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Ryan Seacrest Returns as Host of ‘American Idol’ For $30 Million

Written on April 23, 2012 – 7:42 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Ryan Seacrest is returning to American Idol for at least another two years. The host of the #1 show on television will take in a cool $15 million per season. Here’s the release. Seacrest IN! Emmy® Award-nominated Ryan Seacrest will continue as host of American Idol, broadcast television’s No. 1 show. Seacrest has served as [...]

Kentucky Wildcats Win 8th NCAA Championship with a 5% Bump in Viewership

Written on April 3, 2012 – 6:48 pm | by Seth Quillen |

RATING FOR “KENTUCKY’S CORONATION” IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON CBS DELIVERS 5% INCREASE FROM 2011 CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship on Monday, April 2 earned an average fast national household rating/share of 12.3/19, up 5% from last year’s 11.7/18 (Connecticut-Butler). This year’s 12.3/19 [...]

Charlie Sheen’s Character is Returning to ‘Two and a Half Men’

Written on March 20, 2012 – 1:29 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Just a quickie note to those of you who have been on “Charlie Sheen Watch” over the past year. His character, Charlie Harper, is returning to ABC’s still most popular comedy, Two and Half Men. But Sheen himself will not be returning to the show. His character will return in a dream to Jon Cryer in [...]

Catherine Tate Returns to the Scranton Branch on ‘The Office’

Written on March 14, 2012 – 2:36 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Last week on The Office Robert California shot down Dwight Schrute’s (Rainn Wilson) best chance to finally get promoted and out Scranton by scapping the Sabre Store project. It was good for us to see Dwight return but unfortunately Todd Packer got the ax in the process. Luckily though Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) is also looking for a [...]

March Madness Schedule NCAA Final Four Men’s Tournament

Written on March 12, 2012 – 1:45 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here’s the schedule for TV coverage of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament. But you really only need to know that the Kentucky Wildcats play at 6:50 p.m. ET Thursday night on TBS. And we get college basketball commentator legends Bill Raftery and Verne Lundquist to call the game. If for some reason [...]

Super Bowl Commercials 2012

Written on February 5, 2012 – 3:34 pm | by Seth Quillen |

The Super Bowl has finally arrived and it’s time to celebrate with some of the best commercials of Super Bowl 2012 or Super Bowl 46 if you’re counting. BTW, if you pay real close attention between commercials, you’ll notice that there is a game called football going on as well. The game uses an odd [...]

The Office Spinoff: Dwight Schrute Beet Farms B&B

Written on February 2, 2012 – 6:44 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Looks like NBC’s The Office is falling apart. Last year Steve Carell left the show and now with the increased movie roles of Ed Helms, John Krasinski and producer/actor Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor), it seems like it’s all unraveling. The Office did a lot of meddling this year to fill the void left by Carell, [...]

‘Star Wars’ Super Bowl Commercial ‘The Dog Strikes Back’

Written on February 1, 2012 – 4:27 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Volkswagen has released a sequel of sorts to last years Star Wars ad that featured a youngster learning the ways of the force. The new ad features and overweight dog exercising so it can escape the confines of it’s home through a doggie door. The minute-long spot is titled The Dog Strikes Back and just [...]

Jerry Seinfeld Super Bowl Ad for Acura

Written on January 30, 2012 – 7:41 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Seinfeld takes his stab at a Super Bowl commercial. My favorite part is the quick visit from The Soup Nazi. I love Seinfeld, I may be the biggest fan out there and the ad is good but it didn’t quite hit the height that it could have been. However, I do love the Newman style [...]

Ferris Bueller’s Super Bowl Commercial: Matthew’s Day Off

Written on January 30, 2012 – 7:08 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Matthew Broderick reprises his Ferris Bueller’s Day Off role for Honda in the Matthew’s Day Off Super Bowl commercial. There’s some serious 80s nostalgia going on here. It’s pretty much a greatest hits of the John Hughes 1986 classic film and I like it! From Honda: To celebrate the launch of the all-new 2012 CR-V, Honda [...]

SAG 2012 Award Winners

Written on January 29, 2012 – 10:12 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here are the winners of the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role Nick Nolte, Warrior Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Armie Hammer, J. Edgar Jonah Hill, Moneyball Christopher Plummer, Beginners – WINNER Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role Octavia Spencer, [...]

Trailer: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2

Written on January 29, 2012 – 9:55 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here is the first official trailer from HBO for Game of Thrones Season 2. As a reminder the fantasy television show is based on the book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin. The second season of thrones looks just a unruly as the first. Related Stories:New HBO Preview ‘Game Of [...]

IMDb Top 10 Stars of the Last 10 Years

Written on January 25, 2012 – 8:30 pm | by Seth Quillen |

IMDb, The Earth’s Biggest Movie Database, has released the site’s top 10 most-viewed actors, movies and TV shows during the past decade as part of a 10th anniversary celebration of its industry database IMBb Pro. No real surprises here (except for Donnie Darko) but it’s pretty cool to see exactly what people have been looking [...]

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‘Star Wars’ Barking Dogs For Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad

Written on January 23, 2012 – 6:38 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Apparently Volkswagen believes in the theory of not messing with a good thing. Last year the car company hit paydirt with their Super Bowl Star Wars commercial “The Force” which as of now has more than 48 million views on YouTube. This year VW is back with another Star Wars themed ad. This time to [...]

Puppy Bowl 2012 Starting Line Up Announced

Written on January 23, 2012 – 6:16 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Super Bowl 2012 Commercials The New York Giants will battle it out against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. The 46th Super Bowl will take place on February 5th, 2012. Kickoff time is scheduled for 6:30 pm EST. But who cares, right? I know what you guys want to know about is who’s [...]