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Adam Levine can do no wrong

I bet Adam Levine and his agent are thankful every day for the call that got him the job at “The Voice”. Not only is the show doing amazingly well, but it seems to have revived Levine’s career and also given him quite a boost of creative energy. Levine is currently developing a new drama...
By Angela Share

Queen Latifah to be daytime talk show host next year?

What is it with lesbians hosting talk shows?… Oops, sorry Latifah isn’t a lesbian, she keeps denying it every time it comes up, or at the least body-swerving the question, even when a multitude of rumours just keep growing about her and her live-in fitness trainer girlfriend (girlfriend as in a friend who is female,...
By Angela Share

Jerry O’Connell show bought by CBS

Jerry O’Connell aka Mr Rebecca Romijn has just landed a sweet deal at CBS. He’ll be producing and starring in a show about fatherhood. O’Connell and Romijn have 2-year-old twins and O’Connell thinks the real life comedy of that experience will translate well to TV. Let’s guess, this will be another ‘comedy’ show where grown...
By Angela Share

Mandy Moore for ABC comedy pilot?

Yes please! Mandy Moore has great comedic timing, so hearing she’s signed on to star in a comedy pilot for ABC is good news. Moore will once more be placed in the role of ‘girlfriend / wife’, as she has in many a romantic comedy role. The pilot will focus on a newlywed couple and...
By Angela Share

Coen Brothers producing comedy for Fox

Joel and Ethan Coen are producing a new comedy for fox that will feature a Los Angeles detective investigating celebrity crime. Also involved in the project is Phil Johnson, the man behind “Cedar Rapids” and numerous short films. The Coen Brothers are rather well known with a string of hit films, including “True Grit”, “Burn...
By Angela Share

Spartacus star Andy Whitfield dead at 39

This news saddened me greatly, not because I knew Whitfield, but because I somehow believed that Whitfield, young, strong star of “Spartacus: Blood on Sand” would be okay, he’d pull through. Sadly that wasn’t to be the case, with Whitfield dying in the arms of his wife in Sydney this week. It feels like only...
By Angela Share

Susan Lucci mulling over offer to move with soaps online

  If you’re a fan of “All My Children” you’re going to know Susan Lucci straight away, the woman is a soap legend, being the only original cast member on “All My Children” since it aired back in 1970. Sure a few other people had more episode credits, but Lucci’s character Erica Kane will go...
By Angela Share

Australian star Dichen Lachman headed to Being Human

You have to hand it to Aussie star Dichen Lachman, the girl has done well in the US market. She started out in Aussie soap “Neighbours”, after she left she headed to the US and snagged a role in Joss Whedon series “Dollhouse”, she bounced from that into a few other US gigs including “Hawaii...
By Angela Share

Fox airdates for the rest of 2011

  Fox has finally released their airdates for the remainder of the year. Glad to say there’s a few shows on there I’ve been looking forward to and seeing them dated kind of makes them feel all the closer. Incase you’re wondering I’m talking about “Fringe”, which returns September 23, that can’t come fast enough...
By Angela Share

ABC and CBS screw themselves and non US TV fans with video lockout

I have no fracking idea why networks region lock their YouTube videos. So your shows aren’t released outside of the USA for awhile, watching trailers of them prior to release is only going to spur interest. Seriously ABC and CBS, how can media outlets outside the US cover your shows if we can’t embed /...
By Angela Share

Eurovision it’s entertaining but is it rigged?

So, did you watch Eurovision? Don’t be embarrassed, clearly you weren’t the only one. Eurovision pulled in the highest viewing figures since 1999 in the UK, with around 9.54 million viewers tuning in between 8pm and 12am, peaking at around 12.7 million at 11pm. One of the best parts of Eurovision is it’s cheesy, tongue-in-cheek...

Meredith Vieira confirms she leaves Today in June

The co-anchor of U.S. morning show the “Today” show has confirmed she will be leaving in June to spend more time with her husband and children. Viera stated “This is a difficult day for me, After months of personal reflection and private conversations between my family and friends, I’ve decided to leave Today in June....
By Angela Share

Reality show for Bristol Palin

Yawn.. oh sorry, almost nodded off there as yet another ‘reality star’ is forced upon us, this time in the form of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin. The as yet untitled show will follow Palin as she moves to Los Angeles and begins work for a charity, whilst also looking after son Tripp. Sounds like...
By Angela Share

Paul Reiser’s show canceled, Paul Reiser says meh

  You would think Paul Reiser might be a bit upset his show got canceled after just two episodes, but he doesn’t even seem that bothered, more just kind of bitchy. Resier stuck it to NBC by making numerous quips to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. Did anyone else watch “The Paul Resier Show”...
By Angela Share

Bravo goes pickup crazy with 11 new series

Wow Bravo, don’t hold back there, you just pick up every show you can get your hands on. At an official presentation Bravo announced it had snagged 11 new series, along with 5 returning shows. Needless to say this being Bravo, there’s quite the chunk of reality TV thrown in for good measure. I have...
By Angela Share