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In the lower categories of the Grammys, unmentioned on Wednesday's primetime nomination special, is where some of the more unexpected names popped up.
That was the case, as usual, in the spoken word category, where Jimmy Carter is a nominee for the audiobook of his "We Can Have Peace in the ...
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Carrie Fisher
Michael J. Fox
Richard Dreyfuss
Kathy Griffin
Stephen Colbert
Blink and you'll miss it, but our blog item on the Obama speech bumping Charlie Brown was quoted on Wednesday's "Colbert Report," in a segment that should be seen for its brilliant comic writing.
Who's doing topical humor better on TV these days?
The Colbert Report
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Comedy
Stephen Colbert
Barack Obama
The Colbert Report
The anti-defamation protests are already rolling in for the new reality series "Jersey Shore" (MTV, 10 p.m.), which is meant to spotlight "the hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" according to the network.
The eight twentysomethings followed on the show, caught in Seaside Heights, H.J., in ...
Reality
ABC's retaliation on Adam Lambert continues. After his randy performance to close the American Music Awards on the network, the "American Idol" runner up had his "Good Morning America" appearance on ABC cancelled.
Wednesday came word that planned Lambert appearances on two other ABC ...
Reality
ABC
Adam Lambert
American Music Awards
American Idol
Good Morning America
Can we get a moratorium on Fergie, Will.i.am and the rest for a few weeks?
Already this week they've been on three different specials - on Sunday the 25th Anniversary Concert for the Rock and roll Hall of Fame, Tuesday at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, performing twice and then Wednesday ...
Drama
Taylor Swift
Poker Face
Kings
Noelle Marsh and Nathan Trasoras, both 18, were eliminated from "So You Think You Can Dance" Wednesday as the field of contestants moved into single digits.
In the first week the cuts were made soley by viewer votes, the two were in the bottom four along with Ryan Di Lello and Kathryn ...
Reality
Charles Dance
So You Think You Can Dance
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Wasn't it just green week at NBC a
couple of weeks ago? Wednesday they turned on five...
miles of 33,000 decorative lights wrapped around a 76-foot Norway spruce chopped down from the lot of a Connecticut school teacher and erected on Rockefeller Plaza. ...
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"The Ghost Hunters" who invaded Hartford's historic Mark Twain House earlier this fall didn't go away empty-handed.
When the famous duo of plumbers-by-day from Warwick, R.I., were dispatched to Hartford in September with their crew, they encountered all manner of noises, and shadows and ...
Drama
House
Ghost Hunters
A 76-foot Norway spruce from Connecticut gets its moment of glory as the lights are switched on in the annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" (NBC, 8 p.m.). The 10 ton tree was cut down from the Easton home of schoolteacher Maria Corti.
It will be ablaze in lights with ...
Reality
The anti-defamation protests are already rolling in for the new reality series "Jersey Shore" (MTV, 10 p.m.), which is meant to spotlight "the hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos."
The eight twentysomethings followed on the show, caught in Seaside Heights, H.J., in their abs, tattoos and hair ...
Reality
"The Ghost Hunters" who invaded Hartford's historic Mark Twain House earlier this fall didn't go away empty-handed.
When the famous duo of plumbers-by-day from Warwick, R.I., were dispatched to Hartford in September with their crew, they encountered all manner of noises, and shadows and ...
Drama
House
Ghost Hunters
Even something as straightforward as the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" can't play any more without a reality TV component embedded iside.
Wednesday, the annual colorful event of pop music and push-up bras was interrupted by a competition for the 2009 Victoria's Secret Model Search, from ...
Other
Family isn't just a theme on "Sons of Anarchy," it's the whole show. It's the Hamlet like conflict of step-father and -son, the mother in the middle and the idea that maybe a motorcycle club doesn't have to be quite as brutal and murderous as it may have become. That poisonous conflict between ...
Other
Eastern Connecticut's Rudy Pauls of Brooklyn fought his way into NBC's "The Biggest Loser" finale Tuesday, losing another 43 pounds in his 60 days home to earn his spot in the three-way final weigh in next week, vying for a $250.000 prize.
His total weight dropped from 442, when he began the ...
Reality
The Biggest Loser
Yes, there are probably too many of them. But they have long since become part of the holiday tradition: Seeing your favorite special or old movie is just as much a part of the season as having an eggnog latte.
And there are always a dozen new titles every year to add to the mix. Here, now ...
Drama
The prime time Presidential Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business Network, 8 p.m.) on the war in Afghanistan is the most important programming on tonight.
But it also alters network schedules at a crucial time, such that the specials "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Disney ...
Reality
Barack Obama
CBS
Another medical drama bites the dust, as does a legal one.
CBS has already yanked "Three Rivers," its pricey Sunday night ensemble drama about a transplant team starring Alex O'Loughlin, Katherine Moennig and Alfre Woodard, TV Guide has reported. It will be replaced by reruns of "Criminal ...
Drama
Three Rivers
CBS
Alfre Woodard
Criminal Minds
NCIS: Los Angeles
An ABC reality series called "Thin Ice" will shoot at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in the spring.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kurt Browning will co-host the show live from the reservation at Mashantucket March 19 and 21. In the show a dozen profesional skaters will compete in six pairs whose ...
Reality
Dancing With The Stars
The NFL confirmed that The Who will play the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV Feb. 7 in Miami's Dolphin Stadium.
The announcement, made during Sunday night's game, will be a boon to CBS, which is broadcasting the game, since The Who perform the theme songs on three of its most popular ...
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The Super Bowl
CBS
Justin Timberlake
Anthony Hopkins is guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies and he doesn't choose "The Silence of the Lambs." Instead, " The Lady from Shanghai" (8 p.m.), " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (9:45 p.m.), " The Grapes of Wrath" (midnight) and "Rear Window" (2:15 a.m.).
Boris Karloff narrates ...
