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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? Dance to This!

While you’re busy setting your DVR for the new season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (which begins tonight on Fox), you could do worse for background music than BALLROOM REMIXED, a new album of rumbas and sambas and such that’s just been released by sometime SYTYCD choreographer Melanie LaPatin.   “We’re always using [...]

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ICYMI: COMMUNITY’s Abed Cameos on COUGAR TOWN

2 Posted in community, Cougar Town, Stuff That's Awesome!

An Evening Celebrating the Mysteries of FRINGE

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On May 19th, the Paley Center for Media hosted a night to celebrate the end of FRINGE’s spectacular third season. With special guests Anna Torv, John Noble, along with writers/producers Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman and Akiva Goldsman, the evening allowed fans to find out what exactly is going on in the increasingly murky world of [...]

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Morning Static: THE FINDER, OPRAH, MODERN FAMILY & More!

• Locating a new co-star… will be THE FINDER’s first mission. • TV By the Numbers: How every broadcast show ranked this season. • Leaving on Top: Why there will never be another Oprah. • Mark Your Calendars: DAMAGES to premiere on DIrecTV on July 14 at 10PM. • Is Mindy Kaling the next Tina [...]

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Faux Your Emmy® Consideration: TWO AND A HALF MEN

Yesterday, theTVaddict.com kicked off our “Faux Your Emmy® Consideration” series (Also known as our take on how Networks and Studios might wish to consider campaigning for 2011 Emmy® nominations on behalf of their shows and actors) by shining the spotlight on THE MIDDLE star Eden Sher. Today, we continue doling out free advice for Warner [...]

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On TV Tonight: Wednesday May 25, 2011

NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM ABC The Middle The Middle (R) Modern Family Cougar Town Happy Endings CBS The Big Bang Theory (R) The Big Bang Theory (R) Criminal Minds (R) Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior CW America’s Next Top Model (R) America’s Next Top Model (R) FOX American Idol NBC Minute to Win [...]

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Is it Time to Change Actors’ Episode Commitments?

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Deadline reports that Chris Meloni will not be reprising his role as Detective Elliot Stabler on the next season NBC’s long-running procedural, LAW & ORDER:SVU Meloni and his phonically-pleasing co-star Mariska Hargitay — who previously announced that she will be scaling back her presence on the show — have anchored the Dick Wolf series for 12 [...]

5 Posted in Featured, House, The Good Wife

TV Ratings: Tuesday May 24, 2011 (America Votes for DANCING Over THE VOICE)

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC American Idol 18.51 5.6/18 CBS NCIS (R) 9.94 1.7/5

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Start Spreading the News: It’s Time for GLEE to Hire an Actual Writing Staff

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On last night’s season finale of GLEE, the gang from New Directions took Manhattan. Unfortunately, they left logic and reason back in Lima Ohio. Note to writers Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy (pictured above): When it comes to your hit Fox show, we’re willing to forgive an awful lot. So if we’re expected [...]

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Morning Static: LOUIE, GLEE, TRUE BLOOD & More!

• Trailer Park: LOUIE Season 2 • TV By the Numbers: Fox wins broadcast season, CBS tops in viewers. • Change We Can Believe In: GLEE’s Jane Lynch in talks with TV Academy about hosting the Emmys. • Sink Your Teeth Into this… TRUE BLOOD Teaser Poster. • From the man that brought you SURVIVOR, [...]

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