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Sorry, The River, But Your Brand of Horror Won't Work on TV

Brian Moylan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:15:00 EST

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With the success of American Horror Story on FX get ready for everyone to try to concoct a horror show of their own. First up, ABC's The River. Sorry, guys, it's just not going to work. More »

An Unnecessary New Cable News Network Could Be Coming Soon

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:52 EST

America currently has three major 24-hour cable news networks. The repugnant right wing propaganda one that's actually successful, and the one that's trying to be left wing propaganda that's less successful, and the one that used to be the "real news" one and is now pretty much down for whatever in order to avoid being the least successful. More »

ABC Cancels Work It, the Worst Program in History

Brian Moylan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:40:00 EST

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We all knew before it aired that Work It, ABC's men-dressing-as-women-to-get-jobs sitcom was going to be the worst show in history. We were proved right. Twice. After only two groan-inducing episodes, ABC axed the show this weekend. More »

Head of ABC 'Doesn't Get' Why Work It Is History's Worst Show

Brian Moylan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:15:00 EST

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It has been scientifically established that ABC's men-dressing-as-women-to-get-jobs sitcom Work It is the worst television program in history. Still ABC Entertainment chief Paul Lee doesn't understand why it's so bad or why some people—gay and transgender activists, specifically—find it offensive. More »

Work It Is Officially the Worst Show on Television

Brian Moylan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:57:45 EST

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We saw it coming a long way off, even before it pissed off gay activists, but Work It, ABC's new men-dressing-as-women-to-get-jobs sitcom, is by far the worst thing on television. Yeah, its' mildly offensive, but even worse than that, it is just plain awful. More »

Hatred Intensifies for Work It, the Worst Television Show in History

Brian Moylan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:35:00 EST

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We have already identified that ABC's sitcom Work It, about two "guy's guys" who dress up as women to get jobs, is going to be the worst show in history. Now we have a whole new reason to hate it: it's bad for the transgenders. More »

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Has Moved Its Last Bus

Brian Moylan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:14:13 EST

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Kleenex-sponsored cry-athon Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where living football Ty Pennington and a bunch of well-wishers would redo a home for an impossibly virtuous but down on their luck family each week is cancelled. More »

ABC's Work It Could Be the Worst Television Show in History

Seth Abramovitch — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:59:57 EST

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Every year gets a movie so unspeakably disgusting, it becomes a cultural touchstone in its own right. Last year it was The Human Centipede; this year, Jack and Jill. Imagine combining the two into the The Jack and Jill Centipede: a four-man, ass-to-mouth daisy chain of Adam Sandlers surgically attached to Adam Sandlers in drag. The mind reels, the stomach heaves. But you know what's even grosser than that? This. Work It. More »

Mario Batali's Fat Ass Broke a Bed

Brian Moylan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:35:00 EST

Know what is funnier than fat people falling or breaking things? Famous fat people falling or breaking things. Know what's funnier than that? When it happens on national television. More »

Pan Am Is Cancelled, Unless It Isn't

Brian Moylan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:50:39 EST

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One of the actresses on Pan Am, ABC's empty-headed Mad Men wannabe, tweeted that there was only one episode of the show left. Looks like the underperforming show finally got the axe. But then ABC said it's all a lie. What's going on? More »

Once Upon a Time: A Fairy Tale Beginning

Richard Lawson & Brian Moylan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:48:20 EDT

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Everything these days that isn't about vampires is about fairy tales. There's 18 Snow White movies coming out, that awful Little Red Riding Hood movie no one saw, and two fairy-tale related shows on TV this fall. ABC's Once Upon a Time came a-courting first. Was it a happily ever after or a poisoned apple? More »

The Downsizing of Mandy Moore

Richard Lawson — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:15:46 EDT

Once a movie actress, she's now doing TV. Also today: Americans can't make anything original, French Stewart has been located, and How to Be a Gentleman has been put out to stud. More »

Anne Hathaway to Die in Paris

Richard Lawson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:30:14 EDT

Not really, she's just going to be in a movie where that happens. Also today: Judy Greer gets another chance, so does Chord Overstreet, and Selena Gomez is a hot mess. More »

ABC Cancels Charlie's Angels

Brian Moylan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:51:05 EDT

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Not every old TV show needs a reboot. ABC has canceled Charlie's Angels but will continue to air episodes that have already been produced. After all, we don't need "jiggle TV" now that we have the internet's vast porn library. More »

Revenge Is the Best New Show on Television

Brian Moylan — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:05:26 EDT

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I really didn't want to like Revenge, ABC's new sudsy drama about a young woman trying to right the wrongs done to her family. I mean, there were all those awful ads (including some on this site) with Emily VanCamp standing in a pile of thorns. It just looked so schlocky! Was I ever wrong. More »

The $60 On Demand Movie Has Been Canceled

Richard Lawson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:15:16 EDT

Universal's crazy Tower Heist plot will not come to fruition. Also today: A Disney princess makes progress with her very own grownup show, three of your least favorite shows will live a little longer, and Ben Stiller has lots of ghosts, which one you need? More »

Pan Am: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Men World

Brian Moylan — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:24:12 EDT

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I can imagine last year at the Emmy's when Mad Men won for the third year in a row that all the networks execs were sitting around thinking, "We need to get us a Mad Men!" What came out of that thought is ABC's Pan Am, but their sweet '60s nostalgia lozenge isn't anywhere as easy to swallow as the original. More »

The Surprising Employment of Vanessa Hudgens

Richard Lawson — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:00:32 EDT

The perky one-time Disney queen continues to get work despite a string of bombs. Also today: the possible return of Robert Zemeckis, the likely return of Carrie Bradshaw, and the disappearance of Andrew Garfield. More »

NBC to Make Show About Lesbo

Richard Lawson — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:31:43 EDT

Finally, television is directly addressing the lesbo community. Also today: Candace Bushnell will never go away, Keira Knightley sets out to do another prestige project, and Michael Keaton has been found. More »

The Continued Redemption of Anne Heche

Richard Lawson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:49:52 EDT

The rumor-plagued actress has kept working despite, and it's slowly paying off. Also today: bad news for Dionne fans, good news for Big C fans, and the strange popularity of Grey's Anatomy. More »

You Will Never Escape Sex and the City

Richard Lawson — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:59:45 EDT

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You thought you were done with Carrie B. and her shoe-loving ways, but you are not. Also today: J.Lo is officially in, ABC is maybe out, Sarah Silverman is in-demand, and Katy Perry is the best at being the worst. More »

We've Already Found the Worst New Show of the Fall Season

Brian Moylan — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:07:51 EDT

The worst show of the new season is on ABC and is called Work It. It is unbelievably horrible. Even the 90-second trailer is too long to tolerate. This thing puts Cop Rock, Viva Laughlin!, and even That Show With Heather Graham that Got Canceled After One Episode to shame. Behold! More »

ABC Apologizes For Airing Nicki Minaj's Nipple

Leah Beckmann — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:51:52 EDT

The Nicki Minajes and the Khloe Kardashians the world over understand that the occasional slip of the nipple on live television is an occupational hazard. It happens! In fact, it seems to happen so often these days that no one cares that much when it does. But that doesn't mean ABC is cool with what happened on Good Morning America earlier today. The network issued a statement apologizing to Minaj and viewers for the offending nipple. More »

Only Teens Want to See Gay People on TV

Brian Moylan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:54:26 EDT

GLAAD, the spayed and neutered gay media watchdog, released its annual Network Responsibility Index, which charts the gay content of television networks. Guess what they found? The highest percentage of programming with gay and lesbian characters is targeted at young audiences. More »

DSK Maid Goes Public

Adrian Chen — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:23:06 EDT

The hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, Nafissatou Diallo, has spoken out in Newsweek and on ABC News. If you spent the last few weeks being called a hooker and a liar, you'd probably want to give your side of the story, too. More »

All My Children and One Life to Live Will Move Online

Brian Moylan — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:47:22 EDT

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ABC's canceled soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live have been snatched from certain death by Prospect Park, a production company that will move the long-running serial dramas onto the internet. Thank God, Susan Lucci will still have a job! More »

Casey Anthony Juror: 'We Were Sick to Our Stomach to Get That Verdict'

Maureen O'Connor — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:31:01 EDT

After Casey Anthony's surprise acquittal yesterday for the 2008 murder of daughter Caylee, the warrior wailers of CNN-HLN asked, How could a jury let this "lying, no-good slut" off the hook? More »

All the Ridiculous Stunts from 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show

Brian Moylan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:37:19 EDT

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The premise of ABC's 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show is that if a contestant answers a question incorrectly, he or she is tortured in some elaborate way. Awesome, right? The lame part is all the crazy stunts are padded out with lots of time-killing filler. Well, not anymore! More »

Bill Keller: I Should Have Put Judy Miller 'On a Leash' Sooner

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:41 EDT

In your sunny Monday media column: Bill Keller talks mistakes, Paul Begala's new gig, HuffPo is still hiring, Glamour's flagging sales, and Jeff Zucker thinks Katie Couric is boring at night. More »

Katie Couric Finally Picks a Job, for Chrissake

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:30:24 EDT

Our long national nightmare of having to hear about Katie Couric's job search seemingly every god damn week for a god damn year is finally over: she's going to ABC, just like everyone knew she would god damn months ago. More »

The Gawker Guide to Summer Television

Brian Moylan — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:48:07 EDT

With so many season finales airing this week, you might think that Americans turn off their TV sets after Memorial Day weekend and only turn it back on again in September. But this is America! All we care about is TV (and food)! Here are some of the new shows—and returning favorites—that will make lying in air-conditioned bliss that much more enjoyable until Labor Day. More »

Disney Withdraws Bid to Trademark 'SEAL Team 6'

Seth Abramovitch — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:25:06 EDT

The Walt Disney Co. has withdrawn its ill-considered bid to trademark "SEAL Team 6," forever robbing us of the family film franchise that could have done for pinniped commandos what G-Force did for guinea pig spies. More »

Why Didn't Britney and Rihanna's Lesbian Kiss Air on TV?

Maureen O'Connor — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:25:12 EDT

Rihanna did her best impression of Madonna at last night's Billboard Awards, nailing Britney Spears right on the kisser after a performance of olfactophilic pain anthem "S&M." More »

Good Morning America Wants $10,000 Refund for Botox Mom Story

Maureen O'Connor — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:44:29 EDT

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Sheena Upton, the artist formerly known as Botox Mom Kerry Campbell, tricked Good Morning America into paying $10,000 to a "British booker" for her made-up story. Now GMA wants its money back. More »

All the New Shows ABC and Fox Want You to Love This Fall

Brian Moylan — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:11:40 EDT

This week is the television upfronts, when all the networks roll out their new fall schedules to try to convince advertisers to spend their cash and fill their shows with all those pesky commercials we fast forward past. Here are all the goodies Fox and ABC have to offer. More »

Zac Efron Is About to Get Sexually Thrilling

Richard Lawson — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:09:37 EDT

I know you never thought it possible, but little Troy Bolton is about to get sexual and thrilling, all at once. Also today: tons of TV news about renewals and cancellations, plus a sexy little companion piece to the Efron news. More »

Father Says Medical Marijuana Saved His 2-Year-Old From Cancer

Brian Moylan — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:08:22 EDT

When no treatments would work to cure his 2-year-old son Cash's brain tumor, Mike Hyde did something drastic: he gave the kid a dose of cannabis oil. Initially it was to get him to start eating again. That worked and now Cash is cancer-free. More »

Celebrity Wife Swap Is the Latest Nadir of American Television

Richard Lawson — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:30:13 EDT

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It's been said of many a reality television show before, but might Celebrity Wife Swap finally destroy us? Also today: Snow White finds her prince, Project Runway brings back some old friends, and, what's this, NBC might actually have a popular show?? More »

Hoover Boycotts ABC Over Soap Cancellations

Seth Abramovitch — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:25:13 EDT

Admit it. You've been able to think of nothing else since learning that ABC has whacked All My Children and One Life to Live, two soaps that have been airing since roughly around the Precambrian Era. Well, one major sponsor isn't accepting the news without a fight: Hoover, a company that knows from things that suck, is pulling all advertising from the network in protest. More »

ABC Cancels Soaps All My Children and One Life to Live

Brian Moylan — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:56:27 EDT

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The only form of media more endangered than magazines is soap operas. Today, ABC announced that daytime mainstays All My Children and One Life to Live will go off the air in September and January, respectively. James Franco's playground General Hospital will be the network's only remaining daytime drama. More »