Half-black/half-Chinese contestant raises eyebrows on China's "Idol"
"Go Oriental Angel" finalist Lou Jing, 20, (watch her here) is a product of an African-American father and a Chinese mother. According to the Guardian, she has "provoked a storm of abuse on the internet, a rare debate on racism in the media, and a bout of self-examination in a country where skin colour is a notoriously sensitive subject."
Apple proposes unlimited TV downloads for $30 a month
The iTunes-like service would use a revenue-sharing model while simultaneously annoying the cable companies.
Is Joanna Krupa playing the sex card to stay on top of "Dancing"?
The "overrated" Playboy model and Derek Hough seem to be coasting on their sex appeal.
Joanna Krupa once starred in a fetish video with "Joe Millionaire's" runner-up
Check out "No Shoes No Mercy," starring Krupa and Sarah Kozer.
"Murphy Brown" cast reunites
Heather Locklear was originally CBS' first choice to play Murphy, Candice Bergen sad on "The Early Show."
Adam Arkin: It's ironic that I'm playing a "Sons of Anarchy" white separatist leader
"We talked about my own ethnicity and the irony of having someone with a Jewish background playing a white separatist, nationalist character," says Arkin, who gave his character a slight European accent.
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"V" somehow managed to get everything right
ABC's remake of the 1983 miniseries could easily have been "Knight Rider" or "Bionic Woman." Instead, as Robert Bianco notes, "writer Scott Peters, whose 'The 4400' was one of TV's best recent alien-invasion dramas, hits all the right chords. He adds just enough modern media twists and political/sleeper-cell parallels to contemporize the story without drowning it in paranoia. The clothes and hair have changed, no doubt for the better, but the essentials are all in place — including, we can only hope, the visitors' legendary fondness for hamsters."
"V" a barbed commentary on Obamania // Can "V" avoid "FlashForward's" problems?
Storytelling is too sladash and formulaic // It's terrific, with a masterpiece beginning
Will "V" fail like most genre shows? // Original "V" creator happy with remake
New "V" is shinier than the original, but somehow less frightening
Laura Vandervoort: "I'm a horrible person" // Morena Baccarin freaked out by 1st "V"
How did Elizabeth Mitchell end up becoming an action hero?
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About half of DVR owners sit through the commercials
Turns out DVRs aren't killing television. As Nielsen reports, 46% of network viewers 18-49 sit through the ads because, as one media analyst points out, TV is "still a passive activity." So hitting the fast-forward button is too much of a hassle. Or as a The Atlantic points out, "In a sense, many people's laziness outweighs their hatred for ads."
It's official: TNT agrees to burn off "Southland"
Starting Jan. 12, TNT will begin airing the six episodes NBC shot for Season 2, as well as Season 1. It remains to be seen if TNT will make its own "Southland" episodes.
Katee Sackhoff originally rejected "The Big Bang Theory"
The "Battlestar" babe turned down the role last season that eventually went to Summer Glau. But thanks to Sackhoff accompanying Tricia Helfer to her cameo on "Two and a Half Men," Chuck Lorre was able to snag Sackhoff for another "Big Bang" role.
Leno: I'd be willing to return to 11:35; I wouldn't trade with Dave
"If it were offered to me, would I take it? If that's what they wanted to do, sure," says Leno. "That would be fine if they wanted to." As for Letterman, Leno says, "I wouldn't trade places with Dave now for anything! I don't think he's getting a free pass."
Is Conan copying Leno's comedy correspondents?
Conan O'Brien did something rare on Friday's show — he sent a comedian in his place to do a comedy bit. Comic Deon Cole was tasked with finding the funny in Universal Studios' Halloween Horror show.
"Family Guy's" live special lands "Sherlock Holmes" as a sponsor
The Warner Bros. movie will replace Microsoft.
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