William Shatner joins "Sh*t My Dad Says"
The CBS pilot based on the famous Twitter acccount has been greenlighted, with Shatner playing the profane elderly father.
Academy Awards rejected Sacha Baron Cohen as host
Oscar producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic say they initially wanted to hire Cohen as host (as Borat or Bruno?). "The Academy swatted it down," says Shankman. "They thought it was too big of a wild card."
Tiger Woods' apology: The oddest telecast in TV history?
"Never before," says Adam Buckman, "had a private figure been given so much valuable airtime on so many TV channels to say whatever he wanted. He’s not a president, not a governor, not a Pope — he is a professional golfer, a ubiquitous presence on TV commercials (until recently), basically an entertainer. And yet, he garnered airtime on CBS, Fox, ABC and NBC; MSNBC and CNN; CNBC and Fox Business; ESPN 1, ESPN 2 and ESPNNews; and, of course, the Golf Channel (and here in New York, on the local cable news channel, New York 1)." PLUS: "Special report" is no longer so special.
"Idol" castoff Angela Martin is a winner!: Ellen & Kara will get her song, record label
"We're going to get you a record label," Ellen told Angela, whose sob story had become a major "Idol" storyline. Ellen surprised Angela by telling her that Kara will produce a song for her.
Conan O'Brien: The Stage Show?
According to Page Six, Conan might bypass his contract by doing a live stage show tour that would keep his name in the news.
Check out the giant "Hung" billboard with bulging penis
New Zealanders are sure getting an eyeful.
Food Network owner to launch the Cooking Channel in May
The cable channel formerly known as the Fine Living Network will debut on Memorial Day with many of the Food Network's stars, including Bobby Flay and Rachael Ray.
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"Survivor" Heroes didn't take long to become Zeroes
What great TV, says Leslie Gray Street. "I’m not sure why I hadn’t considered beforehand the possible downside of having all those exaulted good guys in the same space, fighting for relevance, cash and prizes," she says. "See, part of 'herohood,' at least on 'Survivor,' seems to be a strong self-awareness of one’s supposed goodness, which also often translates in a lot of self-righteous showboating. There is nothing more tedious than one person in a group who thinks they’re right about everything. And in a tribe full of them? Yikes!"
Jeff Probst: Stephenie shouldn't have been booted // Drama Queens vs. Prima Donnas
Ethan Zohn: Top 10 reasons I'm glad NOT to be on "Survivor"
David Hasselhoff's reality show heads to college psych class
The Hoff yesterday was at the University of Arizona, where his daughter is a student, speaking to a class on the "Structure of Mind and Behavior."
Fox cancels "Past Life"
The drama series is being pulled after four disappointing episodes.
Kristin Kreuk gets "Hitched" to Josh Schwartz
The "Smallville" alum, fresh off her Schwartz-tastic "Chuck" stint, will join Jack Carpenter in the pilot about a newly married couple.
Can Jeff Garlin still be funny as a skinnier sidekick?
The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star chronicles his efforts to lose weight in his new book "My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World."
Survey: 27% of married women have husbands who "rule the remote"
Only 4% of married women have total control of the remote, according to a Redbook survey.
Animation hurts "The Ricky Gervais Show"
"The pleasure is all the podcast's alone," Robert Bianco says of Gervais' new HBO series, debuting tonight. "The purposely retro animation, which turns Gervais into a more cheerful Fred Flintstone, not only adds nothing to the mix — it subtracts."
Meet Karl Pilkington // He's the star of the show // Cartoon works surprisingly well
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