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Hillary Duff on 'Gossip Girl'

2009-07-03T15:31:50Z

Hillary Duff will be joining the cast of "Gossip Girl" in a guest-star appearance.

Duff will play "a movie star looking for a typical college experience" named Olivia Burke. She'll enroll at NYU and room up with Vanessa (Jessice Szohr), the hipster from Brooklyn.

What drama will she cause? Well since she's rooming with V, of course she'll be sparking up a little romance with Dan (Penn Badgley), the aspiring novelist.

"Gossip" returns with season three on September 14th and you can see Duff's entrance on October 5th.

source: THR

Neil Patrick Harris Might Host Emmys

2009-07-03T15:13:04Z

It's not official yet but chances are Neil Patrick Harris of "How I Met Your Mother" will be hosting the 61st annual Emmys this fall.

Harris himself has been nominated for 2 Emmys and recently (and successfully) hosted the Tony Awards last month and the TVLand Awards in April.

The Emmys will air on September 20th. Hopefully Harris will bring in new viewers since the award show's ratings dropped to an all time low last year while others (Oscars, MTV Awards, etc) viewership's increased.

source: THR

Katie Holmes to Perform on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

2009-07-03T14:58:28Z

Yep, you read that right. Katie Holmes thinks she's got the moves to show off on the reality hit "So You Think You Can Dance."

Holmes along with judges Nigel Lithgoe and Carrie Ann Inaba launched the new nonprofit Dizzy Feet and she'll be performing on the July 23rd show (also the 100th episode) in order to promote it. The foundation supports dance education and dancers who can't afford training.

Holmes will be paying homage to Judy Garland with a "Get Happy" routine that she will both sing and dance. The performance will be taped, not live.

source: THR

Don't Forget to Tivo - Friday 7/3

2009-07-03T14:37:00Z

Basic:

ABC has a repeat of Surviving Suburbia, a new The Goode Family at 8:30 and repeats of According to Jim and 20/20
CBS has repeats of Ghost Whisperer, Flashpoint and NUMB3RS
NBC has a new The Chopping Block at 8 and Dateline at 9
Fox has a new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader at 8 and Mental at 9
CW has repeats of Privileged, Everybody Hates Chris and The Game

Cable:

MNT has a new WWE Friday Night Smackdown at 8
BBCA has a new Friday Night with Jonathan Ross at 8 and Don't Tell the Bride at 9
E! has a new The Soup at 10 and Wildest TV Show Moments at 10:30
SCI has a new How It's Made at 9

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern

Don't Forget to Tivo - Thursday 7/2

2009-07-02T15:12:32Z

Basic:

ABC has a new Samantha Who? at 8 and repeats of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
CBS has repeats of CSI: MIami, CSI and The Mentalist
NBC has repeats of 30 Rock, The Office and a new The Listener at 10
Fox has a repeat of Bones and a new So You Think You Can Dance at 9
CW has repeats of Smallville and Supernatural

Cable:

DISC has a new Moments of Impact at 9
HIST has a new Gangland at 9
MTV has a new 16 and Pregnant at 10
NatGeo has a new World's Toughest Fixes at 9 and Naked Science at 10
SCI has a new How Do They Do It? at 9 and Science of the Movies at 10
SHO has a new Penn & Teller: Bullshit! at 10
SPIKE has a new TNA iMPACT! at 9
TVLand has a new She's Got the Look at 9
WE has a new Raising Sextuplets at 10

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern

Big Brother 11 Houseguests Revealed!

2009-07-01T15:38:06Z

It's finally that time again! The newest "Big Brother" season is right around the corner and the houseguest have finally been announced! Catch up on who they are before the competition begins on July 9th at 8pm on CBS. Click their photos for full bios on CBS.com.

Braden
From: Dana Point, CA
Born: September 13, 1980
Favorite Activities: surfing, sleeping and talking to girls
Considers himself a fashion icon.
Tends to make up his own words.

Casey
Born: February 16, 1968
Occupation: Fifth grade teacher by day, DJ by night
Has a wife and 2 sons (19 and 9 months old)
Life's Motto: "Refuse to lose."
Is afraid the cameras will catch him picking his nose.

Chima
Born: July 28, 1976
Occupation: Freelance journalist
She's a military brat who's lived all over the U.S.
Plans to create and break alliances with her keen mind. Is going into the house with a plan.
Currently single and looking for a man.]]> Jeff
Born: June 5, 1978
Occupation: advertising salesman
Played running back for Benedictine University
Describes himself as curious, adventurous, spontaneous, witty and outgoing.
Motto: "Treat others as you'd like to be treated."

Jordan
Born: November 21, 1986
Motto: "Live life to the fullest."
Will do anything to win except eat bugs or have sex on TV.
Confident she will go in and come out a sweet person.
Worried she's too naive.

Kevin
Born: September 18: 1979
Occupation: graphic designer
Grew up a Jehovah's Witness and was excommunicated at 21.
Calls himself ghetto fabulous and inappropriate.
Can find people's flaws and magnify them for everyone to see.
Knows he can deceive anyone who gets in his way.

Laura
Born: December 21, 1987
Occupation: bikini model
Won the 2008 Planet Beach pageant
Plans to live in her bikini while inside the house and show off her "tramp stamp"
Feels her body will be her secret weapon.

Lydia
Born: March 8, 1985
Used to be a nanny for a high profile couple.
Describes herself has unique, colorful, silly and mellow.
Hobbies: bowling, swimming and yoga
Things houseguests may form opinions of her based on her looks and tattoos but says "don't judge a book by it's cover."

Michele
Born: June 16, 1982
From: Iselin, NJ
Has a degree in Neuroscience.
With her extensive study of the mind, she feels she can spot a liar miles away.
Motto: "Don't sweat the small stuff."
Says she's a news-junkie and a nerd

Natalie
Born: March 3, 1985
From: Chino, CA
World champion bronze medalist in Tae Kwon Do
Not afraid to lie, cheat and steal her way through the game.
Plays poker and believes that will get her far in the game.
Thinks the other houseguests will underestimate her.

Ronnie
Born: January 15, 1979
Student
Obsessed with video games, plays up to 6 hours a day.
Collects all things sci-fi, particularly Star Wars memorabilia.
National champion in speech and debate.
Used to be a travel agent.

Russell
Born: September 1, 1984
Occupation:real estate broker
Nickname: "Russell the Lovemuscle"
Loud, brash and ready for a fight.
Biggest peeve: people who don't think before they act
Was in a motorcycle accident while trying to impress girls that left him temporarily paralyzed.
Motto: "If you're not smiling, you're not living."

Don't Forget to Tivo - Wednesday 7/1

2009-07-01T14:57:39Z

Basic:

ABC has a new Wipeout at 8, I Survived a Japanese Game Show at 9 and Primetime: Crime at 10
CBS has repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds and CSI: NY
NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9 (repeat at 8) and The Philanthropist at 10
Fox has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8
CW has repeats of America's Next Top Model and Hitched or Ditched

Cable:

A&E has a new Tattoo Highway at 10 & 10:30
APL has a new Monsters Inside Me at 9
BBCA has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9
Bravo has a new The Fashion Show at 10
COM has a new RENO 911! at 10:30
DISC has a new Pitchmen at 10
MTV has a new The Real World at 10
SCI has a new Mantracker at 10
TBS has a new Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns at 10 & 10:30

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern

CBS Announces 'There Goes the Neighborhood' Premiere Date

2009-06-30T22:00:27Z

The new CBS reality show, "There Goes the Neighborhood," is set to premiere Sunday, August 9th at 9pm. There are seven hour long episodes total.

In the new show, eight Georgia families will be trapped behind a 20-foot wall in their neighborhood and forced to work together, as well as compete against eachother for updates on their homes and a grand prize of $250,000. They will have "virtually no electricity and no ability to text message, watch television or surf the internet."

Matt Rogers ("American Idol") will host.

source: reality blurred

Chris Kattan Gets a Series

2009-06-30T21:54:43Z

Chris Kattan, who spent a decade on "Saturday Night Live" but we haven't seen much of him since, landed a role on ABC's new comedy "The Middle."

"Middle" is about a middle-class Midwestern family seen through the eyes of the mother played by Patricia Heaton. Kattan guest-starred in the pilot as Bob, a good friend of Heaton's character Frankie Heck.

VH1 Orders Up a Couple of Hip-Hop Reality Shows

2009-06-30T21:34:12Z

Sandra "Pepa" Denton of Salt n Pepa and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas of TLC are getting their own reality series (currently untitled) on VH1. Also, The Entertainer from "I Love NY" will be getting his own show called, of course, "The Entertainer" where we get to see inside his life and basement bachelor pad.

The network has also ordered up season 7 of "Celebrity Fit Club" and season 2 of "Sober House with Dr. Drew." On top of that, VH1 has already ordered the new Jessica Simpson series "The Price of Beauty," "The OCD Project" following people with the disorder all living together, "The Aspen Project" which is a docusoap in one of the richest places in the world and a new one from "Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino following her life and career.

"VH1 has generated a lot of buzz over the years by evolving from an outlet that commented on pop culture to a brand that creates," said Jeff Olde, executive vp, original programming & production, VH1. "With these projects, we're continuing to evolve, building on our core storytelling expertise to delve deeper into personalities and issues that connect with millions of our viewers."

Check out THR for more details.

Don't Forget to Tivo - Tuesday 6/30

2009-06-30T15:27:24Z

Basic:

ABC has a new The Superstars at 8, Better Off Ted at 9:30 and Primetime: Family Secrets at 10
CBS has repeats of NCIS, The Mentalist and a new 48 Hours Mystery at 10
NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9 (repeat at 8) and repeat of Law & Order: SVU at 10
Fox has Legally Blonde at 8
CW has a repeat of 90210 and a new Hitched or Ditched at 9

Cable:

A&E has a new The First 48 at 9 and The Cleaner at 10
BBCA has a new The Apprentice UK at 9
Bravo has a new NYC Prep at 9
DISC has a new Deadliest Catch at 9 and After the Catch at 10
FOOD has a new The Best Thing I Ever Ate at 9:30 and Chopped at 10
FX has a new Rescue Me at 10
HGTV has a new The Stagers at 10
MTV has a new Paris Hilton's My New BFF at 10
Oxygen has a new Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood at 10
TLC ha a new Stager Invasion at 8 & 8:30, 18 Kids and Counting at 9 and The Little Couple at 10
TNT has a new HawthoRNe at 9 and Saving Grace at 10

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern

See Inside the Big Brother 11 House!

2009-06-29T16:08:50Z

Check out these videos of the press event where some folks, including crazy Jen from BB8, played the game for a day in the new house.

What did we learn? Slop is back, there's a swimming pool bedroom (minus the water) and the HOH is room is swankier than ever.

Check out the videos!

Pitchman Billy Mays Dies at 50

2009-06-29T15:01:14Z

Billy Mays, famous for his energetic infomercials (OxiClean for one) died unexpectedly at the age of 50. His wife found him unresponsive in their Tampa home on Sunday morning and he was declared dead at 7:45 am.

It's not yet clear exactly how he died but there is some speculation that it was due to a head injury he received on an airplane that made a rough landing.

"All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping," MyFox Tampa Bay quoted May as saying after the incident. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days," Deborah Mays said in a statement Sunday. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

Read more about Billy Mays at The Hollywood Reporter.

Don't Forget to Tivo - Monday 6/29

2009-06-29T14:48:27Z

Basic:

ABC has a new The Bachelorette at 8 and Here Come the Newlyweds at 10
CBS has repeats of How I Met You Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and CSI: Miami
NBC has repeats of Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and a new Dateline at 10
Fox has a repeat of American Idol
CW has repeats of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill

Cable:

Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10
DISC has a new Swamp Loggers at 10
FAM has a new The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8 and Make it or Break It at 9
FOOD has a new Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives at 10
HGTV has a new Property Virgins at 8
HIST has the special Secrets of the Founding Fathers at 8
MTV has a new Run's House at 10 & 10:30
NatGeo has a new Hooked at 10
SCI has a new Brink at 10:30
SHO has a new Weeds at 10 and Nurse Jackie at 10:30
TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9 and Cake Boss at 10
TNT has a new The Closer at 9 and Raising the Bar at 10
USA has a new WWE Monday Night Raw at 9

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern

Don't Forget to Tivo - Sunday 6/28

2009-06-28T14:37:22Z

Basic:

ABC has a repeat of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 8 and Impact at 9
CBS has repeats of Million Dollar Password, Cold Case and Without a Trace
NBC has a new Merlin at 8 & 9 and a repeat of Law & Order: SVU
Fox has repeats of The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad
CW has Larger than Life at 8

Cable:

A&E has a new Gene Simmons Family Jewels at 9 & 9:30 and Hammertime at 10
DISC has the specials Prehistoric New York at 9 and Prehistoric Disasters at 10
E! has a new Kendra at 10 and Denise Richards: It's Complicated at 10:30
FOOD has a new Challenge at 8, The Next Food Network Star at 9 and Iron Chef America at 10
G4 has a new Web Soup at 9 and The International Sexy Ladies Show at 9:30
HBO has a new True Blood at 9 and the premiere of Hung at 10
HGTV has a new HGTV Green Home Giveaway at 8, House Hunters at 9 & 9:30 and HGTV Showdown at 10
HIST has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9 and Expedition Africa at 10
LIFE has a new Army Wives at 10
NatGeo has the special Hitler's Stealth Fighter at 9
SPIKE has a new Jesse James is a Dead Man at 10
TBS has the special Comedy You Can Believe in With David Alan Grier at 10
USA has a new Law & Order: Criminal Intent at 8 & 9 and In Plain Sight at 10
WE has a new Bridezillas at 9 and Amazing Wedding Cakes at 10

- Season Premiere - First Run - Series/Special Premiere
All times are Eastern