Monday, December 14, 2009

"CSI: Miami's" Jonathan Togo arrested for domestic violence
The 32-year-old actor was taken into custody and charged with felony domestic violence after allegedly beating up his girlfriend.

"30 Rock's" Grizz is in need of a kidney transplant
Grizzwald Chapman recently discussed with Dr. Oz how he's suffering from severe hypertension that has him on a dialysis machine three times a week.

NBC announces its midseason lineup
"Parenthood" premieres March 1, "The Celebrity Apprentice" kicks off March 14.

"HIMYM" offers a peek at the 100th-episode musical extravaganza
The entire cast will perform a 2 1/2 minute musical number, titled "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit," featuring 65 dancers and a 50-person orchestra. "It almost felt like an old-school MGM musical to me. It was a lot of cast and crew grouping together to make it special," says Neil Patrick Harris.

Atlanta "Real Housewives" are upset over Bravo's costly electric bills
NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak, who reportedly may be dropped from the series, are tired of having to foot the electricity bills when camera crews film in their homes.

Several "Basketball Wives" drop out of the VH1 reality show
Turns out Miami Heat forwards Udonis Haslem and Dorell Wright didn't like their significant others being on reality TV. "It was just my standpoint that I don't like reality TV," says Haslem.

"House" needs to figure itself out, "FlashForward" should shakeup its cast
Robert Bianco offers some helpful holiday tips for both creatively struggling shows. For one, he suggests dumping some major "FlashForward" cast members: "No one wants to see anyone lose a job in this economy, but as much as anything, Flash's problems seem tied to a failure in casting."

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"Dexter" producer: 4th season finale had to raise the bar
"The story evolved and it kind of became inevitable," Clyde Philips says of the shocking final moments. "We knew that we had to do more than kill Trinity. It’s a little bit of a corner that we paint ourselves into. Last year we tried to avoid that and actually I think we didn’t do as well as we could have. We killed off Jimmy Smits’ character (in the 11th episode) of 12 episodes and then we had to figure out what we were going to do in the 12th episode. This season, we knew that we were going to take Trinity out in the 12th episode and we think that the audience knew that, too."
Oops!: "Dexter" producer admits making a timeline mistake
Was this actually a game-changer? // Did this make up for a sloppy season?
It's going to be hard to follow up on "Dexter's" tough choice
Julie Benz: "I've been told two different things" regarding the finale
Best "Dexter" finale ever? // John Lithgow: "Trinity left his calling card"

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It's a bouncing baby boy for Kourteney Kardashian

"Jersey Shore's" Snooki: "We are better than 'The Hills'"

Should Congress intervene in stopping loud TV commercials?

Stephen Colbert kisses a man at Second City's 50th anniversary

"Cheaters" host Joey Greco weighs in on the Tiger Woods scandal

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