People's Choice awards "2 Broke Girls" despite showrunner spreading ignorance and racism. --- Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel host Critics' Choice tonight on VH1. --- Eddie Brill needs to book more female comics on Letterman: fact. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

CBS is back with new episodes of shows tonight, breaking the holiday drought. --- The AV Club posted their "Best Podcasts" list and we have a bone to pick with them because there's some radio shows on there, stay true to the medium please! --- + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan more ›

We're at Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco where some 30 startups from around the world are launching, execs, entrepreneurs and VCs are staking positions in the future of media and technology and Ashton Kutcher is introducing Walden Schmidt, his character debuting Monday on CBS' "Two and a Half Men." more ›

Craig Ferguson, CBS's late, late night funny man, received a not so funny letter on Tuesday. The "threatening letter with white powder" sparked an investigation by LAPD's Major Crimes Division and the FBI, reports LA Times. more ›

Not that we have any particular interest in this topic, but CBS is holding a contest for L.A.'s most valuable blogger. According to their website, the battle is on for the title in six different areas of coverage. more ›

Classic comedy never completely fades, and a recent script deal between Sony Pictures Television and CBS has us slapping our knees in excitement (and doubt). With the twitches of a few entertainment executives' noses, CBS has ordered a script from Sony for a remake of Bewitched, reports Variety. more ›

We've got video of our interviews with Julianna Margulies and Christine Baranski from CBS' "The Good Wife" at this Monday's Peabody Awards ceremony. --- If you like "Nurse Jackie" we suggest you check out the FitzDogRadio podcast with series creator Evan Dunsky. --- More news items & tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

Unless we see some changes with David Letterman's show, we really might not watch any of its remaining two years. Last night Letterman got really chummy with Donald Rumsfeld, a former (and worthy) target of his and it was just more than we could handle. --- Banksy Oscars Update. --- Tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan and the listings. more ›

The Grammys has worked things out so we can watch the awards live -- yes, even the pre-awards awards show -- online. The programming starts today with a livestream of the Social Media Rock Stars event at Conga Room and continues through Sunday night at youtube.com/thegrammys. Shira Lazar is co-hosting The Grammys on YouTube along with former MTV News cat John Norris. We caught up with Shira earlier this week to find out what we can look forward to. more ›

A security guard working on the set of the CBS crime drama "NCIS" was killed yesterday when "the driver of a production company van blacked out and his vehicle slammed into a tent," according to LA Now. The tent was blocking the victim's view, and he was not able to move out of the way. Now the production has been halted as state investigators probe the incident. more ›

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards take place Sunday but before you start placing bets on whether Britney Spears will show up or who Kanye might diss, the Recording Academy has a week full of affiliated red carpet events, many open to the public, and some that may turn out to be too good for network TV. more ›

Today TCM is running a marathon of John Wayne Westerns in honor of the world premiere of the newest adaptation of "True Grit." Check 'em out - a lot of classic film moments. --- CBS is shuffling "Blue Bloods" to Wednesday nights, more proof that Friday is where shows are sent to die. --- Comedy Central has a funny holiday mash-up app. Check it out along with our Must-Watch Plan for tonight. 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 ›

Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" is your best bet for both comedy and charity tonight: great performances with live broadcasts of action for the West Coast fundraising tonight. | CBS is renewing all 5 of its new shows - what do you think about that? | Even Jon Stewart doesn't think that Rick Sanchez should have been fired for his comments about him. more ›

On October 30th, Los Angeles will play host to a satellite event of Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity". The gathering will be held at the Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park near downtown L.A. - more details are available on the event's Facebook page. more ›

We talk with "CSI" franchise creator Anthony Zuiker about tonight's episode that brings a character from his novel, "Level 26: Dark Origins", into the TV show and then hands off that plot point to Zuiker's new novel "Dark Prophecy" which hits bookstores today. more ›

Programs To Keep: After this weekend's news that NBC's "Outlaw" will have its remaining episodes moved to Saturday before it is removed from the air, we wanted to review the new programs that the networks should keep. Last month we made our opinion on "Outlaw" pretty clear and we're mildly surprised that NBC is pulling the plug this soon but if the ratings are that bad, then they're that bad. more ›

One last megablast of premieres this weekend with at least 21 series and season premieres over the next 3 days. We have our eyes on "Dexter" and "Bored To Death". Also, "Saturday Night Live" returns with Amy Poehler as host. more ›

Last Spring we were thrilled to speak with Patrick Warburton, star of CBS' "Rules of Engagement". As the show was shooting episodes for this season, we were invited to the set to see how the show gets put together and for a chance to speak with Warburton's co-stars Adhir Kalyan, Oliver Hudson, and Megyn Price. more ›

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina continues to widen her lead over California Senator Barbara Boxer for this year's election, according to poll results released today. The CBS/Survey USA poll found that Republican Fiorina leads Democratic incumbent Boxer 47% to 42%. more ›

What we're learning at the Television Critics Association summer session: People are really polarized about AMC's "Rubicon" - you either like/hate it; "The Big Bang Theory" cast is pretty upbeat about their move to the Thursday at 8pm slot (see video with Simon Helberg below) despite not being consulted about the move according to show producer Chuck Lorre; CBS is banking a lot on the success of "Hawaii 5-O" and after viewing the pilot, we think it will be successful as it's pretty good action/humor to turn your brain off to. more ›

Somebody please confirm for us that they also thought the Ryan Phillippe/Ke$ha edition of "Saturday Night Live" was a bit of a chore to watch. Certainly, the Shake Weight DVD commercial was very funny (see embed at end of post), but the rest, other than some moments during Weekend Update, felt somewhat lacking. What did Phillippe contribute other than a pretty face - and doesn't Ke$ha's "Your Love Is My Drug" sound more than a little derivative of "Tik Tok"? more ›

Believe it or not, we've been watching Patrick Warburton on TV for over 20 years. From a bit part on the venerable series, "The Paper Chase", to Elaine Benes' perfect counterpoint, David Puddy, on "Seinfeld", to the ultracult fave "The Tick", Warburton has been a reliable source of comedy and entertainment in a wide range of shows and roles. Currently Warburton has been making us laugh as Jeff on CBS' "Rules of Engagement" which is in the midst of its fourth mid-season run on Monday's at 8:30pm. We had to admit that it's taken us a little while to warm up to the show but it now seems to be much more mature and dramatically improved than even just last season. Warbuton fills us in on what he's been doing and why your Monday's at 8:30pm should be devoted to "Rules of Engagement". more ›

CBS may have to heed cautions issued by the FCC and unload one of their LA radio stations in order to "comply with federal restrictions on the number of stations that can be owned in a single market," reports LA Observed. This puts their floundering KFWB 980 AM station at-risk of being sold, since it has not done well since its switch to "a largely conservative talk format" (aka "The new home of Dr. Laura") last year. Although CBS has fought this rule for a long time, it seems they cannot avoid it any longer. Speculation is that KFWB's new owners "would be foreign-language broadcasters." more ›

Sunday's Super Bowl looms in the minds of many who are already planning how many beer and snack runs they will have to make between now and gametime to be adequately provisioned. Also looming is the broadcast of the "Focus on the Family" anti-abortion ad during the game, featuring Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother. Huffington Post reveals that, while Focus on the Family had to lay off almost 300 people, they somehow managed to come up with the $2.5+ million to run the anti-abortion ad (not including production costs). On the flip side, CBS won't take any amount of money to run progressive pro-choice ads or gay-rights advocacy. more ›

From tsunami-watch to bad-acting-watch, news has it that Hawaii will be subjected to a CBS reworking of "Hawaii Five-O". Since "Fringe" co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are writing the pilot, we will give it at least that shot, but unless they have continued involvement, we don't have a lot of hopes for the show. more ›

October is Monty Python month over at IFC, check out these items on their schedule: Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's cut): New Six-Part IFC original docu-series on Python legacy airs October 18-23 @ 9:00pm. We've watched this and it is excellent and should not be missed by anyone who remotely considers themselves to be a Python fan. We will be at the US premiere of the documentary next week and will ask you for your questions for the Monty Python posse. more ›

We'll tell you who's back on TV tonight: Madonna on Letterman. Yeah, there's other stuff happening on late night TV but nothing will hold a candle to the anticipation of more antics between Madonna and Letterman. more ›

Mayor Villaraigosa walked the red carpet at the 2009 Primetime Emmys on Sunday and voiced his support for the celebration and the importance of the industry to the economy of the region. more ›