Watercooler: Save Yourselves, Jersey Shore is Back!

Surely the Mayans had to predict this, right?Last night, 2012 inched closer to the end of days with the return of Jersey Shore.

Did you guys catch that last night?!For their long-awaited return, Happy Endings' Chicago crew stuck several skewers into the cliched silliness of big-screen rom-coms by juxtaposing Brad and Alex's secret love of Heigl-caliber crapfests with Dave and Penny's face-off over dating one another's therapists. But amid all the ...

If you don't have something nice to say, watch Work It. This mess will give you every reason to say something mean. Hell, even our own Matt Roush has declared it "an instant early candidate for Worst Show of 2012" and he's one of the nicest guys in the business!

Ladies and gentleman whose ladies make them watch The Bachelor, we may have a winner! In a loser!Last night, the shame-challenged franchise returned with Ben Flajnik (who lost Bachelorette Ashley Hebert to J.P. Rosenbaum) handling the opening ceremonies of these Engagement Olympics with more charm than we thought he was capable of.

As Chuck and Co. gather to get their "Auld Lang Syne" on in Happy New Year, Charlie Brown, tonight's adorable end-of-the-year special from 1986, we'd like to take a cup of kindness and count down the reasons these old acquaintances will never be forgotten. 1. They rock the holidays. The Emmy-winning It's a Charlie Brown Christmas has taught generations the true meaning of the season, and if you've never joked about "getting a rock" while trick-or-treating, it's possible you grew up living under one. 2. Snoopy! Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Daisy Hill Puppy Farm's top graduate has stolen our hearts as a World War I flying ace, an author and, of...

OK, so we're gonna ignore that Tron-meets-the Fox football robot Michael Jackson number, all the clips and the fact that somebody thought it was a good idea to have R. Kelly perform with a 19-year-old girl, and just get to the real stuff: The X Factor's finale performances.Josh: OK. His cover of Etta ...

Who needs US Weekly when we have Kathy Griffin?Last night, the gossip-fueled funny lady suited up for Tired Hooker, her fourth and final Bravo comedy concert of the year. And in true Griffin form, it was an hour of TMZ and tabloid headlines, all gayed up and regurgitated for a full house of fawning fans at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City.

We love musical divas. Love 'em. Can't get enough of them. They sing it but more importantly, they feel it. And for the most part, we felt the VH1 Divas Celebrate Soul special just as deeply. Last night, the concert franchise that has been silent for too long returned with a femme-filled spectacle that was as big as some of the voices on the bill. Kelly Clarkson, Jill Scott, Jennifer Hudson ...

Why? Why?!On last night's Watch What Happens: Live, the cute-as-a-button P.T. Barnum of Bravo, Andy Cohen, welcomed Real Housewives of Atlanta's Sheree Whitfield (along with that turbaned mess of a stylist, Miss Lawrence), and guess what, kids? Yep, the woman who ...

You know how the best part of a Nicolas Cage movie is the previews that run before it? Well, what if TV offered us the same sort of sneak peeks? Without the Cage stuff, of course.

Bag of Bones? More like pile of crap.In last night's conclusion to A&E's overlong, underwhelming, four-hour adaptation of Stephen King's equally blah novel, the ghosts got off way easier than viewers, who had to live through laughable dialogue, clichés galore and even a few criminal rip-offs of King's own work.

Even if you're not a fan of the band, Cameron Crowe's stellar Pearl Jam Twenty is worthy of a full-arena standing-o.

She's battled Buffy, brought it on and made us want to play in the weirdest dollhouse ever, so it's no wonder we can't get enough of Eliza Dushku. But for those of you still not hip to the hotness that is Dushku, we're happy to say that she is more than just a pretty face who can kick ass. She's also a funny lady — as proven by tonight's bawdy guest spot on The League (10:30/9:30c, FX) — a budding filmmaker, and a philanthropist. Here, the multi-hyphenate fan fave discusses her latest foray into the funny business of TV and what we can expect from her in the coming year.

Between LA's crazy winds, the East Coast's flooding rains and the single-digit temps we're already seeing in between, the weather outside sure has been frightful. But TV is so delightful lately, what with all the holiday-themed episodes crowding our on-screen guides and DVR schedules. Tuesday gave us Syfy's shiny new offerings, tonight has a bunch of NBC shows celebrating in grand style, and last night, ABC's comedies got into the spirit.And while each of the alphabet ...

As Revenge's sketchy tech mogul Nolan Ross, Gabriel Mann has gotten to play hero, baddie, and have fun on both sides of the sexual fence, while being the only one who knows Emily's secrets. So who better than the soap's fan fave to grill about what's headed for the Hamptons following last night's bananas mid-season climax? TV Guide Magazine: Now that Emily has questioned Nolan's loyalties, does this put a huge target on his back?Mann: Yes, absolutely. He has...

You know, it really is a wonderful life when you get to spend the holidays in Warehouse 13. Because we've apparently all been good boys and girls this year, Syfy last night unwrapped its annual batch of Christmas-themed episodes from the net's holy trinity — W13, Haven and Eureka. Of the three treats, Watercooler was most wowed by Warehouse's fresh, cheeky approach to one of...

Christmas time is here, indeed.Back in October, we here at the Watercooler asked if the Great Pumpkin was TV's best Halloween special ever.

You gotta love a show that's never met a line it wasn't afraid to cross.

Yes, yes, the holidays are here. But instead of making some lame joke about fruitcake or ugly ties, we're just gonna get right down to it. Because the art of finding that perfect something for the loved ones (or legal obligations, if that be the case) is serious business.

Beacon Hills' population — and problems — will be growing big-time when MTV's howlingly sexy supernatural drama comes back this summer, TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively. With production underway in Atlanta on Teen Wolf's second season, the returning original cast is being joined by four new recurring characters who sound like...

It's a good thing the Harmon's new crib is so roomy, because the damn place is filling up fast! As we know, if you die on the American Horror Story property, you stay on the property. Which means...

See, this is why you should make Christmas lists, kids! Almost a year ago, Watercooler asked Santa for a few things in regards to Glee, and last night, we got the one we wanted the most: More Santana. In fact, it was like a "a very special Santanisode" that saw the spitfire who once declared "the only straight I am is straight-up bitch" officially embracing her Sapphic self and showcased the always-delicious Naya Rivera's ability to be all sorts of fierce, funny and believably vulnerable. Her version of "Constant Craving" with Idina Menzel? That was just extra awesome-sauce on the side.
