For the ABC News special Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil (airing Friday, July 24, at 10/9 CT), Charles Gibson traveled the country to uncover some of the little-known secrets of the oil industry, including why prices have fluctuated so drastically — and what exactly fuels such changes. "Everyone wants to find a villain," Gibson tells TVGuide.com in this video Q&A, "but the amazing thing about oil is that ...
I think I love this: Shirley Jones will guest-star on ABC Family's Ruby & the Rockits, playing mother to David and Patrick Cassidy, her real-life stepson and son, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Shaun Cassidy, another of the actress' sons with the late actor Jack Cassidy, executive-produces the new comedy. He joked that Jones got the role the old-fashioned way. "She slept with the producer," he tells TVGuide.com. "Although in her defense, I was two years old at the time and afraid of the dark." Watch Alexa Vega talk about the Cassidys Ruby & the Rockits stars David and Patrick as ...
While Lost fans still have 18 hours of supernatural storytelling to look forward to come 2010, one harsh reality stands true: The ABC serial's appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con this Saturday will be its very last visit to that very big show. "As Carlton [Cuse] says, it's 'the Cher farewell tour,'" fellow executive producer Damon Lindelof tells TVGuide.com. "So he will be performing 'Believe' in a unitard." Without missing a beat, Cuse confirms his plan to get "hair extensions" in time for his big number. Get our day-by-day guide to Comic-Con 2009 In all seriousness, the Lost bosses are taking this year's Con-fab very seriously, seeing as ...
Wedneday's ratings recap: 8/7 CTPresident Obama's press conference drew 16.5 million total viewers across ABC, CBS and NBC — a 13 percent decrease from his previous such prime-time appearance (which aired April 29). Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, meanwhile, averaged 7.32 mil over its two-hour run, up 370K week-to-week. TVGuide.com poll: Viewers prefer regular shows to Obama 9/8 CTAmerica's Got Talent topped the night with an audience of 11.5 million viewers, dipping 330K week-to-week. ABC's Wipeout (6.18 mil), airing an hour later than usual, plunged 22 percent. 10/9 CTNBC's The Philanthropist (4.74 mil) enjoyed a 400K gain, while ABC's I Survived a Japanese Game Show held steady at 3.84 mil. Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows, from this summer or the upcoming fall season? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com and follow TV Guide on Twitter.
T.R. Knight says a "breakdown in communication" with Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes led him to quit the hit ABC drama — and that Rhimes tried to discourage him from coming out soon after Isaiah Washington used an anti-gay slur. Knight said that during "IsaiahGate" — when Washington referred to Knight with an anti-gay slur during an October 2006 on-set argument with Patrick Dempsey — Rhimes "was concerned about having my [coming out] statement come out so close to the event." Rhimes denies it: "I said [to T.R.], 'If you want to come out, that's awesome,'" she told Entertainment Weekly. Review our round-up of season-finale cliffhangers Fueling Knight's decision to leave ...
ABC has filled in the blanks on its fall schedule by setting premiere dates for Brothers & Sisters and Eastwick. Review our round-up of season-finale cliffhangers Eastwick, starring Rebecca Romijn and inspired by the 1987 film and John Updike novel The Witches of Eastwick, will debut on ...
How do the producers of ABC's Lost plan to make their grab for Emmys gold? TVGuide.com has the exclusive reveal of which six episodes they submitted for consideration in the Outstanding Drama series category. As expected, both parts of the Season 5 finale, "The Incident," made the cut. But which other four hours hope to be deemed Emmy-worthy? Watch TVGuide.com's Getting Lost videos for more Lost news Well, "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" made the short list, as did ...
Some recent ratings highlights: Monday• The Bachelorette's "Men Tell All" special spoke to 7.98 million total viewers, up a hair from the show's previous Monday outing. ABC's Dating in the Dark held onto 77 percent of that lead-in, premiering to 6.34 mil. Tuesday• America's Got Talent topped the night with 13.64 million viewers, up 470K from last week. • The Hell's Kitchen season-opener served up an audience of 6.47 mil over its two-hour run, and bested its rivals in certain demographics. The series' two previous premieres, both of which benefited from an American Idol lead-in, delivered 11.08 mil and 12.55 mil. • Big Brother 11 (5.8 mil) dipped 7 percent from last week. • Look, it's Medium — on CBS! The Eye's repeat airing of an episode of the NBC castoff drew 4.03 mil. New episodes arrive Friday, Sept. 25, at 9/8 CT.Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows, from this summer or the upcoming fall season? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com and follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars champ Shawn Johnson will return to ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Video: Secret Life star Shailene Woodley talks up Season 2 Johnson will play a student at Ulysses S. Grant High School who interacts with ...
Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. What's in store for Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson during the new season of SVU? — CrystalMICKEY: Executive producer Neal Baer tells me the unofficial theme of Season 11 is "Benson and Stabler against the world." First all up in their grill is Wentworth Miller, who guest-stars as a cop with whom Benson will both clash... and make sexy eye contact! Next, Emmy winner Christine Lahti's ADA Sonya Paxton will be kickin' a-- and takin' names, which won't sit well for Stabler initially, and Benson ultimately. I'm going crazy because there hasn't been any news on Criminal Minds. Please, tell me something about Hotch's future! — FrancescaMATT: You and many other Mega Buzz readers seem rather concerned about the gun that went off during Hotch's unexpected season-finale face-off with the serial killer known as the Reaper. Well, you should know that ...
Dr. Izzie Stevens could be in a coma or even dead when Grey's Anatomy resolves its Season 5 cliffhanger on Sept. 24, says Katherine Heigl. "You last saw Izzie flat-lining, so... I'm either there as a ghost 'on the other side,' or I survived a disease [stage IV metastatic melanoma] no one survives," the actress said during a Monday visit to Late Show with David Letterman. Video: Katherine Heigl shows some skin When Letterman asked how she could be pulling 17-hour workdays — as Heigl had shared earlier in the sit-down — if Izzie isn't alive and kicking, she countered, "What if I ...
Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute: • On the heels of Danny and Lindsay finding wedded bliss — and yes, Flack and Angell being hit with heartbreak — might CSI: NY's Stella and Mac be the next to turn their professional partnership into something more? Melina Kanakaredes weighs in on that hot topic. • Saving Grace's Ham could find himself in a lather when a sexy soap opera alum guest-stars on the TNT series and sets her sights on Grace's guy. Find out who's entering the mix, and for how long. (Related: Read Kenneth Johnson's Saving Grace celebrity blog.)Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump.
President Barack Obama will hold a press conference Wednesday night, the White House announced on Twitter. Among the Big 4 TV networks, ABC, CBS and NBC will all carry the press conference live at 8/7 CT, while Fox is sticking with a regularly scheduled broadcast of So You Think You Can Dance and directing viewers to its coverage on sister networks Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network via an on-screen graphic. President Obama makes TVGuide.com's Top Moments of the Week Fox adopted the same approach for Obama's April 29 prime-time address to the nation, a decision that came in the wake of the Big 4's increasingly loud grumblings that ...
In ABC Family's Ruby & the Rockits (premiering Tuesday at 8:30/7:30 CT), former Spy Kid Alexa Vega plays a teen who introduces herself to David Gallagher, the father she never knew. But since Dad (played by Partridge Family front man David Cassidy) is busy living off the fumes of his once-ago success ...
Among the myriad familiar elements of Syfy's Warehouse 13 (Tuesdays at 9/8 CT), there is the push-me-pull-you nature of Pete and Myka's working relationship. Could the special agents' bickering lead to a Bones/Booth or Scully/Mulder sort of romantic tension? "There may be a few hints," Joanne Kelly teases in her TVGuide.com video Q&A. In the episodes ahead, she says, "There are a couple of those moments." Watch Eddie McClintock discuss Warehouse's wilder wares Kelly also reveals what she likes most about ...
The production start date for the CW series The Beautiful Life: TBL has been pushed back a week, but the network insists the delay has nothing to do with star Mischa Barton's recent hospitalization. Fall TV grid: See what's on and when Rather, a CW spokeswoman maintains that ...
Some recent ratings highlights: FridayFox's Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? drew 4.88 million total viewers, dropping 14 percent from last week. Lead-out Mental matched its previous audience of 3.7 mil. SaturdayNBC's Kings held steady at 1.57 mil; the series finale airs July 25. The first of Dirty Sexy Money's four burn-off episodes was watched by 2.15 million people. SundayThe CBS News special That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite was the night's most-watched program, delivering 7.41 million viewers. Lead-out Big Brother 11 (5.58 mil) dropped 17 percent from this season's first nominations episode. Over on NBC, Merlin (4.27 mil) gained 620 thou and the conclusion of Meteor — someone help me out here, did we survive? — inched up a hair to 5.2 mil.Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows, from this summer or the upcoming fall season? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com and follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Disney Channel's Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana Friday-night crossover event drew 9.3 million viewers, claiming a variety of ratings records. First and foremost, the 90-minute intermingling of the channel's Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck and Hannah Montana established itself as cable's most-watched scripted program of the year to date, edging out Disney's own Princess Protection Program (which premiered last month). Get details on Camp Rock 2 Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana's strong showing also gave Disney Channel the honor of being TV's most-watched ...
CBS will pay tribute to the late Walter Cronkite with two programs airing on Sunday. CBS News Sunday Morning, airing at 9/8 C, will remember the news industry's elder statesman with archival footage of his work and personal memories shared by journalism's best and brightest. View photos from Cronkite's life and career Then on Sunday at 7 pm, the CBS News special That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite celebrates the venerable newsman with remembrances from peers Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Andy Rooney, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams. Also reflecting on Cronkite's legacy will be President Barack Obama, former President ...
Jorja Fox is returning to CSI as Sara Sidle. Fox will appear in the Season 10 premiere (airing Sept. 24) and additional episodes, says CBS. Fall TV grid: See what's on and when "We're thrilled for Jorja's return," CSI executive producer Carol Mendelsohn ...
Mischa Barton remains hospitalized after a medical issue required Los Angeles police to send a car to her home on Wednesday evening. News: Barton skips movie premiere because of medical issue "Ms. Barton was safely transferred to medical treatment for which she remains hospitalized, as per the recommendation of her doctor," the actress' publicist told TVGuide.com on Friday. Barton's rep, however, would not comment on a report ...
A funny thing happened when the nominations were announced for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards: NBC came away as the most recognized of the broadcast networks, with 67 total nods. Yes, NBC — the subject of so much ribbing about waning ratings, omnipresent reality programming and Leno-verdosing. "It's exciting to get so many nominations and be so recognized," Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, tells TVGuide.com. "Across the board, it was a great day." Silverman himself even scored a nod, as an executive producer of The Office. See the full list of Emmy nominees Surveying NBC's embarrassment of Emmy riches, Silverman lauds 30 Rock's 22 nominations ...
