week of February 6, 2011
Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011
- Ronald Reagan's legacy, myths, and wife Nancy Regan explored in three TV docs
Today is the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, and whether you think he's the second coming of Christ or the devil's spawn, he's certainly... - Church Lady returns to SNL with reality stars, Justin Bieber, but nostalgia isn't kind
Dana Carvey hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and his return included appearances by his characters from the Church Chat and Wayne's World sketches, and... - X Factor's great Super Bowl ads: Simon Cowell reassembled, pop stars have "it" (video)
Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell has been absent from TV for less than a year, but in this Super Bowl ad that aired during...
Monday, Feb. 7, 2011
- $5 million contract for X Factor called "largest guaranteed prize in television history"
Fox's fall singing competition The X Factor will award its winner a $5 million record deal with Simon Cowell and Sony Music's Syco, a prize... - Simon Cowell will judge X Factor, but other judges haven't been selected, he says
Simon Cowell confirmed that he will be one of the judges on Fox's US version of The X Factor, but said that the other judges... - Jillian Michaels calls her GoDaddy ad "tragic"; Joan Rivers says it's her body
Departing The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels appeared in ads for GoDaddy that aired during the Super Bowl last night, as did Celebrity Apprentice winner...
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011
- Top Shot returns tonight: give it a shot
The History Channel's first competition reality series, Top Shot, returns for its second season tonight at 10 p.m. ET, and if you didn't get aboard... - American Idol's top 40 spoiled, top 20 may be revealed live
If you want to add an extra layer of excitement to watching American Idol 10, or just know when you should care about someone, the...
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
- Fake Seacrest, coded golden tickets, and other American Idol audition secrets
Late last July, a woman identified only as "Maria Saint" auditioned for American Idol 10 in New Orleans, and she has blogged the experience. It's... - CMT will air what the world really needs: a new singing competition from Nigel Lythgoe
This April, American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance executive producer Nigel Lythgoe will debut a surprisingly original new show on CMT: CMT's... - Brad Womack's dad "shocked" by comments; Brad's ex says he proposed last summer
The Bachelor star Brad Womack's ex-girlfriend is getting herself some attention by telling a tabloid that Brad proposed to her before filming his second season... - American Idol targets the third-grade audience with tonight's cold open (video)
American Idol's cold open tonight is very somber, at least until it takes a right turn into humor that will immediately win over the nation's...
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
- On the anniversary of Phil Harris death, Jake, Josh Harris on board the Cornelia Marie
One year ago late last night, Discovery Channel released a statement announcing that Deadliest Catch captain Phil Harris had died. Now, the show's remaining captains--who... - American Idol 10th anniversary hits CD: all winners, plus Aiken, Daughtry, Lambert
For American Idol's 10th-season anniversary, the show is releasing a compilation of hits. American Idol 10th Anniversary: The Hits Volume 1's title suggests there will... - Live to Dance dies off with dismal ratings as kids ages 10 and 11 win $500,000
Paula Abdul's CBS reality competition Live to Dance aired its season--and, let's hope, series--finale last night, and the ratings were dismal: Just 4.81 million viewers... - Sprint sponsoring Survivor debut, ad breaks will include Survivor contestant profiles
Survivor Redemption Island's debut episode next week will only have one sponsor, Sprint, a first for the series that will allow the show to have... - Video of Rob and Russell learning they're facing off: friendly hug, handshake, boredom
CBS has played up Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano's return to Survivor, and in a preview, Probst calls it "the biggest Survivor showdown yet" and... - Mark Burnett denies knowing about spoiler lawsuit, even though his company filed it
On a conference call with reporters today, Survivor creator Mark Burnett was asked about my Daily Beast story outing Russell Hantz as the person who...
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011
- Fabio discusses his booger in a hilarious blog post, video; get beef tongue song as a ringtone
If you thought it was hilarious watching Top Chef All-Stars contestant Fabio Viviani pronounce "burger" last night ("booger," he said sometimes; "boo-grr" and "bour-ger" other... - Justin Bieber's Never Say Never produced by reality TV gurus Magical Elves
Today, a documentary film is being released that will probably be more popular than any other nonfiction film this year, thanks to the legions of...
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