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Derek Hough wants to expand career beyond ‘Stars’

 May 26, 2013; Updated: 12:13 pm

Derek Hough claimed another victory in the 16th edition finale of "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday, but he almost didn't return to the ABC show this season.
"I was gonna sit this season out," Hough...

Jersey shore reopens for first post-Sandy summer

 May 25, 2013; Updated: 5:34 pm

New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer...

Robert Taylor: arresting as TV lawman ‘Longmire’

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 4:22 pm

You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer.
"I've been working pretty solidly for a long time," says...

Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 4:07 pm

This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.

The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?"...

DVD tip: "History of the Eagles"

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 2:11 pm

You may not like the Eagles - I'm not a particularly big fan - but they DO have an appeal based on A) every song they ever wrote was a hit and B) Glenn Frey and Don Henley are two exceptionally charismatic dudes who haven't always gotten...

At last: ‘Arrested’ is reborn Monday on Netflix

 May 22, 2013; Updated: 4:37 pm

Portia de Rossi only believed it was happening when her agent got the good news from the producers. Michael Cera only believed it was happening when the cameras rolled.
It happened all right. After...

With viewers defecting, major networks enlist star power

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 6:35 pm

If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars.
Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York last...

HBO looks ‘Beyond the Candlelabra’

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 3:57 pm

When the news broke in 1987 that Liberace, the famously flamboyant pianist, was dead at age 67 with what his manager had claimed was anemia brought on by a watermelon diet but was, in fact, AIDS, it made front-page headlines around the...

How ABC's 'Scandal' became must-tweet TV

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 12:25 am

"Scandal" revolves around a beautiful, law-breaking Washington power-fixer with killer instincts and a matching wardrobe. She's madly in love with the very flawed president of the United States, who, among other things, recently murdered...

Essman, of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ is actually charming

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 5:34 pm

It's a shock at first. Then a definite relief: Susie Essman is no dragon lady.
The "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star who plays one of the most foulmouthed, sarcastic borderline personalities on TV isn't one...

CBS adding Robin Williams comedy

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

CBS on Wednesday revealed a few nips and tucks it is planning next season for what is already network television's most successful schedule, including a comedy with Robin Williams playing an unorthodox advertising executive with Sarah Michelle...

AMC’s ‘The Killing’: back to life for season 3

 May 12, 2013; Updated: 2:28 pm

Against all odds, "The Killing" lives.
This AMC whodunit, which solved a tangled murder case - Who killed Rosie Larsen? - during two often gripping, sometimes exasperating seasons, then was canceled...

Randy Jackson out at ‘American Idol’

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 4:57 pm

Randy Jackson, the only judge who has been on "American Idol" since the beginning, is leaving the show.
In a statement to the press, Jackson confirmed that, "After 12 years of judging on 'American...

Foxwoods picks up ‘Apprentices’

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 4:56 pm

You know a place has become a pop-culture touchstone when it becomes the focus of a reality-show challenge.
In the most recent episode of "Celebrity Apprentice," which aired Sunday, the competition...

Washington shocked by ‘Scandal’ finale

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 4:39 pm

She wouldn't even serve up a little taste.
When asked for details about next week's "Scandal" finale on ABC, the best that series star Kerry Washington would do was lift the cover off the pot, then...

Guest’s sitcom targets oddball British humor

 May 9, 2013; Updated: 4:46 pm

Ever think that "Waiting for Guffman" or "Best in Show" could be a weekly TV series? If so, you almost get your wish with "Family Tree," a new half-hour sitcom created by Christopher Guest and Jim Piddock for HBO.

Just as Guest's films...

NPR host Sagal hits the road in ‘Constitution USA’

 May 9, 2013; Updated: 4:46 pm

Listeners to public radio's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" have the chance to connect host Peter Sagal's voice to his face - and brush up on the U.S. Constitution.

For a monthlong PBS series, Sagal traveled cross-country to illuminate the...

Meet the last women standing on ‘American Idol’

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 4:08 pm

It hasn't been an easy road for the three final "American Idol" contestants.

Candice Glover was twice rejected by the show before making it to the final three. Kree Harrison chased her dream for so long in Nashville, she thought it might be...

Upfront week marks unveiling of TV’s new fall crop

 May 6, 2013; Updated: 6:37 pm

Right now the broadcast networks are feverishly fashioning their fall prime-time schedules. Some 104 pilots are being screened by execs and test audiences, with just one-third expected to pass muster and become series for the 2013-14...

‘Game of Thrones’ actor Rory McCann considers his role

 May 5, 2013; Updated: 3:38 pm

The Hound is alive and well in the North. At least for now.
Rory McCann, known to fans of HBO's "Game of Thrones" as Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, strolls into the parking lot of a popular climbers'...

Gordie Howe movie focuses on 1st season with sons

 May 4, 2013; Updated: 5:39 pm

A fascinating part of Gordie Howe's life has been turned into a TV movie.
"Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story" premieres tonight in the U.S. on the Hallmark Channel.

Remini back in sitcom business with ‘Family Tools’

 May 3, 2013; Updated: 6:02 pm

Leah Remini had good reason to join the new ABC sitcom "Family Tools."
The former "The King of Queens" star has a development deal with the network, and ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee asked...

‘The Young and the Restless’ top Emmy nods

 May 2, 2013; Updated: 4:33 pm

CBS' soap "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 23 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including three of the four competitors for best actor, while ABC rival "General Hospital" had 19 nominations.

The 40th annual Daytime Emmy...

Helms series coming to Yahoo

 May 1, 2013; Updated: 5:23 pm

Yahoo's latest slate of original programming is led by Ed Helms as a 4-inch-tall crime fighter.
"Tiny Commando," created by the "The Office" star, was unveiled Monday night in a presentation by Yahoo...

‘House of Cards,’ Frank Ocean top Webby Awards

 May 1, 2013; Updated: 5:23 pm

Netflix's groundbreaking "House of Cards" may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby.
The Webby Awards are honoring "House of Cards" producers Kevin...

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