ABC is taking Once and Again off the air for seven weeks, at which point it will relocate to a new night. Beginning March 4, the critically-acclaimed drama will move back to Monday nights at 10 pm/ET. "The show simply hasn't worked on Fridays," confesses ABC's new entertainment president, Susan Lyne, "so we're returning it to the night where it had its greatest success."
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British rocker Ozzy Osbourne will play himself in an upcoming project that MTV is calling TV's first "situation-reality" series. The Osbournes — which will co-star Ozzy's real-life wife and two of his children — debuts March 5.
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While almost nothing is predictable about 24, Fox's twisting and turning drama, one thing you can count on is that, due to the show's real-time narrative, kidnapped Kimberly Bauer will still be wearing the same increasingly grimy T-shirt and jeans.
How does Elisha Cuthbert feel about her character's ready-to-walk-on-its-own wardrobe? "It boils down to two things. One, constantly having to look the same is driving me nuts as a female. I'm going bonkers!" she tells TV Guide Online with a laugh. "Two, I'm being really friendly to the writers, with the hope that Kimberly might someday pull a new outfit out of her back pocket.
"Seriously, when I took the role I didn't pay much consideration to that," she adds. "It's actually kind of cool to see this crazy outfit go through all this stuff. My wardrobe is getting very,
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Tom Cruise solidified his good-guy rep while appearing as a guest on Friday's edition of The View. During commercial breaks, the Vanilla Sky star made his way into the audience to sign autographs and pose for photos. When one young fan told Cruise that 2001 was a tough year for her, the actor promptly hugged her. "It was a dream come true," she later gushed to TV Guide Online. She better hope Penélope wasn't watching...
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Actor-comedian Richard Lewis (HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm) is joining 7th Heaven for a five-episode arc beginning Feb. 18. He'll play a rabbi who befriends Reverend Camden (Stephen Collins) and his family... For the first time since the show's 1999 debut, Joss Whedon wrote and directed an upcoming episode of the WB's Angel, slated to air Feb. 4. In the installment, look for romantic sparks to fly between Angel and Cordelia... Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, London's longest-running musical, will close in May after 21 years and 9,000 performances... The ax has fallen on freshman syndicated tal
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Singer and actress Rosemary Clooney remains in serious condition at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., following cancer surgery on Friday. The 73-year-old aunt of George Clooney — who was diagnosed with lung cancer last week — had the upper lobe of her left lung removed.
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Who knew lobbing softball questions could be so profitable? Talk show host Larry King has signed a four-year contract extension with CNN worth $7 million annually. But according to the New York Post, once stock options and other incentives are factored in, King could earn as much as $56 million.
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We know what Alias action hero Jennifer Garner will be doing during her summer hiatus: Playing the female lead opposite Ben Affleck in Daredevil, the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics franchise. According to Variety, Garner is just a signature away from sealing a deal.
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The WB has renewed Gilmore Girls, Reba and Smallville through next season. The announcement was made today at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
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