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Watercooler: A Big Friggin' Wedding Disaster

Can New Jersey just file for separation from the fools who keep representing it on TV? The poor Garden State — which has been in steady loop of "we're not that bad" since The Sopranos — took it to the face again last night with the debut of VH1's My Big Friggin' Wedding, a trashtastic celebration of the over-tanned Ed Hardy set. Imagine Jersey Shore with way less smooshing and more reasons for statewide shame. Only this time, the offending residents ...

Tue, Nov 2, 2010

Watercooler: A Big Friggin' Wedding Disaster

Teddy's Big Day Out on 90210

90210's Teddy may not be ready to come out of the closet yet, but Trevor Donovan is more than ready to open up about his character's journey, which takes another interesting turn tonight (8/7c, The CW) at a beach-club event. ...

Mon, Nov 1, 2010

Watercooler: Project Wrong Way Runway

Are they kidding? Last night, Project Runway wrapped its season with a windy, way too long finale that was packed with more back-and-forth bitchiness from the judges than actual fashion. Which is kind of fitting, since the winner didn't give us much fashion, either...

Fri, Oct 29, 2010

Watercooler: America's Next Top Bully?

Dag, Tyra, make up your mind. Are you against bullying or not? Earlier this season, er, cycle, La Banks tackled the headline-dwelling issue of bullying by having her mini-minions photographed with words that hurt painted all over their bodies. Whether or not the concept was hypocritical (after all, this show is all about being judged), props must go to ANTM for at least trying to be part of the solution.Then last night they kind of blew it all to hell. By recruiting a gaggle of professional models to dish out backstage abuse to the remaining contestants during a Zac Posen show, Top Model stooped to just the sort of mean-girl antics that Miss Jay actually told the pros to unleash on the newbies.  Did they really need to be insulted, shut down and psyched out like that, right before hitting the catwalk?

Thu, Oct 28, 2010

Getting to Know It's Always Sunny Scene Stealer Kaitlin Olson

She plays Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds, foulmouthed girl Friday to the barfly doofuses of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.Where you've seen her before Most recently, as Amy Adams' sister in Leap Year. Before that, the Groundlings grad killed it as Cheryl Hines' sister on Curb Your Enthusiasm and as the passive-aggressive, one-armed neighbor on The Riches...

Thu, Oct 28, 2010

Getting to Know It's Always Sunny Scene Stealer Kaitlin Olson

Watercooler: Raising Halloween

Like a candy apple with a razor blade buried inside it, Raising Hope's Halloween outing was both sweet and sharp. Last night, the Chance clan celebrated the season of the weird by giving us tricks (the guys duping Jimmy into thinking Hope had been left at the firehouse), and treats (the first appearance, albeit masked, of Sabrina's doofy beau, Wyatt), as well as trauma that even an exorcist won't be able to fix (Maw Maw in that transvestite-ninja kitty outfit). On top of it all...

Wed, Oct 27, 2010

Rachael Ray's 3-Delish Episode!

Yum-O! For her October 29 Halloween episode, foodie and Halloween fiend Rachael Ray is serving up an episode packed with 3-D effects and suitably outré appearances by Pee-wee Herman and magicians Penn & Teller. Good thing the two-time Emmy winner is as fearless as she is fabulous.TV Guide Magazine: Where did you come up with the idea to do a 3-D episode?Ray: We went to this conference, and the men who created the Real-D technology were there. They showed us scenes from The Departed and [had] a showing of Kung Fu Panda in Real-D that was amazing. So I called ...

Thu, Oct 21, 2010

Exclusive: Fringe gets a Back to the Future Shock!

Great Scott! Back to the Future's Doc Brown will be meeting Fringe's resident Doctor Frankenstein when Christopher Lloyd guest stars early next year as Walter's musical hero. "We all know how much Walter loves music, right? Well this fellow was one of his icons," explains John Noble of Lloyd's role in the season's 10th episode. "He adored this man. So Walter gets to be a bit of a fanboy." Lloyd, who is currently enjoying a resurgence thanks to the 25th anniversary of Future, begins filming next week in Vancouver and will appear in the show's 10th episode. And while there remains a Fringe-ian veil of secrecy surrounding his actual involvement in the hour's investigation, it's very clear that Nobel is excited to have Marty McFly's bestie coming aboard. ...

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Exclusive: Fringe gets a Back to the Future Shock!

Josh Hopkins Talks Life in Cougar Town

You don't have to remind Josh Hopkins how lucky he is to be a Cougar Town resident. "I've [worked] in this industry pretty regularly... and this is the first show to get a second season. I'm ecstatic," says the likable Kentucky native. We're just as thrilled that he's opening up about his life as one of Wednesday's wittiest, wine-iest friends. TV Guide Magazine: First off, what's with the tabloids saying you dated and dumped Jennifer Aniston after she appeared in the season opener?Hopkins: It's awful. I went to one dinner with a friend, and ...

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Millionaire Matchmaker Hits Manhattan

Start spreading the news. Patti Stanger is storming New York for her fourth season of Millionaire Matchmaker (Tuesday, 9/8c, Bravo), but from what Los Angeles' most caustic Cupid tells us, she doesn't exactly have it made in Manhattan when it comes to her East Coast clients. Here, she lets loose on the core issues plaguing the Big Apple's moneyed singletons...

Tue, Oct 19, 2010

Watercooler: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hellions

9021-oh yeah! There's some new Housewives in reality-TV town and these messes are not messing around. After five iterations of the look-at-us luxury franchise, Bravo finally rounded up some Real monied mamas instead of another batch of foreclosure-bound, "who the hell is that?" social climbers. We're talking sports and casino moguls. Former Disney kids. A woman who feeds her dog breakfast in bed, mmkay? Beverly Hills, you had us at Jiggy.Last night...

Fri, Oct 15, 2010

Watercooler: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hellions

Fringe's Dynamic Duo

Now that the (supposedly) late William Bell has named Walter the sole owner of Massive Dynamic on Fringe, it's time for our favorite mad scientist to set up shop at his brand-new lab."I'm interested to see where they're taking this," admits John Noble of his alter ego's propensity for creating chaos in even the most controlled environment. "It could be a dangerous ...

Thu, Oct 14, 2010

Watercooler: Glee Duets It Right

For the second week in a row, the Tuesday night treat that was rapidly going from a hit to a "huh?" nailed it with an episode that had — wait for it — actual plot. No Britney numbers. No forced guest stars. No reasons to check out.It's amazing how satisfying a show can be when the characters we invested in a year ago get to do something more than set-dress a stunt...

Wed, Oct 13, 2010

Unexpected Guests

Life gets even more unexpected for poor Cate (Shiri Appleby) when the CW's most sensitive drama Life Unexpected hosts one Hill of a crossover tonight at 9/8c. "We're doing this big music festival ...

Tue, Oct 12, 2010

Watercooler: How I Met Your Maury Povich

OK, this one goes out to anyone who has ever visited New York: Is Maury Povich really that ubiquitous?According to last night's How I Met Your Mother, the talk-show host is apparently the most-seen celebrity around ...

Tue, Oct 12, 2010

Watercooler: How I Met Your Maury Povich

Watercooler: Exclusive First Look at Smallville's 200th Episode

OK, Smallvillagers, get ready to fly into a frenzy! On Friday, October 15, the series celebrates its 200th episode, but you can get the party started with this exclusive peek at the official promo for "Homecoming" right here and now. Built around Clark's high-school reunion and featuring the return of James Marsters as a much-less nasty Brianiac, "there are all kinds of nods that go back to the beginning... a lot of glimpses," promises exec producer Kelly Souders, who has also packed in a lot of geeked-out goodies (check out those magazine covers!). And just wait until you see what happens when Clark pays a trip to his future... and runs into himself at the most "Man of Steel" moment the show has thrown at us so far.A second version of this trailer will appear at the end of tonight's "Supergirl" episode on the CW at 8/7c. Check out the video after the jump...

Fri, Oct 8, 2010

Watercooler: Exclusive First Look at Smallville's 200th Episode

Martha Stewart Previews Her Halloween Special

For her Halloween special this year (airing Sunday at 9/8c on Hallmark Channel), homemaking guru Martha Stewart stirs up some mischief with Mummy star Brendan Fraser and shows us how to celebrate the holiday in...

Fri, Oct 8, 2010

Martha Stewart Previews Her Halloween Special

Watercooler: The Good Wife's Amber Alert!

Say what you want about The Good Wife's Amber Madison — God knows, we certainly have — but that homewrecker sure knows how to put on a show. Last night, Peter's former call-girlfriend popped up again in one of the episode's many high points (the debut of Scott Porter, Lou Dobbs' respectable cameo and Kalinda's dirt on Will among them) as the star of a viral music video that puts Obama Girl to shame. Cooing and gyrating like the straight-up hooker she is, the woman most likely to drive Alicia to break the law is apparently is now using her notoriety to support Peter's bid for state's attorney. And she's making no bones about his ability to serve the public. A few sample lyrics:

Wed, Oct 6, 2010

Watercooler: The Good Wife's Amber Alert!

Watercooler: Bully for 90210?

OK, so big ups to 90210 for handling the "Teddy is gay" storyline with as much elegance as is available to a high-school drama set in Beverly Hills. It's an impressive departure from previous TV teens who have struggled with their sexuality (the tennis stud is violently overcompensating to appear hetero, rather than bursting out of the closet with a heavily hyped kiss), but something went down last night that just wasn't right.Freaked out that Ian, the classmate he'd secretly hooked up with a week earlier, was choreographing the opening number for Silver's bachelor-auction ...

Tue, Oct 5, 2010

Watercooler: Extreme Makeover: The Musical!

To quote Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Ty Pennington, talk about bringing down the house.For its second show of the season, the sobfest took a break from rebuilding floors and walls to raise the roof when guest Kristin Chenoweth stopped by for a little song and dance. Aside from Brian Austin Green on Desperate Housewives, it was the cutest thing on TV last night....

Mon, Oct 4, 2010

Watercooler: Extreme Makeover: The Musical!

Watercooler: Watch What Happens' Tina-tacular

Can we just add Tina Fey to the list of celebs who need to guest on every talk show ever? Because like Justin Timberlake, Will Arnett and Cher, the 30 Rock-er just knows how to keep the entertaining energy at a steady flow, whether she's being chatted up by Jimmy, Jay or, like last night, Andy Cohen.Dropping in to NBC's far more fabulous sister net, the Emmy winner spent the live half-hour fielding viewer questions...

Fri, Oct 1, 2010

Watercooler: Watch What Happens' Tina-tacular

Twitter Tips from $#*! My Dad Says Creator Justin Halpern

Now that his hit Twitter feed and subsequent book have become the basis for CBS' new comedy $#*! My Dad Says (airing tonight, 8:30/7:30c) — which tonight finds Henry battling his father (William Shatner) over their pad's Wi-Fi connection — we asked author Justin Halpern to hook us up with his top tips for Tweeting.

Thu, Sep 30, 2010