Mar 13 2010
Feel free to call "Justified" yet another "gritty" drama a la FX stablemates "The Shield," "Rescue Me" or "Sons of Anarchy."
But there's a big difference.
For starters, "Justified," premiering Tuesday at 10 p.m., is based on "Fire in the Hole," a short story by Elmore Leonard, the...
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Mar 13 2010
'The
Marriage Ref" stumbled again Thursday night.
Jerry Seinfeld's reality/comedy series averaged only 6 million viewers to finish last at 10 p.m. in both total viewers and adults 18-49 -- despite A-list panelists Madonna, Larry David and Ricky Gervais.
"Ref" also shed almost 2 million viewers from...
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Mar 12 2010
Jerry Seinfeld is pounding the publicity drum to help save his NBC series, "The Marriage Ref."
Seinfeld visited Wednesday night’s "Daily Show" on Comedy Central and then co-hosted yesterday’s "Live with Regis & Kelly" — where he and Kelly Ripa (a "Marriage Ref" panelist) talked up the show for nearly...
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Mar 12 2010
There's been lots of ink spilled, and justifiably so, over ABC's freshman sitcom "Modern Family" (a smart, funny, well-acted show). But unlike some other "water cooler" shows ("Mad Men," anyone?), "Modern Family's" ratings success has equaled its buzz factor. Wednesday's episode, for instance, aver aged 9...
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Mar 11 2010
The hour is drawing near for "24."
The veteran real-time Fox drama starring Kiefer Sutherland as uber agent Jack Bauer is expected to call it quits after eight seasons of nail-biting suspense.
Neither Fox nor the show's producer, 20th Century Fox TV, was commenting yesterday.
But insiders say a...
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Mar 10 2010
Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe is going from Harlem to Connecticut in her next show-biz project.
Sidibe, who received an Academy Award nomination for her role in "Precious," has inked a deal to become a recurring character on "The Big C," Showtime's upcoming dark comedy series.
Sidibe, who guest-starred in...
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Mar 10 2010
Everything is just beachy keen for “Little People, Big World” stars Matt and Amy Roloff as they kick back and relax — without the kids — during a “getting away from it all” vacation in sunny Hawaii, far from the family farm in Oregon.
Their series, currently out of production, returns to...
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Mar 10 2010
Charlie Sheen's legal woes, and his current stint in rehab, have only strengthened viewership for his CBS sitcom, "Two and a Half Men." Not only did "Men" hit a three-year high in adults 18-49 Monday night -- and average a winning 17.5 million viewers -- but it's...
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Mar 09 2010
'Br
eaking Bad" star Anna Gunn is aware the show's fans have waited 10 months for the brutally bleak drama to return for its third season.
But she says it'll worth the wait.
"I keep calling it, 'The season where the chickens come home to roost for Walt...
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Mar 09 2010
MIichael Jackson was a deadbeat when it came to paying his credit card bills, his former bodyguards say in a revealing interview.
"We were asked to leave hotels because the credit card on file was denied," one of Jacko's bodyguards, Bill Whitfield, says on today's "Good Morning America...
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