Antiques Roadshow on PBS

Monday Playlist: Dreary Deception, Return of Birth, Bunheads, Bachelor

• Jan 7, 2013 09:34 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

The one thing a potential guilty pleasure can't afford to be guilty of is boredom. Just look at the current standard-bearer: ABC's outrageous Scandal, with its whiplash plotting and rat-a-tat-tat dialogue delivered at such hyperspeed you don't have time to dwell on the berserk absurdities, because you're having such a blast. NBC's tepid new mystery-soap hybrid Deception (10/9c) deceives itself if it thinks it belongs in that gonzo company. It even pales next to the diminished second season of Revenge, which needs to refocus on the Emily-vs.-Graysons dynamic and forget the Initiative — yawn — ever existed.

PBS on Firing Fred Willard: "It Would Become a Distraction"

• Jul 21, 2012 02:35 PM ET
• by Mickey O'Connor

PBS' president said the network fired Fred Willard after his indecency arrest to keep the production schedule moving.

At the fall TV previews in Los Angeles, Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, said Willard's removal as the narrator of Market Warriors, the network's spin-off of Antiques Roadshow, was mostly a function of a tight schedule. "We are actually in production with that series, so at the end of the week, when it became known, we had to... read more

Fred Willard Fired by PBS After Arrest, Denies Wrongdoing

• Jul 19, 2012 06:27 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Following his arrest Wednesday in Los Angeles on a charge of lewd conduct, Fred Willard has been relieved of his narrating duties for the PBS show Market Warriors, The New York Times reports.

"Given the unfortunate news reported today, effective immediately, Fred Willard no longer will be... read more

What's Happened to Madonna?

• Jun 20, 2012 12:10 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Madonna is no stranger to controversy. The singer has been known for her provocative behavior since she shot to fame in the 1980s. So why's everyone making such a fuss over her recent antics?

Out of the Madonna drama loop? Here's a quick catch-up: In the past two weeks, the "Materiel Girl" flashed her nipple during a concert in Istanbul, was spotted riding piggy-back on her boy toy Brahim Zaibat in Florence, Italy, mooned an audience in Rome, and projected a swastika over the face of French politician Marine Le Pen during a show in Tel Aviv. read more

Fox Orders Antiquing Reality Show

• May 31, 2011 05:23 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Might as well call it So You Think You Can Antique or The Antique Factor.

Fox has ordered a new reality series called Buried Treasure, starring... read more