Great TV Breaking News

• Cheers & Jeers: Jersey Shore Washes Out July 30, 2010
  Jeers to Jersey Shore for losing touch with its Garden State roots. As has been noted by Gov. Chris Christie, among others, much of the cast of MTV's watercooler smash doesn't hail from New Jersey. At least Season 1 was shot in Seaside Heights, but in a rush to get the show back on the air before Snooki & Co.'s 15 minutes of infamy run out […]
• Supernatural Honcho: We're Gonna Get You, Suckers! July 30, 2010
  Hold on to your Vervain and copies of Twilight, fangbangers. Supernatural is about to have some fun with your favorite vein-drainers. "We're doing an episode about how vampires pretending to be Edward Cullen or the Salvatore brothers or Bill Compton are bad for you," Supernatual showrunner Sera Gamble tells TV Guide Magazine... Read More > […]
• TNT Renews The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage July 30, 2010
  TNT has order new seasons for three of its shows: The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage. ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The CloserLeverageRizzoli & Isles […]
• Get to Know the Law & Order: Los Angeles Characters July 30, 2010
  "There's a little more character development at the offset than usual," promises Law & Order: Los Angeles executive producer Rene Balcer. So if you're champing at the bit to learn about the cops and lawyers that will populate the West Coast entry of the venerable franchise this fall, here's some exclusive scoop direct from Balcer […]
• Gossip Girl: Chuck Lives! But Is He A Changed Man? July 30, 2010
  Did Chuck Bass just get a wake-up call? When Gossip Girl returns for Season 4, not only will the show trade in Manhattan for Paris, but Chuck Bass will be undergo a serious transformation following his near-death experience. "I feel like I just need to go back to the drawing board completely in terms of him wanting to reconstruct his personality," […]
• ABC's This Week Goes Global with Christiane Amanpour July 30, 2010
  During more than two decades as a globe-trotting correspondent for CNN, Christiane Amanpour was often asked why she rarely smiles on camera. "Well, that's because you often see me covering genocide, civil war and things like that," she would answer. Don't expect her demeanor to change much when she takes the anchor chair at ABC's pol […]
• Shonda Rhimes: Grey's Anatomy Docs All Grown Up in New Season July 30, 2010
  Normally, people who finish med school and save other peoples' lives for a living are considered adults — that is, unless they're Doogie Houser. Or on Grey's Anatomy. After six seasons, the show's creator, Shonda Rhimes, says her characters are finally becoming adults — and that their problems will only get more grown-up. Private Practice […]
• Keck's Exclusives: Bones Scoop on New Serial Killer and More! July 30, 2010
  I was the first to tell you that Bones, in Season 6, will be introducing its third recurring serial killer (after Gormogon and Gravedigger). Now I have exciting new details to share about this baddie. He'll be a sniper — just like Booth was before he teamed up with Brennan... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com David BoreanazEmily DeschanelBones […]
• Tom Welling: Hellcats' Cheerleaders Stay Grounded July 30, 2010
  CW's new cheerleading series Hellcats has plenty of sis-boom-bah, the the producers stress that the series is grounded in character-driven drama. "I think there's a lot of heart," said Smallville star and executive producer Tom Welling at Thursday's Television Critics Association fall preview. "I think there's a lot of stru […]
• Drew Carey on 80-Pound Weight Loss: "It Sucks Being Fat" July 30, 2010
  When he had a size 44 waist and with a case of Type-2 diabetes, Drew Carey decided it was time to turn his life around. Check out photos of Carey through the years "I was sick of being fat on the camera. Really, I just got sick of it. Once I started losing weight, again, like once I started dropping a couple pant sizes, then it was easy 'cause once […]
• Critic's Notebook: Showtime and the CW July 30, 2010
  The chasm between cable and network programming loomed especially large on Thursday, Day 2 of the Television Critics Association presentations, as Showtime occupied the morning and the CW the afternoon. Never the twain shall meet, as Showtime unveiled a provocative array of shows that caters to the very adult, while the CW, whose focus is anything but, intro […]
• Exclusive: Melissa Reeves Makes a Deal with Days of Our Lives July 30, 2010
  Cool news! Suds phenom Melissa Reeves has signed a contract with Days of Our Lives and will resume playing the role of Jennifer Deveraux in September. An NBC rep tells us the actress — who was so terrific in her recent multi-episode return for the death of Alice Horton — will hit the air during November sweeps... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com D […]
• CSI: NY's Carmine Giovinazzo Talks Marriage and New Co-Star July 30, 2010
  CSI: NY's Carmine Giovinazzo attended the CBS party on July 28 without new wife Vanessa Marcil, but tells TV Guide Magazine, "[Marriage] has mellowed ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com CSI: NYSela WardCarmine GiovinazzoMelina KanakaredesVanessa Marcil […]
• Roush Review: Can a Show Be Too Intelligent? July 30, 2010
  Calling Rubicon a spy thriller is like referring to Crime and Punishment as a murder mystery. Cerebral, chilly and cloaked in languorous foreboding, this morose espionage drama about intelligence data analysts in a government think tank is likely to be championed ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Rubicon […]
• CW Announces More Commercials on Online Streaming July 29, 2010
  The CW announced plans to add more commercials to the episodes of its shows that are streamed online — and unlike on your DVR, you won't be able to fast-forward through any of them. Dawn Ostroff, the network's entertainment president, likened the plan to the amount of commercials that currently air on television and called it "a blueprint for […]
• Terry O'Quinn Plots First Post-Lost TV Project July 29, 2010
  Two months after the end of Lost, Terry O'Quinn is returning to TV. The 58-year-old actor, who recently snagged an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a drama for the ABC series, has signed on to star opposite Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson in the Lifetime TV movie Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, E! Online reports. Watch videos of Terry […]
• Former ABC Executive McPherson Denies Harassment Claims July 29, 2010
  Stephen McPherson said Thursday that he's going to fight back against reports that he was being investigated for claims of sexual harassment at the time of his exit.Stan Rosenfield, his personal rep, said McPherson "is not going to sit back idly regarding the false and defamatory stories fueled by unknown and anonymous sources that are now appearin […]
• Law & Order: Los Angeles Books Corey Stoll July 29, 2010
  Corey Stoll has snagged the role of Skeet Ulrich's on-screen detective partner in Law & Order: Los Angeles, a show rep says. The Salt actor will play... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com NCISAlfred MolinaSkeet UlrichCorey StollLaw & Order: Los AngelesSalt […]
• Ellen DeGeneres Exiting American Idol; Is Jennifer Lopez Taking Her Place? July 29, 2010
  Ellen DeGeneres is out after just one season as a judge on American Idol, and Deadline reports that Jennifer Lopez may take her place.Fox would not comment on the Lopez report, but did release a statement Thursday from DeGeneres, who replaced Paula Abdul after she left the show one year ago. "A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producer […]
• Dexter's Search for Atonement and 4 Other Things You'll See in Season 5 July 29, 2010
  Dexter's fifth season will find its hero struggling with a fundamental question: How does a serial killer react when one of his key connections to humanity is brutally murdered? "The through line this year is Dexter's  atonement,"  executive producer Sara Colleton said at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews Thursday. The j […]