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Jim Carrey Sends Up Black Swan for Saturday Night Live

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey tapped into the manic energy and physical comedy that defined his early career while hosting Saturday Night Live.

Carrey was game for anything, including proposing to an already married audience member during his monologue ... read more

Top Moments: Hawaii Five-0's Molotov Cocktail Party, Dancing's Bulletproof Bristol

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Here are our top TV moments of the week:

12. "Oh No She Di'nt" Award: Laguerta knew she was in some deep doo-doo after her last sting operation on Dexter resulted in the death of civilians. But rather than nut up and take responsibility for her actions, she suggests to Deb that they pin the blame on Manzone because her career would be least affected. Deb isn't having it, so Laguerta decides to throw Deb under the bus and get Manzone to back her story to the chief.

11. Most Engaging Day: After sleeping through their start time... read more

Exclusive: Alex Trebek to Guest Star on How I Met Your Mother

Alex Trebek

Category: Cameos We Can't Wait to See. Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek will appear in the Christmas episode of How I Met Your Mother, show co-creator Carter Bays tells TV Guide Magazine exclusively.

"It's our twisted version of... read more

How I Met Your Mother: Did Robin Sparkles Continue to Shine?

How I Met Your Mother

If there's one thing How I Met Your Mother fans care about more than the identity of the mother, it's Robin Sparkles.

Everyone's favorite Canadian pop star on Monday's episode, "Glitter," and as Cobie Smulders promised, Round 3 would be different. But is different better? Eschewing the usual music video format, "Glitter" employed a variety show schtick (mostly because the show had to after mentioning it last season) to give us ...
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How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders: Robin Sparkles Gets "Extremely Dirty" in Outer Space

How I Met Your Mother

After hitting the mall and building sandcastles in the sand, it's time for Robin Sparkles to boldly go where How I Met Your Mother has never gone before: outer space.

"We don't mess around. It's Part 3, time to go all out," Cobie Smulders tells TVGuide.com. "And Robin Sparkles is out of this world. Or at least her fashion is."

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The jelly bracelets and cool graffiti coat — and, of course, the Robot — all return on Monday's episode (8/7c, CBS) as more of Robin's bubblegum pop-star past is revealed — with a twist. Unlike the past ...
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How I Met Your Mother's Carter Bays: Season 6 Will Be Our Best One Yet

How I Met Your Mother

Barney Stinson is never shy about using superlatives on How I Met Your Mother, but the man who writes those lines, creator/executive producer Carter Bays, exercises greater restraint.

Except when describing the upcoming sixth season.

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"Honestly, I never say stuff like this, but I think this is will be our best season yet," Bays tells TVGuide.com. "I'm going to call my shot and say that. At the end of last season, I think we were all feeling really old, and there's been kind of a rejuvenation around here. I think a lot of it has to do with the stories of the season."

After two seasons primarily of stand-alone episodes, the time-jumping sitcom will ...
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How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders: Variety Show Coming Next Season

Cobie Smulders

The mother's identity may or may not be revealed on How I Met Your Mother next season, but one thing is certain: a variety show.

"It's going to happen. I don't know when, but it looks like it's finally coming," Cobie Smulders tells TVGuide.com. "I talked to [creators and executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas]: 'Are we doing ...
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VIDEO: Alan Thicke Has Advice for Fathers — and Mother

Alan Thicke is all about dispensing words of wisdom these days.

The Growing Pains alum will again add a little sparkle to Monday's episode of How I Met Your Mother, returning to play "the role I was ...
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HIMYM's Robin Sparkles Hearts Dawson!

All of you How I Met Your Mother Fans probably have fond memories of the episode from 2006 where Robin revealed her darkest secret to the bunch; that she was, in fact, a Canadian teen pop star. We couldn't get enough of Robin Sparkles and her video "Lets Go to the Mall." But wait, because on tonight's episode we get to see another long lost video, "Sandcastles in the Sand," with cameos from James Van Der Beek, Alan Thicke and the original Pop Princess—Tiffany! read more

Tiffany, Alan Thicke Add Sparkle to April 21 Mother

Alan Thicke by Denise Truscello/ WireImage.com

The April 21 episode of How I Met Your Mother is turning into a wonderful '80s flashback. Already marking the return of Robin Sparkles, the outing will feature visits from former teen popstress Tiffany and Growing Pains' Alan Thicke, playing Ms. Sparkles' gal pal and father, respectively, in a newly unearthed video for "Sandcastles in the Sand," a ballad Robin wrote upon being dumped by her backup-dancer beau (Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek).HIMYM co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas wrote and composed "Sandcastles in the Sand" as the B-side of "Let's Go to the Mall," using iconic '80s breakup ballads such as "Foolish Beat" and "Toy Soldiers" as inspiration.With Michael Gross (Family Ties) having guested as Ted's pop and Bob Saget (Full House) playing narrator, Thicke represents the third classic '80s dad to get involved with the CBS sitcom. What's your take? Is this shaping up to be one of Mother's best eps? — MWM read more

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