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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.

The Difficult Return of Sarah Michelle Gellar

Richard Lawson · 05/16/11 05:01PM

Everyone's favorite butt-kicker has had her own butt kicked a bit of late, but it looks like she's rallied and will be back on TV. Also today: more TV pickup and cancellation news, plus a Terrence Malick controversy.

Can This Christian Slater Be Saved?

Richard Lawson · 05/12/11 05:01PM

Your crush from the early '90s is in trouble and he needs your help. Particularly if you are an executive at Fox television. Also today: NBC announces some new shows, Craig Kilborn is back in the game, and Stephenie Meyer wins again.

Hugh Grant Almost Replaced Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men

Richard Lawson · 05/11/11 04:30PM

America's one-time favorite British person almost joined the cast of America's one-time favorite sitcom. A match made in sad heaven! Also today: news from Cannes, a bloody upfront scares us all, and of course Hunger Games casting news.

Stephenie Meyer Will Never Stop Bothering Us

Richard Lawson · 05/03/11 04:08PM

Ugh, another year, another movie from the mind of Stephenie Meyer. Also today: Lots of TV pickup news, including Nathan Lane's return to the small screen. Plus, Anna Faris!

Fox Tightens Security After Glee Extra Tweets Career-Ending Spoiler

Seth Abramovitch · 04/21/11 01:15AM

Nicole Crowther, an extra who had worked on an upcoming episode of Glee, posted the names of the show's prom king and queen on Twitter. That act of spoiler blasphemy, punishable by stoning death in certain Middle Eastern countries, earned the ire of Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk, who tweeted back:

Live: American Idol's Top 7 Perform

Matt Cherette · 04/20/11 06:53PM

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 9:30 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 7 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

Pentagon Shockingly Sides With General Over Reporter They Hate

Hamilton Nolan · 04/18/11 02:00PM

In your money Monday media column: the Pentagon sides with a general over Rolling Stone, The New Yorker's boring Facebook success, Sidney Harman's unfortunate goodbye column, Les Moonves is overpaid, Glenn Beck is moving, and a history of Fox.

Live: American Idol's Top 8 Perform

Matt Cherette · 04/13/11 06:15PM

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 9:30 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 8 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

Live: American Idol's Top 9 Perform

Matt Cherette · 04/06/11 06:04PM

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 9 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

How Your Fox News Sausage Gets Made

Max Read · 04/03/11 10:17PM

YouTube user merfitudinal snagged this outtake from Fox News' Saturday media show "Fox News Watch" before it was taken off the website. You may be surprised to learn that cable news talk show discussions are not as spontaneous as they seem! And you may be further surprised to know that cable news channels will edit their talk shows so that their hosts don't look completely ignorant and petty! Then again, you may not. [via Reddit]

Watch Jamie Foxx and will.i.am's Horrible American Idol Performance

Matt Cherette · 03/31/11 08:45PM

Tonight's American Idol results show—aside from the actual eliminations—was all about food, apparently! First, Fantasia performed "Collard Greens and Cornbread." Then, Jamie Foxx and will.i.am struggled through a rendition of "Hot Wings," from their upcoming film, Rio.

Live: American Idol's Top 11 Perform

Matt Cherette · 03/30/11 06:00PM

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 11 (again) will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

Is This the Best Performance in the History of American Idol?

Matt Cherette · 03/23/11 08:46PM

On tonight's American Idol, Jacob Lusk performed Marvin Gaye's "You're All I Need To Get By." Afterward, Steven Tyler rushed the stage to hug him. Then, Randy Jackson declared it the best performance in the "history of this show."

Live: American Idol's Top 11 Perform

Matt Cherette · 03/23/11 06:00PM

Well, it's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 12 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.

Live: American Idol's Top 12 Perform

Matt Cherette · 03/16/11 06:20PM

Well, it's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM, live on FOX—this season's American Idol Top 12 will perform for the judges' critiques and our votes. Want in on the action? Your open thread is inside.