White House correspondent, Gawker pal, and Butterfly Effect fan Jake Tapper is leaving ABC for CNN.
Fox to Join ABC in Throwing D-List Celebrities Off Cliffs, Calling It Reality TV
Fox is taking the dive (!) into the fast-developing TV genre of what Deadline describes as the "competition celebrity diving reality arena." Oh, you were not aware of this genre? Allow me to explain.
TV's Fall Haul: Nashville and Arrow
For the next few weeks, we'll be evaluating many of the new fall shows as they air. After a quiet week, a few more new shows are trickling in. It seems like the networks are saving the best for last, but unfortunately, Vanessa Williams' 666 Park Avenue already premiered over a week ago.
Ann Romney Survives Butter Attack, Pets Her Horse on This Morning's Good Morning America
Ann "Of The People" Romney stopped by Good Morning America to talk average American stuff — show horses, Welsh cakes — this morning. She was a "guest host," filling in for Robin Roberts who is, of course, still recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
Taylor Swift Is Surprised That Anyone Would Question Her Surprised Face
On Nightline this week, Cynthia McFadden confronted Taylor Swift on her tendency to turn into a slack-jawed yokel when her name is inevitably called at whatever awards show she happens to find herself the belle of. This quirk has been mocked widely (full disclosure: my mocking supercut of her fly-catching turned into…
TV's Fall Haul: 666 Park Avenue
For the next few weeks, we'll be evaluating many of the new fall shows as they air. These shows do not include Elementary, The Neighbors or the hilariously overrated navy soap Last Resort (in which brass stands in for organ, but the melodrama is at perfect daytime pitch) because their blandness reminded us just how…
CBS Throws Shade at ABC with Press Release Announcing Morbid Reality Show Called Dancing On The Stars
ABC may have been allowed to debut its Big Brother-esque reality show The Glass House this week, but CBS isn't quite finished making its displeasure known.
This Is The Crap ABC Will Be Shoveling Your Way This Fall
Upfronts continue! Today ABC unveiled their fall schedule which fit into the general trends of the year: investing in comedies on Tuesday and opening up Fridays for scripted fare. Even though ABC has some big shows, with legit hits Modern Family and Once Upon A Time, the buzzy Revenge, and the still strong Grey's…
Ashley Judd is Freaking the Fuck Out: ABC's Missing in 30 Seconds
Last night was the premiere of ABC's new drama Missing, in which Ashley Judd plays an ex-CIA agent searching for her son in Europe, which should sound familiar because it's also the plot of the Liam Neeson movie Taken. Either way, Judd got to do a lot crying and yelling and telling people that her son is in trouble.…
An Unnecessary New Cable News Network Could Be Coming Soon
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…
ABC Cancels Work It, the Worst Program in History
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.
Head of ABC 'Doesn't Get' Why Work It Is History's Worst Show
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.
Work It Is Officially the Worst Show on Television
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.
Hatred Intensifies for Work It, the Worst Television Show in History
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.
