NBC celebrated St. Patrick's Day by renewing three of your favorite comedies: Parks and Recreation, Community and The Office. Hurray! Still no word on whether Thursday night's other comedies -- Perfect Couples (please, yes) and Outsourced (please, no) -- will return for another season. Now, back to your green beer! [NBC]
Looks like it might be time to re-subscribe to HBO. The network announced on Thursday that Cinema Verite -- the awesome-looking '70s period piece about the dawn of reality television with James Gandolfini, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins in leading roles -- will premiere on Saturday, April 23. It's not TV, etc.
Top. Effing. 12. American Idol's competition is getting fierce and freaky-deeky, and we've got to sort the ranks. Last night the contestants performed songs from their birth years, and we're left with important questions: Did James Durbin grunt correctly? Did Pia Toscano drench us in yawn sauce again? Did Lauren Alaina cover Melissa Etheridge like a brown suede blazer? And did Jacob Lusk's version of "Alone" live up to Carrie Underwood's? (Hint: lol.) And did everyone seem a little bored to you too? Whatever. Let's rank the top 12!
If someone were to walk into a room, toss 500 sheets of blank paper into the air for no reason, not pick them up, and then launch into an a capella Maroon 5 song while wearing a dinner jacket, he'd be a jerk. In last night's episode of Glee, though, that was Just Blaine. Just Blaine, hogging the Warbler spotlight per usual, spraying every room he side-stepped into with confidence and what I imagine is a really awful cologne. Just Blaine, making a move on the impressionable, freshly-outed friend of his that he has decided to mentor. More on Just Blaine, and the other, less disturbing events of last night's "Original Song," ahead.
Oscar-winners like Jane Fonda know TV is an ideal medium for actors seeking a challenge, but non-Oscar-winners like us know that TV is also a good way to forward an actor's reputation. Don't want to be a frightening character actress anymore? Join NBC's new legal drama! Want to maintain the prestige of your early career? Take up a lead role on Showtime's new historical series! TV has become such a viable forum for thespian respect that some Oscar-winners are heading to the small screen before taking home the gold (Melissa Leo on Treme, anyone?). Here are the eight stages of Oscar-winners who move to the small screen -- usually with great success.
This week was the most difficult Saturday Night Live relevancy poll of the season to tabulate. No one cast member dominated the airtime, and with few exceptions, the cast was spread pretty thin throughout the evening. Put it this way: At one point I was thinking, Wow, Abby Elliott is getting a lot of play this week; it sure will be nice to see her finally near the top of the poll. But that faded as it became clear that pretty much everyone got a significant amount of play this week.
Sparked by his "anything can happen" vibe and another brilliant monologue, I had high expectations early on in Zach Galifianakis's return to hosting Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, the staff around Galifianakis didn't seem to know what to do with him -- and there was a lot of show left for things to go wrong.
This originally started as a "Best Movies Starring Celebrity Apprentice Cast Members" post, but I take it you already know about Gary Busey's title turn in The Buddy Holly Story and Marlee Matlin's Oscar-winning role in Children of a Lesser God, right? Great. Because Donald Trump's minions have starred in some prime examples of insanely bad cinema, and we should be celebrating these lesser-known works. Be prepared to experience Lisa Rinna, Gary Busey, Marlee Matlin, and yes, Dionne Warwick, like you've never seen them before.
American Idol's Top 13 collapsed into a Top 12 last night, as the first of the finalists was voted out of the competition. Was it Blubbermaster Blubberer Jacob Lusk? Was it Selena non-threat Karen Rodriguez? What about Haley Reinhart, who has unfeeling opals for eyes? Remember the loser after the jump. Spoiler ahead!
Jon Cryer made a surprise appearance on Conan last night where the Two and a Half Men actor addressed Charlie Sheen's recent accusation that he is a troll. Elsewhere, Seth Rogen talked about George Lucas's crazy apocalypse theories, Trey Parker and Matt Stone explained their Mormon musical, and Stephen Colbert introduced the new President of the Transformers franchise.
Finalize your rankings, dearies, because Idol's Top 13 happened, and we're supposed to deal with it. Did you prefer the ever-unsmiling Pia Toscano or the fist-pumping grandeur of Stefano Langone? What about Lauren Alaina? She hasn't been destroyed in a terrible lameness accident yet, after all. Join us for our Top 13 listings and sound off in the comments (only after you realize I'm right).
Last night, Stephen Colbert celebrated Ash Wednesday by giving up Catholicism in favor of Judaism and a comically oversized tray of bacon. Elsewhere, Pee-wee Herman entertained Andy Richter, Craig Ferguson debuted a new puppet, and Conan updated his audience on Charlie Sheen news.
If there is one problem with Gwyneth Paltrow guest-starring on Glee, it's that she overshadows everyone and everything on the show. Take last night's "Sexy" for example, when Paltrow's easy-going Holly Holliday returned to McKinley High to substitute for the health teacher. Storylines about illicit lesbian love, morbidly obese teenage sex tapes, John Stamos in a neckerchief, and Mike O'Malley's mechanic struggling to explain gay sex paled in comparison to Paltrow dirty dancing to Joan Jett. Let's put on our Paltrow-proof glasses and review the goings-on we ignored in last night's episode.
Last night, Craig Ferguson invited legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve to his show to discuss sexual insecurity, language barriers and mouth organs, among other things. Elsewhere, Stephen Colbert celebrated Mardi Gras, Jon Stewart interviewed a wise-cracking Republican supercomputer, and Conan O'Brien talked Charlie Sheen.
It appears that Charlie Sheen has worked out most of the glitches in his celebrated and controversial new web show Sheen's Korner. In tonight's installment, "Building the Perfect Torpedo," -- yes, there are episode names now -- Sheen debuted a thrilling opening sequence (captured here for your mandatory viewing) and delivered 15 minutes worth of original insults directed at his enemies from cue cards. To paraphrase the former Two and a Half Men star, click through to dance in Sheen's gold.
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