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Star Shines Light on Idol's Dark Secrets

Feb 17, 2006 03:00 AM ET
by Matt Webb Mitovich

Alexz Johnson, Instant Star

The N's Instant Star, which launched its second season just last week (Fridays at 8:30 pm/ET), picks up where the cheer- and tear-filled finales of American Idol leave off, chronicling the travels of Jude Harrison, a young reality-contest champ suddenly thrust into the spotlight and the discord-filled world of pop music. TVGuide.com swapped e-mails with Star's star, Alexz Johnson — currently in Germany promoting Final Destination 3 — to find out if Instant exposure has affected her. TVGuide.com: Who put the "z" in Alexz and why? Is it one of those Canadian things I'll never understand, like metrics and poutine?Alexz Johnson: My mom and dad put the read more

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Premiered: September 01, 1992, on CBS

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Premise: There was `The Bob Newhart Show,' then `Newhart.' This harder-edged sitcom was simply `Bob,' and in it, he was a cartoonist who didn't see eye to eye with his editor over the direction his comic book, Mad Dog, should take. There was, of course, some of the trademark Newhart wackiness (and `Newhart' stalwart Tom Poston was a semiregular, along with Lisa Kudrow and Dick Martin), but the third show wasn't the charm: it needed an overhaul after its first season and died early in its second.

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