Devin Velez, Ryan Seacrest
American Idol fell to an all-time low Thursday.
The one-hour results show drew 11 million viewers and a 2.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic to post the series' lowest demo ever in 12 seasons.
Lead-out Raising Hope averaged ...
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This week's Grey's Anatomy featured a harrowing tale of a mother (Sarah Chalke) trying to get her son treatment, even though every time he was diagnosed, it ended up being wrong. The tale was meant to help viewers in case their children were afflicted with the same baffling ailment, Kawasaki Disease — which will hopefully pay off in the long run.
However, it was through this story...
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Garret Dillahunt
Oy vey. Or as Virginia Chance (Martha Plimpton) might mangle her Hebrew-isms: "Molotov! (for mazel tov)." Fox sure doesn't make it easy to say goodbye to Raising Hope as it ends its third season on a new night with back-to-back episodes (9/8c), the sort of treatment you'd normally see from a network burning off a show in which it has lost faith. Thankfully, that's not the case here. Hope has already been picked up for a fourth season, and it goes out on a delightfully deranged musical high, with Burt (the sublime Garret Dillahunt) center stage as he frantically preps for his overdue Bar Mitzvah.
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Sarah Chalke
Sarah Chalke is back in the hospital!
The Scrubs alum heads to Grey's Anatomy this week for a story that's based on her own experience in dealing with her son's diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease, an illness that inflames blood vessels in the body and is difficult to diagnose — which is exactly why Chalke was so willing to share her family's story in hopes of helping others affected by the disease who may not know it.
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Ben McKenzie
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Question: This is more a commentary than a question, but what are your thoughts on Southland? Ben McKenzie and Shawn Hatosy have recently landed new pilots, so it would appear that this will be the last season of the very fine cop show Southland. Yes, the show is an ensemble and could certainly go on without the two characters they portray, but it would be a different Southland without them, even with a cast as strong as one that includes Regina King and C. Thomas Howell.
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Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr
Grey's Anatomy topped Thursday after hitting a series low last week.
The drama drew 9.1 million viewers and 2.9 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up three-tenths from last week. Along with the season premiere of Wife Swap (5 million, 1.7) and Scandal (8.6 million, 2.7), which was even with its last new episode a month ago, ABC tied Fox for No. 1 in the ...
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It's the moment Callie and Arizona — and Calzona fans — have been waiting for: After months of dealing with the aftermath of the plane crash and Arizona's insecurities when it came to her prosthetic leg, the couple finally had sex! In true Calzona fashion, their trip to sexytown in Thursday's episode of Grey's Anatomy lent for some comedy and...
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The American Bible Challenge
TV history, and cable's History channel, will tell you: Never bet against the Bible. While History's greatest-hits approach to The Bible (airing Sundays through Easter) continues to reap blockbuster ratings, GSN launches a second season of The American Bible Challenge (9/8c), its highest-rated game show, which could just as easily be called Are You Smarter Than a Divinity Student?
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Sara Ramirez and Jessica Capshaw
"This is the episode! Callie and Arizona need to have sex!"
That's exactly what Grey's Anatomy boss Shonda Rhimes said when she walked into the writers room earlier this year while prepping this Thursday's episode (9/8c on ABC). Why all the excitement? The married couple has had plenty of sex before, but Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) haven't done the deed ever since the latter became self-conscious about her amputated leg, but that will all change Thursday.
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Emily VanCamp, Jeremy Sisto
ABC is supersizing the season finales of sophomore series Revenge and Suburgatory, the network announced Wednesday.
Revenge will wrap with a special two-hour finale on Sunday, May 16 at 9/8c. Close to a month earlier, Suburgatory will end its second season with a one-hour finale on Wednesday, April 17 at 8/7c.
Returning spring shows: Where we left off
Check out ABC's full list of season finales...
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