Alex Morgan's first World Cup goal sealed the U.S. Women's team's first trip to the finals since winning it all in 1999. Morgan, a reserve, outraced four defenders before faking out France's goalie and adding the final goal in the 82nd minute of Wednesday's World Cup semifinal to preserve Team USA's 3-1 victory. more ›

A slow summer night of TV but there's still some good offerings - check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for details. --- We follow up on our Monday post regarding Jo Koy's "homophobic" rant in Chicago and HuffPo's scurrilous "reporting" on the matter - the comci who opened for Koy tells us what really happened. more ›

USA launches its summer season with "White Collar" and "Covert Affairs" tonight (see our vids with cast members). --- The cast of ABC's "Modern Family" is on "Inside the Actors Studio" tonight. --- Tons of news tidbits and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan are in the full post. more ›

We conclude our video interviews from the USA Network upfronts with Vincent D'Onofrio and cast from "Royal Pains." --- Ashton Kutcher's arrival on "Two and a Half Men" will improve neither the premise of the story, nor the writing, both of which are awful. --- Ed Helms to host "SNL" this weekend. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan Weekend Edition. more ›

We've got video interviews with Peter Gallagher and Anne Dudeck from USA's "Covert Affairs." --- We've got our full interview in podcast form with voice actor Billy West ("Ren & Stimpy," "Futurama," etc.). --- We give props to newsman Jim Lehrer and Will Ferrell. --- And we've got the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

We have more video from last week's USA Network upfront rollout of shows. This time its James Roday and Dulé Hill from "Psych." --- Pass the TUMS: Ryan Seacrest makes $15 million/yr as host of "Idol" --- Norm Macdonald will take the Lakers to task tonight on his sports show. Prove you can take it. more ›

Matt Bomer is the star of USA's "White Collar" which airs on Tuesdays at 10pm _and_ it's the focus program of tonight's PaleyFest2011 at the Saban Theatre. We had the chance to catch up with Bomer a few weeks ago for this interview and we eagerly anticipate what he, his castmates, and the show creators will reveal tonight at PaleyFest. more ›

These days it appears the most popular man on TV, and the most highly-paid, is dogged daily by allegations of bizarre and salacious behavior - 30 years ago this wasn't the story as Henry Winkler rules the airwaves with an audience on "Happy Days" that dwarfs "Two and a Half Men." We had the chance to sit down with the TV icon, a dream come true for us. more ›

Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury buried a penalty kick at the 74th minute to bring the U.S. level with Chile in last night’s friendly at the Home Depot Center. Bunbury and fellow youngster Juan Agudelo entered the match a mere 15 minutes earlier and had an immediate impact on the match. Together, the two helped energize a U.S. squad that had lost its midfield at around the 30th minute mark. more ›

The U.S. Men’s National Team faces its first match of the year against Chile this evening at the Home Depot Center, but it is a team that bares little resemblance to the World Cup 2010 squad. more ›

Speaking of Emmys we've taken the sad tally of our picks for the Emmys and compared them to the winners: we scored 6 out of 19 but the Academy surprised us and picked 3 of _our_ preferred picks so can we add these to our Win column? That would make our success rate a much-preferred 50%. The big upsets were Kyra Sedgwick and Edie Falco winning. Even hardcore fans of Sedgwick and "The Closer" would have to admit that she's done much better performances in better-written seasons of that series. Our amusing anecdote about that win was that her husband, Kevin Bacon, told us to keep an eye on her statuette while I was washing up in the men's room - he placed it next to my sink. more ›

Basketball fans, rejoice. Nike has just opened another of its specialty stores in the L.A. area and it is targeted at you. more ›

Ghana defeats US 2-1 (ET). Read my recap of the game. Perhaps the most disheartening development is that the US played four matches in the World Cup without putting together a great game. more ›

It was déjà vu as the Black Stars of Ghana for the second consecutive World Cup eliminated the US 2-1. Asamoah Gyan on a stretched US defense knocked in the winning goal in the third minute of extra time to send our boys home early. more ›

Following a dramatic 2 - 2 draw between the U.S. and Slovenia on Friday, the U.S. National Team and the three other members of group C all find themselves on the brink of elimination from the World Cup. more ›

A week of World Cup action is now behind us and the usual gamut of dramatic stories that make the tournament so special are beginning to unfold. Switzerland defeated current European Champion, Spain, by a score of 1 -0 on Wednesday and on Thursday, Mexico earned a historic 2 - 0 victory over France. more ›

The U.S. National Team faced a tough test on Saturday in its FIFA World Cup 2010 debut, facing England, one of the tournament's favorites. It was a rematch sixty years in the making. The last time the two teams faced each other was the 1950 edition of the World Cup in Brazil, when the U.S. upset England by a score of 1 - 0. A feat so shocking, English fans believed the scoreline to be a misprint. England has since hosted and won the World Cup in 1966, but the U.S. game has had its ups and downs. more ›

In case you missed it, FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 kicks off today at 7:00 AM. The tournament's inaugural match will feature the host nation against Mexico. A few hours later -- 11:30 AM to be more precise -- France will go up against Uruguay to close out the tournament's first day of action. Be sure to check out the LAist World Cup Guide for handy information pertaining to viewing parties and great places to get a slice of the World Cup experience here in L.A. more ›

June 11th, 7:00 AM. That is the date and time that all soccer fans have been eagerly awaiting for the past 4 years. more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: @aots, "Web Soup", "Modern Family", "Cougar Town", "Psych", "The Daily Show" (Jerry Seinfeld guests), Letterman (Jessica Simpson), Fallon (Forest Whitaker) more ›

Honduras defeated the U.S. Men's National Team last night by a score of 3 - 1 in front of 18,626 fans at the Home Depot Center -- the largest crowd ever for a Nats friendly at the Home Depot Center. more ›

Tonight at 10:00pm USA will be premiering their new dramedy "White Collar". At the premiere event this morning at Rockefeller Center in NYC, the TV Junkie had a chance to talk to stars Tiffani Thiessen, Matthew Bomer, and Tim DeKay. The series pairs master "white collar" criminal Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) and hardened FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) on capers where they need to track down various corporate criminals... more ›

Weekend Edition The prediction that TV was fading into the fog of yesteryear as a medium seems to not be true (for the moment). Overall viewership of TV is up by 4% and the departure of the coveted 18-49 demographic seems to have been arrested. The Hollywood Reporter offers a breakdown, network by network. more ›

The U.S. Men's National Team took a big step towards booking a ticket to next year's World Cup in South Africa after a tough win over Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The soca warriors took the game to the Yanks for long stretches during the first half last night as the Yanks looked disorganized and struggled to generate any offense. more ›

First half goals by Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore help the U.S. National Team get a victory last night over La Selecta from El Salvador. The Yanks fell behind at the 32nd minute when Jonathan Bornstein failed to clear a ball cleanly and instead sent it into the box. El Salvador gained possession in the U.S. penalty box and was able to capitalize on a header by Christian Castillo. The goal came after a mixed first 30 minutes of play that saw the U.S. threaten on a few occasions through Charlie Davies and Landon Donovan. more ›

Philadelphia 76ers defeat LA Lakers 94-93. With a foul to give the Lakers let Andre Iguodala get off a three pointer at the end of the game to burn them. Mind you this is after Kobe drained a jumper for the lead with six seconds left. The Lakers had led by as many as 14 points early in the fourth quarter but let it slip away with very sloppy play. After their last game Phil Jackson commented on the Laker's lack of a killer instinct. If this game wasn't evidence of that...As Stu Lantz said at the end of the FSWest broadcast there was a lot of green in the building. What the hell is wrong with you Lakers fans? How the hell do you think it's remotely appropriate to wear green in the Staples Center? Dumbasses. more ›

If you thought that the local news was boring claptrap that only idiots watch, then you are outside of the ever-increasing popularity of the local newscast - Nielsen is reporting a 20% year-over-year increase in viewership. For TV, a fractional percentage change is big news but 20% is incredible. more ›

We have a host of finales tonight but the ones to keep an eye on are Timothy Hutton's "Leverage" (10pm on TNT, pictured right) and John Lehr's "10 Items or Less" (11pm on USA). Of local note, KNBC will be doing a special at 9pm on their historical 60 years of broadcasting in Los Angeles. KNBC helped define the medium of television and is due many accolades for it's services to the community over these 6 decades. more ›

Tonight marks the last broadcast of Conan O'Brien on "Late Night..." and what a ride it's been. From being a virtual unknown in front of the camera, O'Brien is now a staple of late night television. O'Brien's resurrection of NBC's "Late Night" after the departure of David Letterman to CBS was not easy and the first few years were very tenuous ones for the wild haired funnyman. With support from Lorne Michaels, O'Brien was given enough time to build an audience, something almost unheard of these days. more ›

Controversial contestant Joanna Pacitti has finally been pulled from "American Idol" after it was revealed that she had friendships with multiple executives with "Idol" co-producer 19 Entertainment. For fans of the show who couldn't believe that she had made the cut after performing poorly and fumbling lyrics to several songs during the Hollywood rounds of auditions, it will be assumed that she had moved ahead due to these personal relationships and not merit. more ›