"Lie to Me" reunites "The Shield" cast
Michael Chiklis won't appear, but just about everybody else will make a cameo on Shawn Ryan's new show, including Catherine Dent, Kenny Johnson, David Marciano, Benito Martinez, Cathy Cahlin Ryan and David Rees Snell.
It's official: "Ugly Betty" moving to Wednesdays at 10
"Betty's" move to "Eastwick's" old timeslot has been rumored for the past month. Now it's really going to happen.
Jailed "Big Brother" winner ordered to drug treatment
Adam Jasinski will have to undergo substance abuse counseling before he's released on bail.
Simon Cowell's Vegas "X Factor" would be a pay-per-view Web-only event
Cowell and his billionaire partner Philip Green are in talks to permanently place the American "X factor" in a Las Vegas hotel, which would host the competition twice a week live on the Internet. "It'll all be online. You have 20, 30, 40 million people tuning in twice a week," Green says in an interview with GQ. "You bring two or three hundred million viewers to a venue. It's turning it up a peg." PLUS: Janet Jackson to judge "The X Factor."
FX's midseason plans: "Nip/Tuck" ends March 3rd, "Damages" returns in January
Timothy Olyphant's lawman series "Justified" premieres in March, while Louis C.K.'s sitcom will debut in the spring.
Did the "Real Housewives" crashers actually break the law?
The prosecutor would have to prove that the Salahis intended to deceive the Secret Service and White House staff.
"Lost" shoots a scene in L.A.
Evangeline Lilly and Emilie de Ravin filmed a mainland scene that, according to Carlton Cuse, "was only the 5th time in 111 hours we've shot outside Hawaii."
Regis Philbin's hip replacement surgery a success
He'll take four to six weeks to recover before returning to "LIVE!"
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How Obama's speech will shake up tonight's primetime
CBS will air reruns, NBC will present a two-hour Leno-bumping "Biggest Loser" and ABC will delay "A Charlie Brown Christmas" until next week.
"Real Housewives" wannabes deny crashing White House
"We're greatly saddened by all the circumstances … portraying my wife and I as party crashers. I can tell you we did not party-crash the White House," said Tareq Salahi on the "Today" show, adding that has been the "most devastating" experience.
Matt Lauer fails to disclose White House gatecrashers' NBC connection
In this morning's "Today" exclusive, Lauer didn't make clear the fact that the Salahis are working with NBC Universal's Bravo network on "The Real Housewives." In a statement, NBC News said: "Bravo had nothing to do with this booking, they were not involved at all. That the Salahis chose to go on the number-one-rated morning show should not come as a surprise.” PLUS: Did NBC contractually forbid the Salahis from talking to other networks?
Will Bravo dump "Real Housewives" White House crashers?
The cable network is keeping mum on if they plan to feature the Salahis. "The decision as to who will be included in the series will not be made for several months," says a Bravo spokesman. "We are continuing with the production of the show. However, specifics with respect to the Salahis are yet to be determined." PLUS: Bravo couldn't find any real Washington power players.
"The Real World: Baltimore"?
MTV, which just finished up shooting in D.C. and is planning on setting "Skins" in Baltimore, is rumored to be interested in shootings "The Real World" in Charm City.
YouTube wants to air brand-new network TV episodes, for a price
Google is trying to do streaming TV, with hopes of $1.99 an episode for first-run shows without commercials.
VH1 reality star alleges affair with Tiger Woods
"Tool Academy's" Jaimee Grubbs claims she can prove she slept with Tiger.
BBC admits faking reality TV scenes
Shows like "Trash For Cash" and "Dealers: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" used staffers instead of real people, and staged scenes.
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Why TV DVD box sets are a terrible gift idea
"The DVD box set is the newest and most terrifying form of ritualistic abuse we inflict on one another," says Grady Hendrix. Television, as Hendrix notes, "should be a glorious time waster, but being given three seasons of Lost on DVD is like being given a prison sentence. You slog through the first season, and not only is the hefty second season waiting around the corner, but it has brought its friends: Seasons 3, 4, and 5. Boxed sets have transformed television from light entertainment into homework."
Jay Leno's failure debunks the death of scripted TV
NBC's 10 o'clock Leno decision was, in fact, TV's equivalent of that famous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline, says Mary McNamara, pointing out that scripted shows had been declared dead all summer. "This is what happens when you panic — you leave your combat buddy for dead only to find he wasn't, and then he comes back for revenge," she says. "Network TV — it's aaalllliiiivvvee."
This week's "Flashforward" leaked on BitTorrent, thanks to Aussie viewers
Australia got to watch this week's episode last week.
Eric Bana may star in Australia's "Sopranos"
The big-time movie star is rumored to be up for an Italian gangster role on the 4th season of "Underbelly," a drama about the real-life mobsters Down Under.
"Damages" actor to sue over "The Unusuals" injury
Charles Buckley, 57, says he was unable to continue on "Damages" as Patty Hewes' limo driver after he was injured while filming a stunt in which he was bodyslammed to the ground seven times for a scene for "The Unusuals."
When will "Sons of Anarchy" break into the popular consciousness?
As the Wall Street Journal notes, "Sons" has yet to break into the mainstream like cable sensations "Mad Men" and Kurt Sutter's former series "The Shield." "I don’t want to do a show that nobody sees," says Sutter. "It’s a lot more fun performing for a full house. But I learned this on “The Shield.” We realized no matter how good it is, because of the nature of the show and the tone of violence, it could never make that leap to the next level. I understand that shows that are this dark in tone are hard for people to pencil time in to watch. Quite honestly, I’m amazed by the numbers we have."
Sutter didn't set out to "tap into female viewers" with strong female characters
Katey Sagal: "This season I had to keep asking myself, 'Who IS she, vulnerable?'"
"Scrubs" reboot: It's not awful
The new characters have actually revived "Scrubs," at least to "some degree," says Matthew Gilbert. But he adds: "Warning: I’m not saying the show has recaptured its early glory. Not by a long shot … At this point, 'Scrubs' has turned its original style into a formula; the fantasy sequences are more predictable, the earnest denouements are automatic. It’s a good formula, but one that’s no longer vibrant."
Spinoff is a deadly, deal-driven mistake // All about the new "Scrubs"
"Scrubs" is better off for following the "House" model of reinvention
Sort of funny, sometimes hilarious // Somewhere between "After MASH" and "Frasier"
Bill Lawrence: "You’ve got to view this show as ‘Frasier’ was to 'Cheers'"
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