Britney Spears, teen pop icon-turned-trainwreck-turned comeback kid, has apparently finalized a deal to be a judge on The X-Factor alongside Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid. According to E!, "Spears will get $15 million for one season's worth of work. She had agreed in principle to the deal weeks ago and had spent the last several days working out the fine print." more ›

Kiefer Sutherland returns to primetime TV with "Touch" tonight on Fox, are you going to be watching? --- Bill Lawrence, creator of "Cougar Town," has at least 1 new series coming to TV sometimes soon. --- More TV news + Danny McBride vid + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan more ›

Yes, there's new episodes of "New Girl" & "Raising Hope" tonight but we're heading to holiday hiatus for many shows. Check out our audio gift picks to keep the funny going over the holidays. --- The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan is also in the full post. more ›

DirecTV & Fox make a deal, tonight's "Sons of Anarchy" is saved but what happens next year? --- "Rock Center" debuts but could be better. --- Podcast roundup includes new Channel Zero episode with Josh Malina. --- News items + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

It's Tuesday which means it's #SOA day - our ode to the series. --- Give us your feedback on "Terra Nova" premiere. --- Mike Royce's new Fox TV project unveiled. --- "The Big C" finale bitch session. --- Tons of news items + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

The fantastically expensive "Terra Nova" premieres on Fox tonight but can it live up to the hype? --- We have a quick round up of the weekend's shows and some news items of note. --- Be sure to check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan to navigate your way. more ›

Glee club will be a thing of the past for three of Glee's regular stars - Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith - as high school graduation nears. The "Glee" regulars will not be returning for the show's fourth season, as reported by CBS LA. more ›

Today the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with owner Frank McCourt claiming that the cause was Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's unwillingness to approve the proposed television deal with Fox, according to the L.A. Times. more ›

We have more video interviews with casts of USA shows, this time its "Fairly Legal" including Sarah Shahi and Michael Trucco. --- Last night Fox took a chainsaw to their programming and dropped 5 shows. Did they over-prune the bush too much? Weigh in. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

We spoke with Michael McDonald, a longtime cast-member, writer, and director on Fox's "MADtv." McDonald is kicking off a tour by starting a three night run at the Brea Improv this weekend. We discussed his roots in comedy and his current work on ABC's "Cougar Town" where he writes, directs, and will be guest-starring this season. more ›

I’m getting my seat warmed at STAPLES Center last night watching the Kings play in their first home game since Jan. 26, click on Google Reader and look what was there: the L.A. Times’ Bill Shaikin and his report that MLB commissioner Bud Selig rejected Fox’s loan to Dodger owner Frank McCourt. more ›

We rehash some Super Bowl high water marks: most-watched Super Bowl, most-watched ad this Super Bowl, average halftime show viewing, etc. with a slight touch of snark. --- Then it's on to tonight's series premiere of "The Chicago Code" on Fox at 9pm (great series: watch it!) as well as the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan and listings. more ›

222 million eyeballs (2 per face) watched Simon Cowell's shattered body Terminator itself back together last night in a musically dramatic 'The X Factor' ad that aired during Super Bowl XLV, the most-watched television program ever. Cowell's panel of cohorts for the upcoming U.S./FOX version of his British hit singing competition have yet to be revealed (or decided), reports the AP, however Deadline reveals new details like the $5 million winning record deal and 12+ age eligibility for the show's American debut. First season auditions begin March 27 in Los Angeles. The Pepsi-sponsored series and estimated $35 million promo campaign is set to launch in the fall. more ›

More than 111 million people donated their eyeballs to Super Bowl XLV on Sunday night making it the most-watched program in TV history, says the Hollywood Reporter. What would be interesting would be to cross reference that number with the Ruffles people and see how many bags of chips that translates to. THERE'S a statistic. According to Nielsen Media Research FOX became the first network ever to exceed 100 million viewers for a night in prime time, and it's the fourth consecutive Super Bowl to set a viewership record. more ›

Before we had "SuperNanny" we had "The Nanny," before we had "Flight of the Conchords" we had This Is Spinal Tap and in both of those shows we had The Queen of Flushing, Queens, Fran Drescher who will be making a return to TV this Friday with "The Fran Drescher Show" (on KTTV Fox 11 @ 2pm). 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 ›

Still trying to figure out the meaning behind the last moment's of the "Mad Men" series finale on Sunday. Of course we were wrong with the theory we voiced yesterday about Sally Draper being at the crux of the finale. [Spoiler Alert] Was it a cop out for Don to get engaged to his secretary? We're convinced that Bookmaker.com is... more ›

Last night's "Running Wilde" on Fox was too much, in a bad way / We'd like to put IFC's "Dead Set" on your radar as the mashup of "Big Brother" and "28 Days Later" is both hilarious _and_ terrifying / More clarification on Dish dumping Fox. more ›

The Dish network has dropped Fox, FX, FSN, National Geographic, and several other networks so you had best find a friend for tonight's "Glee", "Raising Hope", "Sons of Anarchy", etc. Also, Russell Brand in NYC and cool news from "Bored To Death". more ›

Romy Rosemont plays Carol Hudson, Finn's Mom on Fox's "Glee" (tonight at 8pm). Rosemont had a long resume of notable appearances on top TV programs, from "Melrose Place" and "ER", to "Nip/Tuck" and "CSI" before landing her gig as a series regular on "Glee". Last week we had the chance to speak to her about her impressions of the "Glee" phenomenon and her involvement with the show - she will be in tonight's episode! more ›

The newest edition of NBC's "Law & Order" franchise, "Law & Order: Los Angeles", premieres tonight at 10 p.m. Will it have any kind of effect as a tourism draw? Plus news on "Lone Star," "Boardwalk Empire," "Deadliest Catch," "CSI," and tonights picks and listings. 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 ›

Tonight Fox debuts the very original "Raising Hope", and the "Arrested Development"-derived "Running Wilde" but if you're a big Will Arnett & David Cross fan, you'll want to check out "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" on IFC. Also - do not miss Stephen King riding a Harley on "Sons of Anarchy" tonight at 10pm on FX! more ›

Don't forgot to check out our video interviews with Jimmy Fallon and Skeet Ulrich that were posted earlier today. more ›

Yesterday it was announced that U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York labelled the Federal Communications Commission's indecency rules "unconstitutionally vague and chilling." Between the arbitrary identification of obscenity and the random assessment of fines, from a couple thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands, broadcasters of live events have been on tenterhooks until this ruling. Smaller broadcasters, in particular, were in danger of being shut down if even a violation was filed against them as either paying the fine, or funding a lawyer to fight the fine. more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: "Lakers vs. Celtics", "The Lazy Environmentalist", "Glee", "Justified", "Chelsea Lately", Letterman, Ferguson (John Waters, Taraji P. Henson) more ›

It wasn't our intention yesterday to gloss over the "series" finale of "Law & Order" - with series in quotes because with so many spin-offs we're not really sure that "Law & Order" is over with, particularly for LA denizens as "Law & Order: Los Angeles" will be launching this Fall. There's also been talk of a big made-for-TV movie as well as cast members of the original making regular appearances on each of the spin-offs. more ›

Tonight we will stagger from last night's series finale of "Lost" to tonight's series finale of "24". In the 8 1/2 years since the premiere of "24" the show has gone from being an avant-garde, in-your-face morality play about terrorism, torture, and politics, to something formulaic and predictable. "24"'s combination of raw action and comical xenophobia was an entertaining circus to most of us but (disturbingly) taken as "truth" by the Bush II regime, the military, and "patriotic" pundits like Rush Limbaugh and his ilk. The series was at its strongest when it was about Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer and at its weakest when it became plot-focused. more ›