"I was going to announce the name of my new show today," Conan O'Brien tweeted this afternoon, "but my lawyers tell me The Return of Nanny McPhee is taken. Tune in tomorrow." The lameness of that joke aside, it appears the former Tonight Show host is ready to pick a name for his currently untitled TBS talk show. Did Conan wait until September 1 so he could call the program The Jay Leno Hates Children Hour, or is it just a happy coincidence that his non-disparagement agreement runs out tomorrow? Stay tuned... [@ConanOBrien]
Uh, so, who watched the first part of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion last night? It was an emotionally scarring, 75-minute display of primal Jersey rage punctuated by hair touch-ups, crocodile tears, and Andy Cohen's sh*t-shirring questions. Because it was so spectacularly explosive, profanity-laced, and over-the-top, I decided to recap last night's trauma by the numbers rather than using Movieline's standard reality check format (because we can all agree that everything seen last night was very real, beginning with Andy Cohen's fear). As Danielle would say, I promise this will be very "therapeutical" for everyone.
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Now that you've met the cast of the new Dancing with the Stars, you may have some doubts -- particularly when names like "Audrina" and "Bristol" stick out like big samba missteps. However, I've found five reasons to anticipate this round of DWTS, and I think you'll jive in agreement.
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Looks like Rolling Stone has officially taken a side in the whole Emmy-splitting debate: They are firmly on Team Cable. Mere weeks after featuring True Blood stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard on the cover, the magazine has now placed three-time Emmy winner Mad Men front and center. The issue doesn't hit newsstands until tomorrow, but, based on the sneak peak and ensuing photo gallery, there is plenty of Mad Men juiciness to sop up already. Click ahead to see the six most revealing moments.
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This just in: True Blood star Stephen Moyer is auctioning off his modesty-preserving "sock of destiny" in attempt to raise more money than his co-star Alexander Skarsgard in their ongoing Battle of the Fang charity competition, which involves fans donating money to the charity of each actor's choice. So far, 84 people have bid the bit of fabric used to cover the actor's private area during nude scenes (which was autographed by Moyer and new wife Anna Paquin) up to $555. Proceeds will go to GulfAid. Your move, Skarsgard. [EW]
Last night David Letterman rang in his 17th anniversary at the Late Show by talking Emmys and awkwardly trying to stage an intervention for Lindsay Lohan with one of the actress's unhelpful Machete co-stars. Elsewhere, Jay Leno bombed with his Emmy monologue set, Don Johnson explained his personal Emmy grieving process and Craig Ferguson defended Paris Hilton's drug charges.
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Also in this morning's TV Bites: Eddie Izzard returns to television... you will watch a show called Rich Christian Bitches... and more ahead.
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Many TV fanatics also consider themselves statisticians, and we're no exceptions. Following yesterday's Emmys, we've decided to look back at Emmy history, stack up the ceremony's greatest winners, and vote for the greatest Emmy recipients in all major categories. Is Lucille Ball better than Jean Stapleton? Does Seinfeld top Cheers? Join us for an epic battle.
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You have already seen the insane preview for Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey two-part reunion special, but in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, moderator and network exec Andy Cohen offers five insights that might help you better understand tonight's first installment.
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Modern Family's creators famously offered up a nude, Sunset Blvd-running Sofia Vergara should their show win Best Comedy at the Emmys, so did she make good on their offer last night? According to Vergara, she did -- in fact, she somehow warped from downtown LA to a magically uncrowded stretch of Sunset just after the win, then teleported back twenty minutes later. "Yes, I mean, I'm fast. I run fast," she told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush. "They zipped me and they sent me to do press." Costar Julie Bowen backs up Vegara's magical account, claiming the Colombian sex bomb said, "No one said I had to do it at a certain time." [People]
It was the biggest mystery of last night's alcohol drenched Mad Men. No, not how Don Draper brought home a diner waitress amid a 48-hour bender. Rather, just when were those jarring, pre-Sterling Cooper Don Draper flashbacks supposed to take place? Ahead, senior editor S.T. VanAirsdale and I attempt to clear up this muddy Mad Men timeline.
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Bachelor Pad is the perfect show. It takes all your reservations about The Bachelor and answers them with an emphatic, "You think we're trashy? We'll show you trashy." And tonight's episode is no exception to that promise. Also on the tube: Danielle Staub gets yelled at and The Big C gets some support.
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Ryan Murphy and 20th Century Fox may be cashing in now that the Glee branding machine has gone into hyper drive (get your Macy's clothing line, CDs, Wii games, greeting cards, board games, pens, notebooks, leather products, and more!) but when it comes to getting a cut of the show's popular soundtracks, there are some notable people getting screwed.
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The intrepid L.A. bureau of Movieline -- meaning Kyle Buchanan and yours truly -- attended the fancy Emmy show last night, and even liveblogged it. We were excited for a night of high-falutin' good times and glamour (which is why I dressed like Kitty Carlisle), but the actual show was somehow better than expected, and it's mostly because of five craycray Emmy moments that had the audience gasping, hacking, and stabbing strangers.
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It's been an eventful season of True Blood, and Russell's little newscast interruption a few weeks ago should be setting the stage for some pre-finale insanity, right? Not exactly, unless you expect the season's penultimate episode to include vital subplots about Hoyt's mom and that one quarterback that Jason beat up that one time. Take a look as we tally up the episode's sex, violence, and weird choices:
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