Zipping Lip at Press Tour
TV writers got used to packed, newsy press tours last winter, when the Leno/Conan thing and Simon Cowell quitting “Idol” both happened on the same week. It looked like it…
Back to 'Big Brother' House
For all its fanciful interior décor, the Big Brother house looks like a terrible place to be locked in for two and half months. The entrance to Studio 18 on…
A Couple of ‘Friends’ Return
Six years after the iconic sitcom went off the air, two members of “Friends” return in different midseason sitcoms, bolstered perhaps by the success of a third former castmate. Matthew…
M.G. + McG 4 The CW
MQ meets McG for the new action series for The CW next month, “Nikita” It’s Maggie Q, the action star from Hong Kong who stars. McG, of “Charlie’s Angels” and…
A View for Mommies
Former sitcom star and Yale grad Sara Gilbert thought up the idea of her new daytime talk show one day while sitting in the bathtub. “I was a new mom when…
Caught in the Salahi Wine Storm
There had been talk at the TV Critics Association tour this season about gate crashers, with tourists sneaking into the ballroom where press conferences are going on, or people breaking…
Jesse Metcalfe Keeps Shirt On for New Role
Jesse Metcalfe has left the lawnmowers behind, put on a shirt and has become a part of the Jerry Bruckheimer produced action series “Chase,” premiering this fall on NBC. The…
Wyle E. Coyote Returns in 3D
Meep meep. Making a quiet debut into theaters this weekend for the first time in decades is a short starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, continuing the endless, wordless…
'30 Rock' Live Episode is NBC's Idea
Broadcast TV goes back to the day of live TV when “30 Rock” takes a stab at an episode live from studio 8H on Oct. 14. The cast will actually…
Rebooted 'Hawaii Five-0' Keeps Theme
They’re calling the remake of “Hawaii Five-0” this fall more of a reboot. “It’s not a remake. We’re not kind of picking up where they left off,” says Alex O’Loughlin, who plays…