Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson
It's been a grueling (and often annoying) audition tour, but American Idol has finally made it to Hollywood week. So everything's going to be better, right? Guess again. The night's big positive, however, was Ellen DeGeneres, who made her debut at the judging table. How did she do, and which singers are still in the competition after the first round of hell week? Plus: How was Paula Abdul's presence felt on the show? Let's find out...
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Gabrielle Carteris
Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Gabrielle Carteris will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Criminal Minds, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Carteris, 49, will appear in this season's 17th episode, which finds the BAU tracking a highway serial killer. Carteris, who plays the mother of 15-year-old girl, is questioned by Hotch (Thomas Gibson) & Co. after she crosses paths with the suspected murderer.
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90210 fans will remember Carteris as the bookish Andrea Zuckerman, who also became a teen mom. Since then, she has appeared ...
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Daniela Ruah, NCIS: Los Angeles
If you're still mourning Dom's kidnapping on NCIS: Los Angeles, brace yourself: Another agent faces danger.
What's next for NCIS: Los Angeles following Dom's departure?
Tuesday's episode (9/8c on CBS) opens with Kensi (Daniela Ruah) getting shot during a robbery while she's at the bank. As a hostage situation unfolds, viewers get a glimpse into Kensi's past, thanks to a box of trinkets...
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Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd will guest-star on an episode of Chuck later this season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Lloyd, whose casting was first announced by the show's co-creator Josh Schwartz via Twitter, will play...
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Joe Jonas, Cody Longo
Brothers & Sisters has locked in three guest stars for an upcoming flashback episode that shows the Walker siblings as teenagers, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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Early reports had tween heartthrob Joe Jonas playing a young Tommy Walker (Balthazar Getty), but a scheduling conflict forced him to back out. Taking his place will be Make It or Break It's Cody Longo...
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Campbell Scott, Damages
Damages continues its riveting third season with an episode that does things a little differently.
Damages: Tate Donovan reacts to the season premiere's shocking twist
"We're doing something we've never done before in the series: The entire episode takes place in one night," co-creator and executive producer Todd Kessler tells TVGuide.com. That's right: There will be none of the show's trademark flash-forward timeline jumps...
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Drew Brees
If you watched Super Bowl XLIV, you're part of TV history: The game beat the M*A*S*H's finale to become the most-viewed TV program ever in the United States.
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Sunday's matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts drew 106.5 million viewers. The M*A*S*H series finale, which had 105.97 million viewers, held the viewership record for 27 years.
This year's Super Bowl audience was up 8 percent over last year's game, which was watched by 98.7 million people...
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Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion, Castle
If Nathan Fillion is Castle's king, Stana Katic is the queen. And in recent weeks, the hit procedural comedy has turned its focus on Katic's character and her back story — mainly, her mother's murder.
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Katic, who plays Detective Kate Beckett, tells TVGuide.com that she enjoyed getting some resolution — she now knows the killer, but not who hired him —and promises there is more to come.
"It was really a smart way to drop more information but not fully resolving it," Katic says. "I think it is going to be a driving force as we continue to move on. They'll definitely be dealing with it — probably not in the next couple of episodes. But I'm sure before the season's end, we'll get another big bombshell regarding that story line."
More important, Katic says, was the introduction of Beckett's family life...
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Hayden Panettiere and Jack Coleman, Heroes
If Heroes' previous season finales have taught viewers anything, it's that they can expect to see most of the superpowered good guys come together to bring down the villain.
Heroes: Will Lydia's death spell disaster for Samuel?
Robert Knepper, who plays this season's power-hungry, carnival-leading baddie, Samuel, promises more of the same in Monday's Season 4 send-off. But for Samuel, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
"Samuel never went up to Hiro [Masi Oka] and Peter [Milo Ventimiglia] and said, 'You're going to work for me.' He made them realize something about themselves that they needed to realize and hopefully they would thank Samuel," Knepper tells TVGuide.com. "There was this manipulative approach that didn't work out how he wanted it to work out. In the end, he's going to say ' ... I'm going to get you back. I'm going to show you my true colors — you're now working for me.' And if they don't, there's going to be a price to pay."
Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere) and her father (Jack Coleman) have already gotten a taste of what Samuel's willing to do ...
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Conrad Murray
Los Angeles prosecutors announced they will file charges Monday in the death of Michael Jackson.
Report: Michael Jackson's doctor will not surrender to authorities Friday
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office did not say what charges would be filed or who would be charged. But attorneys for Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, said in a statement that they expected him to be charged Monday.
Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, told CNN late Thursday that Murray was willing "to surrender at any time." Murray's legal team canceled...
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