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Ashley Tisdale Signs on to New CW Pilot

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip

Ashley TisdaleHigh School Musical’s will be making the move from cable to network this fall. According to reports from the CW camp, the Disney actress will be joining a new pilot in the fall.

The drama series will center on competitive college cheerleading, a Bring It On-esque weekly named Hellcats. It’s one of many new dramas the CW will be trying out for the fall season.


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New VH1 Series Explores Famous Celebrity Deaths

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Video


In what could be celebreality’s most macabre new series, VH1 is all set to explore mysterious deaths. c will detail the demise of many different stars, including John Lennon, Tupac Shakur and . Sadly, the material for this series is almost limitless.

There’s a right way and a wrong way to present such a show, and has a pretty equal shot at success and failure. It’s the network that brings us shows like For the Love of Ray J and Tool Academy, but the cable channel has also showed a more serious side with programs like Celebrity Rehab.

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Kate Gosselin Out Filming with New Camera Crew

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Cable, Gossip

Kate Gosselin

TLC’s famous spiky-haired mother of eight was spotted recently with a new camera crew filming at Finch’s Restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. was filming for about three hours, but after reporters eagerly gathered to shoot pictures through the windows the blinds of the building were closed.

Bodyguard Steve Neild said the shoot was a “test” for an upcoming show.

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Another High School Musical Star Strips Down

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Corbin Bleu

This time, the star appearing in the buff has proper airbrushing and the esteem of a promotional campaign behind him - no grainy Webcam pics for HSM’s Corbin Bleu.

He’s one of four celebs posing, almost-nude, in new pics for , and he’s looking quite grown up. Ben Hollingsworth, Sara Paxton and Ashley Madekwe also appear in their own pictures for the campaign, but Mischa Barton is curiously absent.

The new CW series will premiere on September 16.

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Review: Hitched or Ditched

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, The CW, Gossip

Hitched or Ditched

In the midst of between-season re-runs and in place of 90210, The CW managed to sneak in a new reality show. And thus, premiered last night with its pilot, “Bastards Out of Carolina.” Relationships, the possibility of marriage (or a public dumping), family drama and episode titles this titillating? Yeah, it was pretty much a given that this one was going to be good.

In this starter episode, viewers were introduced to the first in a season-long line of couples. For this showing, Hitched or Ditched presented us with CeLisa and Travis. She’s a 26 year old nanny, he’s a 32 year old building contractor. At the top of the episode, they were presented as a couple that’s very much in love…but. She thinks he’s got commitment and jealousy issues; he thinks she’s too much of a wild child and can’t seem to fully trust her. When CeLisa told the cameras that she feels her biological clock “ticking, ticking, ticking,” I felt a shiver of dread.

Like, no wonder the dude’s afraid of marriage.

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Reviewing FOX’s Fall: A Glee-ful Premiere?

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Music, Prime Time, FOX, Gossip, Video


will feature rather prominently on FOX’s fall schedule, appearing in the coveted spot right behind the So You Think You Can Dance results show. The network is throwing every promotional trick they can muster at the series, with the early post-Idol premiere serving as the biggest treat in the campaign.

So, was it worth the hour of programming?

The opening was promising enough: fast-paced, flashing scenes at a sunny high school. An energetic, cheerleader-heavy intro ended with the coach’s angry face and witty one-liner - perfectly setting the tone for the rest of the episode.

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FOX Won’t Stop Believing in an After-Idol Smash

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Music, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Video


If you’ve paid any attention to FOX’s summer seasons, you know the network has had a fair bit of trouble finding a hit to put in place for Idol’s off season. was a rare win for the network, which has been looking for a similar summer reality hit for their mid-week lineup for several years.

And now, they’ve finally wised up and turned to a scripted series. In-between intense moments on , FOX has been running increasingly intriguing trailers for their musically-toned Glee. The first time I read a press release about this series, I sneered. Somewhere around the thirty-eighth promo, I started to smile. And now…I feel kinda gleeful about the premiere of Glee.

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Ryan Seacrest Now Employed by ABC, Too

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, American Idol, Gossip

Description , longtime host of American Idol, radio personality, producer and front man for E!, is actually taking on yet another project.

In his new reality series, British chef Jamie Oliver will visit “unhealthy” towns and cities in the U.S., improving their eating habits and offering food “makeovers.” Six hours of the series, which is offered by Ryan Seacrest Productions, have been ordered by ABC. I think it sounds like a horrible failure - and I give it 3 episodes at max.

“I’m a firm believer that the fuel we put into our body results in a healthy lifestyle,” said Seacrest of the series, which will air sometime in 2010.

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Arr, Matey: Spike TV Docudrama Details Pirate Pursuits

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Reality, Cable, Gossip

Description is all set to present Pirate Hunters: USN, which comes just on the wake of national news involving Somali pirates. The series showcases the U.S. Navy’s pursuit of pirates and piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

Though the series is in the same locale where piracy made recent headlines, the deal has already been in the works for months. The Navy has allowed cameras aboard the USS San Antonio and the USS Boxer, the latter of which was part of the recent rescue effort.

A Pirate Hunters pilot is in the works, but there’s no word on when it will air.

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Amanda Bynes Goes to Work for ABC

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, ABC, Gossip

Amanda BynesWhat I Like About You star will soon make her return to TV via ABC. Bynes will play a young, Midwestern girl in the new comedy Canned.

The pilot features a group of friends working in the same corporation, all of whom get fired on the very same day. It’s a plot that could be very familiar to home viewers, and Bynes has no shortage of comedic chops to bring to the series.

Bynes will play workaholic Sarabeth on the show. David Rosenthal will serve as executive producer.

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