The stars of TV tonight include Miley Cyrus, Kyle Chandler, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and Matt Damon. I wish they were a humanoid superhero quartet too, but alas and alack, they're each making appearances on different channels. Had you real riled for a moment, I know. Sorry. Anyway: MILEYYYY.
More bad news from the higher-ups running Jersey Shore: They're deep-sixing references to Italian-Americans in the upcoming second season. Jesus, when will the horrible cutbacks end? With all these alleged changes ruining our GTL buzz (though I'm more of a BPB man myself), we're left to wonder how Jersey Shore can even survive without the homeland pride that fuels most of its fist-pump medleys. Squint through your fingers and consider five Italian staples we may have to do without in the coming season.
The curtains on Bravo's third season of the Real Housewives of New York City finally closed last night after the final and most dramatic reunion installment. LuAnn implied that her ex-husband is anti-Semitic, Alex and Jill argued about the definition of "spread eagle" and for the first time ever, Andy Cohen was lost for words. Click through for the truest and falsest moments of the night.
The adorable Alexie Agdeppa was sent home on So You Think You Can Dance last night, and I didn't buy judge Mia Michaels's explanation that Alexie's hard work "didn't show" during her performance. No way. Her performance was fine -- if uneventful -- but I think the whimsical trills of Jason Mraz blew it for her. When you hear his faux-reggae styling, do you want to dance the dance of a lifetime? No. You want to stay in Aeropostale a little longer and pick out another $7.99 pair of cargo shorts. It's mall music, ladies! That's just the truth.
Whatever the reason, Alexie is gone -- and we have video of her ill-fated dance and Mia Michaels's comments after the jump.
You know that feeling of mild embarrassment you sometimes get while watching the more outlandish moments of True Blood? Well, that's nothing compared to Snoop Dogg's new music video "Oh Sookie," a tribute to the show that is vaguely mortifying and yet totally watchable. Here are the 7 best lines (and there were a lot to choose from).
True Blood star Stephen Moyer recently provided Playboy with a graphic description of fanged fornication. "Unlike werewolves, who are very hot, vampires are steely cold, so sex with the undead isn't going to get hot and crispy. There's no heartbeat, no adrenaline rush as you get close to the moment. But in terms of speed and timing, you may be able to have sex that lasts for days. Vampire sex is muscular and physical, so it could be tiring for a human guy to have sex with a female vampire." We'll take your word for it. [Playboy]
The theme of last night's afterhours programming was unexpected common ground. On the Late Show, Miley Cyrus and David Letterman bonded over their experiences with teenage fame. On Late Night, Jimmy Fallon secured his relationship with Bethenny Frankel over margaritas and their similar opinions of Real Housewives of New York City cast mate Jill Zarin. And finally on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Party Down star Lizzy Caplan bonded with her studio audience members who had clearly never seen her show. Click through for those heartwarming segments, as well as the other highlights you missed last night while trying to make sense of Jeremy London's bizarre kidnapping story.
· As if Donald Trump did not have enough television projects lined up already, the entrepreneur is pitching a new series to various networks. According to Vulture, Keep It In the Family -- which is based on a BBC2 show -- would feature matriarchs and patriarchs as they try to convince their independent-thinking offspring to take over the family business. It is still uncertain whether Trump will appear on the show or just executive produce. He is also busy with Celebrity Apprentice, The Apprentice, a dating show for Omarosa (Ultimate Merger) and The Fabulous World of Golf for the Golf Channel. [Vulture]
Jimmy Fallon devotes a week to rotting your brain, a Roberts returns to daytime, and more TV Bites after the jump.
Finally, newlywed Rush Limbaugh is ready to move forward with his sports career. The Golf Channel has enlisted the conservative commentator to star in the network's third season of The Haney Project; he'll be the "Project" part of the title, as coach Hank Haney spends an entire season improving Limabugh's golf game. If you recall, Limbaugh's last foray into the sports world did not end well: he resigned from ESPN in 2003 shortly after he was accused of making racist comments while working as a professional football commentator. [THR]
The video-on-demand splash of the week and weekend, just when you'd thought everyone forgot all about noir-novel master Jim Thompson: The remake of The Killer Inside Me is in theaters and on demand starting tomorrow. But Jane Campion, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson and a few others might argue their own VOD cases as well...
In tonight's third and concluding part of the Real Housewives of NYC reunion, we have just one question left: How many more ways can Ramona be inarticulately outraged? So far she's stammered, opened her eyes widely, stared intently at Andy Cohen, stood up steaming, and walked around the set. That's quite an array -- I hope she keeps it up with some head-shaking and eye-closing this time.
Top Chef's seventh season brings viewers to Washington D.C., where competition is everyone's daily bread. After viewing the premiere, I've figured out five constants that we have to look forward to this year -- unfortunately, they've already eliminated John Somerville (the dreadlocked kook who first needed to master uncrossed eyes before taking on puff pastries), so the potential for greatness is somewhat hindered. Still, here are five things.
Everything touched by Betty White turns to gold, including last night's so-so premiere of the network's first original sitcom, Hot in Cleveland. In a statement released this morning, TV Land congratulated itself on the episode's "scorching" rating of 1.9 among adults 25-54. Nearly 5 million viewers tuned in, making it the highest-rated and most-watched telecast in TV Land history. Now if only Betty White could do something about those vuvuzelas...
Obligation #1: I have to remind you to watch this damn show. It's effing good. You'll remember it later. You'll cry a bunch. You'll call your daughter in college and she'll know all about it. Obligation #2: It's been stated before, but So You Think You Can Dance would be better if the judges voted on who's eliminated instead of the home viewers. We can't trust couch potatoes in Tuscaloosa to pick a superior between Alex Wong, Billy Bell, and Kent Boyd! Hell, we can't trust TV critics at Movieline to do it. I'm uninformed, don't make me ruin lives! At any rate, SYTYCD's Top 11 faced off in a live competition round last night, and one routine even garnered the title of "Best Performance Ever." Tumble with us as we disagree and break down each performance in "quick kicks."
Friday Night Lights has always has passionate fans, but over the last few weeks, their fervor has been updated for the Facebook age. It's due in large part to Zach Gilford's shattering performance in the recent episode "The Son," which found his character Matt Saracen grappling with his hated father's death. Perhaps inspired by the grassroots activism that landed Betty White on Saturday Night Live, the website PopEater launched an unofficial Emmy campaign for Gilford (he'd be nominated in the guest actor category, since he went from regular to recurring this past season) and now it's become a surging Facebook petition that's brought a spotlight back to the acclaimed but underseen series.
As he films an arc of episodes for the show's fifth (and presumed-to-be final) season, Gilford rang Movieline to talk about filming the tough episode, the things we didn't see, and what the FNL series finale will (and won't) have in common with the final episode of lost.
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