The best part of Tina Fey's now-iconic Sarah Palin impersonation -- beyond the fact that it's uncanny -- is watching Fey's barely contained rage. It just seems like she really doesn't like the former Alaskan governor. Fey dusted off her mimic skills on Saturday Night Live last night for an ingeniously devastating skit about "The Sarah Palin Network," which featured fake programs like, "Alaskanence: The show about a single woman who doesn't believe in having sex before marriage, who is struggling to raise her three young children." Also: 30 Main Street, but there's no reason to spoil that too. Check it out after the jump.
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Were Sue Sylvester a real-life human being -- and not just some cartoon-like television creation -- she'd probably take to the Internet with her fury about what Glee has done to her singing voice. As you've no doubt heard over and over again, during the all-Madonna episode of Glee (airing April 20), Sue's real life avatar, Jane Lynch, will don a cone-shaped bra and sing Madonna's iconic single, "Vogue." Critics have been going cross-eyed about how awesome the performance is on Twitter over the last couple of days, but there hadn't been any clips online to corroborate their excitement. Until now...
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CBS is nothing if not traditional. To replace the canceled As the World Turns in their daytime lineup this fall, the network has gone to pilot with a revival of the game show Pyramid. Because nothing says "getting younger" like a game show from the '70s! If this sounds familiar, it's because CBS did something similar last year when they turned to the Wayne Brady-hosted Let's Make a Deal after Guiding Light ended. Dick Clark famously hosted the original Pyramid -- a more recent edition in 2002 featured Donny Osmond -- but, as yet, no one has been announced as host. Fear not though: Here are five prime suggestions.
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Sunday night is a crucible of precious moments in the American household: the prayers have been recited, the barbecue has been refrigerated, and Dad wants to settle in for a light night of Cyndi Lauper yelling "Muggles and Wiz-zuhds" at scared preteens. Still, HBO's debut of Treme (a new drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans and conceived by The Wire's mastermind David Simon) may give you reason to stay up past -- or perhaps even skip -- The Donald's frosty finger wags. Here are three of its most compelling features:
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After rampant speculation about whether his salary demands may spell the end of Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen has released a statement saying that "all of the numbers reported in the press are false." The headline-plagued star added, "If tonight's show is the end for me as Charlie Harper, so be it...I take from the experience 161 shows filled with a kaleidoscope of amazing experiences, memories, friendships and gratitude." Meanwhile, unconfirmed sources are telling us that Angus T. Jones' publicist is drafting a statement to the effect of "For the love of God, I need this show. I am unemployable." [PopEater]
Breaking South Park news: Cartman and the gang will celebrate the 200th episode of their Comedy Central series next Wednesday (that's April 14) by encountering every celebrity that they have ever mocked. In anticipation of the fun, join Movieline after the jump as we try to name each celebrity in the episode's teaser. The winner gets a five-minute video chat with Kip Drordy.
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After season four's Chris March, Anthony Williams became only the second designer in Project Runway history to be eliminated and brought back in to compete -- and girl, did he compete: Anthony won his first challenge back, with guest judge Jessica Alba gushing that she coveted his black-and-white red carpet gown. We first spoke with the sunny southerner two weeks ago when he was booted, and now we can finally get the full story behind his Runway experience. After the jump, Anthony spills on competitor Mila's "astounding" attitude, his relief at being eliminated a second time, and his plans with Jessica Alba.
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Until tonight, there's never been a reason to watch the Do It Yourself network, a cable channel specializing in shows about plumbing, boating, woodworking and Man Caves. That all changes when Garage Mahal infiltrates Jay Leno's shame chamber: a six-car garage piled high with late night posters, car memorabilia and denim clothing. Fortunately for the comedian, the crew is able to rehabilitate his "crappy garage syndrome" by pimping out his inner layer.
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Harp on Jersey Shore's sliminess all you want, but its unofficial spinoffs prove there's probably a market for you and your friends' brand of GTL-livin' too. Whether you're an Asian-American, Russian-American, or rowdy South Side Chicagoan, there's a time and place for you to turn cartwheels in a thong on a busy pier. Now, according to a new press release, Persian-Americans can consider themselves perfectly watchable trainwrecks. But not all Persians -- just the ones with these winsome qualities:
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Still reeling over the possible combinations to Lost's "unlikely romance" coming next month? Michael Ausiello has revealed one-half of the equation: it's Michael Emerson's Ben. Will it be a flash-sideways fling with Ana-Lucia, or an on-island ménage à trois with a bedraggled Rose and Bernard? The possibilities are endless (and slightly unnerving!). [EW]
The other Housewives of New York City can knock Bethenny Frankel for her vitriol, her publicity-mongering and and her tendency to put career over friendships, but the woman knows how to sell the sh*t out of an apology. In last night's episode, "The Ambush," Bethenny cried every time she was on camera, exploited her dying father for sympathy and distributed personalized "I'm Sorry" cards with the ease of a faux-remorse pro. It was brilliant. After the jump, Movieline dissects Bethenny's apology strategy, congratulates Ramona for finding her way out of that pinot grigio glass long enough to overcome her fear of Brooklyn and assess which moments from last night's episode hit the Real/Fake Jackpot.
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The most amazing part of Jimmy Fallon's Lost and Glee parodies? Their length. In a medium that is designed for bits that clock in under two minutes, the Late Night host lets these puppies go on forever. Case in point: The second episode of "6-Bee," Fallon's spot-on spoof of Glee, lasts a shade over nine (nine!) minutes. With a running time like that, it's no wonder there are great moments aplenty. Well, that and the appearance from the entire cast of Parks and Recreation, minus Aziz Ansari. If you don't have a spare 1/6 of an hour lying around, here's a running diary of the best parts.
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More gruesome details have surfaced about the death of Monica Beresford-Redman, who was vacationing with her husband Bruce, a former Survivor producer, when she was found dead on Thursday. ABC News is reporting that Monica appears to have been beaten and strangled. Monica's sister Carla Burgos told the New York Daily News that the couple was having marital issues and that Bruce (who had scratches over his body when he was taken in for questioning) allegedly had an affair that Monica had just found out about. The former Suvivor producer was detained yesterday as a suspect in his wife's death. [ABC News]
In last night's Fringe, one of the Cortexiphan trial patients with whom Olivia shared a bizarre childhood summer camp (Alias's Project Christmas, anyone?) had his mental abilities activated in the form of: exchanging his cancer with other Cortexiphan patients with only a handshake! And Olivia (Anna Torv) decides not to tell Peter (Joshua Jackson) he's from the alternate universe, only for Walter, minutes later, to tell her it's time to right his wrongs. Now, I'm no physicist, but let's try to gauge the relative plausibility of Walter's mad science in Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.
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It has been a long promotional ride for Tina Fey, whose Date Night duties took her from the Ed Sullivan Theater (where she shared stories about Tracy Morgan on-set) to the UK (where she revealed a ConanGate-esque plot twist ahead on 30 Rock), to Chicago (where she taped an episode of Oprah) and then back to New York City again to prepare for this weekend's Saturday Night Live. After the jump, watch Fey unwind from her travels with Amy Poehler as well as the other highlights you missed last night while updating your Twitter feed about a lazy serial killer, after the jump.
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