Sneak Peek: An 8-Minute Glimpse of V
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Video,
Where were you when JFK was assassinated? Where were you on 9/11?
Those two questions lead us into this extended preview of V, ABC’s reimagining of the classic miniseries. In this 8-minute clip from the show’s pilot, we see Americans going through the motions on what they think is just an average day. (Isn’t that exactly how FlashForward started?) Of course, that large pretty woman in the sky - who isn’t attached to a billboard - soon changes everything.
So the question now is: Do you know where you’ll be when V debuts? The new sci-fi drama will have a brief 4-week run starting November 3 then return sometime after the Olympics.
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VIDEO: Dehydrated Survivor Contestant Collapses During Challenge
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, News, Video,
Even though he’s already seen a contestant medivaced out of the Australian Outback after falling into a fire (you can relive that moment after the jump), Survivor‘s Jeff Probst said last night’s incident with Russell Swan frightened him. “It was the scariest moment I’ve ever had on this show…nineteen seasons I have never been more afraid in my life of how bad things were.”
During a reward challenge, Swan collapsed in the middle of the competition due to hydration. Although the severity of the problem was initially unclear (all of the survivors were blindfolded), Probst immediately paused the challenge once he recognized the situation. The challenge was later canceled altogether.
“For the next 45 minutes we monitored Russell’s vital signs. We gave him water from his canteen. We gave him oxygen. We propped him up and gave him time to try to relax and get calm,” Probst detailed for Entertainment Weekly. Although there are times contestants return to the game after a visit with medics, the 42-year-old attorney was never given a choice. An unexpected drop in blood pressure forced the producers to end Swan’s run for him.
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Colin Egglesfield on His Melrose Move
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip, Rumors, Spoilers, Video,
“I’ve had better days, to be quite honest,” Colin Egglesfield, the resident hot guy on Melrose Place, sat down recently to talk about his departure from the show - a decision he says took him by surprise.
The CW has claimed that it was part of the show’s plan all along to be rid of both Egglesfield and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, who will also be leaving Melrose Place. Egglesfield, however, tells a different story. “Obviously the ratings aren’t what they need or want them to be, so they’re [the network] going to try things to shake things up.”
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Awkward TV: Jesse Jackson Confused for Al Sharpton
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Cable, News, Video,
There are two things Jesse Jackson doesn’t like: green eggs and ham...or being confused with Al Sharpton.
During in interview yesterday with Jackson about income inequality, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer made the mistake of calling this reverend by that other name. An awkward pause soon follows.
(Make sure to check out our other Awkward TV moments.)
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You Asked, TLC Answers with More Kate Gosselin
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Gossip, Video,
Jon Gosselin is way, way out of TLC’s good graces, but estranged wife Kate is poised to become a strong anchor for the network. She’ll soon be the central focus in a new hour-long special that features all the Kate Gosselin you can stand.
The last episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, which helped put TLC back on the ratings map, airs Monday - incidentally, the same day the couple goes back to court to divvy up their assets for divorce. Kate will be answering questions “about life, the show and moving on,” with the time - an event called “You Ask, Kate Answers.”
Want to start asking a few things of your own? Get on the TLC site and post some questions; you never know, but you might get the Gosselin nod. Clearly, it’s not Kate in the video above - but isn’t it funny?
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Programming Changes for The Weather Channel
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Cable, News, Video,
MTV started showing everything but music videos. TLC began giving us household drama (what can we learn from that…avoid family life?). Discovery began airing its own original game show. Now, The Weather Channel is going to start showing movies.
Anything can happen on cable, people.
Of course, the network plans to stick to its main theme by showing flicks which largely feature - what else? - weather phenomenon. Beginning this Friday, TWC will have a movie night. First on deck is the George Clooney flick A Perfect Storm.
March of the Penguins, Deep Blue Sea and Misery (well, you can only stay on theme up to a certain point) are also on the network’s programming roster.
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Balloon Boy Story was Full of Hot Air, Charges Coming
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Reality, News, Video,
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What may have started years ago in a Hollywood has come crashing to the ground in Colorado.
In a press conference earlier today, Sheriff Jim Alderden of Larimer County has confirmed that the balloon event from Thursday was indeed a hoax. “We have evidence at this point to indicate that it was a publicity stunt, done with the hopes of marketing themselves - or better marketing themselves - for a reality television show at some point in the future.”
This statement comes just two days after the police (intentionally) led the media into believing that they had bought the Heene family’s story. In fact, the former Wife Swap subjects had been under increased scrutiny by the media - and the authorities - after Falcon’s blunder during an interview with Wolf Blitzer.
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Dancing with the Stars’ Michael Jackson Tribute
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Video,
What was once attempted by So You Think You Can Dance will now be done on Dancing with the Stars.
On next week’s results show, the ABC program will honor Michael Jackson with three different numbers. The dances - which will be performed by the professionals - were choreographed by a team of people including Cheryl Burke (the pro featured above in Season 2 dance), Derek Hough, Tony Dovolani, Mark Ballas and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
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Taylor Swift to Host Saturday Night Live
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,
Too bad Kanye West doesn’t have a tour to distract him right now.
It’s just been announced that the rapper’s last victim, country star Taylor Swift, will be pulling double duty on Saturday Night Live next month. The gig - which had been planned since this summer - will come less than a year after the “Fifteen” singer served as the musical guest. (Her small cameo in a Broadway-themed skit can be seen after the jump.)
So what kind of sketches can we expect the 19-year-old to participate in? “I’ve been thinking about skit ideas for a long time,” Swift told the Associated Press. “There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits.”
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VIDEO: Did Balloon Boy Pull Stunt for a Show?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Cable, News, Video,
I’m sure if CNN’s Wolf Blitzer had heard the response clearly, he wouldn’t have let the moment go.
When asked why he didn’t come out of hiding when his name was called, Falcon Heene (a.k.a. Balloon Boy) told his dad: “You guys said that we did this for the show.”
Cue the video to the :23 mark and listen for yourself. Then watch Mayumi and Richard Heene’s reactions. Is there more to this story? Did the event fall as flat as the media feared?
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