Budweiser may lift this year's ban on Clydesdales Super Bowl ad
The Clydesdales have appeared in Super Bowl ads in 12 of the past 14 years, but Anheuser-Busch's decision to not have the horses this year raised so many hackles that the beverage company is reconsidering its decision.
Diddy, Queen Latifah, Pharrell to host BET's Haiti benefit
"SOS Saving OurSelves — Help for Haiti" will also get performances by Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Wyclef Jean.
Danielle Staub becomes a "born-again virgin"
“I’m abstinent now," says the "Real Housewives" star. “I realized that with abstinence, if you really, really believe in yourself like I do, you discover your own self-worth.
Spike TV calling its late-night guys' talk show "Manformation"
The "Man Show"-esque series will showcase everyday guys who have had extraordinary experiences, with two hosts, correspondents and comedy bits.
ABC Family orders "Melissa & Joey"
The sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence will have her playing a politician who hires Joey to help her out with her family issues.
Rachel Griffiths unhappy with "Brothers & Sisters" love scenes
Filming in bed with Gilles Marini six months after giving birth amounted to "cruelty," she says.
"Dynasty's" Stephanie Beacham places 5th on "Celeb Big Brother"
Meanwhile, Hard Man and recent "Chuck" guest-star Vinnie Jones was booed when he came out in 3rd place.
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ManCrunch.com accuses CBS of lying, discrimination over gay Super Bowl ad
"There are two parts to the whole situation," says ManCrunch spokesman Dominic Friesen. "After nearly two weeks, CBS broadcasting standards, which reviews Super Bowl ad submissions, has yet to approve or reject our Super Bowl ad. This is clearly a stall tactic. And in turn, they've been lying to us all along and telling us there is no ad space available for sale."
"Mad TV's" writers "demand" residuals for iPad, which they came up with in 2005
Bruce McCoy and Tami Sagher aren't really expecting residuals, but the did find it funny that their prescient sketch from five years ago has become somewhat a reality.
MTV orders "Breakfast Club" reality show, plus more "Teen Mom"
"If You Really Knew Me" will go from high school to high school bringing together members of different cliques for a "Challenge Day."
Damon Lindelof fears "darkly ironic headlines" every time he flies with "Lost" people
He says on Twitter that he's "always nervous" when he flies with Carlton Cuse and other "Lost" staffers. PLUS: Evangeline Lilly up for auction, watch the surreal Russian "Lost" trailer and — if you dare — watch the first four minutes of the leaked season premiere that ABC itself leaked to pump up interest in the show.
Why do late-night hosts always keep their desks on the right?
"Because it makes them seem powerful," explains Noreen Malone. "In Western culture, we read from left to right, and we watch theater and television that way, too. Our eyes end up on the right side of the screen—where the host sits (also known as stage left)."
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Samantha Harris leaving "Dancing with the Stars"
Harris, who took over co-hosting duties for Lisa Canning after Season 1, says she's departing to concentrate on her work at "The Insider" and "Entertainment Tonight Weekend." "I loved every single second of it and I’ve made lifelong friends at the show," she says. Conrad Green, "Dancing's" producer, says a search for her replacement will commence. “She’s done an incredible job. Some of the most memorable moments on the show have been facilitated by Samantha," he says.
CBS hasn't decided whether to allow gay dating web site Super Bowl ad
The ad for ManCrunch.com features two guys making out.
"Survivor" will air a 10-year anniversary special next Thursday
Richard Hatch will be featured on "Survivor Survivo," which looks back at the previous 19 seasons.
"Glee" wants "a male Mercedes"
Ryan Murphy says he's putting out a nationwide casting call for an R&B singing male teen.
Spike TV is creating a late-night talk show — Conan need not apply
The cable channel is working with "Deadliest Catch"/"Ax Men" producer Thom Beers on a comedy show that will star people you've never heard of. "We're looking for unknowns," says Spike's chief. Spike wants to "create our own faces and start from scratch to build something."
CW stars film Haiti PSAs
Watch the stars of "Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl" and more urge you to donate money for Haiti relief efforts.
Stephen Colbert for President in 2012?
"If I run in 2012 — no promises — I am going to leave my competition in the dust," Colbert said last night in response to a recent Supreme Court decision striking down corporate restrictions to campaign donations.
Watch the trailer for HBO's "Funny or Die Presents"
"A landmark sketch comedy event … featuring Wayne Newton as Wayne Newton."
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Leno: NBC forced "Tonight" departure: "It broke my heart … I was devastated"
Jay Leno told Oprah Winfrey he never wanted to give up "The Tonight Show," but in 2004 NBC asked him to leave and he "told a little white lie" to go along with the plan that left him "devastated." Leno also blamed Conan for being "destructive to the franchise" with his low "Tonight Show" ratings. Being cast as the bad guy, he added, is "hugely embarrassing." But he was quick to point out that NBC was at fault. "Anything they did would have been better than this. Anything!" said Leno. "Anything they did. If they’d come in and shot everybody, I mean, it would have been people murdered, but at least it would have been a two-day story. Yes, NBC could not have handled it worse, from 2004 onward."
Leno: "I got sucker-punched" by Jimmy Kimmel
Conan on WGN?: Chicagoans want Conan to move his new show to Windy City
Jeff Probst's "Live for the Moment" is a pile of cheap hooey
Tonight's CBS special, says Hank Stuever, "winds up being one of the skeeviest and most exploitative things on television since . . . well, not that long, because television finds so many ways to skeeve and exploit in the name of 'reality." He adds: "Hammering viewers over the head with its empty platitudes ('Life is what you make it" and "If you want something bad enough, just go for it'), this show is a bathetic example of the misguided charity that defines a modern culture obsessed with conspicuous acts of altruism." PLUS: Probst manages to pull off inspirational TV.
"Mad TV" already spoofed the iPad — 2 years ago
"Why use a Maxipad, when there's the new iPad from Apple."
Carrie Underwood will sing the Super Bowl national anthem
Queen Latifah will sing "America the Beautiful."
University of Washington is offering a class on "The Office"
In the Communications course The Office 2.0, students learn how to create and market a show like "The Office."
15 weird roles "Lost" actors had before they became stars
Check out Evangeline Lily on Live Links, Elizabeth Mitchell on "JAG," Josh Holloway on "CSI" and Matthew Fox on "Wings." PLUS: The "Lost" interactive chart, a sneak peek at the final season and all 101 "Lost" episodes are now on Hulu.
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"Everyone was so sad," she says of the final day of shooting, "but we're all really thrilled to have gotten a second season and we're really proud of the second season. The first season was great, but the second just really gelled, and I feel like people that were watching the show can tell. They can feel and see the difference."
Jay Leno never wanted to discuss the late-night war when he invited Kimmel to do his 
Harris, says Jim Cantiello, "was quick-witted and charming. (He critiqued a contestant's sign for not leaving enough space for her last name. That is hilar … wait for it … ious.) But he also avoided the usual condescension that comes with the judge's panel, particularly around contestants with medical issues. (See NPH's straightforward, 'I think you’re crazy brave' reaction to Dave Pittman, the white boy with soul who can suppress his Tourette's syndrome when he sings. Yep, that really happened.)"
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