ThunderCats
The ThunderCats adventure continues Friday with an all new episode in which WilyKit and Kat finally encounter Lord Lion-O on the way out of the destroyed city.
Kit and Kat in the same space with Snarf? Cute overload! The new team sets out to find the Book of Omens, to unite Third Earth, but Lion-O seems to be more bent on exacting revenge on Mumm-Ra.
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So You Think You Can Dance
Thursday night's elimination show was the dancers' last chance to prove they're worthy of moving on to So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 finale. Whose dreams were dashed? Who still has a chance to be named America's Favorite Dancer?
The good news first: Melanie is safe, which is no surprise. Joining her in the finale is Marko, her partner in the pre-Top 10 portion of the competition. (Their statue dance is still easily one of the best routines of the season.)
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Michael C. Hall, Kristen Bell
Showtime's raunchy comedy House of Lies will premiere on Sunday, Jan. 8, between the returns of Shameless and Californication, Showtime's president of entertainment announced to TV critics during fall previews Thursday.
"We're not an advertiser environment, so we have the ability to push the limits," David Nevins said. "Beneath [the show]'s glossy, fancy prettiness is a really subversive show. It's an R-rated comedy that's really addictive in a way that no one else can get away with."
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Cat Deeley
On last week's So You Think You Can Dance, Lady Gaga threw a shoe, much like a spirited filly. In fact, she threw both of her shoes to honor the Sonya Tayeh-choreographed performance by frontrunners Melanie and Sasha.
Will the Top 6 performance tonight inspire the same level of adoration from guest judge Christina Applegate? Although she stars in NBC's upcoming fall comedy Up All Night, she's more than just a sitcom star (Married ... With Children, Samantha Who?). Her dance cred includes helping found The Pussycat Dolls and starring in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, for which she won a Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Tony (and broke her foot!).
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Sara Ramirez, Shay Mitchell, Darren Criss
To see diverse representations of lesbian, gay or bisexual people on TV, tune into ABC Family.
The cable network received an "Excellent" rating from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) for its fifth annual Network Responsibility Index that was released Wednesday. The report tracks the quantity, quality and diversity of LGBT people on prime-time programming on the five broadcast networks and on 10 major cable networks.
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Grant Show and Pollyanna McIntosh
Grant Show will soon follow in his Melrose Place character's footsteps and become a divorcee.
The actor's wife, actress Pollyanna McIntosh, filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, People reports.
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The Good Wife
If you think you've seen The Good Wife, think again. When the critically acclaimed show returns this fall, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) may not be quite that "good" any more.
The promo declares...
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Dan Stevens and Michelle Dockery
When Downton Abbey returns for its second season on Jan. 8, 2012 on PBS, the action will pick up two years after that fated garden party in which the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) announced that England was at war with Germany.
During Sunday's preview of the hit British series, executive producer Gareth Neame confirmed that the action in the seven-episode second season will take place over two years, just like the first season. "The new series is a similar sort of span," he says. "We start in 1916. The war will come to a conclusion within this series, and the final episodes is the time after the war."
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis kept the television critics laughing on Friday during the Encore preview of the upcoming feature-length documentary Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, but was cagey about the future of his involvement with the annual Labor Day telethon.
Jerry Lewis stepping down from Labor Day telethon
In May, the 85-year-old comedian announced that this would be his last year doing the telethon that benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association. When asked how he feels about his final run, Lewis responded, "Who told you that? I never read it. Do you remember when...
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BBC America is breaking into the original programming game with a period drama titled Copper, the network announced Thursday morning at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills.
The series centers on a young Irish police officer who lives in New York City in the 1860s. He'll have to learn to navigate the various communities, ranging from the Irish of the Five Points neighborhood to Manhattan high society to the nascent black community in Harlem.
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