From the monthly archives:

January 2010

January 29, 2010

Report: "Jersey Shore" cast's deal with MTV is officially done
The entire cast will be back, at a rate of $10,000 per episode, according to TMZ. UPDATE: MTV is moving "Jersey Shore" out of Jersey for its wintry Season 2.


"Parks and Rec" renewed for Season 3

The early renewal came about due to production timing issues.


CBS rejects gay Super Bowl ad

CBS says the 30-second ManCrunch ad didn't meet the network's Standards and Practices rules. Meanwhile, ManCrunch is working on a protest petition.


All Hail Oprah! All Hail Oprah!

Watch Jimmy Kimmel get his audience to sing a tribute to our fearless leader on her 56th birthday.


"Survivor" Olympic Gold medalist Crystal suspended for doping

Gabon season contestant Crystal Cox admitted to using anabolic steroids and will most likely lose her gold medal as part of a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results.


16-year-old Taylor Momsen under fire for smoking

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free America says of the "Gossip Girl" star: "For her to be smoking sends the wrong message to kids. Evidence shows that stars do influence kids to smoke."


Greg Louganis lobbying for a "Dancing with the Stars" spot

The four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, says he'd have a "blast" on the ABC show.

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January 29, 2010

The Situation will work as a Grammys correspondent
Catch him on the red carpet Sunday representing "Access Hollywood." PLUS: Is Pauly D dating a "Teen Mom"?


NFL Network arrives on Hulu

Now you can watch everything from "Hard Knocks" to the NFL Films' Super Bowl showcase "America's Game."


Travel site lets you book flights on "Lost's" Oceanic Airlines

Kayak.com offers a flight from Sydney to L.A. on Sept. 22 for $4,839.


Gail O'Grady obtains a restraining order against an alleged stalker

The "NYPD Blue" star says that a man has been scaring her at a store she owns and at her son's school.


ABC greenlights "How to Be a Better American"

The comedy from a pair of "Scrubs" writers is about a guy who forces his family to become better people.


Sarah Silverman dating a "Family Guy" writer

Her post-Jimmy Kimmel squeeze is Alec Sulkin, whose voice also can be heard on "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show."


"Mad TV's" iPad sketch star reacts to Apple's new tablet

Finally, "Mad TV" is hot, says Arden Myrin, who plans to buy an iPad for herself.

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January 29, 2010

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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January 29, 2010

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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January 29, 2010

Eliza Dushku reflects on tonight's "Dollhouse" series finale
"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."


Neil Patrick Harris tapped to host "The Cube" on CBS

He's flying to London to film a pilot for the American remake of the British game show.


Jake Pavelka: "The Bachelor" you love to hate?

Trista Rehn wasn't allowed to eliminate her "Bachelorette" suitors en masse. But now that Jake is allowed to do it, some viewers aren't liking the wholesale eliminations.


Ex-Conan staffers are planning to make a Web show

The show won't have anything to do with Conan or NBC, says "Tonight Show" blogger Aaron Bleyaert, who has posted some celebrity guest wall signatures that were made during Conan's brief "Tonight" run.


"Trashmen" get a TLC reality show

The series follows the "Rembrandt of Refuse," New Orleans garbage man Sidney Torresis who cleans up Bourbon Street — "and looks good doing it," according to TLC.

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January 29, 2010

Rush Limbaugh will judge Miss America this weekend
The Mario Lopez-hosted event will also include judges Vivica A. Fox and former Olympian Shawn Johnson. PLUS: Miss America has vanished into obscurity on cable.


"Pants on the Ground" guy NOT invited to the Grammys, but he'll be on the red carpet

Gen. Larry Platt will be performing outside the CBS awards show.


NBC orders "The Cape" crusader and "Outsourced" to India

"The Cape" centers on a framed cop who becomes a masked hero, while "Outsourced" will send a demoted manger to India to manage a group of customer service reps.


Lifetime has found a loyal female audience on Saturday nights

A Lifetime exec says of the day of the week every network has seemingly abandoned: "We've found an audience for Saturdays — single women, women who want something to watch after their children have gone to bed, women who don't necessarily have HBO or Showtime."


Tinsley Mortimer & Constantine Maroulis break up after filming CW reality show

When cameras stopped rolling, their love for each other seemed to fizzle out.


"Arrested Development's" Tony Hale gets "Awkward" for ABC

Hale, along with "Eli Stone's" Matt Letscher, wills tar in the comedy "Awkward Situations for Men."


Steve Carell wants to remake Britcom "Only Fools and Horses"

"That is my dream role," he says of wanting to play Del Boy on the BBC series.

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ODDS & ENDS

January 29, 2010

What happens when Pee-wee Herman gets ahold of an iPad?

Report: Padma Laksmi's baby daddy is the brother of Dell's founder

Chelsea Handler dumps Grey Goose for Belvedere … for sponsorship?

BET is planning its own Haiti relief telethon, which would also air on MTV and VH1

Tonight's "Caprica" will be the true test of the Syfy series // 9 secrets of "Caprica"

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January 28, 2010

Jimmy Kimmel tells the real story behind his Leno "sucker punch"
Jay Leno never wanted to discuss the late-night war when he invited Kimmel to do his "Ten @ Ten" segment, Kimmel revealed in his monologue Thursday nightas he responded to Leno's assertion to Oprah that he had been "sucker punched" by Kimmel. Turns out that Kimmel was pre-interviewed for the segment, but none of the questions even broached the subject of Conan O'Brien. Leno's producer told Kimmel he didn't want to beat the subject to death. "But what he didn't understand is, I did want to beat it to death," said Kimmel. "I like beating things to death. And so I did."
Kimmel mocks Leno's Oprah interview with REM's "Everybody Hurts"
Watch Oprah debate the "Tonight" contoversy on her after show
Conan had his biggest week ever last week — and his biggest night with finale


NBC will pit "Biggest Loser" vs. "Lost" premiere

A two-hour "Loser" will go head to head with "Lost" on Tuesday.


Jon Hamm scats with Michael Buble

Watch his latest "SNL" promo.


Fox will launch "Past Life" with 4 new episodes in 10 days

Two of the episodes will air after "American Idol."


"Ugly Betty" stars are in hot demand

Eric Mabius and Becki Newton have been inundated with offers for TV pilots, but America Ferrera might leave TV acting all together.


VH1 orders self-help shows "Undateable" and "Transform Me"

Also on tap: "Famous Crime Scene," which chronicles pop culture's most shocking deaths.


Russell Crowe to make "Emergency Sex" for HBO

Crowe is teaming up with "Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy and Maria Bellow on the project about members of a UN peacekeeping mission.

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January 28, 2010

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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January 28, 2010

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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January 28, 2010

Woman allegedly stabs boyfriend over "American Idol"
St. Petersburg police say that Cynthia E. Bettis-Ware stabbed her boyfriend five times with a 10-inch butcher knife after getting into an argument over Tuesday's episode.


Neil Patrick Harris was perfect as "Idol" judge

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.)"
NPH was "Best. Judge.Ever." // Kara's cousin offers to smack Katy Perry
Crying Girl, now 16, says: "I didn't make it past the first round"
In cased you missed it: "Barney" star appears at Dominatrix
Jason Castro is now performing in high school cafeterias
Randy Jackson: Simon didn't warn me about quitting, and I let him have it

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ODDS & ENDS

January 28, 2010

"Ugly Betty" Law: Canceled "Betty" leaves legacy for California-based shows

This pilot season might my the worst for women in a decade

"The Simpsons" will star in Coca-Cola Super Bowl ads

CBS bans "Gay-ish" Go Daddy Super Bowl ad

Report: Only Ronnie and JWoww have taken MTV's "Jersey Shore" offer

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