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Casting News (5)

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Exclusive: Richard Dean Anderson To MacGuest Star On Raising Hope

By Matt Webb Mitovich

Richard Dean Anderson will bring laughs to Fox's Raising Hope this season -- and he'll do it by combining a wad of chewing gum with…
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Exclusive: Supernatural Stages Buffy Reunion With Charisma Carpenter And James Marsters!

By Matt Webb Mitovich

The CW's Supernatural aims to slay you by reuniting Buffyverse alumni Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters -- aka Cordelia and Spike -- in one of its…
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The League Tackles Season 3 With Seth Rogen, Will Forte And Talk Of NFL Lockout Scare

By Matt Webb Mitovich

The League dodged a bullet -- or a tackle, as it were -- when the NFL averted a shutdown of its coming season. But rest…
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Ted Danson: My CSI Boss Is 'Trying To Hold A Crazy Group Of People Together' - Watch Video

By Michael Ausiello

Get ready for a lighter, cozier, more stable CSI under new supervisor Ted Danson. "He's kind of like Phil Jackson coming in to handle a group…
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NBC's Playboy Club: The Bare Facts About Hugh Hefner's Involvement

By Megan Masters

When a show called The Playboy Club comes about, it's a safe to assume that Hugh Hefner will be involved in some way, shape, or…
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Dancing With The Stars (1)

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Emmys 2011: Who Deserves The Award For Best Reality Show Host?

By Michael Slezak

Emmy Season is upon us, and with a little more than five weeks until the Sept. 18 ceremony, we here at TVLine decided it was…
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Drama Movies (3)

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Emmys 2011: Who Deserves The Award For Supporting Actress In A Drama? Vote Now!

By Michael Slezak

A pair of Emmy newcomers will face off against three prior winners and returning nominee in the 2011 race for Best Supporting Actress in a…
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Emmys 2011: Who Deserves The Award For Guest Actor In A Drama?

By Michael Slezak

The competition for the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series can be broken into two distinct categories: Those who've already won…
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Emmys 2011: Who Deserves The Award For Best Actor In A Drama?

By Michael Slezak

Whoever wins the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series should probably thank the suits at AMC. Because the network scheduled the fourth…
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Interviews (1)

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Pretty Little Liars Post Mortem: Boss Reveals Season 2B [Spoiler] And Who Is Not 'A'!

By Megan Masters

[Warning: If you have yet to watch Tuesday's season finale of Pretty Little Liars, avert your eyes now!] So, wow, that just happened... The summer…
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News (11)

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Men Of A Certain Age Gives Up On Finding New Home: 'We've Reached The End Of The Road'

By Matt Webb Mitovich

Some six weeks since being canceled by TNT, and after amassing more than 6,000 petition signatures and 10,000-plus Likes on a "Save Men of a…
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Hurricane Irene Threat Prompts One Tree Hill, Other Shows To Shut Down Production

By Megan Masters

While One Tree Hill has encountered a faux-hurricane in its lengthy run, a real-life mega-storm is something they'd rather steer clear of. Hence, the CW…
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True Blood Season Finale Spoiler Alert: Bon Temps Braces For 'New Crisis'

By Michael Ausiello

It's hard to believe, but True Blood is about to stick a fork in its fourth season. Only three episodes remain, and HBO has just…
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Housewives React To Final Season News With Tears, Hope, And Thoughts On Show's Legacy

By Matt Webb Mitovich

For once, the tears caught esteemed actress Felicity Huffman by surprise. Having often produced waterworks throughout her Emmy-winning seven-year run as Desperate Housewives' Lynette, Huffman…
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Al Gough Sizes Up Smallville Finale, Michael Rosenbaum's Bid To Be Angels' Charlie

By Matt Webb Mitovich

If Michael Rosenbaum has anything to say about it, Smallville fans will hear a very familiar voice bossing around ABC's new Charlie's Angels -- though…
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FX's American Horror Story Will 'Transcend' Viewers' Perception Of Horror

By Michael Ausiello

FX's upcoming spookfest American Horror Story may be a creep show of the highest order, but at its core it's a drama about "marriage and…
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Why Terra Nova Squashed Some Tension In Exchange For A 'More Emotional' Pilot

By Matt Webb Mitovich

The latest version of the Terra Nova pilot making rounds undercuts what had been one of the opening hour's big surprises as well as recontextualizes…
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CW Boss Talks Supernatural's Fate, Gossip Girl Cast Erosion, One Tree Hill Reprieve And More!

By Michael Ausiello

Supernatural is not heading into its final season — at least not if new CW president Mark Pedowitz has anything to say about it. "It…
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Showtime Boss Talks 'Hot-Button' Homeland, 'Subversive' Lies, 'More Violent' Borgias

By Matt Webb Mitovich

Showtime president of entertainment David Nevins had much to talk about as he held court at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Thursday…
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Ashton Kutcher's Two And A Half Men Role Is Officially Revealed

By Matt Webb Mitovich

One of the fall TV season's biggest mysteries has been solved. Appearing at the Television Critics' Association summer press tour, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler…
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GLAAD Report: ABC Family Scores 'Excellent' Grade, CBS Improves But Still Last Among Nets

By Matt Webb Mitovich

Those Pretty Little Liars -- or, namely, Emily -- helped ABC Family score a rare "Excellent" rating in GLAAD's 5th annual Network Responsibility Index, which…
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Primetime TV (1)

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The Women Of Criminal Minds Celebrate: The Band Is Back Together!

By Matt Webb Mitovich

What's old is new -- and improved -- on CBS' Criminal Minds, which on Sept. 21 will enter its seventh season armed for bear, with…
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Reality TV (39)

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Bachelor Pad Recap: Oral Dilemma

By Michael Slezak

As the number of morally compromised, fame-hungry lunatics diminishes each week on Bachelor Pad, inanimate objects must step up and bring the entertainment. On this…
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Big Brother Recap: Slithering Heights

By Louis Virtel

When the ever-angelic Rachel barked that Big Brother is full of snakes and snakelike behavior, I agreed with her (woah!) and immediately drew up a…
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TVLine Items: SNL's Will Forte Stays Up All Night, Thrones, Fringe Casting Scoop, And More

By Megan Masters

Saturday Night Live vet Will Forte is set to visit Will Arnett on Lorne Michaels' new NBC comedy Up All Night. According to Vulture, the…
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Project Runway Recap: Freaks And Sneaks

By Michael Slezak

It was pretty obvious there wouldn't be a whole lot of memorable fashion on this week's Project Runway when Heidi Klum forced the remaining designers…
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Big Brother Recap: Eviction Conniption

By Louis Virtel

A thought occurred to me (!) about halfway through Thursday's Big Brother: It's all downhill from here. When Julie Chen sullenly declared that we'd witness…
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Glee Project's Alex Newell On Being A Drag (Not A Diva), And Facing 'Genuine Hate'

By Michael Slezak

Alex Newell wants you to know he's not a diva -- and he doesn't even think he played one during Season 1 of Oxygen's The…
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Glee Project's Lindsay Pearce On Her 'Villain Edit,' 'God-Given' Gift, And 'Kissing Bandit' Rep

By Michael Slezak

Lindsay Pearce says she's not about to pretend she doesn't have a God-given talent for acting and singing, but The Glee Project finalist also understands…
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Big Brother Recap: Zing For The Moment

By Louis Virtel

Yes, yes, we'll get to the freakish results of the Power Of Veto competition in a short spell, but wait: Did Big Brother just bring…
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Glee Project's Samuel Larsen On Christianity, Sexuality, And Cutting His Trademark Hair

By Michael Slezak

Samuel Larsen wants people to know his acting skills aren't limited to intense "Blue Steel" gazes. Of course, as the co-champion of The Glee Project's…
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Big Brother Recap: Total Soap Opera

By Louis Virtel

I repeat the same five words before every athletic challenge on Big Brother: "It's like the Soulless Olympics!" "Oh no. Jeff's gonna win." Most of…
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The Glee Project Season Finale Recap: And The Winner Is...

By Michael Slezak

After 40,000 applicants, 12 contestants, 10 weeks of performances, and four evenly matched finalists, the inaugural season of Oxygen's The Glee Project has reached its undeniably…
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The Glee Project Comes Down To The Final Four: Who Should Win? Vote Now!

By Michael Slezak

Season 1 of The Glee Project, Oxygen's frothy summer treat to find the next breakout cast member of Fox's megahit Glee, comes to a conclusion…
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Project Runway Recap: What Nina Doesn't Like

By Vlada Gelman

This week's Project Runway featured the scariest challenge yet. No, it didn't involve having to design an outfit for freaky tall stilt walkers or make…
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Big Brother Recap: 5 Wishes For The Week Ahead

By Louis Virtel

I can't tell whether Thursday's eviction episode of Big Brother was satisfying or anticlimactic: We dealt with two provocative nominees -- Shelly, the bayou belle…
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Big Brother Recap: Is Shelly Lying To Us?

By Louis Virtel

Wednesday's Big Brother yielded a cute veto game (with beanbags!) and a couple great Daniele moments (including a delicious last-minute backdooring), but the episode mainly…
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J.Lo, Randy, Steven, & Ryan Officially Returning To Idol: What Changes Do You Want To See?

By Michael Slezak

In what amounts to a very high-profile dotting of the i's and crossing of the t's, Fox announced this afternoon that Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson,…
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TLC Cancels Kate Plus 8, Gosselin Hails Show's 'Great Run' - But How Do You Feel About It?

By Michael Slezak

TLC is doing some simple subtraction from its schedule, canceling Kate Gosselin's reality vehicle Kate Plus 8, according to a People.com report. The series, which began…
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The Glee Project Recap: The Kids Stay In The Picture, But Who Deserves To Win It All?

By Michael Slezak

A single, dramatic tear streaming down a contestant's cheek may have altered the outcome of this week's episode of The Glee Project. Indeed, head judge…
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Big Brother Recap: State Of Emergency!

By Louis Virtel

The color in my face vanished after Thursday's stupid eviction and horrifying Brenchel breunion, and now? I'm more colors than ever, frankly. I'm a healthy…
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Food Network Star Season Finale Recap: And The Winner Is...

By Michael Slezak

Any suspense about who was going to take home the top prize on Food Network Star completely dissipated early into the Season 7 finale when…
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Project Runway Recap: Tall Order

By Michael Slezak

This week's Project Runway featured Heidi Klum challenging the 14 remaining designers to deliver outfits that were "eye-catching, imaginative, and truly larger than life," and…
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Big Brother Recap: Ranking Your New Top 9!

By Louis Virtel

The worst part about Thursday night's bracing eviction episode of Big Brother, which allowed one eliminated player to fight his/her way back into the game,…
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So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 Finale: Did The Right Person Win? (Take Our Poll!)

By Michael Slezak

To the uninitiated, the parting words of So You Think You Can Dance's Season 8 third-place finisher might have sounded at best a little hokey,…
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Big Brother Recap: It's All Greek To Kalia

By Louis Virtel

The problem with a demented social experiment like Big Brother, where the cameras always roll and the CBS.com live-feeds percolate day and night, is we…
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Jennifer Lopez Returning To American Idol, Says Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe

By Michael Ausiello

Jennifer Lopez is is apparently no longer on the fence about her American Idol future. After weeks of carefully calculated suspense, Idol's executive producer Nigel…
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HGTV Design Star Recap: Kitchen Nightmares

By Michael Slezak

Drama 1, Design 0. That was the depressing score at the end of Monday night's episode of HGTV Design Star, and the worst part was…
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Big Brother Recap: 5 Quotes That Made Our Blood Boil

By Louis Virtel

Big Brother is like a mixtape of the most annoying soundbites ever recorded. As far as I'm concerned, Sunday night's HOH-nomination episode was a medley…
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The Glee Project Recap: Then There Were Four

By Michael Slezak

Is it me, or does The Glee Project seem to change its parameters for who stays and who goes on an almost weekly basis? One…
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Simon Cowell Sounds Off On X Factor's Cheryl Cole Snafu, Voice Mimicry, And Hidden Cameras

By Matt Webb Mitovich

Reality TV king Simon Cowell held court, via satellite, at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday, fielding questions about Fox's fall premiere…
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Project Runway Recap: The Dog Days Are Over

By Michael Slezak

Good news about the second episode of Project Runway's ninth season: There were a number of innovative, wearable looks among the 15 designs spun from…
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Big Brother Recap: 5 Most Promising Moments!

By Louis Virtel

Strap on your stupid elf costume like Adam, because Christmas came early on Thursday's Big Brother -- in the form of five fantastic new developments.…
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So You Think You Can Dance Results: Did The Right Four Dancers Make The Season 8 Finale?

By Michael Slezak

It doesn't matter who made the So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 finale, executive producer and head judge Nigel Lythgoe declared during Thursday…
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SYTYCD Recap: Sign Of The Beasts

By Michael Slezak

Melanie, Sasha, Marko, and Tadd. We've all pretty much known for the last several weeks that they'd be the final four dancers standing at the…
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Big Brother Recap: The Daniele-Rachel-Brendon Comedy Hour!

By Louis Virtel

Wednesday night's episode of Big Brother proved that even the producers only care about three combatants in the house: scrappy Daniele, scrooge-y Brendon, and squawky…
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HGTV Design Star Recap: Jersey Shore Thing

By Michael Slezak

HGTV Design Star took a road trip to the Jersey Shore this week, but I'm pleased to report no hot tubs were befouled as the…
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The Bachelorette Season Finale Recap: The Rules Of Engagement

By Michael Slezak

"This is the first chapter of the greatest love story ever told." Behold the words that the "winning" suitor used to solidify his relationship with…
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The Bachelorette - The Men Tell All: 10 Questions That Never Got Asked Or Answered

By Michael Slezak

For an episode subtitled "The Men Tell All," Sunday night's installment of The Bachelorette -- the fetid (un)appetizer to tonight's season finale -- contained precious…
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The Glee Project Recap: Sexual Dysfunction

By Michael Slezak

If you want to score yourself a role on Glee, playing hard to get might not be the worst idea. Indeed, this week's episode of…
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Big Brother Recap: Downhill Scheming

By Louis Virtel

Here's where I'm at: If you're a Brenchel fan, vanish. All right, honey? Go away. Just disappear. Thank you for understanding. Yesterday's episode of Big…
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Recaps (2)

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True Blood Recap: Three's Company?

By Andy Patrick

You know the drill: If you haven't seen this week's episode of True Blood yet, don't read this story until you have. That is, unless…
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True Blood's Hoyt-Jessica-Jason Triangle Heats Up! Which Team Are You On?

By Andy Patrick

If you haven't seen this week's True Blood yet — flippin' awesome, by the way — get to your DVR, watch it, then come on…
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Renewals (7)

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TVLine Items: 24 Alum Is CSI: Miami's New Big Bad, ABC Sitcom Scores SNL Vet, And More

By Megan Masters

Where's Jack Bauer when you really need him? 24 vet Carlos Bernard is bringing the bad to CSI: Miami this fall as a "spectacularly wealthy,…
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TVLine Items: Nick Cannon Joins NBC Sitcom, Cox Eyes New Cougar Town Role, And More

By Megan Masters

America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon has been added as a recurring player opposite Christina Applegate, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph on the new NBC…
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Tim Allen Says New ABC Sitcom Last Man Standing Is Home Improvement 'Flip-Flopped'

By Megan Masters

We didn't say it — he did! If Tim Allen's upcoming ABC sitcom Last Man Standing seems like the bizarro version of his '90s hit…
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TCA Awards: Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, Modern Family And Game Of Thrones Win Big

By Vlada Gelman

Friday Night Lights scored a touchdown at the 27th Annual TCA Awards. The DirecTV/NBC series was named Program of the Year by the Television Critics…
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TVLine Items: Jersey Shore Ratings, Hawaii Five-0scar Winner, Rizzoli Renewed And More!

By Matt Webb Mitovich

The phenomenon that is Jersey Shore rolled on Thursday night with 8.8 million viewers tuning in to the show's Season Four premiere, which found Sitch,…
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NBC Boss Assesses The Office's Upcoming Transition, Calls James Spader 'A Perfect Fit'

By Matt Webb Mitovich

NBC entertainment chair Robert Greenblatt is approaching The Office's upcoming season sans Steve Carell with "very measured" expectations, yet has faith that the long-running comedy…
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Switched At Birth Pops Out 22-Episode Pickup

By Michael Ausiello

ABC Family has ordered an additional 22 episodes of Switched at Birth in what the network is billing as a "full first season order." Birth's…
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