FX's Terriers a Great Way to Kick Off Pilot Season

Matt Toder · 09/09/10 04:10PM

Welcome to Pilot Season 2010! It's the magical time of year when the networks roll out all their new programming hoping to capture the world's attention, but sometimes end up with our scorn. First up: the new FX show Terriers.

What to Listen to This Fall

Max Read · 09/09/10 04:07PM

Well, summer is over, so we're all done with "summer jams." But music isn't over! Music never ends! And there are some excellent albums coming up in the next few months. Want to listen to some of them?

TV News and the Best of the Rest on the Web

Whitney Jefferson · 09/09/10 04:00PM

Marilyn Manson is a fan of Kenny Powers, Ted gets a new long-term love interest on How I Met Your Mother, Aziz Ansari will announce Kanye West at the VMA's, Freddy Kruger on Chuck, "Sad Don Draper," and more!

Your Thursday Night Lineup

Matt Cherette · 09/09/10 03:46PM

TONIGHT: Lots of TV! We have the season premiere of Vampire Diaries, the series premiere of Nikita, the season finale of Rookie Blue, plus new episodes of Jersey Shore, The Real Housewives of DC, Big Brother, and much more!

James Franco Thinks We're All Idiots

Richard Lawson · 09/09/10 03:41PM

In a new profile of the greasy-haired renaissance man in The Advocate, actor turned academic and author James Franco talks about his literary ambitions (he has a short story collection coming out soon) and addresses the haters. Namely, us.

Google's Utterly Mental Signing Bonuses

Ryan Tate · 09/09/10 03:36PM

Google is paying some people around half a million dollars not to go to Facebook, a senior Facebook engineer has confirmed. Googlers, prepare to get spoiled and entitled again, recession be damned.

Gordon Ramsay Berates the No-Dressing Salad

Christopher Han · 09/09/10 03:11PM

The Masterchef himself describes how even salad-eaters can be too picky about their meal. A Caesar salad with no dressing? Grabbing the salt and pepper? Just stay at home, please! Bleep-filled video with Gordon Ramsay, inside.

Happiness Is Just $163,500 Away

Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/10 02:42PM

The Way We Live Now: spreading fitfully. Moving warily. Gazing wistfully. Charging droopily. It would be an overstatement to say that good times are here; nevertheless, we can safely say that bad times are... somewhere. Here? That wouldn't be good.

Out-of-Control Justin Bieber Hurls Water Balloons at Police Officers

Richard Lawson · 09/09/10 02:38PM

Dangerously unpredictable manufactured pop sensation Justin Bieber was "horsing around" with some friends before a concert when he threw two water balloons at Maryland State Troopers, one of which burst. Biebs, assaulting a police officer is a felony!