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Casting Calls

MasterChef Season 6 Open Casting Info

Do you have what it takes to please Gordon Ramsay’s picky palate?  Fox has announced open casting calls in 11 U.S. cities for the sixth season of MasterChef. The reality competition is the search for America’s best home cook. Application info can be found on the MasterChef casting website.  Season 5 of the reality cooking competition is currently airing Mondays on FOX. From a FOX Press Release: THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT “MASTERCHEF” BEGINS WITH OPEN CASTING CALLS STARTING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Casting Calls for Season Six to Take Place in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, […]

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TV News & Program Updates

What channel is The Meredith Vieira Show on & more

Now this is a welcome return! The beloved former Today Show host makes an official return to daytime TV with her own yakker, The Meredith Vieira Show, beginning Monday, Sept. 8 in syndication (find out what channel is The Meredith Vieira Show on in your market below). While Vieira admits having her own show is “really scary,” she did say the entire process has been a humbling experience. “The responsibility that comes with it, particularly to the staff that has shown such faith in me — I don’t take that lightly at all. Hopefully, it will be a reflection of […]

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TV News & Program Updates

2014 MDA Show of Strength Telethon and Stand Up to Cancer lineups

Recently, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a buzz on social media (you’ve probably seen some celebrities doing it, and possibly even your own friends and family), and along with its entertainment value, it has seemed to achieve its main goal of creating at least some increased awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and, of this writing, has collected donations amounting to over $40 million. Hopefully, people’s philanthropic moods will continue, because on the heels of this, two more established television events will be returning with their own efforts to increase awareness of, and gain monetary collections toward the […]

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Drama

Fall TV shows 2014: New drama series premiere dates, times and previews

If you’re a fan of the more serious side of television, Fall 2014 is a great time to be you, delivering a feast of fascinating storylines and compelling characters fleshed out by tried-and-true TV veterans and award-winning crossovers from the world of film. Below we round up premiere dates and times, previews and more for the new drama and dramedy series debuting now through December. Click on highlighted titles for more information. The Affair (pictured above) Showtime Premieres: Oct. 12 Airs: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and Joshua Jackson star in this drama that tracks […]

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Lifestyle

New look for “The View”

After being on the air for nearly 20 years, and saying goodbye to a few of its hosts (most recently, Sherri Shepherd left a few weeks back, and Barbara Walters retired earlier this summer), ABC’s daytime staple The View is reinventing itself for its upcoming season premiere on Sept. 15, according a network release. For starters, The View has a new studio at the ABC Broadcast Center, featuring a “visually stunning, contemporary state-of-the-art set designed in the round and offering the addition of an on-camera social media station allowing the hosts to interact in real time with viewers.” ABC is […]

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Awards Shows

Miley Cyrus to appear at 2014 MTV Video Music Awards

She’s baaaaack. After creating a major buzz at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards with her twerking performance alongside (and in front of) Robin Thicke (pictured), Miley Cyrus will be back at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), according to a tweet from the Official Miley Team Twitter account, which was emailed out by MTV’s PR team. The awards show airs live Aug. 24 at 9pm ET on MTV. To be fair, the tweet says that Miley will attend the VMAs, while MTV, when emailing about the tweet, said that Miley will appear at the awards. There are no […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Kate Plus 8 returning to TLC in December

Back in June, TLC aired a two-part reunion special that caught up with the love-her-or-hate-her reality star Kate Gosselin and her sextuplets as the kids celebrated their 10th birthday. Based on the success of the special, TLC has ordered additional hours of Kate Plus 8, and will air these in December. In the new episodes, cameras follow Kate and her clan as they travel to Boston and explore different parts of New England on a family vacation. You’ll also see the kids rounding out the final days of summer — hopefully we’ll see more of a day in their life […]

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Reality TV

Julianne Hough Joins DWTS As Permanent Fourth Judge

After months of speculating whether long-time host Len Goodman would retire and if a former dancer would join the judges panel, ABC just announced answers to both questions. It was revealed last week that Goodman will return as a judge. but this morning, former dancer Julianne Hough was announced as the show’s permanent fourth judge. Last week dancer Cheryl Burke confirmed that Len Goodman, who also serves as a judge on the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing, would miss a few episodes as the weekly commute between London and L.A. was getting to be too much for […]

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Documentary

We talk Who Do You Think You Are? with EP Dan Bucatinsky

On tonight’s all-new episode of TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? beloved actor Kelsey Grammer explores his grandmother’s lineage in a deeply emotional journey that leads him westward across America. It’s the kind of episode the show’s co-executive producer Dan Bucatinsky says fascinates him most. “I love the episodes that touch on tent poles in history, stuff we studied in  text books in school but didn’t have a personal connection with — like the Salem Witch Trials with Sarah Jessica Parker,” says Bucatinsky, the entertainment-industry multi-hyphenate who brought the addictive genealogy series to America with his longtime business partner Lisa Kudrow […]

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Competition

Skin Wars judge Craig Tracy: “It’s not who can paint the best, it’s who can create the best!”

GSN’s new hit show Skin Wars offers an inside look at the up-and-coming art form of body painting. Thirteen of the country’s top artists battle it out each week in intense challenges that push them to their limits. With the grand prize including $100,000, these artists will have to give it their all each week when facing elimination. Hosted by the X-Men trilogy’s own Mystique, Rebecca Romijn, and a table full of talented judges including the chameleon himself, RuPaul, and super-talented body painters Robin Slonina and Craig Tracy, owner of The Craig Tracy Gallery in New Orleans. • RELATED: Our […]