Did Simon Cowell's faith in his pop princesses pay off? Britney Spears and Demi Lovato joined Cowell and L.A. Reid as the new judges on the much ballyhooed premiere of The X Factor Wednesday night. Their unique personalities, combined with a new documentary style of presentation, reinvigorated the singing-competition show in its second season. We break down how the ladies did:
Are you ready to take The New Normal into your heart and home (and DVR)? Now that NBC has debuted the first new show of the official fall TV season, we want to know to know your thoughts— and what you think of every new series this season.
Home cooks can't ask for anyone much more motivating than MasterChef's latest winner. On Monday's Season 3 finale, Christine Ha beat out Josh Marks to win the title of MasterChef, a cookbook deal and a $250,000 grand prize. It's an inspiring feat, not only because Christine is blind ...
[WARNING: The following story reveals the winner of Hell's Kitchen. Read at your own risk.] After weeks of burned risottos, undercooked meat and Chef Gordon Ramsay's rage, Hell's Kitchen crowned the winner of its 10th season Monday.
Which singing show will reign supreme this fall? NBC's The Voice threw down the gauntlet when it expanded its planned two-night Monday-Tuesday premiere to a third night on Wednesday, which puts it head-to-head with the first night of The X Factor's two-night premiere. In response, X Factor creator and judge Simon Cowell deemed the move as "cold-hearted" and...
Drop your guns! The Doctor has found his Stetson again. On the next Doctor Who (Saturday, 9/8c, BBC America), the Time Lord and his companions head back to the Old West in "A Town Called Mercy." Despite its name, the townsfolk don't seem to take to The Doctor all too kindly.
Doctor Who has one-upped Snakes on a Plane. On Saturday's all-new episode, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (9/8c, BBC America), The Doctor, the Ponds and a few surprise passengers have a gargantuan task: save the precious cargo of dinosaurs on a spacecraft headed toward certain destruction. As if that weren't difficult enough, an unexpected villain will make their mission nearly impossible. What's a Time Lord to do? Straddle a prehistoric lizard and go riding off into the galactic sunset, of course!
Fast food can kill you, and not just with salt and cholesterol. Discovery Fit & Health's new series I Was Impaled, premiering Saturday at 10/9c, follows everyday people who have foreign objects accidentally lodged or pierced into their bodies and the groundbreaking medical techniques used to remove them.
Life's a beach, or at least Abe would like to see if it could be. The 22-year-old star of TLC's Breaking Amish, which premieres Sunday at 10/9c, is one of five young men and women who leave the strict traditions of their Amish/Mennonite lifestyles to explore a possible life in New York. The stakes are high because even if they decide to return to their homes, they risk being shunned by their communities and families.
Everybody's mad in Wonderland, so Katie Cazorla should fit right in once things go awry at her own party. On Sunday's episode of TV Guide Network's Nail Files, Katie is throwing an Alice-in-Wonderland-themed soiree at The Painted Nail to celebrate its third birthday and the addition of a hair-and-make-up salon. But as one would expect from any journey down the rabbit hole, strange things happen.
It's not "Muskrat Love," but Grimm is staging a romance between two of its muzzled creatures. On Monday's episode (10/9c, NBC), Wesen pals Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) will finally take their mutual admiration and gentle flirting to the next level for a romantic picnic. "Monroe finally asks her out on a date, and it's all very, very sweet," Turner tells TVGuide.com. "She feels a little shy about it and is a little overwhelmed with how amazing Monroe is and how romantic he is." From Homeland to So You Think You Can Dance: Check out Bree Turner's Watchlist Rosalee, who is a Fuchsbau or fox-like creature, has been an important addition to Nick's (David Giuntoli) crime-fighting team, providing Wesen drug knowledge, supplies and remedies from her apothecary shop. Despite her seemingly mild-mannered nature, Rosalee will reveal another aspect of...
We miss the Ponds already. Doctor Who is back and gearing up to bid a Pond farewell to its companions in their five final episodes, beginning with the Season 7 premiere, "Asylum of the Daleks," on Saturday at 9/8c on BBC America.
Just call it Toddlers & Titillation. On Sunday's episode of Nail Files, Katie Cazorla's Sin City adventures as a toddler-pageant judge continue when she finally gets to see the little tykes in action on the stage.
Fighting crime in the world of Grimm is rather hard on an unsuspecting police officer who has no clue that monsters are real. On Monday's episode (10/9c, NBC), Portland Det. Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby) is still struggling to comprehend what he saw when a Wesen transformed from a creature back to human right before his eyes. "Hank has lost his mind. He's questioning his sanity after having seen creatures morph," Horsnby told reporters. "It's taken him off of his axis. He's seeking...
Can Katie prevail in a nail battle? Katie Cazorla may be a fan of Toddlers & Tiaras, but on Sunday's episode of Nail Files, she's learning that watching the drama and living it are two different things. The Painted Nail owner has a run-in with an opinionated pageant "dad" in Las Vegas when she's asked to judge a children's beauty pageant.
When you need a job done right, call on Monroe. On Monday's Grimm (10/9c, NBC), Nick (David Giuntoli) calls on his Blutbad pal once more to see if his presence will jog Juliette's memory. When we saw her last, she had just woken from her l'esprit ailleurs-induced coma, but suffered memory loss and could not recognize her boyfriend Nick. That's a blow to a fledgling Grimm's ego!
Good news, YouTube addicts! What's Trending with Shira Lazar has increased the dosage of your favorite viral videos, news and social commentary. The Emmy-nominated live weekly web series will air daily on YouTube, starting Monday at noon PT/3 ET. "When we aired once a week, we had to choose the biggest stuff that was out there and sacrifice the smaller things that we still loved," CEO Damon Berger told TVGuide.com. "So now, every day you're going to get literally the best of what YouTube has to offer from video in a kind of condensed way."
Keep on truckin'? Not if you get eliminated from this season of The Great Food Truck Race. In the Food Network series' third outing (premieres Sunday, 10/9c), everyday folks with nothing more than a clever food concept, determination and a dream compete to see if they can take the heat in the growing food truck industry. But these are not the veterans of seasons past. In fact, they don't even own their own food truck -- yet...
Grab your purse dog, call your gal pals and break out the bubbly. TV Guide Network's Nail Files is back! On Sunday's Season 2 premiere (9/8c), The Painted Nail owner Katie Cazorla has more than a gel manicure on her hands when she has to deal with a nail tech who isn't getting along with the rest of her staff.
As a tribute to Emmy-winning So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Mia Michaels, the Top 14 will be performing her classic routines from previous seasons. So we're basically expecting to feel the angst and sorrow tonight, and not just because four contestants will be eliminated. Also: Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, choreographers and founders of modern dance troupe Ballet Boyz, will be handling the guest-judge duties tonight. Let's get down to the routines:
A Bones squintern is trading in his lab coat for a chance at a badge. Michael Grant Terry will join NBC's supernatural cop drama Grimm for a multi-episode arc, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Anyone can own a hotel, and that's a huge problem. On Gordon Ramsay's new Fox series Hotel Hell (premiering Monday, 8/7c, Fox), the famed chef and restaurateur turns his attention to struggling hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts. And although the various businesses have different difficulties, the crux of the problem usually comes down to the owners. "Because they've got the money, they think that they've got the right to dictate what they should be serving to the public because they've bought the place," Ramsay told reporters on a call. "That isn't the case."
