Jill Wagner, Wipeout
After four seasons as one of the hosts on ABC's hit competition series Wipeout, Jill Wagner is bouncing on to new things.
Wagner will continue to be seen on the show's upcoming summer episodes, but plans to depart after that to focus on her acting career. Producers Endemol USA and Matt Kunitz are currently conducting a search to...
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Sara Ramirez
ABC has reason to sing: The buzzed-about Grey's Anatomy musical episode delivered big numbers, winning its timeslot and boosting the network to second place overall Thursday night.
Grey's pulled in...
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Ashley Hebert, The Bachelorette
Television finale season is upon us, but ABC is already lining up its summer programming.
The Alphabet network's warm-weather lineup includes the premiere of the ninth season of The Bachelorette and the return of cop drama Rookie Blue, New this summer are the debuts of The Hot Zone, Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition and game shows Expedition Impossible, Take the Money and Run and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show.
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Ellen Pompeo and Teri Hatcher
ABC has announced its finale dates that include a two-hour episode of Desperate Housewives and a one-hour episode of Cougar Town.
Fall 2011 TV scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?
Check out ABC's full list of season finales:
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Justin Burrell #24 and Paris Horne #23 of the St. John's Red Storm fight for position against Robert Sacre #00 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs - March 17, 2011
The first day of March Madness drew the highest ratings for the NCAA basketball championships in 20 years, according to CBS Sports and Turner Sports.
The games — broadcast on CBS, TNT, TruTV and TBS — earned a combined 5.7 overnight rating, the highest since 1991 and up 24 percent from last year's debut.
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Thanks to the new CBS Sports and Turner Sports deal, all the second-round games were ...
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101 Ways To Leave A Game Show
ABC has picked up 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show to air this summer, Deadline reports.
The show features contestants competing in a series of multiple-choice questions for a $50,000 cash prize.
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What's the gimmick? Contestants are eliminated from the show in wild ways (like being shot of a cannon or pulled off a dock by a speed boat).
The network has ordered six episodes, to be hosted by...
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John Henson
Wipeout host John Henson is a dad.
Henson and his wife, comedian Jill Benjamin, welcomed their first son, Jackson Wright, on March 7.
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American Idol
On a more competitive night, the second episode of American Idol fell further in the ratings, while CBS and NBC stood tall against Fox's powerhouse.
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Meanwhile on cable, Jersey Shore set an MTV ratings record for the third week in a row, pulling in...
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Perfect Couples
Because Thursdays weren't already crowded enough, guess who's joining the party?
In case you hadn't heard, American Idol is now setting up shop on Thursdays in the 8/7c hour, providing more intense competition to a time period that already includes a hit sitcom (The Big Bang Theory), a brilliant cult comedy (Community), a guilty-pleasure reality hit (Wipeout) and, resuming new episodes in a week, a guilty-pleasure supernatural hit (The Vampire Diaries).
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This is also the night that NBC is taking a considerable but necessary risk by playing to its comedy strengths and devoting the entire night to half-hour comedies....
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Wipeout
Wipeout
8/7c ABC
What's the advantage of an obstacle course that's completely covered in snow? Host John Henson says that it helps to reduce the swelling. Of course, that will be cold comfort for tonight's contestants as they face wintery obstacles that include Mogul Madness and Yule Log Jam. — Fred Mitchell
Read on for previews of Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival, Target: Inside the Bullseye, Swarm Chasers, Beyond Scared Straight and NBA Basketball.
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