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Buzz News Roundup, 1/21

BuzzSugar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:30:01 -0800

American Idol winner Taylor Hicks will release his second album in March. - Billboard
Tobey Maguire's production company has acquired the rights to Marcus Sakey's crime novel Good People. - Variety
In Sundance deals news, Fox Searchlight has acquired the Hugh Dancy romance Adam, and the bromance Humpday will be distributed by Magnolia. - Reuters
Law and Order: Criminal Intent won't air till the Summer. - TV Guide
Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, and Brie Larson have joined the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. - The Hollywood Reporter
Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Norah Jones, and Jack Johnson are among the acts confirmed for a Nick Drake tribute album. - Billboard
Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins have joined the cast of Joss Whedon's horror film The Cabin in the Woods. - Zap2it
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is taking a break - but supposedly not breaking up. - Pitchfork

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Buzz News Roundup, 6/27

BuzzSugar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:58 -0700

Chris Noth is leaving Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Jeff Goldblum is joining the show in his place, writes Variety.
Bob Saget is the newest target of a Comedy Central roast, reports Broadcasting & Cable.
Musicians and fans gathered in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the AP writes.
Showtime is producing a Dexter-ish drama called Hilary Jones about a female Los Angeles cop who works as a prostitute on the weekends, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
According to ComingSoon, Marcia Cross's first feature film role since joining Desperate Housewives will be in an indie comedy titled Peck.
Bravo's Real Housewives series is heading to Atlanta; details are at The Futon Critic.
James Gandolfini's wardrobe from The Sopranos raised almost $188,000 at a charity auction benefiting soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports.
Variety has the news that the excellent Korean horror-thriller The Host will be getting a sequel.

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Sugar Bits - Uma Thurman Is Engaged

PopSugar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:33:53 -0700

Uma Thurman is engaged to her boyfriend of one year, Swiss multimillionaire Arpad Busson. - NY Daily News
Sadly, the rumors about Madonna and Guy Ritchie might be true, as new reports come in that Madonna has asked Guy for a divorce. - PopSugarUK
George Clooney released a letter on Thursday stating his neutral stance in the disagreements between the AFTRA and SAG regarding the actors' strike. - AP
Kimora Lee Simmons won sole custody of her two daughters with Russell Simmons, who will pay $20K per child a month in child support. - The Insider
Chris Noth will not return for the eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and is being replaced by Jeff Goldblum this Fall. - Us Weekly
Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey did not seem to be getting along at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in London. - Page Six
Tatum's younger brother, Redmond O'Neal, plead guilty to drug possession of heroin and crystal meth and one misdemeanor DUI charge in Malibu on Thursday. - NY Daily News

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Which "Law & Order" is Your Favorite?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0700

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" starts its seventh season tonight, but you'll have to look on USA - not NBC, where it aired for the past six years - to find it. The show's original episodes are now airing on that network (which NBC owns), with repeats airing sometime later on NBC. It seemed like the perfect time to ask you "L&O" fans which version of the series is your favorite.

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NBC's Chopping Block Gets Axed

YumSugar — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:28 -0700

Only three weeks into the show, and NBC has chopped Chopping Block, its new food reality TV competition starring UK bad boy chef Marco Pierre White.

Chopping Block turned out meager viewership, drawing a mere 2.6 million viewers last week. NBC said it hopes to bring the show back at a later date - but for now it'll be replaced by reruns of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

I can't say I didn't see this news coming. Although I love Marco Pierre White (and the respectable critics who made guest appearances on his show), Chopping Block was far too mild and drama-free to survive in its competitive primetime slot.

Did this news surprise you? Are you disappointed to see Chopping Block fall by the wayside?

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What to Tivo: Sunday

PopSugar — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:56:23 -0700

World Cup Finals: Italy vs. France
HBO is all new with Deadwood, Entourage, Lucky Louie and Dane Cook's Tourgasm
Showtime has the premiere of Brotherhood
Comedy Central has Zoolander, the premieres of Chappelle's Show, the Mind of Mencia and Reno 911!
ABC is all repeats with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy
NBC has a new Dateline and then repeats of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Crossing Jordan
FOX is all repeats with The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy and The War at Home
CBS has a repeat of Cold Case and then Saving Milly
WB has back to back repeats of Charmed
TNT has Gladiator
E! has a repeat of The E! True Hollywood Story - Hip Hop Wives, back to back episodes of The Girls Next Door and back to back episodes of The Simple Life: Til Death Do Us Part
VH1 has a repeat of 100 Greatest Red Carpet Moments, a new My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married, the premiere of I Love the '70s Volume II and a repeat of Hogan Knows Best
USA has 50 First Dates and then is new with The 4400 and The Dead Zone
BRAVO is all repeats with Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Inside the Actors Studio with Robert Downey Jr and another Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TBS has American Pie Presents: Band Camp
A&E is all new with Meth in the City and Intervention
BET has a repeat of the BET Awards '06
OLN has the Tour de France: Stage 8
OXYGN has Honeymoon in Vegas

What to Tivo: Sunday

PopSugar — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:23:19 -0700

ABC is all repeats with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy
CBS has a repeat of Cold Case followed by How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
NBC has a new Dateline followed by repeats of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Crossing Jordan
FOX has Men of Honor
WB has back to back repeats of Charmed
VH1 has back to back repeats of My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married followed by a new episode and then a repeat of Hogan Knows Best followed by a new SuperGroup
HBO is all new with Deadwood, Entourage, Lucky Louie and Dane Cook's Tourgasm
BRAVO is all repeats with Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Inside the Actors Studio with Johnny Depp and another Law & Order: Criminal Intent
E! has The Girls Next Door marathon followed by The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part marathon
ABC FAMILY has Malibu's Most Wanted
TNT has Men in Black and Rush Hour 2
USA is all new with The 4400 and The Dead Zone

What to Tivo: Tuesday

PopSugar — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:17:28 -0700

The CW is new with Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars
ABC is new with Dancing With the Stars, Help Me Help You and Boston Legal
FX is new with Nip/Tuck
CBS is new with NCIS and The Unit and has a repeat of Criminal Minds
NBC is new with Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
MTV is new with True Life
VH1 is new with Hip Hop Honors
OXYGEN is new with Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty
Late night highlights include Jennifer Love Hewitt on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC, John Stamos on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC and Tina Fey on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on NBC

NBC Fall Season Announced

PopSugar — Mon, 15 May 2006 20:54:12 -0700

We are still watching our favorite season finales but we have to switch gears to begin thinking about the networks new fall schedules. NBC announced theirs today and the big news is that both the Matthew Perry and Alec Baldwin have shows about the behind-the-scenes look at a late night program. These are by far the shows I am most interested in checking out. The sad news is Joey got the ax and Scrubs is once again on reserve like it was this year.

E Online reports the latest in NBC's Fall Schedule. To see read more about each new show and see a weekly line up read more

From E! Online:
A brief look at the other new series:

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (fall): The previously announced star of the schedule that isn't football. In this hourlong drama, Friends alum Perry and West Wing alum Bradley Whitford play producers of Saturday Night Live, sorry, "a popular, late-night comedy show comedy sketch show."

Heroes (fall): "A high school cheerleader learns that she is totally indestructible." No one-trick pony, this hourlong drama about ordinary people discovering their inner Superman and Wonder Woman, also promises a stripper (Final Destination's Ali Larter) who "uncovers that her mirror has a secret."

Kidnapped (fall): Prison Break meets Dynasty in this hourlong thriller about the abduction of a teen-aged boy, and focusing on his well-to-do Manhattan family, his kidnappers and his would-be saviors in law enforcement. Best-case scenario for NBC: The show's a hit, and the kid doesn't go home for a very long time. Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany head the ensemble cast.

20 Good Years (fall): In this "high-energy romp" of a sitcom, John Lithow, 60, and Jeffrey Tambor, 61, play friends who optimistically estimate they have two solid decades left to change their lives.

30 Rock (fall): SNL head writer Tina Fey plays the head writer of SNL, sorry, "a frenetic television variety show." Frequent SNL guest host Alec Baldwin costars, as do SNL regulars current, Rachel Dratch, and past, Tracy Morgan. NBC said it was not known yet if Fey and Dratch will continue to work on the show that actually is called SNL.

America's Got Talent (January): Regis Philbin looks for new talent that presumably producer Simon Cowell isn't looking for on American Idol.

The Singles Table (midseason): Because no NBC schedule would be complete without at least one attempt to redo Friends, this half-hour comedy sees five "witty and single strangers" bond while consigned to the "singles table" at a wedding. John Cho (Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) stars.

And here's a night-by-night look at NBC's fall lineup:

SUNDAY: Football Night in America; Sunday Night Football (January 2007 lineup: America's Got Talent; The Apprentice; Raines)
MONDAY: Deal or No Deal; Heroes; Medium
TUESDAY: Friday Night Lights; Kidnapped; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
WEDNESDAY: The Biggest Loser; 20 Good Years; 30 Rock; Law & Order
THURSDAY: My Name Is Earl; The Office; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; ER (fall)/The Black Donnellys (January)
FRIDAY: Deal or No Deal; Las Vegas; Law & Order: Criminal Intent
SATURDAY: Dateline Saturday; reruns

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What to Tivo: Tuesday

PopSugar — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:56:25 -0800

The CW is new with Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars
ABC is new with the premiere of Big Day, Help Me Help You and Boston Legal
FOX is new with Standoff and House
FX is new with Nip/Tuck
CBS is new with NCIS, The Unit and 3 Lbs.
NBC is new with Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Late night highlights include George Clooney on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS, Jude Law on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on NBC, Wilmer Valderrama and Chris Daughtry performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC