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Ratings: Did Kings Rule ... or Get Crowned?

Sunday's ratings summery: 8 pm/ETThe Amazing Race led the pack with an audience of 10.43 million total viewers, up 210K week-to-week. Extreme Makeover followed with 9.48 mil. The first hour of NBC's Kings premiered to 6.4 mil, which was enough to best Fox's The Simpsons (5.97 mil) and King of the Hill (5.38 mil). 9 pmDesperate Housewives' girl-on-girl action drew the prurient interest of 14.43 million viewers, up 930K. Cold Case claimed the No. 2 spot with 12.92 mil, gaining 360 thou week-to-week. In its second hour, NBC's Kings (5.6 mil) unfortunately got crowned by Fox's Family Guy (7.2 mil) and American Dad (5.82 mil). 10 pmThe Unit surged 16 percent to command first place with a season-high audience of 10.92 million viewers. Brothers & Sisters settled for second, with 10.58 mil. Celebrity Apprentice plunged another 12 percent, to 6.7 mil.

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Ratings: Did Kings Rule ... or Get Crowned?

Top Model Misbehavior: Arrests and Injuries at Casting Call

Three people were arrested and at least six others suffered minor injuries during a bit of mayhem at a Saturday afternoon casting call for America's Next Top Model. Though the exact cause of the fracas has yet to be determined, witnesses blame a general lack of organization at the Season 13 tryout, as well as a panic that erupted when ...

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Top Model Misbehavior: Arrests and Injuries at Casting Call

Twin Boys for Two and Half Men's Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller Sheen welcomed twin boys on Saturday night — a few weeks sooner than expected. Bucking the Hollywood trend, the Sheens, who have been wed since May 2008, opted for refreshingly traditional and humanoid baby names ...

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Twin Boys for Two and Half Men's Charlie Sheen

Ratings: Cameron and Echo Get Lucky on Friday the 13th

How Friday's fare fared: 8 pm/ETGhost Whisperer was the night's most watched program, matching last week's 11.11 million total viewers. Howie Do It (4.32 mil) edged out Wife Swap to claim the No. 2 spot. After a three-week wane, Terminator showed some life, surging 18 percent to hit 3.53 mil. 9 pmFlashpoint topped the hour with 9.43 mil, dipping 400K week-to-week. Trailing Supernanny (4.73 mil), Friday Night Lights (4.4 mil) tackled a 15-percent larger audience this week. Nipping at Coach Taylor's hopelessly romantic heels, Dollhouse's Echo "saw" a healthy 22 percent jump, engaging with an audience of 4.33 mil. (See related news story on Dollhouse's future.)  10 pmNumbers nabbed the No. 1 spot with 10.05 million viewers. (How saucy was that Gina Gershon?) It was followed by 20/20 (6.53 mil) and Dateline (5.33 mil).

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Ratings: Cameron and Echo Get Lucky on Friday the 13th

Warrant Issued for Lohan's Arrest; Lawyer Claims It's All a "Misunderstanding"

An arrest warrant has been issued for Lindsay Lohan in her 2007 DUI case — though her lawyer claims it's all a big "misunderstanding." "[A] warrant was in fact issued [March 13] for the arrest of Lindsay Lohan," says a statement from the Beverly Hills Police Department, obtained by UsMagazine.com. "The $50,000 warrant issued by the Beverly Hills Superior Court stems from ...

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Warrant Issued for Lohan's Arrest; Lawyer Claims It's All a "Misunderstanding"

Joss Whedon: Dollhouse Is about to Get "Stronger" and "Pretty Intense"

Calling his latest creation's first episodes mere "baby steps," Joss Whedon is getting the word out that from Episode 6 on, Fox's Dollhouse will be an extra-compelling place to visit. In a note to reporters (or "Newsly Types," as he puts it) accompanying a DVD of "Man on the Street" (airing March 20) and "Needs" (April 3), Whedon says, "These two episodes represent ...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Joss Whedon: Dollhouse Is about to Get "Stronger" and "Pretty Intense"

Jamie Kennedy: Jennifer Love and I Are "More than Dating"

Jennifer Love Hewitt apparently is now Ghost Whispering sweet nothings into her costar's ear. Jamie Kennedy, during a visit to Ryan Seacrest's KISS-FM radio program, caved to a line of questioning about his rumored involvement with leading lady Love, saying ...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Jamie Kennedy: Jennifer Love and I Are "More than Dating"

Pilot News: Mischa Barton Lands "Bitchy" Beautiful Role

The O.C. alumna Mischa Barton is not moving to the shiny new Melrose Place, but rather New York City, having landed a role in A Beautiful Life, a CW pilot being executive-produced by Ashton Kutcher. Revolving around a group of models who live together in the Big Apple (or a Los Angeles soundstage facsimile thereof), A Beautiful Life has Barton playing ...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Pilot News: Mischa Barton Lands "Bitchy" Beautiful Role

Ratings: Did Clooney Make ER's Numbers Palpitate?

Thursdays ratings recap: 8 pm/ETSurvivor gained 880K from last week's Idol-ized outing to top the hour with 12.89 million total viewers. Bones placed second with a typical 9.55 mil, followed by Ugly Betty (7.2 mil, up 830K). Smallville returned to an audience of 3.72 mil, down 150K from its last fresh outing. But hey, it nearly tied Kath & Kim (4 mil) for the No. 4 spot, come 8:30. 9 pmCSI plunged 18 percent week-to-week, delivering an audience of 16.96 mil. Grey's Anatomy was No. 2 with 13.54 million viewers (a 12 percent drop from its last fresh outing), but of course topped the demos. Trailing Hell's Kitchen (7.777 mil), both NBC's The Office (7.5 mil) and 30 Rock (6.4 mil) fell 13 percent. Supernatural returned to an audience of 2.84 mil, down 600 thou from its last new entry. 10 pmEleventh Hour held onto the top spot with 11.8 million viewers, dipping 370K week-to-week. A cavalcade of returning faves helped ER surge 22 percent to hit 10.7 mil, and place No. 1 in the demos. Did it dawn on anyone else that Seattle plays home to both McDreamy and the McDreamyER Doug Ross? Kinda makes up for all the rain, doesn't it, ladies? Private Practice came in third with 9.07 mil, plummeting 20 percent.

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Ratings: Did Clooney Make ER's Numbers Palpitate?

Pilot News: Law's in Order for Faison, Gretsch Boards V

Scrubs star Donald Faison will join Cedric the Entertainer and Madchen Amick in The Law, an ABC comedy pilot about reserve LAPD officers, says the Hollywood Reporter. In other ABC pilot news, Joel Gretsch (The 4400) has been added to the cast of V, playing a ...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Pilot News: Law's in Order for Faison, Gretsch Boards V

Fox Pilot News: Labine to Tucson, Hale Plays Cop

Tyler Labine has been tapped to star in Sons of Tucson, a Fox comedy pilot about a thirtysomething guy hired by three boys to pose as their pop while the real dad is in prison. Should Reaper get picked up for a third cycle, Labine would step down from this new gig. In other Fox pilot castings, Tony Hale ...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Fox Pilot News: Labine to Tucson, Hale Plays Cop

Getting Lost: An Exclusive Teaser, Statue Analysis and More

ABC's Lost might take a holiday, but not TVGuide.com's "Getting Lost" video series. In this week's entry, I invite Lost superfan Sean Olesiuk (of LostVideoRecaps.com) to offer an in-depth analysis of the giant (and presumably four-toed) statue glimpsed in "LaFleur." Might this oversized Egyptian icon have some relevancy to the island's obsession with children? Speaking of kids, I got a tremendous response to last week's Burning Question: "Who is the special someone that Amy gave birth to in 1977?" I rattle off your Top 4 answers — one of which, I can tell you, is correct. This week's Getting Lost then throws a new question your way, regarding two newcomers — at least one of whom seems to have an agenda.Watch and discuss the new Getting Lost after the jump.

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Getting Lost: An Exclusive Teaser, Statue Analysis and More

Pilot News: Skeet's Back, Sexy Zoe Plays House, and More

Skeet Ulrich, whose Jericho famously managed a (singular) death-row reprieve, is on his way back to CBS as the lead in Back, a drama pilot about a man who returns home to discover he was reported missing eight years earlier, just after Sept. 11. (No, I don't quite get the premise either.) In other CBS pilot castings, Zoe McLellan (Dirty Sexy Money) has landed a role in ...

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Pilot News: Skeet's Back, Sexy Zoe Plays House, and More

Ratings: Fox Tells a Bigger Lie in Earlier Time Slot

Wednesday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETFox's Lie to Me wore its new time slot well, topping the hour with 11.12 million total viewers — a 9 percent increase over its most recent, après-Idol audience. CBS' sitcombo placed second, with both Old Christine (7.63 mil, +310K) and Gary Unmarried (7.71 mil, +450K) seeing gains. Top Model was looking pretty in third (!) place, surging 15 percent from its premiere to 4.47 mil.  NBC's Chopping Block barely bested Scrubs repeats with an audience of under 4 mil — the Peacock's lowest-rated premiere of the season. 9 pmAmerican Idol unveiled its "Judges' Save" twist to 24.9 million viewers, an increase of 11 percent from last Wednesday's results show (yet down 6 percent year-over-year). Criminal Minds came in second with 14 mil. Life, at 5.3 mil, was up 430 thou. Lost returns next week!  10 pmCSI: NY dominated with 13.52 million viewers, up 820K week-to-week. Law & Order followed with 7.6 mil (up 440K). Life on Mars continued to die on the vine, dropping 19 percent to 4.58 mil.

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Ratings: Fox Tells a Bigger Lie in Earlier Time Slot

Grey's Anatomy Star Is Broadway's Next Hot "Mama"

When Grey's Anatomy wraps up its current season, Chandra Wilson will trade in Bailey's lab coat for a guard's uniform to play prison matron "Mama" Morton in Broadway's Chicago. Wilson will step into the role starting ...

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Grey's Anatomy Star Is Broadway's Next Hot "Mama"

David Boreanaz Lets Slip Baby News during Live Chat

In the course of relating a story about the birds and the bees, David Boreanaz unwittingly let slip that he and his wife of seven years, Jaime Bergman (Son of the Beach), are expecting their second child together. Sharing with Live hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa a story about how he broached the topic of baby-making with his almost-7 son, Jayden, Boreanaz ...

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

David Boreanaz Lets Slip Baby News during Live Chat

Pilot News: Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring Hot for CW's Body

Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly has landed the female lead on Body Politic, the CW's pilot about an absurdly pretty gathering of D.C. up-and-comers. Kelly will play Hope, a sweet Michigan gal who, after her mother dies, moves to Washington to ...

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Pilot News: Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring Hot for CW's Body

Smallville Exclusive: The Most Super Moments to Watch for!

The CW's Smallville resumes its eighth season this Thursday at 8 pm/ET, with "Infamous," the first of eight new episodes. In keeping with that theme of "eight," TVGuide.com invited executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson to tease the big moments to watch for this spring, from eight specific categories. The twosome's teases may in some instances be short, but each one is still oh-so-sweet to speculate about and set the TiVo for. Check out the producers' laundry list of especially super scenes, after the jump.

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Smallville Exclusive: The Most Super Moments to Watch for!

Date with an Angel: Supernatural's Misha Collins Answers Your Questions

On the occasion of Supernatural's return with fresh episodes (Thursdays at 9 pm/ET, the CW), we grabbed a few minutes with Misha Collins to reflect a bit on his first season as Castiel and answer questions from TVGuide.com's readers. (A divine idea, no?) Here, following a bit of our own banter with Collins, is his take on purgatory plucking, questioning the Big Guy, old-school smiting and much more. (Also: Read my start-of-season Q&A with Misha.) TVGuide.com: How was your first Supernatural convention experience this past weekend?Misha Collins: It was good. I don't feel nearly as traumatized as I expected. I feel like a little bit of a whore, so that's a triumph in my book. I got some hand cramps from signing my name for too long, but that's an occupational hazard.  TVGuide.com: What twist in Castiel's storyline has surprised you the most so far?Collins: That he's still alive. That's one. But also seeing ...

Thu, Mar 12, 2009

Date with an Angel: Supernatural's Misha Collins Answers Your Questions

Ratings: SVU Orders Up a Season High

Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol's Top 13 sing-off averaged 25.24 million total viewers over its two-hour run, a gain of a mil week-to-week. Placing second was an NCIS repeat (13.33 mil).  The Biggest Loser packed on 300K to hit 9.32 mil. Reaper (2.17 mil) dropped 8 percent from its sophomore opener. 9 pmTrailing Idol, a repeat of The Mentalist managed 14.25 million viewers (up 12 percent from the CBS procedural's previous "encore performance").  10 pmOpposite a warmed-over Without a Trace, Law & Order: SVU topped the hour with its biggest audience of the season, 11.04 million viewers (up 17 percent week-to-week).

Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Lie to Me's 8 O'Clock Debut Packs an Emotional Punch

Following weeks of cruising comfortably on American Idol's coattails, Lie to Me now must face a hard truth: It has the burden of kicking off Fox's Wednesday line-up. Kelli Williams (who with Tim Roth plays a top-notch deception detector) previews the show's 8 o'clock debut. TVGuide.com: As nice as it was to have the Idol lead-in, are you now nervous about having to kick off the night at 8 o'clock?Kelli Williams: There's always a little concern when they start moving your show around, but it's good that we're at least on the same night. But yeah, I have one little concern. We were worried that maybe we'd lose some of the more adult themes, but so far so good! TVGuide.com: Speaking of Idol, I have noticed that Simon Cowell often uses his middle finger to scratch his nose. Discuss.Williams: Oh, he's consciously flipping people off! That's interesting... For a couple of months ...

Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Lie to Me's 8 O'Clock Debut Packs an Emotional Punch

Mega Buzz on Lost, ER, CSI: NY, Smallville and More!

Senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions. Drop us a line at megascoop@tvguide.com. Please tell me that Emilie de Ravin isn't done on Lost. — JasonMATT: Allow me to be crystal Claire, as it were — we will see MIAaron's mom again, and not just by means of a time-jump à la the birthing moment Sawyer witnessed anew. As the Aussie actress shared in this video, she is just taking "a little break" this season, and multiple sources assure me the plan is still for her to return for the series-ending Season 6. Speaking of finales during this sad, Lost-less week, I'm hearing that there will be just one more "hiccup" — a late-April clip show — detouring our road to this year's undoubtedly big finish.  Where are my favorite ER supporting cast members, like Haleh and Jerry? Will they be back before the finale? — TimothyMICKEY: Does anyone else remember the sexy desk clerk that SVU's Mariska Hargitay played? Well, she ...

Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Mega Buzz on Lost, ER, CSI: NY, Smallville and More!