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Check Out Highlights From Puppy Bowl IX

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:18:12 +0000

In case you forgot, a little something called the Super Bowl went down yesterday. Alicia Keys rocked the National Anthem, Beyonce was as fierce as they come and the commercials were awesome. There's also one very underrated part of Super Bowl Sunday that often goes unnoticed-- the Puppy Bowl!

Wisconsin TV Anchor Stands Up To Bullying Viewer On Camera

Steve Tanko — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:28:42 +0000

Bullying is a serious problem that too often gets overlooked. Faced with a hurtful email from a viewer, Jennifer Livingston – a LaCrosse, Wisconsin television news anchor – responded to her bully on live television – and helps open the dialogue about this type of harassment. The email writer suggested that the news anchor wasn’t [...]

'Fame' Returning to TV, Here Come the 'Glee' Comparisons

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:14:19 +0000

From just about the minute people heard that NBC was developing an adult musical series about Broadway show-business, ‘Glee‘ comparisons and contrasts flew left and right. Now that ‘Smash‘ has come and establish itself as a separate entity, will ‘Fame‘ face the same stigma upon returning to TV? Will ‘Fame’ face greater scrutiny now that ‘Glee’ is headed to New York, or will people remember which came first? Who’s behind the new series?

Survey Ranks Most Memorable Television Moments Over The Last 50 Years; September 11th Attack On Top

Steve Tanko — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:55:50 +0000

Where were you when news hit that Richard Nixon has resigned? Or – when man landed on the Moon? O.J. Simpson? Who shot J.R.? A new survey commissioned by Sony Entertainment and Nielsen asked people about their most-memorable television moments over the last 50 years. On top: the events of September 11th, 2001. THE LIST [...]

Journey to Join Forces with Rascal Flatts on CMT Awards

Ken Kelley — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:46:22 +0000

In their continuing tradition of getting classic rock bands together on stage with country music acts, the latest addition to Country Music Televion’s rock-country mash-up is Rascal Flatts teaming up with ‘Don’t Stop Believin” hit-makers Journey. At rehearsals for the performance yesterday, Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus couldn’t hide his jubilation at the prospect of [...]

Paul McCartney Guests on Live '30 Rock' Episode

Matthew Wilkening — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:00:55 +0000

Paul McCartney stunned the studio audience — and by the looks of it, possibly actor Alec Baldwin — by making a surprise walk-on appearance during a live episode of NBC’s ’30 Rock.’ It all went down just as the episode’s premise was being established, with Baldwin’s television executive Jack Donaghy telling Tina Fey’s show producer [...]

10 Signs You're Hooked on 'Mad Men'

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:06:36 +0000

The TV powerhouse that is AMC’s ‘Mad Men’ has just entered its fifth season. It’s entertaining, smart, honest and completely unafraid to smash social boundaries. Does that sound like a show that would last more than five minutes on network television? Of course, just like any critically acclaimed TV show, the audience has more than [...]

David Letterman Set to Break Late Night TV Record

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:00:42 +0000

CBS’s late night schedule is set for the next couple years. On Monday the network announced that ‘The Late Show’ host David Letterman and ‘The Late, Late Show’ headman Craig Ferguson have both had their contracts renewed through 2014.

When he completes his new contract, Letterman will have been a late night talk show host for 32 years, which would break the record previously held by former ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson.

Ozzy Osbourne And Family Returning To Television In Animated Series

Dave Lifton — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:51:49 +0000

It’s been a few years since the Osbourne family were a regular presence on America’s television screens, and even longer since we were even remotely interested in anything they had to say. But that hasn’t stopped Sharon Osbourne from continuing her efforts to ~~tarnish her husband’s musical legacy~~ stay famous. Toronto’s Cuppa Coffee Studios is producing ‘The F’n Osbournes,’ a 20-episode stop-motion animated series starring the family, C21 Media is reporting.

Guitar Owned By Les Paul Purchased By 'Pawn Stars' For $90,000

Dave Lifton — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:37:00 +0000

A guitar that once belonged to legendary guitarist Les Paul was recently purchased for $90,000 by Rick and Corey Harrison, the proprieters of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas featured on the popular television show ‘Pawn Stars.’ The white 1961 Gibson Les Paul was brought into the the shop by [...]

Robert Hegyes, Played Epstein on 'Kotter,' Dies

Chris Allen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:21:14 +0000

Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. He was 60.

The Flynn & Son Funeral Home in Fords, N.J., said it was informed of Hegyes' death Thursday by the actor's family.

A spokesman at JFK Medical Cente

Chelsea Clinton Will Invade Your TV for NBC News

Bob Sassone — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:42:15 +0000

There have been lots of changes in the life of Chelsea Clinton. On top of getting married last year, she now has a new job — TV reporter. Bill Carter at The New York Times reports that the former First Daughter has joined NBC News. She will report for two shows, ‘The NBC Nightly News’ [...]

Piers Morgan Leaving 'America's Got Talent'

Shauna Wright — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:39:56 +0000

Piers Morgan, the tart-tongued British judge on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ has announced he’s leaving the television competition to focus more on his eponymous nightly talk show.

On Wednesday, he told his 1.5 million Twitter followers, “I’m leaving America’s Got Talent after 6 wonderful years. Turned out that juggling’s harder than it looks, so I’m going to focus on CNN.”

10 Crime Shows From the '80s That Need a Reboot

Jeff Giles — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:57:42 +0000

Love 'em or hate 'em, reboots are all the rage in Hollywood — both on the big screen, where you can't go a week without a new version of 'Footloose,' 'The Three Musketeers,' and 'The Thing,' and on the TV, where '90210' is back and 'Charlie's Angels' briefly took flight again this fall.

Recognizing a trend when they see it, the folks at NBC have decided to reboot the cult 1987-90 CBS hit 'Wiseguy,' which starred Ken Wahl as a tough-as-nails undercover cop who infiltrated the Mob. (Kevin Spacey gave a memorable performance as a creepy, drug-addicted gangster.)

'60 Minutes' Stalwart Andy Rooney Dies at Age 92 [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:20:08 +0000

For 33 years, the CBS Sunday night newsmagazine ’60 Minutes’ ended with Andy Rooney providing his wry and sometimes cantankerous observations on topics ranging from religion to his messy office.

And now, just a month after retiring from the show, Rooney has died at the age of 92 after failing to recover from “serious complications” following minor surgery two weeks ago.

TV Host Giggles Uncontrollably at Name of German Skier Fanny Chmelar [VIDEO]

Paul Ciampanelli — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:53:02 +0000

British game show host Bradley Walsh couldn’t contain the laughter brought on by the funny-sounding name of German skier Fanny Chmelar. Walsh gets an A for effort, but once that giggle fit takes hold, there’s no stopping it. It’s worth noting that the slang term “fanny” means something way different in the UK than in [...]

Kids Learn To Swear From Television

Steve Tanko — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:43:53 +0000

So, researchers have linked the rise in acceptable profanity on television to the increased use of these words by kids. Do you think? Children are very impressionable. They watch, listen, and soak up everything that they’re exposed to. Sometimes I am appalled at what I witness parents in public do in front of their kids; [...]

Conan O'Brien Reveals the World's Actual Longest Cat [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:06:30 +0000

Recently we uncovered video footage of what the Guinness Book of World Records says is the longest cat in the world. She’s 48 and a half inches long and belongs to a couple in the US.

But last night on ’Conan,’ Conan O’Brien disputed the couples’s claim and showed viewers the actual longest cat in the world.

Celebrity Chef's Are On The Rise

Steve Tanko — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:07:25 +0000

Perhaps it’s because the stars who frequent Hollywood, the pop charts, and the gridiron these days are the moral equivalent of a garbage dumpster. Or, maybe it’s the rise and popularity of food TV and cookbooks. One thing is for sure – as a society – we have elevated the people who have made celebrity [...]

'The Office' Invaded by Characters From Other TV Shows in Emmys Sketch [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:15:30 +0000

In a spoof of ‘The Office‘ that aired during the Emmy Awards, characters from other popular shows made their way to Dunder-Mifflin’s confessional room and told the camera what it is about their TV workplace that gets them down. Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan character complained that the elevators over at ’30 Rock’ freak him out, while Mariska [...]