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Glee Producers Want Katie Couric Cameo Appearance
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 1:19 AM UTC on Nov, 25 2010
Glee producers are currently in talks with news anchor Katie Couric to appear on the show in a cameo role.
Katie would appears as herself on the show and would share a scene with Sue Sylvester, masterfully played by Jane Lynch. The goal is to have Couric on the show’s highly touted Super Bowl show which airs on February 6.
According to recent reports that Super Bowl show will be one of the most expensive 30 minute TV spots ever produced and will include a cover of Michael Jackson’s megahit “Thriller.”
Couric on the set of Glee would be interesting, just several weeks ago she criticized various Glee members for appearing in provocative clothing on the cover of GQ Magazine, however she’s also a Gleek (Glee fan for the unaware).
Cookie Monster Campaign Asks For Saturday Night Live Hosting Gig
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 9:32 PM UTC on Nov, 23 2010
Cookie Monster could be going the way of Betty White. A Facebook group has been setup and is gaining traction to bring the cookie friendly blue monster to late-night programming via Saturday Night Live.
If the campaign is successful Cookie Monster would become the first Sesame Street character to host SNL.
Cookie Monster has even created his own hilarious SNL audition tape, here it is:
Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman May Be Exiting ‘Desperate Housewives’
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 12:13 AM UTC on Nov, 22 2010
Felicity Huffman and Teri Hatcher may be on the way out of Desperate Housewives. According to reports Hatcher will leave at the end of 2012, while Huffman will exit a short time later.
Hatcher has played Susan Mayer for seven seasons on the show, while Huffman has co-starred as Lynette.
An industry snoop told the Daily Mail:
“Teri has given in her notice and is making active preparations to move on."
“Today Show” Cast Covers “I Got A Feeling” By Black Eyed Peas
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 2:13 AM UTC on Nov, 20 2010
The cast of NBC's morning talk series The Today Show, finished off their weekend of "Today Goes Viral" videos by creating their own version of the Black Eyed Peas hit song "I Got A feeling.
The cast was helped along by their crowd of 150 people along with Jenna Bush-Hager and the always funny news achor Brian Williams.
The entire video was shot using a single take and was inspired by a group of students at the University of Quebec (their video reached over 9 million views earlier this year.)
Here's the Today Show version:
‘Mafia Wives’ Debuting On VH1 This Coming March 2011
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 11:52 PM UTC on Nov, 18 2010
Forget the Real Housewives, Mafia Wives debuts March 2011 on VH1.
The series involves a group of “four women who are struggling to make ends meet while their husbands or fathers spend time in jail for ‘Mob-related activities” and will contain a 10-episode run.
Glee ‘Guest’ Actor Gets Promoted To Series Regular
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 1:19 AM UTC on Nov, 18 2010
Are you a Gleek? If you are you’ll probably be happy to know that the a Glee guest actor has been promoted to series regular.
Eonline is reporting that Harry Shum Jr. better known as Mike Chang has been assigned the role of a series regular for the shows third season. Read the rest of this entry »
Glee Cast To Perform “Thriller” Cover During Super Bowl Episode
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 12:54 AM UTC on Nov, 18 2010
Ready to catch the cast of Glee performing Michael Jackson’s smash hit Thriller? Fox has announced that the shows post-Super Bowl showing will features the song.
Fox has divulged that the episode will have a sports-theme that will focus on KcKinley High playing for the state championship while Sue Sylvester’s cheerios (cheerleaders for the non-Gleeks) cheer them on.
The Superbowl episode is also set to have the Glee cast also cover Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas and Lady Antebellum.
Guillermo del Toro, David Eick Team Up To Renew The ‘Hulk’
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 1:16 AM UTC on Nov, 17 2010
The Incredible Hulk has been a fickle beast to tame with various actors and directors attempting to make the big green guy a smash hit in the United States, now we’re learning that a new pair of creative minds have teamed up, Guillermo del Toro and David Eick and will attempt to get the big green guy back in front of our eyes.
According to Deadline Hollywood, The Hellboy Director and the Battlestar Galactica executive producer are working together to bring the Hulk franchise back to life. However, this time they are seeking a TV deal, not a big screen showing.
‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ Sets Ratings Record For TLC
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 3:34 AM UTC on Nov, 16 2010
Love her or hate her Sarah Palin is this weeks ratings darling, scoring 5 million viewers for her new reality show Sarah Palin’s Alaska, a new record for TLC and she did it on a Sunday night.
The new show beat out the networks What Not To Wear which debuted in 2003 with the networks best showing.
The ratings record is based off premiere numbers and still fell far short of the June 2009 divorce announcement episode on Jon & Kate Plus Eight which drew 10.6 million viewers.
The first episode of the show involved Palin and her family fishing, rock climbing and stopping Willow (her daughter) from bringing boys up into her room.
Did you watch Sarah Palin’s Alaska? If you did, what did you think about it.
“Love In The Wild” Greenlit by ABC, Combines Survivor With Bachelor
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 3:00 PM UTC on Nov, 15 2010
Are you ready to watch the Bachelor combined with Survivor, if you are NBC has the show for you, there newly green lit, Love In The Wild.
For the show the premise is simple, ABC will put people in the wild then see who ends up connecting on a romantic level. Copying survivor contestants on the show will be put through various challenges.
AMC Cancels Rubicon Over Poor Ratings
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 2:43 PM UTC on Nov, 15 2010
AMC will not renew their 1st season show Rubicon.
The show, which averaged 1.2 million viewers per episode since it debuted on August 1, airing it’s final episode on Oct. 17.
The show starred James Badge Dale as an intelligence analyst with other actors that included: Jessica Collins, Miranda Richardson, Dallas Roberts, Christopher Evan Welch, Michael Cristofer, and Peter Gerety Read the rest of this entry »
Disney Gives Demi Lovato a “Break” While Sonny With A Chance Moves Forward
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 11:50 PM UTC on Nov, 12 2010
Variety is reporting that the shows producers will focus the show’s plot on a So Random! a “show-within-a-show,” but only as a contingency plan.
Season 3 of the show gets underway in January which still gives Lovato a little bit of time to get her act together.
South Park Kills Off Justin Bieber, Everyone Rejoices Except Tween Girls
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 3:37 AM UTC on Nov, 12 2010
Kenny got the night off from being killed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the most recent episode of South Park, in his place was the death of Tween sensation Justin Bieber.
In the episode Cartman and Cthulhu (the dark lord) teamed up to get rid of everything evil, they started with Burning Man hippies and Whole foods, but then moved on to their “most challenging and most evil opponent,” Justin Bieber.
Cartman, dressed as “the Coon” said he had to kill Bieber “In order to save the Earth,” adding “this little butthole had to be stopped.”
Here’s a video from the episode:
The Simpsons Renewed For 23rd Season
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 2:24 AM UTC on Nov, 12 2010
Bart, Homer, Maggie, Lisa and Marge Simpson will be back on Fox for an unprecedented 23rd season of The Simpsons.
The critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series will continue it’s run, providing at least a total of 515 episodes through 2012.
Fox announced the decision on Thursday and with still decent ratings it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
According to Simpson executive producer Al Jean:
“Like many 22-year-olds, ‘The Simpsons’ is extremely happy remaining at home, on Fox, and hopes it doesn’t have to go out into the real world for many years to come.”
He added: “Part of my job is being the grumpy guy who says, ‘No, we did that, we did that.’ Once you hit on something you haven’t done, we’ve got these great characters and voices and this terrific production that turns it into something really special.”
Wheel Of Fortune Contestant Solves Puzzle In Incredible Way [Video]
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 4:58 AM UTC on Nov, 09 2010
When Caitlin Burke landed on the $900 slot during a recent “prize round” of Wheel of Fortune she asked for the letter “L” and when that single letter popped up she solved the puzzle.
No the puzzle was not one word, instead it was 27 letters, more specifically the phrase “I’ve got a good feeling about this.”
Caitlin’s out of left field quick answer was so amazing that it actually stunned Pat Sajak to the point where he looked on in awe and took a moment to collect his thoughts.
Here’s the video from the amazing puzzle solve: Read the rest of this entry »
MSNBC To End Keith Olbermann Suspension, Shows Resume On Tuesday
Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as TV at 2:40 AM UTC on Nov, 09 2010
That didn’t take long! Keith Olbermann is back on the MSNBC air on Tuesday after serving a suspension for making political donations to three liberal candidates.
Olbermann had been placed on “indefinite suspension” with no pay and the decision drew the criticism of more than 250,000 MSNBC viewers who signed an online petition to have him reinstated as soon as possible.
Obermann had given the federal maximum of $2400 to Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords and Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway.
Undercovers Cancelled After 13 Episodes
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 2:31 AM UTC on Nov, 05 2010
NBC couldn’t pull any new J.J. Abrams magic with the show Undercovers canceling the spy espionage series after just 13 episodes.
The show, which aired on Wednesday nights is being pulled after taking in just 5.8 million viewers during last weeks episode.
Undercovers was the first primetime drama to star two black actors in the shows leading roles.
NBC Orders Two More “Community” Episodes
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 1:05 AM UTC on Nov, 04 2010
Joel McHale’s Community will have a full 24 episode season with NBC announcing on Wednesday that they have ordered two more episodes of the sitcom.
Chelsea Handler Book To Be Turned Into A Sitcom
Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 11:41 PM UTC on Nov, 03 2010
Chelsea Handler’s book Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea is being turned into a weekly sitcom to be aired on NBC. The semi-autobiographical book will deal with the struggles of a twentysomething female.
According to DeadlineHollywood.com:
“The compilations of humorous essays about Handler’s everyday life, family, friends and romantic/sexual relationships will also be used as source material for stories in the TV project.”
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