of their own.


Amy Poehler: My hubby may be coming to "Parks and Rec"

When might Will Arnett make a cameo?


"Buffy" Webisodes are in the works

Casting has begun on a motion-comic series based on the Season 8 comic book.


Check out "Smallville's" Hawkman

Actor Michael Shanks is still getting used to the costume, and hopes he doesn't come out looking like a goofball.


CW marathoning "The Vampire Diaries"

Catch the first 10 episodes the week of Dec. 14.


"Remote Control" host Ken Ober dies suddenly at 52

Ober got his big break hosting the MTV game show in 1987. PLUS: Colin Quinn tweets an early picture of him and Ober.

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November 16, 2009

Letterman denies wife kicked him out
"The National Enquirer has it wrong," David Letterman's spokesperson says of a report by the tabloid that the "Late Show" host has moved out of his Connecticut house.


Sarah Palin describes meeting Tina Fey for the first time

Watch a clip from the interviewing airing today, in which Palin said she went on "SNL" to "neutralize some of the parody." PLUS: Palin on the "Oprah snub."


Oprah apologizes to Robin Givens over Mike Tyson interview

Oprah's audience laughed when Tyson said, referring to his ex-wife, "I truly wanted to sock her."


"Bachelor" winner Shayne Lamas busted for DUI

The "Leave it to Lamas" star was pulled over in Venice on Saturday morning.


Revealed: Hooker turned scientist inspired "Secret Diary of a School Girl"

Dr. Brooke Magnanti has been unmasked as the former prostitute who inspired the Showtime series. She has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science, and specializes in developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology.


Coming to NBC: Sci-fi fanboys and their own cancleed show

The Peacock is working with McG and Larry Charles (of "Borat" and "Curbed" fame) on this unusual semi-scripted proejct.


Simon Cowell's older sister is facing financial hardship

June Cowell, 59, lives a frugal lifestyle in Spain where she's currently divorcing her Spanish husband. June, whose only taste of stardom was as a little girl in the movie "Village of the Damned," says: "People imagine that because I’m Simon Cowell’s sister, I’ll be extremely wealthy … I’ve never asked him for money and unless it was a life or death situation I wouldn’t dream of doing so."


Marge Simpson takes off her clothes on "The Simpsons," too

Marge did a sexy photo shoot on last night's episode (watch here). "It's a little bit of a reference to our recent encounter with Playboy," says Al Jean, who adds that the episode idea came first.

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November 16, 2009

January Jones: One of "SNL's" worst-ever hosts
The "Mad Men" star teamed with "SNL" writers to turn in one of the worst episodes in a while. "You could tell from the very first moments she lurched onstage wearing a forced smile and a deer-in-headlights look of mortification that never left and proceeded to make sweet love to the cue cards," says Nathan Rabin. "Everyone on SNL reads cue cards but Jones was especially egregious. She stared at those cue cards so intensely I’m surprised she didn’t burn a hole right through them. Though she excelled in a clever if fairly obvious taped faux-education film about how to throw the perfect incredibly repressed early-sixties Mad Men-style dinner party, Jones pretty much had two modes: stone-faced or giggly."
It's a bad night when Grace Kelly farting is one of the best skits
Darrell Hammond returns to play Lou Dobbs // Don Pardo sits with Jimmy Fallon
Was "SNL" wrong to replace Michaela Watkins for the Hoda Kotb "Today" sketch?


Katey Sagal compares her TV mom roles

As Peggy on "Married … with Children," she says, "the overriding thing was that the family stayed together. As much as they acted like they didn't like each other, you look at the big picture, and there was no divorce. That to me was a statement of love. Gemma (on 'Sons of Anarchy') seems the most complex. She loves these people, she doesn't want to see anything happen to her little world. She will protect that to no end."


Simon Cowell calls Sting "pompous" for slamming "The X Factor"

Of course, Cowell also invited Sting to come on the show as a mentor.

A "Seinfeld" reunion could prove hilarious, as "Curb" showed last night
The fake episode that the "Seinfeld" cast rehearsed for had a lot of potential as a real episode.


David Simon pleased "The Wire" is inspiring college courses

From Harvard to Duke to UC Berkeley, the HBO series has become a teachable tool for professors. As UC Berkeley film prof Linda Williams said of her course, "I was following the lead of David Simon … who has pointed to great novels and called his show a visual novel. I really believed it was the best thing I had seen and maybe not just on television. … I wanted to try to study it the way I would a smart film, with a smart class."


Fox kick-starts "Fringe" Observer Week to boost ratings

The Observers will be popping up all over the place — from the streets to split-second subliminal ads. Yesterday, The Observers made a cameo during the Packers game.


HBO "Cathouse" prostitute murdered

Brooke Phillips, who appeared on the Moonlite Bunny Ranch reality show under the name Hayden Brooks, was pregnant when she was found shot to death in an Oklahoma City house that had burned to the ground. She was 21.

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ODDS & ENDS

November 16, 2009

Lady Gaga says of tonight's "Gossip Girl" cameo: "It’s very performance art"

O.C. "Real Housewives" star Lynne Curtain shows off her facelift

WWE extends deal to stay on USA for 4 more years

"He’s playing an amazing game," "Survivor" Kelly says of Russell

Turns out Rosie's girlfriend moved out 2 years ago

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