Thursday, March 25, 2010

"The Office" promotes Craig Robinson
Darryl Philbin is poised to get a lot of screentime from now on.

"Dancing" recruits The Beach Boys with John Stamos
Honorary Beach Boy Stamos will be sitting in on guitar and drums when the legendary band performs on next week's results show.

Paige Miles: "I've been struggling with laryngitis for three weeks now"
"I have a swollen vocal cord," says the ousted "Idol." "There's a lot of inflammation, and singing and rehearsing as much as we do, I had very little time for it to heal."

Could a "Lost" wooden ship really take out a stone statue?
And would it leave the ship largely intact? "The short answer is yes—if the ship were carried by a proper wave," according to Popular Mechanics.

Kim Zolciak admits to being a lesbian
The "Real Housewives" star had denied earlier that she was gay.

Jeff & Jordan: "Amazing Race" bolstered our relationship
"The 'Race' helped us learn more about each other," says Jordan. "A lot of things I didn’t understand about Jeff going in, I understand now."

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Fox promises a geezer-free Super Bowl halftime show next year
The head of Fox Sports is tired of aging rockers, like everybody else. Since next year's Super Bowl is in Dallas, he'd like to see country music divas perform, pointing out that "it's kick-ass country down in Texas."

TLC picks up "Sarah Palin's Alaska," denies it is a reality show
TLC is characterizing the eight-episode Alaska travelogue as a "documentary series about the remarkable Governor Palin and her home state of Alaska."

Coming to Comedy Central: "Patrice Oneal's Guide to White People"
The comedian will star in a show that has him playing a professor of whiteness teaching a Whitey 101 class at an adult school.

Chloe Sevigny admits "Big Love" was "awful" in Season 4
"It was awful this season, as far as I’m concerned," she tells The A.V. Club. "I’m not allowed to say that! (Gasps.) It was very telenovela. I feel like it kind of got away from itself. The whole political campaign seemed to me very farfetched. I mean, I love the show, I love my character, I love the writing, but I felt like they were really pushing it this last season. And with nine episodes, I think they were just squishing too much in."

CBS has "Got to Dance" — with Paula Abdul?
The Eye Network is eyeing Paula for its own entry into the dance competition genre. "Got to Dance," from Britain, promises to be "the most inclusive talent search on television, (where) dancers of any age, group-size and style will compete to become the country's favorite dance act." (Watch UK's "Got to Dance" promo)

Paige who? "Idol" boots Paige Miles before we got to know her
The surprising thing about Paige's ouster last night is that she lasted so long. PLUS: Next week's theme is soul and R&B with mentor Usher and Tim Urban topless.

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Katherine Heigl knows she's percevied as an ungrateful diva
"The ungrateful thing bothers me the most," she tells EW. "And that is my fault. I allowed myself to be perceived that way because I was being whiny and I was griping and because I made these snarky comments. So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I’ve tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I’m just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip. Of course, of course I’m grateful. How can I not be grateful?" PLUS: Heigl is blonde again.

Spain comes out with possibly the 1st truly Twitter TV show
Check out "Twision."

Lindsay Sloane and Melissa McCarthy land pilots
In addition, ex-"24" star Marisol Nichols and Rhona Mitra have joined ABC's "The Gates."

"24" alum Eric Balfour surfaces on Syfy
He'll star in the Stephen King series "Haven."

Roger Ebert explains why "At the Movies" was canned — and his own TV plans
"It isn't only 'At the Movies' that died Wednesday," writes Ebert, who's still planning his own movie review show. "It was whole genre of television," he explains, referring to the problems with syndication nowadays.

"Glee" sings the Beatles
Watch the latest promo.

"Nurse Jackie" and "United States of Tara" earn renewals for Season 3
Showtime was apparently impressed with their season premiere ratings on Monday.

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"Survivor" Russell outsmarts Boston Rob — they were like 2 chess grandmasters
Has there ever been a greater intellectual battle in "Survivor" history than Rob against Russell? PLUS: PLUS: Tyson says: No. 1 dumbest-move in "Survivor" history and Jeff Probst says: Russell "went for broke and it worked.

"FlashForward's" problem: Good actors who are miscast
Joseph Fiennes and Dominic Monaghan are fine thespians who don't belong in their roles, says Robert Bianco. Can tonight's John Cho-centered episode saved the series?

From UK to MTV: "Skins" character changes revealed
Some characters will retain their names, some will not. But the Baltimore-set remake appears to be a faithful adaption to the British original. Here's a look at the rumored cast photo of MTV "Skins."

"Vampire Diaries" is back and plans 5 major cliffhangers for rest of season
Tonight's episode will also reveal a real live phone number that you can call to get spoilers. PLUS: "Aunt" Sara Canning is only 22 years old.

Why would the New York Jets do a reality show?
The colorful Jets head coach Rex Ryan says of starring in HBO's "Hard Knocks" this summer: "We're going to be ourselves. We won't hide anything."

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Michelle Obama will appear at Kids' Choice to receive Big Help Award

"D'oh!" beats "introubulate" as the best "Simpsons" catchphrase

Is "South Park" losing its edge when it comes to topical parodies?

Terri Schiavo's familiy calling for a "Family Guy" boycott

Introducing the "True Blood" coffee maker

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