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TNT Sets Premiere Date for Saving Grace's Final Season

Saving Grace's fourth and final season will kick off on March 29, TVGuide.com has confirmed.The new season will begin with back-to-back episodes, beginning at 9/8c. The following week, the show will settle back into its normal Mondays-at-10 timeslot.Saving Grace to end next summerThe premiere date is a little earlier than the summer debut TNT indicated when the network announced the upcoming season would be its last. The season will be interrupted, however, by the NBA playoffs, which begin April 19...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

TNT Sets Premiere Date for Saving Grace's Final Season

Sonny with a Chance's Tiffany Thornton Is Engaged

The forecast for Tiffany Thornton's love life looks good. Thornton, one of the stars of the Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, is engaged, according to People.Disney Channel renews Hannah, Sonny with a ChanceThornton, 23, and Christopher Carney, a court officer, got engaged in December...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

Sonny with a Chance's Tiffany Thornton Is Engaged

Syfy to Air the U.K.'s Merlin

Syfy has acquired the rights to air all 26 episodes of the hit British series Merlin, including the second season, which has never aired on American television.The cable channel will begin airing episodes from the first season in April. The episodes previously aired in the U.S. last summer on NBC...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

Gibson on Calling a Reporter an A--hole: "I Have a Short Fuse"

Mel Gibson said his quick temper got the best of him during a recent interview when he called a reporter who asked him about his 2006 DUI arrest an "a--hole."Mel Gibson calls morning show reporter an "a--hole""I have a short fuse. I'm trying to work on it," Gibson told French TV show Le Grand Journal when asked if he had any French curse words for French journalists.  "It usually comes out in English if I'm angry."Gibson spoke with Dean Richards of Chicago's WGN TV while promoting Gibson's film Edge of Darkness last week...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

Gibson on Calling a Reporter an A--hole: "I Have a Short Fuse"

Ratings: Lost Premieres Strong, Idol Wins Night

Lost's sixth and final season premiere was up 12 percent over last year's opener, but American Idol continued to dominate Tuesday nights. Read our Lost and American Idol recapsLost's two-hour premiere averaged 12.1 million viewers and dominated the adults-18-to-49 demographic in both timeslots. It was the ABC's best two-hour performance since November 2007. ABC kicked off the night with a Lost clip show, which pulled in a decent 10 million viewers.Fox dominated at 8 o'clock, however, as American Idol's Denver auditions drew 24.4 million viewers...

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Ratings: Lost Premieres Strong, Idol Wins Night

Ratings: CBS Comedies Keep Rocking, Bachelor Hits Season High

The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men's continued ratings success led CBS to a Monday night win, according to Nielsen estimates. Bang Theory (15.4 million viewers) scored the night's highest rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, while Men (16.5 million) was the night's most-watched program. The strong lead-in helped...

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Ratings: CBS Comedies Keep Rocking, Bachelor Hits Season High

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with Benjamin Linus and John Locke

Before Lost kicks off its final season (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9/8c, ABC), we're flashing back to May 2009 to remember where all of our favorite characters left off — and predict what might happen next.13 questions with the producers of Lost: polar bears, the Smoke Monster, and the Man in BlackBENJAMIN LINUS (Michael Emerson) and JOHN LOCKE (Terry O'Quinn) Where We Left Off: Locke asked Ben to kill Jacob — and he did. Meanwhile, Ilana revealed to Richard that Locke's corpse was discovered in the cargo hold of Ajira 316, meaning that the mysterious Man in Black is posing as John Locke...

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with Benjamin Linus and John Locke

What's Next for NCIS: Los Angeles Following Dom's Departure?

NCIS: Los Angeles' last episode shocked fans when the hour ended without solving the abduction of rookie agent Dom Vaile (Adam Jamal Craig).Check out photos of the NCIS: Los Angeles castViewers weren't the only ones caught off-guard."I didn't know it was going to happen; I was surprised," Daniela Ruah tells TVGuide.com. "But just like on the original NCIS, you never know who's going to stay and who's going to go. For the audience, it's crazy and keeps people hooked on. For [the cast], it can be a little scary here and there."So what are we to make of the jaw-dropping twist?Executive producer Shane Brennan has confirmed that Craig will no longer be a regular part of the cast. But there's no reason (yet) to give up hope for Dom's survival...

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

What's Next for NCIS: Los Angeles Following Dom's Departure?

Scoop: Heroes Star to Play Alcide's Sister on True Blood

Recently killed-off Heroes cast member Dawn Olivieri has found new life — as a werewolf on True Blood. Heroes: Will Lydia's death spell disaster for Samuel?Olivieri will play Janice Herveaux, the sister of werewolf Alcide (Joe Manganiello), the actress' rep confirms to TVGuide.com...

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Scoop: Heroes Star to Play Alcide's Sister on True Blood

Ratings: Grammys Numbers Fly High

Viewership for the 52nd annual Grammys rose dramatically, drawing its best audience since 2004 and continuing this awards season's uptick in the ratings.See photos of Grammys fashion hits and missesEarly estimates show some 26.6 million viewers watched Sunday's telecast — a whopping 35 percent improvement over 2009's ceremony, which drew 19.1 million viewers. The big numbers led CBS to an easy victory, with ABC placing a distant second for the night...

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Heroes: Will Lydia's Death Spell Disaster for Samuel?

Naturally, Dawn Olivieri was bummed when she found out Lydia, her character on Heroes, was being killed off.Check out photos of the Heroes castBut she also saw the bright side: Lydia's death could blow the lid off twisted carnival leader Samuel's master plan. "My death was a chance for the audience to see just how far he's willing to go," Olivieri tells TVGuide.com. Lydia — a tattooed empath who can see into any person's soul — was the second member of the carnival to fall victim to Samuel (Robert Knepper), who earlier in the season killed his own brother and set forth with his egomaniacal plot.This time around...

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Heroes: Will Lydia's Death Spell Disaster for Samuel?

Damages: Does Leonard Winstone Have a Secret Agenda?

There's something unsettling about watching Martin Short play the mysterious Leonard Winstone on Damages. Maybe it's that we're used to him making us laugh. But Short doesn't buy that. "Actors are just actors," he tells TVGuide.com. "Whether they're making you laugh or making you frown, there's a talent to make a character three-dimensional and sympathetic. It's just different objectives. People have typecasting in their heads of how they think so-and-so can make them laugh but can't make them cry."Damages adds Campbell Scott, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin and Keith CarradineThe alternative, then, is that Winstone — a hard-edged attorney and Godfather-like consigliere to the Ponzi-scheming Tobin family at the center of Season 3 — gives us the creeps because he isn't all that he seems...

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Damages: Does Leonard Winstone Have a Secret Agenda?

Brothers & Sisters: Will Kitty's Run for Office Divide the Walkers?

To make her political dreams come true, Brothers & Sisters' Kitty will need the full support of the Walker family. But that doesn't mean she'll get it.Brothers & Sisters boss says Flockhart will be as busy as everIn Sunday's episode (10/9c, ABC), Kitty (Calista Flockhart) polls the entire Walker clan about her plan to campaign for the soon-to-be-vacant senate seat left behind by her husband, Robert (Rob Lowe). Three guesses how that ends up...

Sun, Jan 31, 2010

Brothers & Sisters: Will Kitty's Run for Office Divide the Walkers?

Brothers & Sisters Boss Says Flockhart Will Be As Busy As Ever

Calista Flockhart isn't scaling back her role on Brothers & Sisters, the show's executive producer tells TVGuide.com.Rob Lowe to exit Brothers & Sisters, "in talks" for new ABC franchiseSoon after confirmation that Rob Lowe would depart the ABC family drama at the end of this season, a report surfaced that Flockhart, Lowe's TV wife, will reduce her workload in Season 5. But David Marshall Grant, who was recently installed as Brothers & Sisters' showrunner, says Flockhart will be visible as ever...

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

Brothers & Sisters Boss Says Flockhart Will Be As Busy As Ever

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with James "Sawyer" Ford

Before Lost kicks off its final season (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9/8c, ABC), we're flashing back to May 2009 to remember where all of our favorite characters left off — and predict what might happen next.See the First 4 Minutes of the Lost Season PremiereJAMES "SAWYER" FORD (Josh Holloway) Where We Left Off: Sawyer tried to stop Jack from detonating Jughead by beating him to a bloody pulp. Once Jack's plan failed, a surge of electromagnetic energy pulled Juliet into a hole, and despite Sawyer's attempts to save her, she fell to her (presumed) death...

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with James "Sawyer" Ford

Leno on Oprah: "I Was Devastated" to Lose The Tonight Show

Jay Leno said he was "devastated" when NBC executives first told him in 2004 that they were giving The Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien. Oprah Winfrey to Interview Jay Leno; Possibly Conan O'BrienLeno appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show Thursday to tell his side of the story of the recent late-night war that erupted when NBC decided to cancel Leno's prime-time show and bump O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05.Although Leno reacted fairly positively to stepping aside for Conan in 2004, he said it was a tough pill to swallow. "It broke my heart. It really did; I was devastated," he told Winfrey. "This was the job that I had always wanted and this was the only job that ever mattered in show business — to me. It's the job every comic aspires to. It was just like, why?"Leno said he...

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Leno on Oprah: "I Was Devastated" to Lose The Tonight Show

Stars to Re-Record "We Are the World" for Haiti

Twenty-five years after its original release, Quincy Jones is spearheading a new recording of "We Are the World" to raise money to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.Watch the original "We Are the World" music video in our Online Video Guide "It's the 25th anniversary and it's perfect timing," Jones told E! News. "It's not an accident, man. That's God. It will be 'We Are the World' for Haiti."The original song, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and co-produced by Jones, benefitted African famine relief...

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Stars to Re-Record "We Are the World" for Haiti

Rachel Zoe: Eating Disorder Claims Are "Silly"

Celebrity stylist and Bravo reality show star Rachel Zoe is again insisting she doesn't have an eating disorder, calling the latest round of rumors "silly."Check out photos of Zoe"I'm here. I'm fine. I feel great, and I'm good," Zoe told E! News, responding to the recent Internet chatter over photos of her thin frame in a bikini on the beaches of St. Bart's. "I'm going to go and eat dinner after this," she joked.Zoe, 38, has denied...

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Rachel Zoe: Eating Disorder Claims Are "Silly"

Family Holds Wake for Nancy Kerrigan's Father

The family of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan held a wake Wednesday for Kerrigan's father, Daniel, who died after a physical altercation with his son, Mark, according to People.Report: Nancy Kerrigan's brother to undergo psych evaluation, won't attend father's funeralThe wake was held in Stoneham, Mass., and mourners lined the block, according to the magazine...

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Family Holds Wake for Nancy Kerrigan's Father

Ratings: Idol Slips, But Wins; NCIS: Los Angeles Bounces Back

Another Tuesday, another win for American Idol and Fox — but the viewer gap between Idol and NCIS is closing.Down 12 percent from last Tuesday's episode, Idol's Los Angeles auditions still pulled in 24.2 million viewers, easily making it the night's most watched show, both in total viewers and in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. NCIS, while down slightly from its last original episode, was watched by 20.2 million viewers, the closest it has ever come to Idol's numbers on a given night.NCIS: Los Angeles jumped 27 percent from its most recent new episode and drew 17.2 million viewers. A repeat of The Good Wife (10.3 million viewers) rounded out CBS' night and was good enough to help the network edge out NBC for second place...

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Ratings: Idol Slips, But Wins; NCIS: Los Angeles Bounces Back

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with Richard Alpert

Before Lost kicks off its final season (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9/8c, ABC), let's flash back to May 2009 and remember where all our favorite characters left off and what might be next.Lost: Blink and you'll miss the new Season 6 footage RICHARD ALPERT (Nestor Carbonell)Where We Left Off: In the 1970s, Richard helped Jack (Matthew Fox) and Sayid (Naveen Andrews) steal Jughead, while in 2008, he led Locke to the four-toed statue, aka Jacob's house. While Ben...

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Lost Catch-Up: Where We Left Off with Richard Alpert

Ratings: Castle Hits Series High, House Wins the Night

Castle is becoming one of ABC's new kings: The Nathan Fillion-led procedural continued its climb in the ratings Monday to mark a new high for the series. Following a new episode of...

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Ratings: Castle Hits Series High, House Wins the Night