This just in: The massively overhyped television event that was last night’s Betty White hosted instalment of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE actually bucked the trend and… wait for it… lived up to the hype! Which is why, rather than nitpick about the little things — like the show’s astoundingly unimaginative writing that relied far too heavily [...]

Source: MediaWeek, Viewers: in millions Time Network Show Viewers 18-49 8PM CBS Ghost Whisperer 6.51 1.6/6 ABC Wife Swap 4.50 1.4/5 NBC Friday Night Lights 3.90 1.2/5 FOX House (R) 3.10 1.1/4 CW Smallville 1.92 0.8/3 9PM CBS Medium 7.14 1.8/6 ABC Primetime: What Would You Do? 5.98 1.9/6 NBC Dateline 4.32 0.9/3 FOX Kitchen [...]

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Are you a writer or producer on pins and needles because your pilot was not one of the four lucky ones already given the green light by NBC? Well, depending on how things turn out in the next minute or so, we’ve got some news you may find very, very interesting.

With the May UpFronts just around the corner, NBC continues to get a leg up on the competition by awarding early season pick-ups to new series. Official descriptions, photos and obligatory snap judgments of which can be found after the jump.

Does anybody do cliffhangers better than THE VAMPIRE DIARIES? Last night’s final-moment revelation that Bonnie hadn’t actually used her powers to neutralize the vampire-destroying weapon so desperately sought by Isobel and company was a jaw-dropper. And how great is the casting department of this show (as well as fellow-CWer SUPERNATURAL, but more on that in [...]

This week, fans of THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS watched — and some cheered! — as duplicitous doppelganger Sarah (aka Lipstick Lauren) finally bit the dust. But there’s still a double stirring up trouble in Genoa City thanks to Patty, who has pulled the rare double-switch and seems poised to get away with it! “A [...]