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Patricia Heaton: With Friends Like This, Sierra Leone Doesn't Need Enemies

TresSugar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:33:13 PDT

OK. That's not an entirely fair headline, but seriously, Patricia Heaton was on Who Wants to Be a Celebrity Millionaire trying to win charity money for Sierra Leone last night. The Ohio State graduate, however, could not do basic math. I'm no mathlete either, but this is one of the most excruciating episodes of this show I've ever watched. She positively luxuriates in her refusal to figure out a simple conversion of US dollars to euros back to US coins. And her European husband (ha!) couldn't figure it out either. Start at 3:03 . . . if you dare!

Buzz News Roundup, 11/19

BuzzSugar — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:35:31 PST

Legendary superhero creator Stan Lee has won the National Medal of Arts. - Washington Post
Thanks to ongoing legal wrangling, Project Runway most likely will be off the air till Spring - or beyond. - New York Times
Taylor Swift has topped this week's album sales chart, followed by David Archuleta. - Billboard
The release date for The Soloist has shifted again, this time from March 13 to April 24. - Variety
Beauty and the Geek could move to MTV. - The Hollywood Reporter
The 15 finalists for documentary film Oscar nominations have been selected. - LA Times
Patricia Heaton will star in a comedy pilot called The Middle for ABC. - Zap2it
Young adult literature is all the rage for film adaptation lately: The comedic novel Vibes about a 17-year-old cheerleader who suddenly gets the ability to read minds, and the "vampyre" series House of Night will both be made into movies. - Variety
Does nobody want the Daytime Emmy Awards? - The Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros. will produce the movie Control-Alt-Delete, which "is described as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure meets The Matrix." - ComingSoon

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Political Parents Leanings

babysugar — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:00:00 PDT

It's no secret that some Tinseltown parents have political leanings. Matt Damon has been hitting the Obama campaign trail hard while Elisabeth Hasselbeck works it for Sarah Palin. Check out the slideshow to see if you know which box some of Hollywood's hippest parents will check next Tuesday!

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Patricia Heaton's View of Kids and the Internet

babysugar — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:00:48 PDT

As a blogging mother, I can hardly knock the internet. But, I do worry about how my child will use the information super highway in the future as predators and creepy people lurk on it.

Patricia Heaton was on The View yesterday chatting about the pros and cons of the world wide web. To see what she said,

The actress said:

The internet is such a blessing in some ways like your kid comes up to you and says, 'My book report on 17th century Mandarin Chinese ceremonial thing is due tomorrow.' And you say, 'No problem (while she pretend types.)' But also then, there's stuff that they look at and it's really kind of awful.

How do you feel about your child surfing the net?
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Back to You will be Back for More

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:26:05 PDT

The latest show to get a full-season pickup: Back to You, the Kelsey Grammer/Patricia Heaton comedy on Fox. The show was one of the first to be picked up by any network last spring, so I suppose it only makes sense that Fox would be standing by it now.

The network has ordered 11 more episodes of the show, bringing the total number of episodes to 24 for the season. Its ratings haven't been great - it hovers somewhere between 6.5 and 7 million viewers each week - but it's been consistent. And, as was recently pointed out with the pickup of Gossip Girl, networks are changing their standards for what's considered a hit show in the first place.

In other news:

ABC has ordered six more scripts of Samantha Who? The show is the No. 1 new comedy of the season and did almost as well in the ratings this week as it did in its premiere.
The CW wants three more Reaper scripts, even though this week's ratings were (gulp) a series low.

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard about any of the NBC shows yet. All of the other networks have picked up at least one key series (Back to You for Fox, Gossip Girl for the CW, Pushing Daisies and Private Practice for ABC, The Big Bang Theory for CBS). None of NBC's series has been a huge hit, but I figured at least one of them would have gotten the network's support by now.

Pilot Watch: "Back to You"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:30:00 PDT

The networks have announced their fall schedules, but which of the series will actually be worth watching? Throughout the summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. A lot can change before a show makes it to air, so these aren't comprehensive reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now. Today's installment: the Fox comedy "Back to You."

What's it about? A disgraced news anchor returns to the smaller market where he once was a superstar and must work again with his former co-anchor, who's not thrilled to have to share the spotlight with him.

Who's in it? Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard

The good: I'm an ex-"Fraiser" fan, and this show reminded me that I really do like Kelsey Grammer. For a traditional sitcom - and, don't get me wrong, it is very traditional - it had more laughs than I was expecting. It feels very professional, by which I mean that you can tell that everyone from the lead actors to the writers to the peripheral cast know what it takes to make a comedy work.

The bad: "Back to You" doesn't break any new ground; I've seen all these jokes and plot lines before. The pilot has a supposedly shocking twist that Fox begged reporters not to reveal, but it's the kind of thing that anyone over the age of 12 could figure out easily.

Will I watch? Doubtful, but not because it's bad, per se - it's just not my style.

To watch a video and see a gallery of photos,

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Fox Finishes Up Upfronts Week! Yay!

Molly — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:05:03 PDT

Fox rounded out the week of Upfronts with their party to announce the new fall schedule. Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose's (from Six Feet Under, the finale of which I have still not recovered) new show, The Return of Jezebel James, does not look nearly as funny as it should considering the cast, but I have hope. Rashida Jones from The Office was also there to introduce her new pilot, which is expected to be a midseason replacement. We'll see what that means for her in Scranton (more on that later). The hilarious Spike Feresten was also around to celebrate his "TalkShow." Happy it's renewed, but Fox should really give it a better timeslot! Check out clips from a bunch of the new shows here! Whee!

To see tons more pics of the party including more Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Jeff Foxworthy, Omar Epps, and lots lots more just

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Images include Emily Deschanel, Joely Fisher, Brad Garrett, Kat Foster, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Camille Grammer and Kelsey Grammer, Carrie Fisher, David Boreanaz, Jeff Foxworthy, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer, Julianna Margulies, Patricia Heaton, Omar Epps, Parker Posey, Rashida Jones, Shaun Majumder, Craig Bierko, Johnny Sneed, Spike Feresten, Lauren Ambrose

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Link Time!!!

PopSugar — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:33:33 PST

Don't mess with Pink! - Hollywood Tuna
Do you agree with the Oscar winners? - BuzzSugar
Diddy seems to think his 12 year-old is old enough for a lapdance - D-Listed
John Travolta's Oscar Rug - CityRag
Pamela Anderson thinks she started the Ugg trend - Hollywood Rag
Check out Celine Dion's Oscar performance - Just Jared
The Fall Out Boys play with their lightsabers - Pink is the New Blog
WTF happened to Jenna Jameson? - Egotastic
Here's the video of Tyra feeling up Katharine McPhee - IDLYITW
James Cameron thinks he knows where Jesus is - A Socialite's Life
Eddie Storms Out After Loss - US Weekly
Is Jessica Simpson allergic to Pizza Hut? - Mollygood
Some dumb (or really smart but annoying) girl handcuffs herself to Hugh Grant - youtube

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What to TiVo: Tuesday

Maggie Pehanick — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:59:00 PDT

8:00 Dancing With the Stars (repeat)
9:00 Dancing With the Stars (new, season finale)
11:35 Nightline (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Patricia Heaton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and the winner of Dancing With the Stars)

8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat)
9:00 NCIS (repeat)
10:00 NCIS (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guest Will Smith)
12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Billy Bob Thorton)

8:00 American Idol (new)
9:00 Glee (new, season finale)

8:00 America's Got Talent (repeat)
9:00 America's Got Talent (new)
10:00 Dateline NBC: 20th Anniversary Special (new)
11:34 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Josh Brolin and Ali Wentworth)
12:37 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Anderson Cooper and John Mayer)

8:00 Hart of Dixie (repeat)
9:00 The L.A. Complex (new)

What to TiVo: Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Last Man Standing (new)
8:30 Man Up (new)
9:00 Dancing With the Stars (new)
10:00 Body of Proof (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guest Patricia Heaton and Dancing With the Stars castoff)

8:00 NCIS (new)
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (new)
10:00 Unforgettable (new)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Bill Maher and Nikki Reed)
12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guests Ewan McGregor and Paula Poundstone)

8:00 Glee (new)
9:00 New Girl (new)
9:30 Raising Hope (new)

8:00 The Biggest Loser (new)
10:00 Parenthood (new)
11:35 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Howie Mandel and Snooki)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Ben Kingsley and Felicity Jones)

8:00 90210 (new)
9:00 Ringer (new)