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‘Cougar Town’ Returns in the wake of cancelled ‘Work It’

Written on January 17, 2012 – 5:36 pm | by Seth Quillen |

The long time absent, Cougar Town is finally set to return to your TVs this Valentines day. According to TVLine, C-Town will take the slot recently vacated by the cross-dressing debacle known as Work It. The ABC comedy Work It only aired two episodes before it got the ax. Ouch! But back to the Cougars, [...]

2012 Golden Globe Winners

Written on January 15, 2012 – 12:01 am | by Seth Quillen |

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards are tonight and nobady thought the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would invite Ricky Gervais for a third outing, but they did. Gervais roasts Hollywood stars better and smarter than anyone currently performing and we love hime for it. Honestly, I’m more excited about Gervais than who actually wins the [...]

New Preview For ‘An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List’

Written on January 14, 2012 – 11:26 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Here’s a new clips of upcoming second season of An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List. The series follows Ricky Gervais’ friend Karl Pilkington  around the world doing ridiculous and dangerous tasks for Gervais’ entertainment. This is one of the best travelogues on television. I put it right up there with Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and the Layover, [...]

Dog Awards To Honor Top Canine Actors in Film and TV

Written on January 13, 2012 – 9:15 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Dog News Daily, the pet industry’s leading digital media and marketing company, just announced the 1st Annual Golden Collar Awards for Best Achievement in Acting by Dogs in Film during 2011. Well known dog-loving, entertainment industry judges include Linda Bell Blue, Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight, Claudia Puig, Film Critic, USA TODAY, and Neil Stiles, [...]

People’s Choice Awards: The Winners

Written on January 11, 2012 – 11:45 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Kaley Cuoco hosted the the 38th annual People’s Choice Awards tonight on CBS. A lot of awards were acceptance speeches were given in the pretty boring show. Bring on the Golden Globes!! Bring on Ricky Gervais!!! Katy Perry was the big winner of the night, picking up five out of the six awards she was [...]

Paul Rudd To Play Leslie Knope’s Nemesis on ‘Parks and Rec’

Written on January 9, 2012 – 4:42 pm | by Seth Quillen |

After months of speculation, it’s finally been revealed that Paul Rudd will play Leslie Knope’s polical nemesis on Parks and Recreation. The I Love You, Man star will play campaign rival to Amy Poehler’s Knope character. Vulture is reporting that, “Nobody from the show or NBC would confirm the casting, but our industry sources say Rudd [...]

New Celebs Announced For ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ 2012

Written on January 5, 2012 – 6:21 pm | by Seth Quillen |

From the biggest press release in the history of the known universe, Donald Trump announced the new contestants in this season of Celebrity Apprentice. They got a pretty good set of celebs this season, well at least you might recognize some of them. The men are: late-night legend Arsenio Hall, pop star Clay Aiken, radio [...]

New Spot For ‘Life’s Too Short’ From Gervais, Merchant and Davis

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

Here’s a new spot from HBO for their upcoming series Life’s Too Short. The comedy reunites Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis in a series similar to Extras where all the stars play distorted versions of themselves. Gervais is the mastermind behind such great comedy fair as the original and British version of The [...]

Super Bowl To Be Streamed Live for the First Time

Written on December 26, 2011 – 9:05 pm | by Seth Quillen |

For the first time, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl and NBC’s Wild Card Saturday doubleheader will be available to fans on television, online and on select mobile phones, the NFL announced today. NBC’s postseason games will be broadcast on NBC as well as streamed live on NFL.com and NBCSports.com, and will be available on NFL Mobile [...]

SAG Awards Nominations 2012

Written on December 14, 2011 – 12:41 pm | by Seth Quillen |

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 14, 2011)—Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2011 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater [...]

Glenn Beck’s GBTV Launches Reality Show ‘Independence U.S.A.’

Written on December 13, 2011 – 3:27 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Glenn Beck, Radio Show Host and former television star is jumping into the Reality Show business. Beck, the conservative and constant self-promoter is launching his first reality show to his online only network GBTV this January. The new show titled Independence U.S.A., follows Frank Belcastro and his family as they try and become completely independent and [...]

‘Glee’ to Celebrate Michael Jackson in Tribute Episode

Written on December 7, 2011 – 9:06 pm | by Seth Quillen |

For all you Gleeks out there that didn’t get enough Michael Jackson from the Thriller mash-up in last year’s Glee special that aired after the Super Bowl, you’re in luck. Michael Jackson is getting the full Glee makeover in an upcoming episode. Glee has a history of themed episodes, they’ve already featured episodes full of songs [...]

Madonna To Perform at Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012

Written on December 5, 2011 – 11:50 am | by Seth Quillen |

The NFL and NBC have confirmed that Madonna will be performing in this years Super Bowl Halftime Show. Looks like the NFL is getting there confidence back. This is the most controversial star to grace the show since Janet Jackson’s infamous Wardrobe Malfunction. I really hope Madonna doesn’t do anything too crazy or we’re be [...]

Adweek Top 10 Best Commercials of 2011

Written on November 29, 2011 – 6:55 pm | by Seth Quillen |

Adweek has just released it’s annual list of the best commercials for 2011. They combed through the Super Bowl XLV and beyond to find The 10 Best Commercials of 2011. Business’ among the best of the year are car companies Chrysler, Volkswagen and Nissan, Snickers, British dairy company Cravendale and Google Chrome. There’s a lot of [...]

Get Ready For A Political “Jersey Shore”

Written on November 20, 2011 – 11:31 pm | by Seth Quillen |

The man responsible for the Jersey Shore cast is looking for people between the ages of 21 to 35 to get together and fight about politics. A notification for the casting listed on partypoliticscasting.com reads, Doron Ofir Casting in association with a major cable network is looking for the political activists with the personalities that [...]