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	Kiefer: You Can Count On 24's "Best Season Yet"
Not that 24 fans needed to be made more excited/impatient for the long-delayed Season 7, Kiefer Sutherland at Fox's upfront presentation promised truly super-Bauered times ahead — and in a way, you have the WGA-AMPTP feud to thank for it. "After so
	Shania Twain and Husband Are Splitting Up
After 14 years of marriage, country music star Shania Twain and her husband, music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, are splitting up. The pair married in 1993, six months after meeting. They have a 6-year-old son together. The couple, which
	Fox's Fringe, Dollhouse to Run with Half the Ads
Fox chairman of entertainment Peter Liguori at Thursday's upfronts presentation unveiled a "Remote-Free TV" initiative, under which Fox will launch its two new dramas — J.J. Abrams' Fringe (premiering in late August) and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
	Fox Boss: Canceling Back To You Was Tough Decision
Having sitcom stalwarts Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton in starring roles wasn't enough for Fox to bring Back to You back to you, the viewer, for a second season. "This was not an easy decision," said Fox Entertainment chief Kevin Reilly. "But
	Are Jessica and Tony Totally Over?
Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo could be officially over. The rumors have been circulating, but, if the Dallas Morning News is right, the on-again-off-again celeb pair might really be broken up. While the two have publicly been denying rumors,
	Ratings for Idol, Top Model, Minds and More
Wednesday's weecap: 8 pm/ET The first hour of Deal or No Deal edged out TPIR to come out on top, with 7.76 million total viewers. Fox's 'Til Death wrapped its season with 5.79 mil (slipping 250K), while Back to You bid TV adieu with 6.87
	Fall TV: Fox Gives J.J. Abrams Appointment After House
For those who've been keeping an ear to the tracks, Fox's fall plan didn't shake out exactly as expected. Perhaps waylaid by CBS' decision to program Wednesday's 8 o'clock hour with comedies, Fox has opted to counterprogram with Bones. Leading out
	24 Clocks Back In November 23 with "Prequel"
Oh yeah — 24! Fox has set a Nov. 23 air date for the two-hour movie that will bridge the gap between Days 6 and 7. Filmed partially on location in South Africa, the "prequel" finds Jack Bauer battling an international crisis (yea!), while back home,
	A&E Brings Back Dog Days This Summer
Duane "Dog" Chapman — the most famous bounty hunter we know — will be back this summer on A&E with fresh episodes, says the AP. As you may recall, Chapman's show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, was abruptly pulled from the 'net last fall
	Angelina Jolie Confirms She's Having Twins
After weeks of speculation, Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she is, in fact, having twins. Yes, take a moment to digest that: In just a few months, the world can welcome not one but two babies birthed the world's hottest couple, adding children
	Ratings: Idol Rebounds, Kitchen Is Cooking
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ET Idol (23.97 million total viewers) rebounded from last week's sizable dip by gaining 2.7 mil, and actually was up four percent from last season's Top 3 performance night. NCIS (14.7 mil) added 900 thou. Beauty
	Fall TV: CBS Eyes Several Switcheroos
CBS has sent out its fall lineup, and in addition to adding five new series, the Eye is shuffling around three returning favorites. Old Christine, which to the surprise of many was plucked from ABC's anxious grasp and kept on at CBS, now will
	Fall TV: CW's "Outsourced" Sunday Lineup Is Set
Another piercing stake for Moonlight fans. The CW has quietly revealed the four series being developed by Media Rights Capital to populate its Sunday-night block. And they are: • F.A.T. City, described by TV Week as a procedural crime drama
	Will the CW Bring Moonlight Back to Life?
I almost hesitate to pass this along, for fear of fostering false hope. But a Moonlight source confirms that Warner Bros. is shopping the show around to other outlets, one of which is the CW. (DeadlineHollywoodDaily says that Media Rights Capital,
	Upfronts: TBS Feels More Payne, More Less
TBS' half of Turner's Wednesday upfronts presentation kicked off with renewal news for Tyler Perry's House of Payne (returning in June) and 10 Items or Less. The laugh-centric cabler then announced a development slate featuring: • National
	Mena Suvari Engages in Sex & Lies
Lifetime has greenlit a TV-movie based on the true-crime novel Murder in Sin City, which chronicles the mysterious 1998 death of a wealthy casino heir. Per the Reporter, Sex & Lies in Sin City will star Matthew Modine as Ted Binion, who
	Upfronts: TNT in Bed with Clooney, Many Cop Dramas
TNT on Wednesday held its upfronts presentation, unveiling a slate loaded with drama... and including the occasional Elvis impersonator. Having previously greenlit the series Raising the Bar (from Steven Bochco and starring Mark-Paul
	Fall TV: 90210 Anchors CW's All-New Tuesday
The CW is the latest network to brandish their fall schedule, and two nights — Monday (Gossip Tree Hill) and Thursday (Smallnatural) — remain unchanged. Tuesday will offer some "zip" in the form of 90210, the BH follow-up featuring an
	Trump: O.J.-on-Apprentice Nearly Killed NBC
Yes, it is true. The Juice almost was set loose on Celebrity Apprentice. Speaking to TV's Extra, Donald Trump confirms that the disgraced football vet once was mentioned as a contender for next season — and the Peacock was less than receptive.
	Ratings: New Gladiators Is Weak
Monday's numbers: 8 pm/ET DWTS was the night's most watched program, delivering 18.27 million total viewers (up 370K week-to-week). Bones rebounded from last week's slip to score 9.4 mil. CBS' Big Bang (7.88 mil, +320 thou) and Mother
	James Garner Suffers Minor Stroke
Actor James Garner has suffered a minor stroke. Entertainment Tonight reports Garner, 80, underwent surgery and describes his prognosis as "good." Garner most recently starred in 8 Simple Rules, but is best known for his role as Jim Rockford
	Look out Hannah Montana: Jonas Brothers' Reality Series Kicks Off
Get ready to rock out with America's most wholesome rock band, every single week, starting Friday. The Jonas Brothers' new reality series, Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream, starts its summer run in just four days. The series about the New
	Fall TV: Moonlight Has Drawn its Last Blood
It's the news no one here wanted to report, but alas, it must be shared. CBS — which earlier today renewed to Old Christine, How I Met Your Mother and The Unit — has opted not to bring back Moonlight for a second season. Though the
	Exclusive First Look: Tricia Helfer as Spider-Man's Black Cat
Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer gets animated this Saturday in a guest role on The CW 'toon The Spectacular Spider-Man (airing at 10 am/ET). In the episode "Persona," Helfer provides the voice the villainous vixen Black Cat, who Spider-Man must
	Oh No, O! ABC Cancels Oprah's Big Give
Oprah's Big Give won't be returning to ABC's lineup this fall. The show — where Oprah gives do-gooders lots of money to help strangers' dreams come true — was a favorite of the network, despite it's ending after just one season. "We
	Fox to Send Secret Millionaire Undercover
Some of the nation's wealthiest people go under cover this fall on Fox. Secret Millionaire will send the privileged to spend time in some of the poorest neighborhoods in America. They'll live and work alongside members of the community and
	ABC Unveils Fall Programming
ABC has announced their new fall schedule and it looks promising. (That's right, no shows based on Geico commercials!) Let's break down the schedule starting with new shows. — Erin Fox New ABC Series • Life on Mars (airing Thursdays at 10
	Michael Rapaport Joins in the Prison Break
Other than so-and-so rather unexpectedly returning, we now have the first piece of casting news for Prison Break's coming season. Michael Rapaport (War at Home Beautiful Girls) is joing the Fox thriller for its fourth cycle, says the Reporter,
	Fall TV: CBS Eyes Four New Dramas, Adds Two Laffers
CBS reportedly will announce on Wednesday the pick-up of six new series for the 2008-09 TV season, including no less than four new dramas. Among that bunch are The Ex List (nee The Mythological Ex, a title you knew wasn't going to play in Peoria)
	The Electric Company Re-charging on PBS
Hey you guys! PBS is powering The Electric Company back up starting in January. The 1970s-era educational show — whose regulars included Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and Bill Cosby — starts production on new episodes this week and is geared,
	Ryan Seacrest: I'm a Momma's Boy
What stands between a man and his true love? Mom, of course. Momma's Boy, premiering on NBC in the fall, focuses on a group of mothers trying to find "a nice girl" for their complacent sons. Mothers and their eligible bachelor sons
	Saffron Burrows Dates NBC's Worst Enemy
Boston Legal beauty Saffron Burrows has joined the cast of My Own Worst Enemy, an NBC drama premiering this fall. As previously reported, Christian Slater plays a suburban father who comes to realize he moonlights as a spy. Burrows plays the
	Ratings for Survivor Finale, Housewives and More
Sunday's numbers: 8 pm/ET The finale of Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites: The Pussycat Dolls Present: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation) topped the hour with 12.9 million total viewers, a 14 percent decline from the China closer.
	NBC Introduces Jimmy Fallon as Late Night Host
Confirming the worst-kept secret in television, NBC today officially introduced comedian Jimmy Fallon as the network's newest late-night host. The SNL alum will start as host of Late Night (Weeknights, 12:30 am/ET) when Conan O'Brien takes
	Caprica News: Eric Stoltz Joins Battlestar Prequel
Eric Stoltz (Mask, almost Back to the Future) has been added to the cast of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel TV-movie/backdoor pilot. Per the Reporter, Stoltz will play Daniel Graystone, a computer engineer who, in the wake of a
	Britney's Return Solves a Mother of a Mystery
How I Met Your Mother co-creator Craig Thomas says that not only is Britney Spears "better" in tonight's encore than she was in her first cameo on the CBS sitcom, but her latest appearance will actually advance storyline. "[Her] return answers a
	Fall TV: CW's Game for The Game, Tyra Banks' Stylista
The pre-upfronts pickups continue. The CW has greenlit a third season of The Game, which forges on despite the months-ago dismissal of its forerunner, Girlfriends. The CW also has picked up to series Stylista, a Devil Wears Prada-esque
	Fall TV: More Boston Legal Suits ABC
ABC has ordered another round of Boston Legal, sending the legal dramed back into session this fall for a fifth season. Doing so is believed to bring closer a series pickup for ABC's Jason O'Mara-fronted port of the BBC series Life on Mars,
	Ratings: CBS' Numbers Slip
Not much to report here on Friday's ratings, other than to note that each of CBS' three dramas took a dip. Delivering 8.74 million total viewers, Ghost Whisperer was down five percent week-to-week. Moonlight (7.68 mil) in turn slipped three
	Fox Fall: Death Lives On, Back to You Won't Be Back
With the upfronts officially arriving next week, Fox is among the first to unfurl some of its plans. Per the Reporter, the network has renewed 'Til Death for a third cycle yet is not bringing back Back to You. Though the Grammer-Heaton sitcom drew
	It's Off: Barbara Walters Won't Spar with Star Jones
Barbara Walters is declining to publicly engage with Star Jones after things heated up this week between the two. On Friday, Walters said that, rather than spar publicly, as many predicted, she'd rather hang on to her good memories of their
	Hulk Hogan's Son to Serve Eight Months in Jail
Nick Bollea — the son of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan — has been sentenced to eight months in jail after pleading no contest to charges of reckless driving. Bollea crashed a car in August, 2007, leaving his best friend, John Graziano, in
	Ratings: The Trace Was On!
Thursday's recap: 8 pm/ET Survivor's penultimate episode drew 12.66 million total viewers, while Betty (eight mil) this week bested 5th Grader. Earl (6.08 mil) plunged 10 percent, setting up Scrubs' NBC finale (5.37 mil) for its own nine
	Hugh Hefner: I Want Miley Cyrus in Playboy
Hmm, what's the word? Oh yeah: Ick! Playboy founder Hugh Hefner tells Extra he'd like Miley Cyrus to pose in his magazine, once the Disney star is of legal age. Said Hef: "Sure, she’d be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady. And
	More Lost to be Found by Viewers
Confirming what was previously reported right here on TV Guide.com, the next two seasons of Lost will contain 17 new episodes apiece — not 16 as was the previous plan. Some simple math tells the whole story. The show's producers planned 16
	The CW Puts Sunday Night Up for Sale
In what is widely deemed to be a radical move, the CW is close to signing a deal with an unnamed media buyer to take over its Sunday night 7 to 10 pm programming block. The buyer would then develop its own programming and sell ad time for the
	The CW "Outsources" Its Sunday-night Block; Two Dramas, Two Comedies Coming
The CW has signed a deal with the production finance company Media Rights Capital to take over its Sunday-night programming block, where Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America and The Game currently reside. As part of the pact, MRC is contracted
	Alec Baldwin May Seek to Rock Your Vote
Alec Baldwin has a Golden Globe and an Emmy nod to show for his 30 Rock run, but what he one day might want to earn is your vote, should he decide to run for political office. "There are other things I want to do," the eldest Baldwin bro shares in a
	Madonna Is Coming to You, Sticky and Sweet
Madonna has revealed details for her 50-plus city "Sticky and Sweet" concert tour. The music starts Aug. 23, in Cardiff, Wales, and then makes the rounds in Europe before finally hitting the U.S. on Oct. 3 (at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands).
	ABC Holds onto Entertainment Prez Steve McPherson
With the upfronts just around the corner, Steve McPherson has inked a new multiyear deal to stay on as president of ABC Entertainment. "Steve is one of the most influential programmers of his generation," says Disney/ABC Television Group co-chair
	Pilot News: Portia de Rossi Is Feeling Funny
Arrested Development alum and recent Nip/Tuck player Portia de Rossi has been cast in ABC's untitled comedy pilot from Victor Fresco (My Name Is Earl, Andy Richter Controls the Universe). The single-camera workplace comedy revolves around a
	Craig Ferguson to Open up on Past Addiction, Depression and More
CBS' Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson is writing a tell-all memoir which will reveal difficult aspects of his past, as well as his road to fame from a small town in Scotland to the United States. The upcoming book will detail, among other
	Jennifer Love Hewitt to Receive an Inspiration Award
Jennifer Love Hewitt — aka TV Guide's Sexiest Star of 2008 — is about to get another accolade. The Ghost Whisperer maven is to be honored Friday by the Step Up Women's Network at the organization's 2008 Inspiration Awards. Last week, Love
	Liv Tyler and Husband to Split Up
Liv Tyler and husband Royston Langdon are splitting up. Tyler's rep told People, "Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon have confirmed their separation. They remain good friends and devoted parents to their son Milo and are requesting that their
	Isaiah "Surprised" By His "Appearance" on Grey's
You know, the moment I first saw the new promo I sensed trouble. Isaiah Washington, who is currently lensing a movie in New Orleans, reportedly was taken aback to see himself featured (via a newspaper clipping that raises Cristina's barely-there
	Smallville, Cradle of Love and More Fresh Stuff
Playing elsewhere on TVGuide.com: • Ausiello has an update on Allison Mack's Smallville status. • In our Great American Idol blog: Clay Aiken's take on today's AI. • More reality TV for Dancing stars Shannon and Derek? •
	Comedy Central Bangs a New Gong This Summer
Could "Gene Gene the Dancing Machine" be waiting in the wings? The Gong Show is making a return to Comedy Central in July. Dave Attell, star of the network's Insomniac series, will host the offbeat talent show. "Stars will be made. Feelings
	HSM Reality Show Announces Grand Prize
Picture this: ABC's summer reality series High School Musical: Get in the Picture will award the grand prize winner a spot in the music video shown during the closing credits of Disney's feature film HSM 3: Senior Year, due out this fall. In
	Ugly Betty Staffers Blame Terminator for Termination
Members of the Los Angeles-based Ugly Betty crew who have lost their jobs as a result of the production's move to New York city are said to be taking out an ad in Friday's Variety, blaming Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for letting the Big Apple
	Country Music's Eddy Arnold Dead at 89
From the AP: "Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. "His wife of 66 years,
	Whoopi Goldberg Tapped to Host Tony Awards
Whoopi Goldberg has been named host of The 62nd Annual Tony Awards, scheduled for Sunday, June 15 (8 pm/ET, CBS). The View moderator won a Tony award herself in 2002 for her role in Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has also won a Grammy, Oscar,
	Ratings for TPIR, Idol, CSI: NY and More
Wha' happened Wednesday? Lemme tell you: 8 pm/ET TPIR and Deal or No Deal tied for No. 1, each drawing 7.6 million total viewers. Behind Wife Swap (seven mil), Fox's 'Til Death (6.04 mil) gained 510K, while Back to You held firm at 6.9
	Pilot News: Santiago-Hudson Enters Fillion's Castle
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, an Image Award nominee for his role in TV's Their Eyes Were Watching God, has joined ABC's drama pilot Castle, says the Reporter. A "comedic procedural" (proceduromedy?) about a mystery novelist (Firefly's Nathan
	Pilot News: Smallville's Cyborg, Reba Star Have a Plan
Lee Thompson Young and Steve Howey have joined the ensemble for Five Year Plan, ABC's comedy pilot about a group of twentysomethings pondering what to do with their lives. Young's credits include Smallville (as Cyborg) and The Hills Have Eyes
	AMC Is Still Feeling Bad
AMC, which a while ago greenlit a second season for Mad Men, now has also ordered another round of its other original drama series, Breaking Bad. Announcing the pickup, network exec VP/GM Charlie Collier says, "From critical praise to strong ratings
	ABC Vetoes Big Brother "Sequel"
ABC has passed on the chance to acquire Golden Cage, the successor to Big Brother, citing no, not highbrow tastes, but prohibitive production costs. According to the Reporter, Golden Cage — which has broadcast in the Netherlands — has
	Barbara Walters vs. Star Jones: The Claws Are Out
Oh, it is so on! While promoting her memoir Audition on Oprah this week, Barbara Walters said she knowingly lied about former View cohost Star Jones' weight loss. Walters said she told the audience — at the request of Jones — that
	Barbara Walters vs. Star Jones: The Claws Are Out
Oh, it is so on! While promoting her memoir Audition on Oprah this week, Barbara Walters said she knowingly lied about former View cohost Star Jones' weight loss. Walters said she told viewers, at the request of Jones, that she lost
	Amy Winehouse Arrested for Drug Possession
British soul singer and tabloid regular Amy Winehouse has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession after a video of the star allegedly smoking crack cocaine was handed over to police. Winehouse's rep told the BBC that the 24-year-old
	Ratings: Idol and SVU Down, Dancing and WMC Up
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ET Idol dominated with 21.25 million total viewers, dropping 13 percent week-to-week. (If Jason isn't gone tonight, I'm launching a hunger strike.) NCIS placed second with 13.8 mil (slipping 800K). Trailing some
	Ratings: Idol Down, Dancing Up
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ET Idol dominated with 21.25 million total viewers, dropping 13 percent week-to-week. (If Jason isn't gone tonight, I'm launching a hunger strike.) NCIS placed second with 13.8 mil (slipping 800K). Trailing some
	Life on Mars to End for David E. Kelley?
Make no mistake, ABC is high on giving Life on Mars — its long-in-the-works adaptation of the BBC series — a slot on its fall schedule. It's now just a matter of whether David E. Kelley will stick with the project he has shepherded thus far. Sources
	Marvel-ous News for My Sons (And Maybe Yours, Too)
OK, so my twin 5-year-olds these days are mad for Super Hero Squad action figures — these 2- 3-inch tall, shiny-happy versions of Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther and, as more and more roll out/beckon Dad's wallet, seemingly every good or
	Snag Talks: SAG Negotiations Hit a Brick Wall
Here we go again...? The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Tuesday walked away from the bargaining table, with the AMPTP claiming (in a statement) that "significant differences remain on DVD
	Esai Morales Joins Caprica — as Adama's Dad
On the heels of the news that Deadwood's Paula Malcolmson had landed the female lead in Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica prequel movie/backdoor pilot, Esai Morales has joined the Caprica cast in the role of Joseph, a "deeply passionate man with
	Esai Morales Cast on Caprica — as Adama's Father
On the heels of the news that Deadwood's Paula Malcolmson had landed the female lead in Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica prequel movie/backdoor pilot, Esai Morales has joined the Caprica cast in the role of Joseph, a "deeply passionate man with
	The Hills to Return for a Fourth Season
If a tip-off to Us is to be believed, The Hills will be back for a fourth season! (And here I was, pre-mourning the Season 3 finale May 12). The renewal may leave some of you wondering just what else could be in store for the reality cast
	Britney's Visitation Rights Expanded
Following a court hearing Tuesday, Britney Spears was granted expanded visitation rights of her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, says Us. Kevin Federline's attorney, Mark Kaplan, said the decision "represents a cautious step moving
	Oxygen Will No Longer Talk Sex
After six seasons, Sue Johanson will take her final viewer calls as the host of Talk Sex with Sue Johanson this Sunday, May 11. Johanson, who has offered guidance to callers nationwide on all manners of topics relating to love, lust and that
	Fido and Urkel Joining Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite has got programming for the whole family this summer — even the pooch. The hit kids' game show GUTS is coming back as My Family's Got GUTS, an extreme sports competition debuting in August that pits teams of four family members
	Ratings for DWTS, House, One Tree Hill and More
Monday's numbers, pre-crunched for your regurgitating pleasure: 8 pm/ET Dancing held steady with 17.9 million total viewers over its 90-minute run. Bones (8.1 mil) slid 16 percent week-to-week, but still bested NBC's Deal. Big Bang (7.56
	CMT Gone Country for a Second Season
CMT has picked up Gone Country for a second season. The reality series' premiere season, where celebs vie for a shot at releasing their own country music album, became the network's highest-rated series ever. Actress Sean Young, 'N Sync's
	Top Model, Barney's Wingman Hunt & More Fresh Stuff
New to TVGuide.com: • Kat-ty Top Model castoff calls rivals "clueless." • Barbara Walters teases big reveals in new memoir. • Backstage at Dancing with the Stars: How Cheryl gave Cristian a much-needed lift. • Cheers
	Sci Fi Channel's Warehouse Starts Filling Up
Eddie McClintock (Friends, Bones) and Joanne Kelly (Vanished's vanished Sara Collins) have been cast as the leads in Warehouse 13, a dramedy pilot for Sci Fi Channel. Per the Reporter, the pair will play FBI agents — He's a rebel! She's
	Deadwood's Trixie Inhabits Sci Fi's Caprica
Paula Malcolmson, best known to TV fans from her run on Deadwood, has landed the female lead in Caprica, Sci Fi Channel's prequel to Battlestar Galactica. Per the Reporter, Malcolmson will play Amanda, a surgeon who moonlights as a double
	The Office's Angela Kinsey Becomes a Mom
Office star Angela Kinsey on Saturday gave birth to a baby girl, a first for the actress and husband Warren Lieberstein. Isabel Ruby arrived in good health, weighing in at 6 lbs., 14 oz. (and inadvertently put an end to the rumored Office pool for
	NBC Silences Monk, Sees No Future for Psych
Mere hours after last night's Nielsens came in, NBC revealed a slate which drops Monk and Psych from the network's Sunday lineup. (The Tony Shalhoub starrer had dropped 28 percent from its previous NBC airing, while Psych didn't even break four
	Peacock Silences Monk, Sees No Future for Psych
Mere hours after last night's Nielsens came in, NBC revealed a slate which drops Monk and Psych from the network's Sunday lineup. (The Tony Shalhoub starrer had dropped 28 percent from its previous NBC airing, while Psych didn't even break four
	Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds to Tie the Knot
Bring out the hankies: Scarlett Johansson is off the market. The sultry starlet is engaged to boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, effectively breaking the hearts of many of her fans. No details have yet emerged on how Reynolds, 31, popped the question
	Ratings: Things Heat Up on Wisteria Lane
Sunday at a glance: 8 pm/ET An early edition Cold Case topped the hour with 11.57 million total viewers, though Extreme Makeover: HE (11.46 mil) led the demos. NBC's Monk (4.13 mil) dropped 28 percent week-to-week and placed fourth behind
	Britney Promises "A Lot of Fun" with Mother Encore
"I had such a great experience last time I was on the show, I couldn't wait to come back" — so goes Britney Spears' own take on her second guest appearance on CBS' How I Met Your Mother, airing next Monday, May 12. The set-up this time:
	What a Guy! Fox, Seth MacFarlane Ink $100 Million Deal
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has signed a landmark deal with 20th Century Fox that makes him the company's highest-paid writer-producer and keeps him there through 2012. The deal, which includes new media and retail projects, covers
	Sci Fi Channel Scares Up Ghost Whisperer Reruns
Sci Fi Channel and WE will keep viewers abreast of the Ghost Whisperer's every move, having jointly acquired rerun rights to the CBS drama starting in the fall of 2009. Sci Fi programming VP Thomas Vitale hopes the series brings more gals to his
	House Preview, Serious Gossip and More Fresh Stuff
New to TVGuide.com: • Preview: House gets a Sex-y patient. • Patrick Warburton explains the Rules of deadpan delivery. • Gossip Girl scribe Jessica Queller talks braves breast cancer. • Soaps News: Daytime great
	MTV Series Recasts Broadway's Legally Blonde Star
MTV on June 2 will launch The Search for Elle Woods, a reality series following 10 actresses as they vie to replace Laura Bell Bundy as the lead in Broadway's Legally Blonde. The eight-episode series will be judged by the likes of director
	Mike O'Malley Is Christian Slater's Enemy Friend
Mike O'Malley, currently a recurring player on My Name Is Earl, has been cast as a friend and coworker of Christian Slater's on NBC's My Own Worst Enemy, premiering this fall. For those just tuning in, Slater stars as a soccer dad who comes
	Things Officially Get Ugly for Lindsay Lohan
That which was teased by Ausiello earlier in the week is now official: Lindsay Lohan on Saturday began work on ABC's Ugly Betty, for a guest appearance in the May 22 season finale. Lohan is also said to be booked for as many as five episodes of next
	Ratings for the Whisperer, Numbers and More
Friday's recap: 8 pm/ET Ghost Whisperer — starring TV Guide's Sexiest Woman on TV — topped the hour with 9.2 million total viewers, up a bit from last week. The closest challenger was 20/20's "Secrets of the Sistine" special
	Gary Dourdan: "Embarrassed" About Arrest, "Grateful" for Support
Gary Dourdan acknowledged regret in a statement Saturday over his recent arrest in Palm Springs. In his statement to People the former CSI star says, "Obviously I am embarrassed to find myself in this situation, and I am profoundly grateful to
	Renee Zellweger Has Proof for Lifetime
Renee Zellweger is bringing her star power to Lifetime as an exec producer on Proof, a new original movie for the 'net. She's teaming up with her former Chicago producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, for the TV flick, which features the true
	New 90210 Taps The Wire's Tristan Wilds
And the 90210 spinoff casting news keeps a-coming in! Tristan Wilds, who played Michael Lee on HBO's acclaimed The Wire, has been cast in the role of Dixon Mills. As detailed here, Dixon is the adopted brother of Annie (Degrassi: TNG's Shenae
	Tracey Ullman Gets Showtime Nod for Second Season
Showtime has renewed Tracey Ullman's State of the Union for a second season. The network also announced The Mark Wooten Project, a six-episode series of character-driven sketches by the British-born comedian. "Tracey Ullman is the veteran
	Michael Steger Signs On to 90210 Spinoff
Michael Steger has joined the cast of the CW's Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff. He'll play Navid, a student of Persian descent and the producer of West Beverly Hills High School's TV newscasts. Steger's character, who spins around town in his
	Who's ready for Free Comic Book Day?
Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, which as the name implies, is a giveaway of comics. Now in its seventh year, the event coincides with the opening of Marvel's Iron Man movie this weekend. Among the TV-themed books that are being given away
	Catherine O'Hara, Andie MacDowell Headline ABC Pilots
Catherine O'Hara is in talks to star in Good Behavior, an ABC dramedy pilot about a family of criminals. O'Hara plays the family matriarch trying to straighten out the family after her husband is jailed for five years. Also on ABC's pilot
	Mariah Carey-Nick Cannon Marriage Confirmed
It's official. A family members of Nick Cannon's confirms to E! that the rapper and singer Mariah Carey are married. While the nuptials were confirmed, the relative wouldn't spill whether rumors of the ceremony taking place at Carey's house
	Ratings for Smallville, CSI, Lost and More!
Thursday's Sexiest tallies, live from L.A.: 8 pm/ET Survivor topped the hour with 12.53 million total viewers, down 450K week-to-week. Behind 5th Grader, Betty scored 7.93 mil, slipping 560 thou. Both NBC's Earl (6.77 mil, +720K) and
	Barack Obama Delivers Letterman's Top Ten List
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama delivered the "Top Ten Surprising Things About Barack Obama" on Wednesday's Late Show with David Letterman. 10. My first act as President will be to stop the fighting between Lauren and
	Tom Cruise "Calm and Collected" in New Oprah Interviews
The couch-jumping Tom Cruise of yore is but a distant memory in upcoming Oprah interviews on Friday and Monday. In honor of Cruise's 25-year career (starting from his Risky Business sock-dancing days), Oprah Winfrey interviewed the actor for a
	Smallville Execs Thank Star for Lex Appeal, Tease Doomsday's Arrival
A joint statement from Smallville's new quartet of show runners, the CW and Warner Bros. Television pays proper due to Michael Rosenbaum, who won't be returning next season as a series regular. "It has been an honor and pleasure to work with
	High School Musical 3's First Poster Has Arrived
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In her upcoming memoir, Audition, Barbara Walters reveals for the first time an affair she had with Sen. Edward Brooke in the 1970s. She discussed her memoir on Oprah, during a taping scheduled to air on May 6. In a transcript
	Barack Obama Delivers Letterman's Top Ten Tonight
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Damon Wayans, who for five seasons dealt with a Wife & Kids, has landed the lead in Never Better, a new ABC comedy pilot. This time around, says the Reporter, Wayans will play a guy "trying to be a good husband and father despite his somewhat
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Since Peter Jacobson is busy playing House , Debra Messing's Starter Wife will get a new ex when the mini returns as a USA Network series in October. David Alan Basche, who most recently had a run NBC's Lipstick Jungle , is taking over
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	Pilot News: Missi Pyle Checks in for ABC Comedy
Missi Pyle's the latest thesp to be tapped for ABC comedy pilot, This Might Hurt. In the proposed series, Pyle plays an ob-gyn with man-trust issues, says the Reporter. Her character works at a private medical practice, which is run by a middle-aged
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	New 90210 Casts its Tila Tequila-type Video Vixen
Jessica Stroup (Reaper's Cady, Prom Night) has been cast on the CW's really-in-need-of-a-title Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot as Daphne Silver. But please, just call her "Silver." As previously detailed here, Silver is a classmate of BH newbie
	Did Hannah Montana Fire Kathy Griffin Over Jesus Joke?
Comedian Kathy Griffin tells EW the Disney Channel fired her from the Hannah Montana series for her comments at last year's Creative Arts Emmys. Upon winning the award, Griffin said, "Suck it, Jesus! This award is my god now!" About
	Will David Blaine Leave Oprah Breathless?
Magician David Blaine will appear on Oprah next Wednesday (May 7) and attempt to break the Guinness World Record for holding one's breath. He'll have to hold his breath for more than 16 minutes and 32 seconds. The last time he tried to break
	Hills Hunk: Lauren Conrad Sex Tape "Does Not Exist"
It's a case of he said/Speidi said, as Jason Wahler shoots down new talk that a sex tape exists starring himself and then-girlfriend Lauren "LC" Conrad. Responding to comments made on Tuesday's Tyra Banks Show — where The Hills' Spencer Pratt
	OMG! Blair Waldorf to XO Vinnie Chase?
OMG, it's almost too good to be true: The Queen B thesp of Gossip Girl is set to appear in an eppy of Entourage, returning as pop singer Justine Chapin, a role she played in Season 1. In a castgasm that bridges the hot brat packs of the
	FX Orders 13 Weeks of Anarchy from Shield Scribe
FX has handed out a 13-episode order to Sons of Anarchy, The Shield writer/producer Kurt Sutter's multigenerational family drama set in the world of motorcycle clubs, says the Reporter. In the series, Charlie Hunnam (Undeclared) plays Jack, a man in
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Congratulations to My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee, who is expecting a baby with girlfriend Ceren Alkac. Alkac is due in the fall, says People, and the baby will be the first for the couple. Lee, 38, is already dad to a 4-year-old son with his
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For the second consecutive week, ratings for the CBS Evening News have reached a record low. TVNewser.com reports that the broadcast averaged 5.3 million total viewers, and just over 1.5 million in the 25-54 demo — an all-time low. The week
	Ratings: Monday Appointment Suits House Well
Monday's numbers: 8 pm/ET Dancing with the Stars averaged 17.92 million total viewers over its 90-minute run, a marginal increase from a week ago. At 9.68 mil, Bones was up 12 percent and bested the first hour of Deal or No Deal. Both CBS'
	CSI Star Busted on Coke, Smack and E Charges
Gary Dourdan — whose imminent departure from CSI was first reported by Ausiello — on Monday was busted on suspicion of possessing heroin, cocaine and ecstasy, as well as prescription drugs. TMZ reports that the actor was asleep in his
	Top Model, Indiana Jones and More Fresh Stuff
New to TVGuide.com: • Top Model's Lauren talks about stumbling off into the sunset. • Backstage at Dancing with the Stars: Will injured Cristian be forced off the parquet? • Cheers & Jeers rates HIMYM's
	Henstridge Helps David James Elliott Make Impact
Was Catherine Bell busy? Natasha Henstridge (Eli Stone) will join JAG alum David James Elliott in Impact, a two-part TV disaster movie about a dwarf star (or, to be politcally correct, "little person star") which strikes the moon and thus wreaks
	CBS Rings Up Price Is Right Throughout May Sweeps
The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular returns to primetime on CBS Wednesday night (April 30, 8 pm/ET) for a four-week sweeps run. The Drew Carey-hosted specials have proven to be as lucrative for CBS as Plinko is for a lucky
	Pilot News: Exes Mark the Spot for Mohr and Marshall
Jay Mohr (Ghost Whisperer), Paula Marshall (Cupid) and Jaime King (Sin City) will front an untitled CBS comedy pilot from Ed Yeager (Still Standing), says the Reporter. The concept has Mohr playing an easygoing dad struggling to get used to his
	Angela Bassett Admitted to ER for First TV Series Gig
Angela Bassett will take on her first full-time TV series role when she joins the cast of ER this fall for the NBC drama's final season. According to the Reporter, Bassett will play "a tough attending" (check!) with "a troubled past" (check!) who's
	Ashley Dupre Goes Wild with Lawsuit Against Joe Francis
In a potential reversal of seeming unlimited fortune for Joe Francis in the aftermath of the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Ashley Dupré is suing the Girls Gone Wild honcho for $10 million. Dupré, the call-girl at the center of the scandal, filed suit
	Amy Poehler's a Real-life Baby Mama
For Amy Poehler, life is imitating art. The Baby Mama star's expecting her own baby with husband Will Arnett. It will be the couple's first child. Poehler's movie-screen Mama, which also stars Tina Fey, hit No. 1 at the box office this
	Oprah Slips Details of Tom Cruise Interview
Loose lips make for good online tips. Oprah has "leaked" details of her upcoming two-part interview with actor Tom Cruise. Oprah tells E! she'll quiz Cruise about Scientology, his verbal sparring with Today host Matt Lauer, and she'll
	Nia Vardalos Joins TBS Comedy My Boys
Nia Vardalos, star of the monster hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, has joined the cast of the TBS comedy My Boys for a three-episode arc. She'll play the "work wife" to Andy (played by comeidan Jim Gaffigan), whose close friend is a
	Simpsons execs to Sit Down, Shut Up
Former Simpsons executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein are teaming up to take on the same roles on Fox's new animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up. The series, yet to receive a firm placement on the Fox schedule, is based on a
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