ABC drops Adam Lambert from "Jimmy Kimmel" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve"
The "Idol" runner-up was scheduled to appear on ABC twice this month — on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Dec. 17 and Ryan Seacrest's "New Year's Rockin' Eve." Lambert broke the news on Twitter: "Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. : ( don't blame them. It's the FCC heat," adding that "I AM doing Leno though. And lookin into something for NYE." Asked to respond, an ABC spokesperson would only say, "We decided not to move forward with the booking at this time."
Fox getting back into sketch comedy with "Inside Jokes"
"Entourage's" Kevin Connolly is behind the project, described as "a simple, straight-forward but totally fresh way of doing short-form comedy that we hope will resonate as familiar yet innovative — and most of all funny."
In Comcast deal, NBC's code name was "Navy"
Read about the behind-the-scenes secret negotiations to acquire the Peacock.
"Big Bang Theory": TV's new comedy king?
For the first time, "Big Bang" beat timeslot neighbor "Two and a Half Men" in total viewers.
George Cooney hires DJ Qualls and his former "ER" co-star for "Delta Blues"
Abraham Benrubi will star in the TNT series as a part-Native American police officer, while Qualls will play his protege.
CBS celebrating Christmas with "Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest"
Larry David, Neil Patrick Harris, the band Train and Ty Burrell are among the celebs on tap for the Dec. 20 special.
MTV renews "The Hills" and "The City"
"Hills" will return for a 6th season, despite declining ratings. "City" will be back for Season 2.
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Yet another "Bachelor" couple breaks up — after 5 years!
Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado, who set a "Bachelor" record for being together, have called it quits five years after appearing on the show. Delgado, of course, made headlines in 2007 when she was arrested for assaulting Velvick.
"True Blood" casts 2 hunks to play werewolf & vampire
Actor Theo Alexander and "Ugly Betty" alum Grant Bowler have joined the cast. Alexander will play the "intensely beautiful" vamp boyfriend of Russell Edgington, while Bowler will play Coot, the werewolf leader of a biker gang.
It's official: FX renews "Sons of Anarchy" for Season 3 after high-rated finale
"Sons" will return in September after going out last night with 4.33 million viewers. In addition, Kurt Sutter has agreed to stay on as showrunner for two more seasons.
"Friends," "Survivor," "Joe Millionaire" have the decade's Top 3 most-watched shows
Their top episodes beat out "ER," "American Idol" and the post-Super Bowl "Grey's Anatomy."
Jon Gosselin won't appear in Super Bowl ads, thanks to TLC
As Jon's lawyer explains, "Two different entities sought to solicit his services (for Super Bowl ad spots), but in my view, they were scared of TLC. In my view, it was a mean-spirited act on (TLC’s) part."
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What went right with "Parks and Rec"? Ron Swanson!
Ron is the NBC comedy's secret weapon, says Jonah Weiner. "Unlike his Office-family forebears Michael Scott and David Brent, Ron doesn't try to hide his laziness or unpleasantness beneath bad jokes and feigned capability; he regards laziness and unpleasantness as political statements," says Weiner. "Throughout the series, Ron has regularly stolen his scenes, and this season the writers have taken notice, working him more centrally into scripts."
Miss Teen USA YouTube sensation may go "Amazing Race"-ing
Caitlin Upton, the former Miss South Carolina whose garbled response two years ago attracted more than 38 million views on YouTube, was spotted with her boyfriend looking like "Race"-ers.
NBC will likely beef up Versus to compete with ESPN
If the Comcast deal goes through, Versus might be transformed into "NBC Sports Cable."
Sara Rue is the new Jenny Craig spokesperson
Valerie Bertinelli says her "Less than Perfect" successor is "real," "Honest" and "every woman who's ever started a diet."
Diddy's HSN talk show goes beyond cheesy
Watch Sean Combs try to sell his products on a talk show set.
"Rudolph" vs. "Santa"
Which is the better Christmas special, 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (which airs tonight) or 1970's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"? PLUS: Watching "Rudolph" 20 times this year reveals that Santa is a jerk.
"Modern," "Parks" and "Ted" — How to make a great sitcom
All three have discovered the successful artform to creating a terrific comedy.
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"Jersey Shore" stars defend Italian stereotypes: What's wrong with "Guido"?
“A Guido in our circles is like a good looking Italian guy. A Guidette is like a good-looking Italian girl,” says cast member Mike Sorrentino, who adds: "I just happen to be 100 percent Italian, I happen to be in very good shape and my hair happens to be spiky."
Muppets "attack" Tyra Banks
What is Cookie Monster's hand doing on Tyra's booty?
"Shear Genius" adds Jonathan Antin and Matthew McConaughey's galpal
The Bravo hairstlying competition is being shaken up with new host Camila Alves and new judge Antin from "Blow Out" fame.
A&E's "Lawman" follows 20-year sheriff veteran Steven Seagal
The "deputy sheriff" uses the show to display his "amazing Zen shooting techniques." PLUS: What if other celebs had secondary careers?
How "Glee" improved upon the "High School Musical" formula
There are at least three novel elements "Glee" injected into the "HSM" formula, says James Wolcott. 1) Sue Sylvester, 2) Courting many demographics and 3) Respecting its borrowed offerings. Of Sylvester, he says: "'Glee’s' genius coup is to give us a villain figure of seething hostility and cunning antagonism—a Taser in a tracksuit who fuses the raw pessimism of Hobbes (life is 'nasty, brutish, and short') and the superman philosophy of Nietzsche (the 'will to power') into one malevolent, fun-loving gal."
Lea Michele: "I was very much like Rachel when I was, like, 8 or 9"
Watch the casting of Mercedes // Jayma Mays: A day in the life
Jessalyn Gilsig: "Tonight’s episode is kind of a reckoning, as I like to say"
Osmosis TV: Which TV shows do you watch without actually watching?
Tim Lusher doesn't watch "Gossip Girl," yet he knows everything that's going on just because his partner has it on. "I'm sure this sort of thing goes on in every household," he sas, "although I don't know what the word for it is. I'd say 'passive viewing,' if that didn't cover virtually all TV, given the nature of the medium. Perhaps osmosis TV? Ambient TV? Washover TV? Accidental appointment viewing?"
"Sons of Anarchy" creator on the finale, the impending renewal and the future
Season 3 will happen, "but it's a matter of finalizing all the other deals," says Kurt Sutter, who also explains "the Half-Sack thing." His plans for next season? "To take them into a world that is outside their own, where they don't have control, where they are subject to other people's laws and beliefs and perameters. Where they aren't quite the big fish in the small pond."
"Na Triobloidi" did a better job of balancing plot and characters
Everything moved so quickly // A satisfying conclusion, despite final minutes
Plot holes galore: "Sons" ought to return to its Jax roots
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Meredith Baxter: I'm a lesbian
The "Family Ties" mom, who's now 62, came out this morning on "Today," revealing she has been in a four-year relationship with a woman. "I am a lesbian and it was a later-in-life recognition," she told Matt Lauer. “Some people would say, well, you’re living a lie and, you know, the truth is — not at all. This has only been for the past seven years."
Omarosa is friends with the "Real Housewives" crashers, of course
"She's a sweetheart but very, very persistent," Omarosa says of Michaele Salahi.
"Big Bang" nabs Danica McKellar
It was only natural that the UCLA math wiz and former "Wonder Years" star would turn up on "The Big Bang Theory."
Will Ferrell wants to play Simon Cowell on the big screen
"I would love to play Simon Cowell in a movie – heck I would love it," says Ferrell. "It would be my dream role."
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