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Betty White Officially Heading To SNL

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:36:00 +0000

Looks like that Facebook campaign truly paid off. Betty White is officially heading to the Saturday Night Live stage! White is one "it" lady at the moment, and everyone seems to want a piece of little ol' Betty and I can't wait! With her recent comedic acts at award ceramonies, and because she can still pack a punch at 88 years old. This is THE perfect host for SNL. Remember she is the one that called Barack Obama "one hot piece of man", enough said.

NBC has yet to confirm that she will be appearing on the show, but various sources have now reported its a done deal. As well as White herself saying "yes" when asked if she will be appearing on the iconic SNL stage, while attending Elton John's post-Oscar party. White who also recently starred in a Snicker's commercial during the Super Bowl, has truly caused a few heads to roll in laughter and it seems like it won't be the last.

Those 500,00 Facebook fans should be pretty pleased with themselves, rock on Betty White!

Cougar Town's Grayson And Jules Getting Busy?

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:05:00 +0000

Honestly this shouldn't come as a surprise, the minute Courtney Cox's Jules started calling Josh Hopkins' Grayson "paper buddy" on ABC's Cougar Town, a romance was inevitable. At the recent Paley Festival where the cast of Cougar Town sat down to talk about the show, the question was unavoidable. "Are Jules and Grayson hooking up anytime soon?" Well spoiler alert!

Yes! Ok sorry I should have made that less obvious, but honestly if you couldn't tell by Jules' kinky dreams of Grayson a few episodes back that something might happen soon, then you seriously need to catch up on some day time soap operas. According to Cougar Town co-creator Bill Lawrence, Jules and Grayson are certainly going to get 'busy', however, when has not been decided.

Are you ok with their quick hook up? Or would you rather they avoid the clichés and keep them hanging? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Bitesize TV: New FlashForward Promo, Betty's Braces Are Off!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:19:00 +0000

Channel Five in the UK has released a new promo for the return of FlashForward, and it actually looks like the show is getting somewhere!

Ok never mind, looks like Dana Delaney is close to leaving Desperate Housewives!

Check out the reaction from the cast of NBC's Community after it was announced they were renewed for a second season

The braces are off! The first pictures of Ugly Betty without her braces, and a special reunion!

Its Neil Patrick Harris vs. Matthew Morrison on Glee!

Live at the Paley Festival its ABC's Cougar Town!

Dana Delaney Not Leaving Desperate Housewives...Yet!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:14:00 +0000

Despite recent reports that red headed housewife Katherine played by Dana Delaney will be leaving Wisteria Lane to star in a new ABC pilot called Body of Evidence, these reports are false. According to Delaney's official website a statement was released quoting:

There are several articles out about Dana signing up to be on a new ABC TV Pilot Body of Evidence. Note that it's just a pilot, it's still in discussions, and there are no plans for Dana to depart from Desperate Housewives.

However if the pilot does get picked up, and Delaney has been suggested to star in the lead role, it would surely take time away from Housewives meaning Katherine might soon find herself joining Mary Alice and Edie.

FOX Renews Fringe, ABC Renews Brothers & Sisters

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:49:00 +0000

Hooray for TV! Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter are reporting that Fringe has been renewed for a third season by FOX whereas the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters has been renewed for a fifth season.

This shouldn't come as a surprise for Brothers & Sisters fans, but there were some concerns for Fringe's falling ratings that eventually lead it to some danger of being cancelled. This should certainly be a relief for Fringe fans. Rejoice!

NBC Renews 30 Rock, The Office And Community!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:03:00 +0000

Finally NBC does something good! With the renewal of Parks and Recreation a month ago, many were wondering whether comedy favorite Community will be making it, well wait no longer! NBC has announced the renewal of three of their shows, 30 Rock, The Office and Community. With the obvious choices between The Office and 30 Rock, for the rookie show Community the cast was overjoyed with the announcement. Stating on their twitter: "We just got called into the make-up trailer and told that WE GOT PICKED UP FOR A SECOND SEASON!".

With Community currently in its first season, 30 Rock in its fourth and The Office at its sixth season, it seems like things couldn't be any better for these NBC shows.

Gossip Girl Sneak Peeks Galore!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:03:00 +0000

The guilty pleasure returns! Although Gossip Girl started its current third season on a slow pace it has liven up to its once very prestigious reputation, a parents worse nightmare! With the show returning March 8th on The CW it was only a matter of time before The CW released some extra hot sneak peeks for the shows return, and they do not disappoint. With Lily being confronted about a supposed affair, Serena and Nate hooking up (again!) and Vanessa and Dan embarking on a new relationship with one another, it looks like Gossip Girl is definitely back!

Check out the sneak peeks after the jump.

New Romantic Interest For Ugly Betty's Justin and Betty!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:37:00 +0000

Love is in the air for Ugly Betty! With the show coming to its end, it was only a matter of time before a new love interest enters Betty's life, but surprisingly Betty isn't the only one. Betty's nephew Justin will find himself unexpectedly in a new love triangle with his new friends Austin and Lily. Which comes as no surprise since creator Silvio Horta mentioned that Justin's sexuality will be addressed somewhat near the finale. Meanwhile Betty has to deal with her own dilemma when Gossip Girl's Aaron Tveit is set to star as Richard, a young playwright who is set to profile at MODE (Where Betty works) and of course sparks will fly between the two.

Ugly Betty returns March 17th at 10/9c on ABC.

You can check out the rest of the promo pictures after the jump. Warning Spoilers!

Photo Credits: Patrick Harbron/ABC

The Obamas Are Gleeks Too!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:16:00 +0000

Clearly President Obama has good taste in TV! New sources confirm that First Lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of Glee to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday April 15th. Apparntlly Mrs. Obama and her daughters are big gleeks including the President himself, which shouldn't come as a surprise seeing as the President watches Gossip Girl too.

Glee is slowly taking over the world, having debuted their first album Glee The Music Volume 1 at No. 1 on the UK album charts. So not only is Glee being watched in your house, but now in the White House too!

Desperate And Ugly No More! Stars Find New Pilots

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:58:00 +0000

With the sudden departure of Edie from Desperate Housewives in season 5, and Ugly Betty recently having been canceled there was suddenlly two very favored actresses on the market. Thankfully Nicollette Sheridan and Becki Newton both recently scored starring roles in new pilots.

Becki Newton has signed on to star in NBC's dramedy pilot "Love Bites", which follows multiple storylines of love and dating. Wherein Newton will be playing a social worker called Annie who also happens to be a virgin. Created by "Sex and the City's"Cindy Chupack.

Whereas Nicollette Sheridan is planning on starring in a new CBS comedy pilot where she plays a Hollywood stage mom to a teen starlet. This seems like good news for TV's two favorite actresses, lets just hope their characters become as iconic as their previous ones. Good luck!

Betty White Part Of SNL "Women of Comedy" Special

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:11:00 +0000

The legend that is Betty White may soon be appearing on NBC's Saturday Night Live thanks to massive fan petitions and heavy demands, but it may not be to host the show. Although 88 years old, Betty White can surely still pack a punch. And with her hilarious Screen Actors Guild Awards speech that remains one of the TV highlights of this year, I fully back this decision. Get her on SNL!

However Entertainment Weekly is reporting that instead of hosting the show White will be part of a "Women of Comedy" special alongside former SNL stars Tina Fey, Molly Shannon and Amy Poehler which are just some of the possible names appearing alongside White.

This decision has been made to aid Betty White not having to constantly host the show for a full 90 minutes (Hey remember she's 88!) whilst also bringing in the brilliance that is Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Whether this is the final decision has not been confirmed, but it sounds like a pretty brilliant idea!

What do you think of a possible "Women of Comedy" special? Let me know in the comments below.

Television: What You Don't See

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:19:00 +0000

We often tend to believe that everything we see on TV is real. Now of course I don't mean we're delusional and that we really believe Jack Bauer of '24' really exists, but more than likely what we percieve on television can often be interpreted as being real. Modern day television has extended to a point where reality can certainly be replicated, technology is one of those aspects that has helped the television industry achieve this. Although this video is a couple months old it has recently caught everyones attention. And most notably it has shown others that what we see on TV isn't always the real deal.

Check out this extrodinary video below and visit Stargate Studios for more videos and information.

Bitesize TV: American Idol Castoff Gets Consolation Prize, Conan O'Brien Returning To Stage?

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:30:00 +0000

American Idol castoff Angela Martin, who recently got told she would not participate in the Top 24 has recieved an amazing consolation prize from none other than Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres. Watch the video here.

Chuck and Sarah fans rejoice! Kristin Kreuk finds new leading man in CBS pilot "Hitched"

Ugly Betty meets Gossip Girl! GG vet cast as Betty's new potential love interest.

Adam Rodriguez returns to CSI: Miami full-time!

Meet the American Idol Top 24, and their peak moments and weaknesses!

Conan O'Brien may not be able to return to TV until September, but nothing is stopping him from doing a tour of live stage shows!

ABC Family Renews 'Greek'

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:10:00 +0000

Its a good day for 'Greek' fans. For those that have been impatiently waiting for Greek to be renewed, well wait no further! ABC Family has officially announced that Greek is renewed for a fourth season, starting with 10 episodes.

The show's fans recently had doubts for the renewal of the show due to its average ratings and remaining on the bubble between renewal and cancellation. However the show does return later this year with its first 10 episodes, however whether ABC Family does order more its up to the ratings.

Greek airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on ABC Family.

Look Who's Seducing Barney Now! Jennifer Lopez on How I Met Your Mother

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:42:00 +0000

Heres your first look at Jennifer Lopez's guest appearance on an upcoming episode of 'How I Met Your Mother'. Once again the unstoppable Barney Stinson is lured in by another women, and surprise! Its Jennifer Lopez. Formerly known as J.Lo, Lopez will be starring as Anita, a self-help author who tries to seduce Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney into falling in love with her. The episode will air March 8th on CBS.

Meanwhile "Jenny From the Block" seems to be making appearances everywhere lately. With a hosting gig at Saturday Night Live coming up February 27th. Lopez is also busy filming as a guest star in the FOX hit series 'Glee'. So whether you like her or not, you'll be seeing a lot of Jennifer Lopez in the coming weeks.

FOX Announces Season Finale Dates

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:33:00 +0000

Though it may seem like a while, slowly the TV season is coming to an end and sure enough each network is (slowly) announcing the season finale dates for their shows. NBC announced theirs a couple of weeks ago and now its FOX's turn. Among them is the season finale dates for House, 24, Glee, Bones and many more! So read after the jump to find out when their seasons come to an end.

Monday, April 5
8:00/7:00c - 24 (Back-to-Back New Episodes - Special Time)

Saturday, April 24
11:00/10:00c - The Wanda Sykes Show (Season Finale)

Friday, April 30
8:00/7:00c - House: Broken (Two-Hour Repeat)

Wednesday, May 5
8:00/7:00c - Human Target (Season Finale)

Sunday, May 9
7:00/6:00c - Til Death (Season Finale)

Monday, May 17
8:00/7:00c - House (Season Finale)

Thursday, May 20
8:00/7:00c - Bones (Season Finale)
9:00/8:00c - Fringe (Season Finale)

Friday, May 21
9:00/8:00c - Kitchen Nightmares (Season Finale)

Sunday, May 23
8:00/7:00c - The Simpsons (Season Finale)
8:30/7:30c - The Cleveland Show (Season Finale)
9:00/8:00c - Family Guy (One-Hour Season Finale)

Monday, May 24
8:00/7:00c - 24 (Two-Hour Season Finale - Special Time)

Wednesday, May 26
8:00/7:00c - American Idol (127-Minute Season Finale - Special Time)

Tuesday, June 8
9:00/8:00c - Glee (Season Finale)

Source: The Futon Critic

The American Idol Top 24: Who Has Potential To Win?

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:22:00 +0000

Why Desperate Housewive's Karl Got The Axe

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:46:00 +0000

If you're like me and still shocked at the whole lacluster ending to Desperate Housewive's Karl then you are not alone. Zap2it's Jethro Nededog recently sat down with executive producer Bob Daily about the sudden departure of Richard Burgi's character and why it was such a tough decision. Here is an excerpt from the interview:

Our readers would hate us if we didn't ask you this. Can you talk about the thought process of either killing Karl or Orson in the plane crash?
That was a very difficult position, because we loved Richard Burgi. Everybody in the show from the writers down to the Kraft services people loved Richard Burgi. He was just a favorite of everybody, so that was a really tough decision. I think Marc felt like that relationship with Bree and Karl was really fun, but it was so uncharacteristic for Bree that I think the feeling was to keep that going would have been difficult and would have transformed Bree's character in a way. I think audiences like to see characters change a little, but I really think they want them to return to who they are. While that was a great moment for Bree, having that sort of unbridled sexual relationship with a guy she had nothing in common with, we felt at the end of the day, she needed to go back to being Bree. It was going to be tough to do that with Karl.

You can read the rest of the interview at Zap2it meanwhile what do you think of Desperate Housewive's having killed off Karl? Should we take Teri Hatcher's suggestion and bring Richard Burgi back as Karl's evil twin brother?

'Shit My Dad Says' Turned Into TV Show

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:24:00 +0000

The Twitter sensation "Shit My Dad Says" is becoming a TV pilot by CBS, and they have cast none other than William Shatner to play the dad. Good casting? I think so!

Casting of other characters such as Justin (the son who made the twitter account) is still being decided upon, however the casting of Shatner has allowed CBS to start a multicamera family comedy show, based solely on the Twitter account. The account having launched last year in August has more than 1.16 million followers and will surely have a lot more once the TV show is launched.

OMGlee! First Look At Glee's Back 9.

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000

Gleeks prepare to get excited! An official first look at Glee's back 9 episodes has been released and all I can say is MADONNA! That's right Glee is returning in April but also with an all-Madonna centric episode, which you can see in the promo. But besides the music the sneak peek also reveals a few surprises! But seriously don't let me keep you waiting. And remember Glee returns Tuesday April 13th on FOX!

Renewal Table: What Shows Are Likely To Be Renewed Or Get Cancelled?

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:58:00 +0000

Its that time of the year, TV networks are negotiating what's in and what's out. Now whether your show gets renewed for its next season is up to the all important ratings, but it could also be on the bubble between renewed and cancelled. So prepare to be anxious for the next seven months, but until then I've compiled a handy renewed/cancelled table to see where your favorite shows are currently heading.

Don't see your favorite show here? Check out Entertainment Weekly's Renewal scorecard

Supernatural Getting A Sixth Season?

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Fans of The CW show 'Supernatural' prepare to get excited! Rumours are spilling that creator of Supernatural Eric Kripke has warmed up to the idea of expanding the show past its fifth season limit. And funnily enough The CW seem to like the idea too, which considering all the network tends to cater for lately is teenage girls this seems like a good sign for a show that doesn't necessarily involve scandal, sex, money, models and rich girls.

Meanwhile the Wicked Witch of the Networks, CW Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff (yeah her!) said the possibility of a sixth season wouldn't be a bad idea and that the network is "rooting" for the show. "We all hope there's another season for the show," Ostroff says. "Based on the ratings so far and based on the season they've been having, I think there's good reason to have positive hope."

Yeah I'm not buying anything from her either, but if you must hear what she has to say about the show then watch this clip at the recent celebration of Supernatural's 100th episode.

30 Rock's Tina Fey On The Cover Of Vogue

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:46:00 +0000

30 Rock's Tina Fey graces the March issue of Vogue and talks a little about how she sent e-mails to Vogue subscribers, and how her infamous "Mom Jeans" line came to light.

Vogue subscribers recently got a very interesting e-mail from Fey herself exclaiming: "My Vogue Cover". There Fey describes her experience working with Vogue, with of course a little humour added into the mix. Fey mentions "If you've always wondered what it would be like if the talented people of Prada, Gucci, Dolce&Gabanna, and Vogue gave your 40-year-old sister-in-law a makeover, then this is the issue for you".

Fey also compares working with Vogue to once in a life time opportunities such as watching Mount St. Helens volcano erupt or seeing Halley's comet. Meanwhile Tina Fey's famous one liner "Mom Jeans" became an instant classic back on Saturday Night Live, but now Tina is recalling to Vogue how she came up with the idea.

"The idea for Mom Jeans first came up after I had a fire in my apartment and had to buy a pair of emergency jeans for work one day, it was right before the low-rise thing kicked in officially, and I inadvertently bought these jeans, and they had this enormous rise," Fey says. "And I was going around the office complaining about them all night, joking about it, and Maya Rudolph (SNL co-star) and I started singing a little Mom Jeans song. We just goofed around, and I wrote that up very quickly".

Fey also talks about her new interest in fashion, dressing for the red carpet and of course 30 Rock.

The March 2010 issue of Vogue goes on sale Tuesday.

Desperate Housewives Looking For A New 'Edie'.

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:38:00 +0000

If you're like me and desperately missing Nicollette Sheridan's character Edie Britt who was killed off last season on Desperate Housewives, not to worry! The shows producers agree and have gone on to find the new 'Edie' who executive producer Bob Daily describes as "A great person to have on The Lane, the sort of vixen troublemaker. That's a great person to have on a television show." Well I'm pretty sure like many suggested that soon enough the producers will be kicking themselves for killing off her character, but can there ever really be another Edie?

Well Bob Daily doesn't think so adding: "I think Nicollette was so great as that sort of blonde bombshell, I think we'd probably not go in that direction again just because we've had that". The producers have also decided whoever they cast will be playing a recurring role in the next season, but will make an appearance sometime this season and will be stirring up some trouble.

Lets make her Edie's long lost sister because honestly can anyone ever replace the fiery Edie Britt?

Vancouver Opening Ceremony Averages 32.6 Million Viewers!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruwayne Nell) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:47:00 +0000

Its a good day to be NBC. Friday's Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremony averaged a total of 32.6 million viewers and earned a national ratings share of 17.3/30 an increase of 35 percent over Torino in 2006. That should be pretty impressive for a network that estimated they would be losing 250 million because of the Olympics.

And because of those impressive numbers this years Olympics ceremony was the most-watched opening ceremony for a non U.S. Winter Olympics ever. The 32.6 million viewers that watched on NBC helped the network reach 47 percent higher than Torino (who got 22.2 million viewers) and had an overall of 67.5 million viewers. This years opening ceremony also broke another record for the most-watched opening ceremony in 16 years just below the 33.8 million for the tabloid-fueled Lillehammer Games in 1994.

So I'd say that's a pretty good start to the Winter Olympics, did you watch?