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Smallville and Supernatural Season Finales - A Discussion
Did you catch last night's season finales of two of the best shows on TV (Smallville and Supernatural)? Well, let's get right into it: First of all, Smallville is officially over next season, and......
Moonlight Canceled
Well... what can I say? I guess the information can only be as good as the sources from which you receive it. CBS has canceled Moonlight, even after reports indicated it was a safe bet for a... Rea...
Archeluta's Daddy Shown the Backstage Door
American Idol frontrunner David Archeluta's dad, Jeff, is no longer allowed backstage. While an unnamed source for the hit show indicated that the elder Archeluta's meddling had been the source of......
New Hero Runs Through
A new Hero debuts this fall: Brea Grant joins the cast of NBC's mega-hit, Heroes, as Speedster, rumored to be Hiro's arch-nemesis. While the name is just short of "lackluster" and far short of... R...
Catch the Reality Bug!
Now there's a home for all of your Reality TV needs. Yes, Reality Bug has a scheduler, replete with episodes and content, rumors, links to other sites, and more. While other sites tackle reality... ...
Heroes Dolls
NBC has teamed-up with Mezco Toyz to release a line of Heroes-inspired dolls. Of course, this was inevitable, but I have to agree with the author who wrote this article when it comes to the whole... ...
CW Ratings Hit New Low
The CW is CBS Corp.'s version of the WB... except that it's not. The CW's ratings dropped a whopping 27% this season in its major focus group - adults aged 18-34 (that's us - just barely) - and... R...
Brit-Brit Back on Boob Tube
FINALLY! Some Brit-Brit news! How long has it been since we last had a Britney story? A while. Sadly Shockingly, this is not a naughty news item; no, this is a good one. Britney Spears will... R...
Companies Form New Network
Viacom, Paramount, Paramount Vantage, United Artists, and Lionsgate will come together to form a new cable channel and on-demand service in 2009. While the new network has yet to be named, a press......
Monk's Psychiatrist Dead at 65
Veteran actor, Stanley Kamel, was found dead of a heart attack in his apartment yesterday. He was 65. While his list of credits is long (including stints on Golden Girls, LA Law, Mission:... Read M...
Star Wars Lords Over LOTR in Ratings Battle
The three Star Wars prequels beat the Lord of the Rings trilogy this weekend, according to Nielsen Ratings. Spike TV showed all three Star Wars prequels over the weekend in the same timeslot that... ...
Eyelab Cuts-Up CBS Content
Eyelab is a small division of the CBS corporation, whose employees - all of them under 30 years of age - whose job is, literally, to chop-up CBS' TV show content and repackage it for distribution... ...
Project Runway Catwalks into Court
Ah, another shake-up in the television industry, as Project Runway tried to jump-ship from the NBC-Universal network, Bravo, to Lifetime, and NBC responded by suing their pants off! Project Runway......
Moonlight Fans Try to Save Show
Fans of CBS' horror series, Moonlight, are making great sacrifices to save their show: Teaming with the Red Cross and networking through YouChoose.net, fans have agreed to donate one pint of blood......
TV and Movie Actors Split
I used to have a tag named "film" (I think it's still there, but it's being phased-out) because "film" covers both TV and movies. But that was too general and, for as far as it goes, I could have... ...
Buffy Cast Reunited
Many of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's cast reunited last Friday at the William S. Paley Television Festival, where they viewed the 5th-season musical episode, "Once More, With Feeling." The episode in.....
Jericho Canceled - Really
Yes, I am certain fans are already aware, but I was out of commission when it happened: The post-Apocalyptic, CBS sci-fi drama, Jericho, has officially been canceled. Executives said the ratings... ...
Supreme Court Set to Rule on FCC Censorship
The Supreme Court is set to rule on whether or not the FCC is allowed to censor TV broadcasts and fine broadcasters, when they deem it necessary, to ensure further censorship. The particular... Read...
Celebrity Rehab Reunion - Some Thoughts
Tonight was the six-month reunion of the cast from Celebrity Rehab with Drew Pinski. All of the cast was there except Daniel Baldwin and Jessica Sierra and all except Seth Binzer (who apparently... ...
One Jackass Gets Out, Another Goes In
Florida officials did release porn auteur, Joe Francis. And Jackass' Steve-O landed in Cedars-Sinai with a felony cocaine charge. Francis showed up to Panama City court yesterday and accepted a... ...
Ghost Whisperer Coming to IDW Comics
This is an official IDW press release: San Diego, CA (March 13, 2008) - Fans of Ghost Whisperer may not be able to communicate with the dead, but come March they will get to see more ghosts who are.....
Last Night's Gene Simmons' Family Jewels
Did you catch either or both episodes of the new season of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels last night? The first one documented the concert on the night that Paul Stanley collapsed, as we reported here.....
The South Done Gone and Rised Again!
Growing up, I learned to be proud of my Southern heritage. That is not to say that my family was racist in any way - they/we weren't - I just mean that Southerners are often portrayed as uneducated,....
TV/Movie Rundown
I effing hate getting scooped - loathe it! Despise it. Abhor it. And get a thesaurus and look up "hate" and all those, too. So, in response to a growing number of fellow bloggers hopping on my... ...
A Night of Too Many... Are These Stars?
Jon Stewart has been tapped to host the second biannual "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education." The show will be broadcast live on Comedy Central, April 13th. Replays....
WB Relaunch
The WB is relaunching - as a website. The WB Network is returning next month on the Web. An ad-based website, the new WB will feature streaming episodes of shows that aired during its run as a... R...
Family Guy Spin-Off in Works
Rumor has it FOX has a show in the works entitled Cleveland. But this is not about the city; Cleveland is a spin-off from Family Guy, featuring Peter Griffin's black neighbor. Canceled in 2003,... ...
American Idol - The Girls
Wow! That sucked ass. Not one of those chicks tonight sang worth a damn! Every, single one of them was off-key or just plain bad. The weird, Medusa-looking Elvira knock-off hit the right keys... ...
Oscars Awarded a Lifetime's Worth of Suck
It's official: the 80th Academy Awards show sucked the most it has ever sucked, ever.The last time it has ratings this low, I was a newborn baby boy! That means this is not only the lowest-rated Acad...
