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All the Ridiculous Stunts from 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show

Brian Moylan · 06/29/11 05:37PM

The premise of ABC's 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show is that if a contestant answers a question incorrectly, he or she is tortured in some elaborate way. Awesome, right? The lame part is all the crazy stunts are padded out with lots of time-killing filler. Well, not anymore!

All the New Shows ABC and Fox Want You to Love This Fall

Brian Moylan · 05/17/11 03:11PM

This week is the television upfronts, when all the networks roll out their new fall schedules to try to convince advertisers to spend their cash and fill their shows with all those pesky commercials we fast forward past. Here are all the goodies Fox and ABC have to offer.

Zac Efron Is About to Get Sexually Thrilling

Richard Lawson · 05/13/11 04:09PM

I know you never thought it possible, but little Troy Bolton is about to get sexual and thrilling, all at once. Also today: tons of TV news about renewals and cancellations, plus a sexy little companion piece to the Efron news.

Celebrity Wife Swap Is the Latest Nadir of American Television

Richard Lawson · 05/04/11 04:30PM

It's been said of many a reality television show before, but might Celebrity Wife Swap finally destroy us? Also today: Snow White finds her prince, Project Runway brings back some old friends, and, what's this, NBC might actually have a popular show??

ABC Cancels Soaps All My Children and One Life to Live

Brian Moylan · 04/14/11 01:56PM

The only form of media more endangered than magazines is soap operas. Today, ABC announced that daytime mainstays All My Children and One Life to Live will go off the air in September and January, respectively. James Franco's playground General Hospital will be the network's only remaining daytime drama.

There's Nothing Worse Than Falling in Love with a Crappy Sitcom

Brian Moylan · 04/14/11 11:32AM

Last night I made the mistake of watching Modern Family in real time. The problem wasn't that I couldn't fast forward through the commercials (though it did suck) but that I got sucked into not one, but two episodes of the new sitcom Happy Endings that followed it. Even worse, I actually liked it.

Watch Charlie Sheen's Surprise Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Matt Cherette · 03/22/11 12:03AM

During tonight's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel was in the middle of interviewing Mark Cuban when the subject of conversation turned to Charlie Sheen. Then, much to the surprise of Kimmel—and the audience—Sheen showed up! He seemed... excited.

Media A-Listers Flock to Futuristic Hellscape

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/11 01:32PM

In your interactive Tuesday media column: anywhere is better than "South by," the NYT vs HuffPo feud continues, the Tribune bankruptcy is predictably troublesome, Carl Paladino hates the press, and your mandatory Katie Couric rumor of the day.