ABC's "Nightline" did a profile on James Deen, the porn star from Pasadena with a massive female fanbase. The show seems sort of freaked out that underage girls might be stumbling across porn on the internet...and actually enjoying it. more ›

The "Cougar Town" showrunners pulled some guerilla marketing by hosting a free bar with food at the TCAs last night in order for TV critics and journalists to echo the question: Why isn't "Cougar Town" on the schedule? --- Also check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

Brian Williams' show is back tonight but for how long? --- ABC put out its midseason schedule and "Cougar Town" is nowhere to be seen. --- Joy Behar's HLN show will be pulled off the air in December. --- All this + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

"Dancing With the Stars" fans are not happy at all that ABC has included Chaz Bono, a transgendered man, in this year's line-up. Some in the anti-Chaz camp (which may overlap with the pro-Bristol Palin camp) say they will boycott the show, complaining that putting a transgendered man on robs the show of its family-friendly status. more ›

It was the ax-falling heard 'round the world, or at least among those who cherish their daily ABC "stories." When the network announced in April they were pulling the plug on long-running soaps "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" after 41 and 44 years, respectively, drama junkies (and grandmas) everywhere soaked through their hankies. But fear not: Both series will return with new episodes to be shown online. more ›

Dodgers owner (in name only) Frank McCourt finally opened up about the lavish, careless lifestyle that inevitably led to his divorce and ensuing drama attempting to maintain control of the Dodgers and pay the team on time. "I became a caricature of myself - and I became a caricature of somebody who was uncaring - unfeeling - excessively living - bad guy - and that's just not who I am," McCourt told Good Morning America's Abbie Boudreau. more ›

In a low-profile attempt at armistice, newly appointed Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy joined food revolutionary Jamie Oliver on Jimmy Kimmel's show last night. Before the show even aired, the local "Revolution"-aries were cheering the end of flavored milk in L.A.'s public schools. However, that's not a done deal, and we're still wondering what's up with this sudden change of heart from the new head of the nation's second largest school district. more ›

ABC has announced the cancellation of daytime soaps "All My Children" and "One Life To Live." This loss of scripted programming means a loss for the many actors, directors, writers, and crew who honed their skills on such shows. --- Animal Planet announces 14 new shows that might have some winners (we hope). --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

After being on the air literally forever, ABC has decided to cancel soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," according to Variety. "All My Children" moved to Los Angeles to film in 2009, and has featured local politicians in cameo roles, including Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa. more ›

We are very happy to see the return of Casey Wilson to television with tonight's premiere of "Happy Endings" on ABC. She's a great comedic actor and "SNL" made a huge mistake when they dropped her a couple years ago. --- Don't miss "Justified" on FX at 10pm which is building to a spectacular finish. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight and the listings. more ›

We've got a new Channel Zero podcast up which includes a conversation with the legendary Tim Conway. --- We're very happy that FX is renewing "Justified" --- Tonight ABC premieres "Body of Proof" starring Dana Delaney, we love her but aren't sure about this show --- All this plus the listings and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

Last night's Oscars failed to gain viewership despite the months of promotion and hype leading up to it. Certainly some of it can be blamed on the performances of the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, but they were only an item on a long list of problems that is becoming typical of the Academy Awards. more ›

The full lineup of shows at PaleyFest2011 has been finalized - get your tickets sooner than later because this year the festival expects a surge in attendance. --- Last night on ABC Shelley Long and Matt Dillon wowed with their "Modern Family" guest spots but "Mr. Sunshine" had a huge dip in viewers. Is _only_ 7 million viewers enough for ABC? --- Please check out our video interview with character actor Len Lesser who died yesterday at age 88. --- Also check out tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan & listings. more ›

"Mr. Sunshine" did great on ABC last week - will it continue to do so this week or were viewers just confused that the show wasn't some extended guest appearance of Matthew Perry on "Cougar Town"? Do you think the show deserves a fair shake? --- Also check out our night in preview ("Justified"! Great guests on "Conan"!) and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

We're eager for the 2nd season of "Justified" to begin tonight at 10pm on FX. We're also wondering what Matthew Perry's new show, "Mr. Sunshine," will be like - we're reserving judgement until we have a chance to see it. ---- Also check out our TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight, there are some good things happening in late night. more ›

Some thought's on Keith Olbermann's move to Current TV: we don't think he's coming to Los Angeles, among other things. --- ABC's "V," "No Ordinary Family," and "V" don't seem to be long for this world - not extreme enough or not boring enough? --- A couple cool TV-oriented podcasts you should check out. --- Tonight's listings and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

Tonight marks the premiere of "SouthLAnd" on TNT at 10pm but there's plenty of science fiction to choose from if you don't want to watch the best cop show in years: a five hour block of new "Caprica" episodes, new "No Ordinary Family" and season premiere of "V" on ABC. --- The Largo will host a comedy night this Friday with Eugene Mirman, Sarah Silverman, and others to promote Fox's new animated series "Bob's Burgers." --- New Channel Zero podcast is up. more ›

Jimmy Kimmel is getting sued for using a YouTube video clip of a Rabbi without getting permission from either the Rabbi or YouTube. Our friends at G4's "Web Soup" know how to get that done right, how come ABC doesn't? [Plus check our Must-Watch plan and tonight's sparse listings] more ›

A threatening letter containing white powder, "brought police, firefighters and the FBI to the CBS studios in the Fairfax District Friday night," reports KTLA. The questionable powder was found in a piece of "fan mail" addressed to Bristol Palin and sent to the production offices for Dancing With The Stars, according to TMZ. more ›

Elijah Wood will star in his first TV series as part of FX's "Wilfred" - an adaptation of an Australian series. From the press release: Wood stars as "Ryan" an introvert who struggles to find social and professional happiness, until he meets "Wilfred" (played by Jason Gann), who is described as part Australian Shepherd, part Russell Crowe on a bender. The world sees Wilfred as a dog; Ryan sees Wilfred as a man dressed in a dog suit." The series will air on FX sometime in the next 18 months. We have to admire FX just "going for it" by buying 13 episodes of this show without doing tons of market research, screenings, or tweaking of the show. Generally we see this faith in artistry on the premium networks like HBO. more ›

An El Monte watering hole has been cited for offering "female companionship for men willing to pay more for their drinks," reports the Pasadena Star-News. The shady dealings were allegedly going down at the Halcon Bar & Cafe on Garvey Avenue, where workers "would add a surcharge to drinks in exchange for providing women to keep the men company," which happens to be illegal. more ›

Tonight is the premiere of ABC's "No Ordinary Family" - is it over-programmed for success? Also, for all you "South Park" fans. we are giving away a Butters DVD set. more ›

The contract between Disney-owned TV networks ABC and ESPN and cable provider Time Warner Cable is set to expire in some markets, including Los Angeles, on September 2nd. What that means is that negotiations are underway, but with the public pulled in. more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: "Penn & Teller: Bulls...!", "The Green Room With Paul Provenza", "Boston Med", "The Daily Show" (Adam Sandler & Chris Rock), Letterman (Thomas Friedman), Ferguson (Lisa Kudrow, James Dyson) more ›

We're entering a period of the summer doldrums when it comes to TV so we've been checking out some DVD sets: more ›

Supposedly the cycling world was "rocked" by the allegations of doping that ex-Tour de France winner Floyd Landis made about his former teammates at US Postal Service. This weekend not only marks the finale of the Amgen Tour of California (be sure to watch today through Sunday as all these stages will be going through the greater-Los Angeles area) but it also marks the finale of Floyd Landis' credibility. more ›

Yesterday we expressed our frustration with Versus' complete lack of content in Monday's broadcast of the Amgen Tour of California - we had deluded ourselves that things couldn't get any worse. Tuesday's broadcast of stage 3 from San Francisco to Santa Cruz started out great, beautiful footage of familiar roads and climbs, albeit without an attempt at an explanation for why no footage from stage 2 could be broadcast on Monday. more ›

"Lost" fans/self-abusers should be psyched about the auction of 10 pages of props, costumes, and set pieces from the show. A date hasn't been set for the auction yet, other than it will be during "the summer". more ›

In case you missed Betty White's appearance on "SNL" Mashable's got all the clips including the dress rehearsal skits that didn't make it to the live broadcast. The show was also a reunion for former regulars including Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon. The Facebook movement to get White on the show as host resulted in hype that ensured the largest "SNL" audience since the fall of 2008 (remember their election surge?). more ›

"Lost" Spoiler Alert: We could write about "Lost" all day, every day and not come close to the amount of theories the uber-pundit megafans seem to spew 24/7 so we won't even try to compete but last night can't pass without us saying something about it: holy shit. Is it good news or not that the "Lost" series finale will now run from 9-11:30pm on May 23rd? Does this extension mean that we will "lose" everyone? more ›