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Six Questions I Want 'Lost' to Answer Before It Ends

2010-04-16T17:38:00.000-04:00

LOST can't possibly answer all of the questions, small and big, that have come up since the show started in 2004. I think they'll answer enough of them for most fans, but you and I both know that 37 seconds after the season finale ends, some people are going to go online and complain.... [SPOILERS]

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HBO Gives Bill Maher Supersized Series Order

2010-04-16T17:37:00.004-04:00

HBO places huge order for more Maher. We're going to see a lot more of him this season...

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When Should The Office Finally Call It Quits?

2010-04-15T18:40:00.002-04:00

When will the crew at Dunder Mifflin wear out their welcome?

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The Last Season of Lost in Minimalist Pictures (PICS)

2010-04-15T18:40:00.001-04:00

Some are obvious, and some are a little more tricky. Have fun!

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'Splosions! Michael Bay Coming To Reality TV

2010-04-15T18:39:00.000-04:00

Director Michael Bay is making his first entry into unscripted television, teaming with "Top Chef" producers Magical Elves to produce "One Way Out."

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Free RuneScape Players Can Now Post in Official Forums

2010-04-15T18:38:00.000-04:00

High Level Free RuneScape Players Can Now Post in Official Forums. Until recently only paid subscribers to RuneScape were able to post in the official forums.

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5 Upcoming Shows That Will Get Me To Watch TV Again

2010-04-15T18:34:00.002-04:00

Reality television has been like a television bug repellent for me in the last few years. Aside for the shows I watch online or rent, you’ll never hear me saying “sorry I can’t come. I need to stay home and watch …” But it doesn’t mean that I don’t miss it. Though more and more people are tuning-in to their computers for entertainment, every...

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CNN Sues iReporter For iReporting His Ass Off

2010-04-15T18:33:00.002-04:00

CNN is now suing a man named Robert Paisola who identifies himself on blogs as a senior iReporter for CNN. But this guy doesn't stop there...

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Why does Kate Gosselin dance last? It's about your wallet

2010-04-15T18:33:00.000-04:00

Kate and Pam are the most buzzed-about contestants this season. Kate's the queen of the gossip rags, popular with women, and Pam's the queen of Internet searches by men. The longer ABC waits to show them strutting their stuff, the longer audiences must sit through commercials. And the higher ratings go.

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Anderson Cooper Will Change Show Format As His Ratings Fall

2010-04-15T18:31:00.002-04:00

Ratings-challenged CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is about to experiment with a live studio audience.

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Why Prequels Usually Suck

2010-01-30T12:39:00.000-05:00

The BSG spinoff Caprica launches next Friday, but as good as its opening episodes may be (and they are), we're still worried. Why? Because it's a prequel, and if science fiction has taught us one thing, it's that prequels generally suck.

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The Inside Scoop on Caprica, from the World's First Cylon

2010-01-30T12:38:00.000-05:00

An interview with Alessandra Torresani, the actress who plays the world's first cylon in Caprica, Battlestar Galactica's new prequel, debuting Friday.

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5 Reasons Caprica is the Most Promising New Sci-Fi Series

2010-01-30T12:36:00.000-05:00

This Friday brings the first episode of Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica, a noir-scifi drama set on the planet Caprica 58 years before the cylons nuke it into oblivion. Based on the pilot, we think this series could become a classic.

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Jimmy Kimmel Teaches Jay Leno the Meaning of ‘Sucker Punch’

2010-01-30T12:33:00.002-05:00

The momentary disappearance of Conan O'Brien from the airwaves brought peace to the late-night landscape for, oh, about four days.

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The Jersey Shore Dictionary

2010-01-30T12:32:00.003-05:00

We help you enjoy MTV's 'The Jersey Shore' by giving you a Guido to English translation explaining Guido terms.

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First 4 Minutes From Lost Season 6 Online

2010-01-30T12:32:00.000-05:00

Check out the amazing opening sequence to the LOST season 6 premiere!

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Leno's Wrong! 10 Classic Shows that Struggled with Ratings

2010-01-30T12:31:00.000-05:00

The former "Tonight Show" host is the villain of the day, after NBC allowed Conan O'Brien to walk away from the show and give it back to Leno. After processing all of Leno's reasons for heading back to the television institution, one of his recent statements on "The Jay Leno Show" kept bugging me...

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Can You Win The J.J. Abrams Board Game?

2010-01-30T12:30:00.003-05:00

When Lost returns on Tuesday, the surprises will come thick and fast. How would you survive if you were trapped inside a twisty J.J. Abrams story? There's only one way to find out: by playing the J.J. Abrams board game.

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TV's 10 Scummiest Get-Rich-Quick Schemers

2010-01-30T12:30:00.000-05:00

From grandfatherly to sleazy, here are some of the most notorious pitchmen, and the schemes they've employed to make themselves rich on the backs of the suckers who just want to be rich, too.

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History Channel Sells Out: Orders Larry The Cable Guy Series

2010-01-30T12:29:00.002-05:00

Ya' know, for historical accuracy...

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WTF? NBC Buys Pilot From...Conan O'Brien?

2010-01-30T12:28:00.003-05:00

It would be truly ironic if, following his acrimonious divorce from NBC, O'Brien delivers a hit show for the network as a parting gift. The pilot is one of the most 'buzzed' about scripts in the industry

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Letterman won't book stars if they go on Jay's show first

2010-01-30T12:28:00.000-05:00

Now that David Letterman and Jay Leno will be going head-to-head once again, the bad blood between the late-night enemies will carry onto the guest couch.

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Did the Tonight Show fail because of an Andy Richter curse?

2010-01-30T12:27:00.000-05:00

Richter himself has joked about his hard-luck résumé; just last week, on 'The Tonight Show,' he spoke of his relief that Conan hired him back when took over the franchise last spring. "Oh, man, I thought my worries were over," Richter said. "I mean, come on, it's 'The Tonight Show.' What show business job is more bulletproof than that?"

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FRINGE'S 8 Most Bizarre Moments

2010-01-30T12:26:00.002-05:00

Fringe has been a wild ride so far. Like any good sci-fi show, it plays with impossibilities and takes us to the land of "What If?" But the show also gives us a heavy dose of science gone wrong, and when things go bad in the Fringe world, truly freaky events occur...

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'House' = Most Popular U.S. TV Export To Europe for 2nd Year

2010-01-26T16:27:00.003-05:00

NBC Universal has licensed the medical drama to 250 territories worldwide so far. But the show’s popularity in Europe is startling. In France, it averaged 9.3 million viewers per episode, Italy averaged 4.7 million viewers, Germany averages million viewers and Poland comes in next with an average of million viewers.

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Letterman, Leno Fall in TV Popularity Poll

2010-01-26T16:27:00.000-05:00

The popularity of late-night hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno has dropped according to a new TV personality popularity poll.

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The Amount Of Networks That Want Conan Is Insane

2010-01-26T16:25:00.000-05:00

Conan O'Brien isn't lacking network suitors for his next gig.

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Conan Saves His Best Ratings For Last Tonight Show

2010-01-26T16:21:00.000-05:00

Conan scores a whopping preliminary 4.8 rating with adults 18-49 in his final turn as Tonight Show host.

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Jack Bauer Eats! (Japanese Nutrition Bars)

2010-01-23T18:22:00.006-05:00

What’s Jack Bauer's snack of choice during high intensity situations? According to this commercial, it’s CalorieMate, a Japanese nutrition bar.

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Conan O'Brien Exits 'Tonight Show' with Jokes and Grace

2010-01-23T18:21:00.003-05:00

The outgoing "Tonight Show" host -- who has become the heroic, idealized "Coco" to dejected fans -- could not have seemed more optimistic and noble as he bid farewell on his final show. And he was just bitter enough. "We have one hour to steal every single item in this studio," O'Brien told his audience, who gave him several standing ovations.

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Conan's Final 'Tonight Show' Monologue, Farewell Speech

2010-01-23T18:21:00.000-05:00

Below: Conan O'Brien's final "Tonight Show" monologue and farewell speech.

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Masturbating Bear Returns To Conan! (video)

2010-01-23T18:20:00.005-05:00

In yet another thumb-tweak at NBC, Conan O'Brien brought out the masturbating bear for his "Tonight Show" debut.

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Conan's contract points you might not know about

2010-01-23T18:20:00.002-05:00

"I’m Conan O’Brien, future Donkey Kong champion...."

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10 sci-fi TV shows we wish would get prequels like Caprica

2010-01-23T18:19:00.002-05:00

Sometimes great TV shows leave us with more questions than answers. Revisiting an old familiar show can often shed new insight on prior events, sort of like when you read your old high school yearbook and realize that that girl from Mathletes was totally trying to bone you and you never knew it.

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Hulu Mulls Plans to Charge For Shows like 30 Rock, House

2010-01-23T18:19:00.000-05:00

Hulu soared to popularity by offering free online viewing of popular TV shows. Now that free ride may soon end.

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Gift That Keeps On Giving: Hasselhoff Reality Show Coming

2010-01-23T18:18:00.002-05:00

The Hoff is returning to TV.

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FCC Sides Against Cable Restricting Sports HD Feeds

2010-01-23T18:17:00.002-05:00

Recently cable companies, most notably Cablevision, have been refusing to share HD feeds of sports networks they owned & cited a loophole in the FCC's regulations as justification. Today the FCC voted 4-1 to close the "terrestrial loophole" that previously only required satellite delivered programming to be made available to competitors.

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Done Deal: Conan O'Brien Seals $45M Deal to Leave 'Tonight'

2010-01-23T18:16:00.006-05:00

NBC said Thursday it has reached a $45 million deal with Conan O'Brien for his exit from the Tonight Show, allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years. Under the deal, which came seven months after O'Brien took the reins from Leno, O'Brien will get more than $33 million, NBC said. The rest will go to his staff.

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Conan O'Brien's $1.5 Million

2010-01-23T18:16:00.003-05:00

Conan OBrien introduced the Bugatti Veyron Mouse as a new Tonight Show character Thursday night, not because it was funny, but because it was crazy expensive for NBC.

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Catfight at Fox Between Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin?

2010-01-23T18:16:00.000-05:00

Is Sarah Palin stepping on Glenn Beck's toes in the Fox News sandbox? Word is Beck is a bit concerned that the ex-almost-VP is stealing his FNC thunder and that the News Corp bigwigs are leaning towards Team Sarah.

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Sadly Conan's Guest List Hints He Will End Show This Friday

2010-01-23T18:11:00.000-05:00

In the strongest indication yet that Friday indeed will mark Conan O'Brien's final "Tonight Show," a list of the booked guests for the rest of this week released Tuesday

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Conan: NBC 'sons of goats who eat money and crap trouble'

2010-01-23T17:59:00.000-05:00

Conan bashes NBC in his latest monologue..

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Watch V: Pilot

2009-11-08T16:37:00.002-05:00

V episode Pilot (season 1 episode 1) from ABC:

The Visitors arrive and say they come in peace, though some are skeptical of their intentions.

Watch Bones: A Night at the Bones Museum

2009-10-17T16:13:00.001-04:00

Bones episode A Night at the Bones Museum (season 5 episode 5) from FOX:

Brennan and Booth’s latest case could change history.

Watch Fringe: Dream Logic

2009-10-17T16:13:00.000-04:00

Fringe episode Dream Logic (season 2 episode 5) from FOX:

Bizarre dreams project nightmarish events.

Watch Stargate Universe: Darkness

2009-10-17T16:09:00.000-04:00

Stargate Universe episode Darkness (season 1 episode 4) from SyFy:

When the Destiny suffers a complete loss of power, the crew hopes a nearby planet is habitable.

Watch Sanctuary: End of Nights, Part 2

2009-10-17T16:07:00.000-04:00

Sanctuary episode End of Nights, Part 2 (season 2 episode 2) from SyFy:

Dr. Magnus faces the ultimate choice: Save her daughter, or save the Sanctuary.

Wipeout: Week 14

2009-09-14T04:00:00.000-04:00

Wipeout episode Week 14 (season 2 episode 15) from ABC:

Contestants in Australia tackle the big red balls.

Wipeout: Week 13

2009-09-14T03:00:00.008-04:00

Wipeout episode Week 13 (season 2 episode 14) from ABC:

Many outrageous new obstacles are included this week.

Wipeout: Week 12

2009-09-14T02:00:00.003-04:00

Wipeout episode Week 12 (season 2 episode 13) from ABC:

Many outrageous new obstacles are included this week.

Shark Tank: Week 5

2009-09-14T01:00:00.001-04:00

Shark Tank episode Week 5 (season 1 episode 5) from ABC:

Three of the sharks make a deal for an innovative Internet company; a lifelong entrepreneur tries to get the sharks to invest in his latest fitness device.

Shark Tank: Week 4

2009-09-13T23:00:00.010-04:00

Shark Tank episode Week 4 (season 1 episode 4) from ABC:

An entrepreneur originally from Ghana wants an investment for an Internet business; a man from California wants to franchise his graffiti-removal business.

Shark Tank: Week 3

2009-09-13T22:00:00.010-04:00

Shark Tank episode Week 3 (season 1 episode 3) from ABC:

An entrepreneurial novice makes a less-than-stellar presentation to the sharks.

Shark Tank: Week 2

2009-09-13T21:00:00.009-04:00

Shark Tank episode Week 2 (season 1 episode 2) from ABC:

The Sharks hear from an entrepreneur with a life-saving idea.

Shark Tank: Series Premiere

2009-09-13T20:00:00.010-04:00

Shark Tank episode Series Premiere (season 1 episode 1) from ABC:

Ambitious entrepreneurs present their breakthrough business concepts.

House: Simple Explanation

2009-09-13T19:00:00.006-04:00

House episode Simple Explanation (season 5 episode 20) from FOX:

In a double mystery, the team tries to keep a husband and wife alive.

Ghost Hunters: Civil War Spirits

2009-09-13T18:00:00.000-04:00

Ghost Hunters episode Civil War Spirits (season 5 episode 11) from SyFy:

TAPS has a close encounter with our nation's past while on the bloodiest battlefield in history.

Eureka: You Don't Know Jack

2009-09-13T17:00:00.001-04:00

Eureka episode You Don't Know Jack (season 3 episode 16) from SyFy:

Trapped inside of Global, the town experiences a communal form of Alzheimer's and Allison goes into labor.

Eureka: Shower the People

2009-09-13T16:00:00.001-04:00

Eureka episode Shower the People (season 3 episode 15) from SyFy:

Eureka-fied baby gifts for Allison's shower push the envelope of eco-friendly design.

Eureka: Ship Happens

2009-09-13T15:00:00.001-04:00

Eureka episode Ship Happens (season 3 episode 14) from SyFy:

Henry's ship returns and brings a shocking surprise with it that Carter fears.

Eureka: If You Build It...

2009-09-13T14:00:00.001-04:00

Eureka episode If You Build It... (season 3 episode 13) from SyFy:

Carter discovers that someone--or something, is controlling teens while they sleep.

Whale Wars: Overlooking a Forlorn Shore

2009-09-13T13:00:00.001-04:00

Whale Wars episode Overlooking a Forlorn Shore (season 1 episode 11) from Animal Planet:

The Sea Shepherds continue to attempt to disrupt the whaling fleet's operations. When the Yushin 3 tries to transfer a dead whale to the Nisshin Maru, Captain Watson maneuvers his ship to block the transfer resulting in a full-speed collision.

Watch Overlooking a Forlorn Shore at Animal Planet.