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7 Questions with Eliza Coupe of USA Networks’ Benched

Eliza Coupe plays fish-out-of-imported-water Nina Whitley on USA Network’s courtroom comedy, Benched. And while she shares very few character traits her status-obsessed character, Coupe was sold on the part immediately. She reveals, “After the first page of the script, I called my manager and said, “I’m obsessed. This is amazing!” Coupe, who previously starred on ABC’s comedy Happy Endings, gleefully admitted to being a hopeless geek when she answered our 7 Questions. 1. You’re at a magazine rack and can only pick three titles.  Which ones do you choose?  I probably would choose Newsweek, Architectural Digest, I am such a […]

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Awards Shows

48th Annual CMA Awards Wednesday, November 5

The 48th annual CMA Awards is just days away and for the 7th consecutive time, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisely will host Country Music’s Biggest Night. The show’s glamorous red carpet arrivals airs on CMT at 7pm ET, with the big event following at 8pm ET over on ABC. For mom-to-be Underwood, who is also nominated for three awards (female vocalist of the year, musical event and music video of the year — both for Somethin’ Bad with Miranda Lambert, style may be the night’s biggest challenge because she’s got this hosting thing down cold. “It always makes for good […]

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Preview

Preview: Dancing With The Stars Dynamic Duos

Tonight on DWTS, we’ll be treated to powerful parings when Dancing With The Stars Dynamic Duo night prances into the ballroom. The cute-o duos have been announces and I am really excited to see how they present the twosomes. The “Dynamic Duos” featured will be: Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson as Batman & Robin Bethany Mota & Derek Hough as Lucy & Ricky Ricardo Janel Parrish & Val Chmerkovskiy as Romeo & Juliet Lea Thompson & Artem Chigvintsev as Bonnie & Clyde Michael Waltrip & Emma Slater as Jane & Tarzan Sadie Robertson & Mark Ballas as Adam & Eve […]

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Interview

Kirsten’s Back! And “The Exes” Moves To A New Night

TV Land’s hilarious comedy The Exes returns Wednesday for a fourth season of the riotous antics of divorce attorney Holly Franklin (Kristen Johnston), her sunny assistant (Kelly Stables) and the three recently divorced roommates (Donald Faison, Wayne Knight and David Alan Basche) who live across the hall from her in the building she owns. Last season, Johnston, who won two Emmy Awards as alien Sally Solomon on 3rd Rock From the Sun, started having difficulty moving her body and her memory became unreliable. “It was almost impossible to remember lines and I couldn’t hold my head up without a brace, […]

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Competition

Kid-Chen

Most parents shudder at the thought of their kids handling cutlery and most tykes subsist on a diet of macaroni and cheese, but a handful of children are already exploring the world of haute cuisine. Under the tutelage of of and judged by chef Gordan Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot, these pint size chefs will compete in the second season of FOX’s culinary competition MasterChef Junior. Like the grown-up version of the show, MasterChef Junior is a search for America’s best home cooks. But here, the cooks are kids aged 8-13, and one of the 16 kid-testants […]

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Animation

New Season of Transformers Rescue Bots Premieres Nov. 1

I was a huge fan of Transformers when I was a kid. I remember my best birthday was when I turned 7 and I received the Transformers Buzzsaw, Grapple and Inferno. I was pretty sure that my friends were the best friends in the universe. The theme song to the 1980’s cartoon is still among my favorites and I will forever make that Kee-kah-koh-kuh sound whenever I am folding/ bending/ or changing the shape of anything (and this happens quite frequently at Casa de Freeze). I also sometimes to it just to annoy my kids. Now, a new generation of […]

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Drama

Scoring the Scene on “Criminal Minds”

CBS’ hit Criminal Minds is one of the creepiest dramas on television. For the past decade, the FBI’s Behavior Analysis Unit has matched wits with entertainment’s most twisted unsubs “unknown subjects.” As the team profiles and hunts down the depraved and despicable villains, the action is set against the most riveting soundtrack on television. The show’s award-winning composers, brothers Steffan and Marc Fantini (along with composing partner Scott Gordon), create the disturbing music that sets the show’s dark mood. Marc and Steffan, what is your background in music? Marc: Our musical background started in recording: rock, pop and songwriting. My […]

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Reality TV

Nail’d It Episode 4 Recap: “Divine Nails”

Tonight on Nail’d It … it’s a boy! The first male contestant, the artists do “Church Nails” and they create Stiletto nails based on colorful high heels. Lauren, age 32 from Cape Coral, FL. Her specialty is detailed artwork. “After I gave Jesus control of my life, he told me to work in a salon.” Lauren’s double sided pin-up nails are the most amazing painting I’ve ever seen on nails. And, who ever though to paint on both sides of the nails!?! Lauren credits prayer for helping her come to odds with drug addition, homelessness and bipolar disorder. Robert, age […]

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TV News & Program Updates

All Rise For Eliza Coupe On “Benched”

USA’s new comedy series Benched premieres tonight and the vehicle is a welcome return for star Eliza Coupe. She was great on ABC’s Happy Endings and Benched has created a great platform for her to really flex her comedy chops. In Benched, she plays a former corporate lawyer who adjusts to life, and her new clients in the public defender’s office. I’ll admit I’m not a huge fan of courtroom TV, most dramas make me doze, and other than Night Court, has court ever been funny? But the courtroom scenes in Benched feel really fresh; there’s great stuff happening in […]

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Preview

Dancing With The Stars Halloween Night: Season 19

The rough thing about Dancing With The Stars is, week after week, be say goodbye to couples whom we’ve fallen in love. After dancing their best last week, Jonathan Bennett and Allison Holker’s were eliminated (sniff, I am going to miss them) and this week, another couple faces elimination as the number of performances gets upped to two. In Halloween Week, the eight remaining couples participate in their first group competition of the season. But before they dance together, they need to dance in their celeb-pro pairings. Bethany Mota and Derek Hough- Paso Doble Lea Thompson and Artem Chigvintsev- Argentine […]