Television

Microsoft Pulls Out Of 'Family Guy' Holocaust, Incest, Tampon Special

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Fans of "Family Guy" are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a "Family Guy" special might not jibe with the software g...

Study: Kids Watch Over One Day's Worth Of TV Per Week, Most Since 1995

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing. The Nielsen Co. says in a study released Monday that children ages 2 to 5 wa...

Kate Gosselin Talks Movie Ambitions, Remarriage

people.com | Michael Y. Park | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


Answering what she described as "any and all reasonable questions" on the Monday episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, Kate Gosselin refuted allegations she a...

Things That Don't Work: The Universal Remote

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I put my new Universal Remote into a drawer. I'll take it out in a couple of months and see if I'm smart enough to get it working then. Perhaps I won't have a cocktail beforehand, like I did last night.

NBC's "Sunday Night Football" Most Expensive Ad Buy On Fall TV

AdAge | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media


NBC's "Sunday Night Football" continues its reign as the most-expensive fall program for advertisers, with a 30-second ad commanding an average of $33...

Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media


For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

Jon Meacham: Fox News Attack Makes Obama Seem More Progressive Than He Really Is

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media


To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...

Neil Patrick Harris In A Fat Suit

ew.com | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment


So how are Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) faring as a couple on How I Met Your Mother? Well, if the upcoming Nov. 9 episode...

'Housewife' Kim Zolciak's Wigs Cost $12,000 Per Month (VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Kim Zolciak and Nene Leakes visited Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night. They didn't make up, but they had a friendly dispute abo...

Jon Gosselin Returns Money To Family Bank Account

people.com | Nicole Weisensee Egan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Gosselin is now in "complete compliance" with a court order that he return $180,000 he took from a joint bank account with his wife, says his atto...

Tracy Morgan Loves Anal Sex, Lorne Michaels

Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Marge Simpson graces the cover of the November Playboy, and though she won't be getting completely naked it's worth picking up the magazine for its de...

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz OFF Of Melrose Place

PEOPLE TV Watch | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is moving out of Melrose Place -- the actress and her costar Colin Egglesfield have been cut from the CW drama...

PHOTOSHOP CONTEST: Give Kate Gosselin A New Hairstyle!

Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


You've voted on which celebrities have hairstyles most like Kate Gosselin's (Adam Lambert, Christian Siriano and Rihanna took the top 3 spots), and no...

Modern Family Follows Dysfunctional TV Family Path

Danny Groner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

There's a longstanding precedent in place for TV shows that carry the term "Family" in their headers. Television writers have long played up the hostile, bitter and even violent side to families as a way to offset expectations.

Beyond "Balloon Dad": Web Series Continue Startling Growth

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Greg Mitchell

The biggest Web series news last week was the publicity for The Psyience Detectives produced by Richard Heene, the Balloon Dad. It never got off the ground, so to speak, but the genre will survive for sure.

Bachelor Jason Mesnick ENGAGED To Molly Malaney, Runner-Up

PEOPLE TV Watch | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


Jason Mesnick, who infamously reversed his decision after the finale of The Bachelor to choose Molly Malaney instead of original choice Melissa Rycrof...

Mad Men and the High Cost of Advertising

James Block | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


James Block

That Mad Men chronicles the rise of contemporary advertising should be our first warning. The fantasy machine that propels the American consumer culture achieves this leverage simply with make believe.

Carnie Wilson 'Unstapled': Singer Gets Reality Show

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Carnie Wilson is opening up her life as a working mom in a new reality TV series. "Carnie Wilson: Unstapled" is in production and...

Bethenny Frankel Is Pregnant! Real Housewife 2 Months Along

Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


Bethenny Frankel won't remain a Skinny Girl for long! The 'Real Housewife,' who got engaged to her boyfriend Jason Hoppy earlier this month, announced...

Jewish Jon Gosselin Seeks Absolution, Advice In Temple

hollywoodlife.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Oy vey! Jon Gosselin must be desperate for parenting advice -- so desperate, in fact, sources tell HollywoodLife.com, that the reality TV dad sought r...

Kate Gosselin: My Kids Are Acting Out, Missing Their Dad

people.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


As their parents continue to make tabloid headlines -- Jon faces contempt charges for taking money out of a joint account, while Kate has just lost th...

Tracy Morgan's I Am The New Black: Manchild In 30 Rock's Promised Land

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books


Barry Michael Cooper

This memoir, craftes like an extended series of self-revealing tweets, may have the potential of a new sort of literary classic, say Twitter meets Richard Wright's Black Boy.

Wilmer Valderrama To Play The Dog Whisperer In A New Sitcom

people.com | Stephen M. Silverman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Wilmer Valderrama is going to the dogs. The former star of That '70s Show will star in a half-hour sitcom based on the escapades of Dog Whisperer C...

TV Networks Promoting Volunteerism In Shows This Week

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


One of the continuing story lines on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" has been an effort by Amy Poehler's character to convert an abandoned construction p...

'The Simpsons' Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Party

AP | MICHAEL CIDONI | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Forget red. The arrivals-line carpet leading into Barker Hangar was yellow – appropriate, given the night's honoree...