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By Robert M. Hoffman | May 26, 2010Courtesy of ABC.com Courtesy of ABC.com Summer is an important time for the entertainment industry.
Courtesy of ABC.com Courtesy of ABC.com Summer is an important time for the entertainment industry.
Courtesy of imdb.com Courtesy of imdb.com It is a sad time in Televisionland.
Courtesy of NYDailyNews.com Courtesy of NYDailyNews.com I've been convinced for a very long time that the competition for the title of television's funniest demographic is a two-horse race.
Tuesday night the "American Idol" final six took the stage to attempt selections from guest mentor Shania Twain's catalog, begging a number of questions: Since when does Shania Twain have enough songs to constitute a catalog?
Courtesy of TVGuide.com Courtesy of TVGuide.com "Romantically Challenged" Alyssa Milano's new sitcom that premiered Monday night on ABC is, quite simply, terrible. It's boring, it's dated, it's entirely unoriginal, it always goes for the easy laugh, it always fails at getting the easy laugh (despite what the overused laugh track might try to make you believe), none of the characters are even mildly intriguing, none of the characters are even mildly believable, all of the characters are more than mildly grating, the title is tacky and, most importantly, it's not yet available on Hulu, which is just a hassle. OK.
During the winter, NBC made late night into must-see television with its decision to cancel its new "The Jay Leno Show" and move its star back to his former desk at "The Tonight Show" in the process firing Conan O'Brien, who was effectively reduced to Leno's interim replacement.
Over spring break, while on a nighttime tour through the Costa Rican rainforest, my guide stopped short and crouched behind a bush.
I love the first few days back from break. There's always a lot of excited hugging with people I haven't seen in all of nine days, and I don't instantly lose my appetite when I walk into Food Court.
To a casual fan of ABC's "Lost," the first few episodes of the sixth and final season might have felt a little bit slow in comparison with 2003's explosion-filled, casualty-loaded, what-is-that-polar-bear-doing-on-an-island pilot.
$2,527,491,501. That's the difference in worldwide box office gross between "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker," the two favorites for this year's Best Picture Oscar. The Best Picture race is a case of opposites: "Avatar" represents everything new.