New "Idol" mentor Jimmy Iovine upstages J.Lo and Steven Tyler
The record producer and new permanent "Idol" mentor appeared to overshadow J.Lo and Steven Tyler at yesterday's press conference, where he appeared to be in charge of the whole shebang.
Matt LeBlanc: "Don't call me f***ing Joey"
LeBlanc kicked off last night when a British tabloid reporter called him by his "Friends" name. "I'm not Joey. Don't you dare call me Joey. The papers say I'm finished, so don't call me f***ing Joey," he said.
Bravo not happy with Teresa Giudice's table-flipping contest
The "Real Housewives" star was told it would be a bad idea to recreate her famous incident.
Kristen Bell: I dated "Glee's" Matt Morrison in college
"We actually dated very briefly, so I'll have to say maybe Matt Morrison is my favorite part of Glee for various reasons," she says.
ABC dumps "Gavin and Stacey," so BBC is shopping it to cable
An American remake of the hit British romcom is off the table, for the moment.
Patrick Swayze's widow reacts to Jennifer Grey's "Dancing" breakdown
"A friend asked me if I thought Jennifer was being sincere, and I said absolutely. I thought she was sincere," said Lisa Niemi, who lost Patrick one year ago.
Tim Gunn: I yanked Facebook my "Project Runway" Facebook rant, not Lifetime
"There was a hurtful reaction to a couple of things I said, and that really concerned me," says Gunn. "That was never my intention. I thought, 'Let me just take this down.'"
Starz jumps on the back-to-'60s bandwagon for a drama about cars
"Kings of Speed" will look back at the Enzo Ferrari-era international auto racing circuit and the SoCal car culture of the '50s and '60s.
Craig Ferguson is Michael Caine in space "Big Bang" adventure
Ferguson meets Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar in 2354. PLUS: Ferguson wishes Kaley Cuoco a good night and applies to become a "Big Bang" friend.
"Frankly, when I heard about it later, was surprised that anybody had believed it," Letterman told Phoenix tonight, 
"We are determined to find a superstar," Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice said today. Perhaps alluding to all the "Idol" winners not delivering, Rice said, "we spent a lot of time thinking about how we focus the show on what it was originally designed as — the search for the next superstar."
Aside from new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, "American Idol" will make it so that contestants won't have to sing outside of their musical genre anymore, as each round will be themed by decade so that the singers can sing in the genre they're comfortable with. "Idol" producers also noted that while there won't be a villain on the judging panel, like Simon, new permanent mentor Jimmy Iovine from Interscope Records will be as Simon-like as the show gets. Another change will be more movement, and a better presentation. "As producers, we got sick to death of contestants standing behind a guitar last season," says Ken Warwick in an 
Season 2 began with less of an individual focus on each character and the lives of its adults.
"I don't know why people sort of expect you to stumble, but I can tell you that that will not happen with us," says Stonestreet. "We're still going to be great this year." He adds: "I've said it before and I say it now, not in a conceited, cocky way, but I think our show is really good."
But surprisingly for a J.J. Abrams series, "Undercovers" contains "deadly dull dialogue," says Andy Bailey. "Combining elements familiar from 'Hart to Hart,' 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King' and, most of all, 'Alias,' the series breaks no new ground creatively, opting for formulaic chase sequences from one exotic locale to the next and wooden banter delivered by its attractive central duo that might have been zesty and delicious had Abrams and company had the good sense to cultivate the kind of Nick and Nora Charles-derived wit that fueled "Hart to Hart" through multiple seasons."
"Welcome to fall's most pleasant surprise," says Robert Bianco. "The Defenders is not a great drama, but it is an admirably well-constructed courtroom mystery. And even better for CBS, it's just the kind of easy-to-watch series people seem to like to settle down with lately in prime-time's closing hour."
Joely Richardson originally had the female lead role, but she had to drop out. As Matthew Gilbert notes, "Having seen the original Richardson pilot, which was re-filmed to add in Tierney, I can tell you that Tierney saves the show from near worthlessness. She brings a passion, a finely gauged sense of humor, and a strong chemistry with costar Rob Morrow that were missing before."
"Don't tune in late, because 'Glee' is at its humorous best in tonight's opening moments," says Robert Bianco. "With tongue firmly in cheek, it addresses and mocks most of the summer's Internet-fed rumors and complaints. Have you heard that one of the cast members may be difficult to work with, or no one likes it when Matthew Morrison raps, or some dismiss the musical performances as Auto-Tuned karaoke numbers that "sound like they come from a drag queen's iPod"? Apparently, so have the writers." PLUS: Heather Morris offers 
This batch of celebs even beats last year's "Dancing" stars, says Miriam Di Nunzio. "The premiere of season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars" was like a breath of fresh air," she says. "Not only is the line up the most interesting of the past five seasons, but it also promises to be one of the most talked about — courtesy of some very high-profile competitors —- and one of the most even (and grotesquely tanned) fields this show has cultivated in years."
"Buscemian" is how Matt Zoller Seitz describes Buscemi's acting style: "'Boardwalk Empire' is just the latest example of Buscemi getting cast in a role you wouldn't normally picture him playing, then taking possession of it so decisively that you can't imagine anyone else playing it. He's the actor as Swiss Army Knife: Whatever a story needs, he's probably got it."
Keri Russell! Will Arnett! Mitch Hurwitz! David Cross! "Instead of a sparkling gem, 'Running Wilde' is a rusty lug nut," says Matthew Gilbert. "It's stupid, but not in the brilliantly stupid and farcical manner of “Arrested Development.’’ It’s just a fast-paced, empty, odd-couple comedy that is irritating before the end of the first episode. Maybe the show will improve in the coming weeks; that’s always a possibility when this much talent is on hand."
We've been there, done that in this ABC crime drama that features all the usual suspects, says Linda Stasi. "That's not to say the show isn't good. It is," she says. "But every cop archetype ever created is here, which makes it all seem like recycled crime. How many times can you see the same characters without wanting to go out and commit murder yourself?"
The series about the lowly Chance family follows in the tradition of creator Greg Garcia's "My Name is Earl" in showing the "unshaven underclass with hearts of gold," says Randee Dawn. "He's a master of the tossed-off joke and deadpan delivery, though he's not above puerile humor: the baby isn't the only human who projectile vomits. But there's also a sensitive side to his constant ribbing, used with a deft touch."
Kaling — "the best writer on 'The Office,' according to B.J. Novak — has a deal with NBC to star in her own sitcom, and she's seriously thinking of moving on. "This isn't some big scoop or anything, but I can see this season being my last," she says. "Right now, I'm hankering for new adventures … Ninety percent of the time I'm having romantic-comedy fantasies in which I’m wearing little pencil skirts and hurrying down to the subway."
No more stand-alone episodes, as co-creator promises more story arcs that'll reward viewers. "Honestly, I never say stuff like this, but I think this is will be our best season yet," he says. "I'm going to call my shot and say that. At the end of last season, I think we were all feeling really old, and there's been kind of a rejuvenation around here. I think a lot of it has to do with the stories of the season." PLUS: 
