'Community's' Jim Rash Reveals Return of the Dark Timeline for Season Finale

May, 02, 2013 6:16 pm | Comments On #Community, Jim Rash, NBC, Television

Jim Rash was given the difficult task of writing last week's episode of NBC's "Community," which saw the breakup of controversial couple Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and Troy (Donald Glover).

"We knew that we wanted to break them up, the 'Freaky Friday' thing sort of gave us this nice sort of interesting take on that process." Rash told TheWrap about planning the storyline.

Primarily, Rash said the breakup story was about Troy, "who from the very beginning of Season 1 has been on this arc to become a man."

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Ratings: ABC's 'Family Tools' Debuts Soft as Fox, 'Idol' Win Night

May, 02, 2013 8:46 am | Comments On #American Idol, family tools, Suburgatory, Television

Fox won Wednesday night on the strength of "American Idol" as ABC's "Family Tools" had the network's lowest-rated comedy premiere ever. CBS, meanwhile, was second in the key demographic despite hitting three series lows.

Fox, running "Idol" across primetime, won in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo with a 2.8 rating/8 share and total viewers with 11.1 million. Nevertheless, "Idol" hit a Wednesday low in the demo. It was was down 13 percent in the 18-49 ratings, coming in second to "Modern Family." It was tops in total viewers, despite being down 9 percent.

CBS was second in the demo with a 2.2/6 and total viewers with 9.4 million. At 8, "Survivor:  Caramoan" had a 2.3/7 -- down 21 percent to a series low -- and 9.1 million. "Criminal Minds" and "CSI" also hit series lows. At 9...

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Father of NY Post 'Bag Men' Cover Subject Seeks Lawyer

May, 02, 2013 8:11 am | Comments On #bag men, boston bombings, El Houssein Barhoum, new york post, Television

The father of one of two innocent young men identified as "Bag Men" on the cover of the New York Post is looking for a lawyer, saying the paper has refused to apologize for wrongly linking his 16-year-old son to the Boston Marathon bombings.

El Houssein Barhoum told The Washington Post that his son Salah sleeps just an hour or two a night since he was featured on the April 18 Post cover, four days after the bombings. The tabloid ran a story that afternoon saying the two on its cover had been cleared.

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Kanye West Deletes All His Tweets, Leaves One: 'June Eighteen'

May, 02, 2013 7:33 am | Comments On #Due Date, June 18, june eighteen, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Television

Kanye West has gotten lots of attention for wild tweets, but on Thursday he drew notice for deleting them. The rapper removed everything he's ever tweeted and left just one message: "June Eighteen."

Alright, you might say: New Kanye album June 18! Maybe. Or it could be something else.

West's reality star ladyfriend, Kim Kardashian, announced she was pregnant with their child on Dec. 31. So it wouldn't be too big a guess to say he was giving his 9.4 million followers a due date.

Is West harnessing the power of social media to hype a baby being born? Is nothing sacred?

Possibly, and hahaha, no.

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Jon Stewart Rips Obama on Guantanamo - and Says Look Out for PETA (Video)

May, 02, 2013 7:13 am | Comments On #foodboarding, Guantanamo Bay, Jon Stewart, prison, Television

Jon Stewart ridiculed President Obama for not following up on a campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp -- and accused the jailers there of "foodboarding."

On Wednesday's "Daily Show," Stewart highlighted Obama's softening statements since his 2008 pledge to close Guantanamo -- and worked in some jokes about Aquaman and PETA.

He acknowledged that Congress has stood in the way of Obama's efforts to close the prison. But he noted that the administration has the right to send particular prisoners home, and hasn't -- even though national security agencies have cleared about 86 prisoners for release if certain security conditions are met.

To protest their imprisonment in legal limbo, 100 of the 166 Guantanamo's prisoners have joined a hunger strike. Nineteen of them are reportedly being fed through nasal...

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Ratings: 'Deadliest Catch' Grabs 2.8M; 'Inside Amy Schumer' Gets Solid Start

May, 01, 2013 5:13 pm | Comments On #Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel, Television

"Deadliest Catch" brought in quite the haul on Tuesday night, luring 2.8 million total viewers with its 9 p.m. airing.

An impressive harvest, for sure, though down slightly from last week's episode, which lured in 3.05 million total viewers.

The ninth season premiere of the Discovery Channel offering on April 16 drew 3.47 million total viewers.

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Ratings: 'Grimm' Gets Surge From 'Voice' Lead-in; 'NCIS: L.A.,' 'DWTS' Hit Lows

May, 01, 2013 9:40 am | Comments On #Dancing With the Stars, NCIS, ratings, Television, The Voice

Premiering in its new time period following "The Voice," NBC's "Grimm" enjoyed a massive ratings boost Tuesday night, helping to propel the network to the top ratings spot, while CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" and ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" dropped to series lows, according to preliminary numbers.

NBC was first in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic with a 3.1 rating/9 share and second in total viewers with 9.7 million. "The Voice" at 8 p.m., though down 10 percent to a cycle low of 3.7/11, was still the night's most-watched program of the night and had 11.6 million total viewers. "Grimm" at 10, replacing the recently yanked "Ready for Love," jumped 54 percent from its most recent airing last Friday, posting a 2.0/5 and taking 6 million total viewers.

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Daytime Emmy Nominees: The Complete List

May, 01, 2013 7:20 am | Comments On #General Hospital, One Life to Live, Sesame Street, Television, Young and the Restless

Here is the complete list of the nominees for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

 

The Bold and the Beautiful                                CBS
Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer
Rhonda Friedman, Edward J. Scott, Supervising Producers
Ronald W. Weaver, Senior Producer
MarkPinciotti, Coordinating Producer
Cynthia J. Popp, Colleen Bell, Casey Kasprzyk, Producers

 

Days of Our Lives                    ...

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'Young and the Restless,' CBS Lead Daytime Emmy Nominees

May, 01, 2013 6:35 am | Comments On #Television, Young and the Restless

CBS and "The Young and the Restless" lead in the nominations announced today for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

"The Young and the Restless" had 23 nominations, followed by 19 for last year's winner for Outstanding Drama Series, "General Hospital." The two shows will face off again in the category, along with "The Bold and The Beautiful," "Days of Our Lives," and "One Life to Live."

CBS led the networks with 50 nominations, followed by PBS with 44. PBS's "Sesame Street" had the most nominations of any non-soap, with 17.

"One Life to Live" scored three nominations despite its cancellation by ABC. The show began airing online-only episodes this week, along with another canceled soap, "All My Children."...

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Booted 'Smash' Creator Speaks Out: See, It Wasn't My Fault

April, 30, 2013 7:31 pm | Comments On #NBC, smash, Television, theresa rebeck

For the ousted creator of NBC's "Smash," the responsibility for the show's demise doesn't lie at her feet.

In a spirited email exchange with BuzzFeed's chief Los Angeles correspondent, Theresa Rebeck feels that the show's rapidly dwindling ratings and exile to live out the rest of its days on Saturday nights proves that she wasn't the one who ruined the show.

"If in fact Theresa Rebeck was the problem with 'Smash' and the train wreck it became, wouldn't things have gotten better – rather than drastically worse – once she left?" Rebeck wrote the site in the third person.

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