ABC's broadcast of the 81st annual Academy Awards averaged 36.3 million total viewers, for a 13 percent larger audience than last year's show, which hit an all-time low of 32 million viewers. [Cue extended dance number featuring Beyonce.] All told, this year's Oscars stand as the most-watched entertainment program of the 2008-09 season as well as the tube's most-watched entertainment telecast since ...
At this rate, Meredith might not ever get to call herself Derek's fiancée, let alone blush as his bride. Grey's Anatomy is MIA for the next few weeks, but the ABC serial will return with a bang on March 12, when Derek decides to call it quits. Already, of course, Dr. Shepherd is in a dark place, having ...
When TNT's Saving Grace returns on March 2, the mood in the squad room will be a bit ... different ... given the new pairings of partners. Not only are Ham (Kenneth Johnson) and Butch (Bailey Chase) a long ways from completing each other's sentences — in fact, they tend to stomp right over 'em — but guest-star Christina Ricci's Det. Abby Charles rubs Holly Hunter's Grace the wrong way right from the get-go. By the first episode's end, though, I warmed up to Ricci. Maybe you will, too? After the jump, watch an exclusive video clip where Abby reveals to Grace the surprising reason why she was inexcusably late on her first day.
Amid a bevy of pilot casting announcements, ABC has tapped Dean Winters — aka 30 Rock's Dennis-the-Beeper King — to play the father of an abducted girl in Happy Town, a mystery about a small town shaken by the return of a serial kidnapper. The Alphabet network's See Cate Run pilot, meanwhile, has cast Marc Blucas (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Riley) as ...
First daughter Olivia Taylor got quite an introduction last week on Fox's 24, stubbornly balking at being pulled away from a business meeting by Secret Service agent extraordinaire Aaron Pierce. Is the president's surviving offspring not much of a momma's girl? Might she cause unnecessary headaches for the leader of the free world? Joan of Arcadia and Jericho alumna Sprague Grayden gave us a preview (well, what little she could!) of the story ahead. TVGuide.com: Were you a fan of 24 before you got this role?Sprague Grayden: Yeah, I was, so I was very excited. I've been blessed to do so many different shows, but I've never done an action show, really. On Jericho, other people got to ride horses and shoot guns, but ...
Claire told Kate, "Don't you dare bring him back." Charlie warned Jack, "You're not supposed to raise him." But were those messages not about Aaron but John Locke? As part of this week's "Getting Lost," exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse address the theory that Jeremy Bentham's return to the island could be a very bad thing. Also in the new "Getting Lost": • Lance Reddick teases this week's particularly surprising appearance by Matthew Abaddon. • Team Darlton delivers good news for Sawyer fans. • What is your answer to this week's Burning Question?Watch and discuss "Getting Lost" No. 5 after the jump.
While gal pal Paris Hilton collects a dubious honor, Nicole Richie is reveling in the best news of all. A little over 13 months after the birth of their first child, Richie and longtime beau Joel Madden have announced that they are once again expecting. "What's better than winning an Oscar? I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister!" Madden raves on his band Good Charlotte's website. "God has truly blessed ...
The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors has voted — by a margin of 73 percent to 27 percent — to reject the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' last, best and final offer, presented this past Thursday. What was a big deal-breaker? Get the latest details after the jump.
Sigh. Here is how Friday's fare fared: 8 pm/ET A repeat of Ghost Whisperer's season opener topped the hour with 8.35 million total viewers. Trailing both a warmed-over Wife Swap (4.09 mil) and Howie Do It (3.89 mil), Sarah Connor Chronicles came in fourth with 3.84 million viewers, up four percent from its Friday time-slot premiere. 9 pm Dollhouse came in third behind a Flashpoint repeat (8.06 million viewers) and Supernanny (5.25 mil), dipping 10 percent from its premiere to 4.22 mil. That said, Dollhouse actually gained viewers over the hour. Friday Night Lights surged 14 percent to just under four mil. 10 pm A Numbers repeat was No. 1 with 7.99 million viewers, followed by 20/20 (7.27 mil) and Dateline (5.57 mil). Late NightConan O'Brien's final Late Night drew the talker's best numbers since Dec. 8, 2006, representing a 44 percent increase on his average for this season.
Police officers in Tijuana, Mexico, have detained an Austrian woman accused of stalking David Caruso. The 42-year-old suspect previously had been charged with stalking and threatening to kill the CSI: Miami star, but failed to show up for her July 2007 trial. Since then, she is believed to have been on the run, with laptop in tow. Austrian prosecutors tell the Associated Press that the woman in question sent Caruso more than 100 letters, and pursued him for an autograph. When Caruso refused to oblige her request, she targeted him with death threats ...
Dare I guess, Hillary Clinton was never this foxy. Amy Smart has been tapped to headline the CBS pilot See Cate Run (fka I, Claudia), says the Hollywood Reporter. As Cate, Smart would play a prosecuting attorney who one day will emerge as a serious contender for the office of President ...
Thursday's ratings roundup: 8 pm/ETSurvivor: Tocantins inched up slightly from its premiere to win the hour with 13.67 million total viewers. Bones cinched second with 9.5 million (down 12 percent from its fresh eppy), while Ugly Betty settled for third (7.65 mil). NBC's Earl (6.72 mil) gained 420K, but Kath & Kim (5.13 mil) scared off another 350 thou. 9 pmCSI topped the hour with 16.85 million viewers, dropping 930K. Grey's Anatomy's scalpel-vs.-scalpel and fist-vs.-fist showdowns drummed up 15.39 mil, a week-to-week increase of 310K and the series' biggest audience since Nov. 20, 2008. (Was it just me or did Addison seem a bit, um, turned on by the boys' McDonnybrook?) 10 pmWith the Grey's crossover over, Private Practice plunged 20 percent yet still edged out Eleventh Hour — 11.37 mil to 11.23 mil. (Who took my Twitter challenge and spotted Private Practice's second, non-Anya Buffy alum?) ER delivered 7.44 mil, up 190K.
I want my own Eliza Dushku. Or at the very least, I may want to gift a favorite nephew with one for his birthday. But just how much does it cost to "hire" an "active" for an "engagement"? In this third slice of my sit-down with Joss Whedon, the creator of Fox's Dollhouse (Fridays at 9 pm/ET) reveals the approximate ballpark figure for Echo's oh-so-specialized services — shattering my own best guesstimate in the process. Other topics covered in this video: • Joss and Fox famously went back and forth on what Dollhouse is "about," scrapping and reshooting the pilot in the process. Which moment from the early episodes is truest to Whedon's vision? • Does the original Dollhouse pilot still exist somewhere? Or are we seeing pieces of it in this week's episode, which offers a bit of an origin story for Harry Lennix's Boyd? • And the biggie: Is it true that Whedon is done with network television, having gotten a taste of "freedom" with Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog and his upcoming feature Cabin in the Woods? Get Joss' candid answers, after the jump.
A drama pilot being shepherded in part by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes has found its "McDreamy." Inside the Box, from Richard Robbins and exec-produced by Rhimes and Betsy Beers, is set in a Washington news bureau and revolves around Catherine, a hard-hitting producer. Playing coworker Jake — aka the Derek to Catherine's Meredith — will be ...
What ever came of The Middleman and his plucky sidekick, Wendy? Fans of ABC Family's quirky single-season series will get the answer to that and more when a proper finale is presented in a slightly different form this summer. Get all the details, after the jump.
Wednesday's ratings rundown: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol cued up an audience of 24.4 million total viewers, up 5 percent from last year's first results show. CBS, which came in second for the hour, saw gains for Old Christine (7.32 mil, +260K) and Gary Unmarried (7.26 mil, +400K). This week's Lost rehash (5.57 mil) surged 17 percent to best a new Knight Rider (5.49 mil). 9 pmCriminal Minds drew the most viewers (15 million), but Lost topped the demos. Lost bounced back from last week's "Idol-ized" setback to deliver 11.27 mil — and thus edge out Lie to Me (which dipped 78O thou, to 11.22 mil). Life inched up 440K, to 5.16 mil. 10 pmAs CSI: NY (12.35 million viewers, down 500 thou) and Law & Order (7.15 mil, down 370K) both dropped, Life on Mars saw its audience liven up by some 13 percent, hitting 5.8 mil.
What makes a teen queen's heart throb? Here in Part 2 of our sit-down with Demi Lovato, the star of Disney Channel's brand-new Sonny with a Chance (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) reveals her two celebrity crushes — one of whom she would actually prefer to work with than date. Demi also discusses her past affinity for hardcore metal, and rumors that she has dated one Jonas brother or another. Watch the full video Q&A, after the jump.
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has worked his Rolodex hard, tapping several former residents of Neptune — Kristen Bell included — to Party Down on his new Starz comedy series about Los Angeles caterers.Get the details on who Kristen is playing, and what other Mars alumni you can expect to spy, after the jump.
Will Desperate Housewives' mysterious and murderous Dave Williams do away with his wife, Edie, so as to escort Nicollette Sheridan off the show she has called home for five years? See what Sheridan's scene partner, Neal McDonough, has to say about Edie's possible demise, after the jump.
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETLet the stinging singing begin. American Idol averaged 25.1 million total viewers over its two-hour run, a 13 percent drop from last year's first big croon-off. Placing second in the hour, NCIS held steady at 18 mil. The Biggest Loser (8.9 mil) was the biggest loser of the night at Idol's hand, shedding 13 percent of its week-ago audience. 9 pmOpposite the second hour of Idol (noooo, don't go near The Police!), The Mentalist only dipped 7 percent from last week's all-time high. In other words, barely a hair on Simon Baker's head was mussed. 10 pmWithout a Trace's yo-yo act continued, with the procedural this week slipping 16 percent, to 12.2 million viewers. SVU placed second with 9.45 mil (down 900K), yet topped the demos.
The deal is now done, so it's official: Nick Lachey will be guest-starring on the CW's One Tree Hill. But what you don't know is exactly what the tabloid darling will be doing in North Carolina, or with whom. Or even when. Well, TVGuide.com is here to bring you the exclusive details. Sources tell us that Lachey will be appearing ...
Did Britney Spears really almost appear on Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Why was Anya afraid of rabbits? Was Drusilla a potential slayer? Will Buffy reunite with Angel anytime soon?And how are things looking for a Serenity 2 movie? I brought your questions about Buffy, Angel and Firefly to Joss Whedon, when he dropped by to talk up his new Fox series, Dollhouse. Make the jump to see what Joss had to share about the above topics and others.