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2013 Dancing With the Stars cast includes Snooki, Bill Nye, Valerie Harper

September 4, 2013 Barb Oates

ABC announced the lineup for the 17th season of Dancing With the Stars live today on Good Morning America. The lineup includes the typical demo-targeted staples like the professional athlete (Keyshawn Johnson), the Disney star (Corbin Bleu), a sure fan-favorite for the older crowd (Valerie Harper, maybe even Bill Engvall), the young hottie (Brant Daugherty) and wildcards like Jack Osbourne, Bill Nye or Jersey Shore’s Snooki. Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet listed the 12 celebrities and their professional partners who will be competing this season beginning Monday, Sept. 16 at 8pm ET. The 2013 Dancing With the Stars cast […]

FXX launches new seasons of It’s Always Sunny, The League, Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell

September 4, 2013 StayTuned Staff

FXX gets its game face on tonight with the launch of new seasons of three hit shows: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League and late-night talker Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, which is going from weekly to nightly. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10pm) Whether the average viewer knows it or not, Season 9 can be quite problematic for a TV show. Roseanne’s lottery fever dream. The Facts of Life without Mrs. Garrett. Scrubs: Med School. Even the best ideas just eventually run out of steam. That’s why it’s so fun to report that It’s Always Sunny Season […]

Dance Moms recap Season 3 episode 30: Kerfuffle Off To Buffalo

September 3, 2013 Lori Acken

I miss the Apples, Dance Moms nation. I do. I can’t help it. And I’m not sorry, either. Because the comedy quotient goes up about four zillion percent when they’re at least lurking about the episode, and I like a few laughs with my Dance Moms. Sigh. Thank you for listening. I feel better. Now let’s get on with the recap of tonight’s Apple-free episode, Do-Si-Do And Do-Si-Don’t. • RELATED: Channel Guide recaps Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition Season 2 episode 1 Since the group dance and Asia’s solo got first place — so who cares about anyone else — Abby […]

Cold Justice: Meet TNT’s new crime solvers Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary

September 3, 2013 Lori Acken

C.S.I. fans, if you’ve ever wondered if Catherine Willows was based on an actual person, you’re about to get your answer. In TNT’s latest true-crime outing, Cold Justice, Dick Wolf, executive producer of the Law & Order franchise, takes on some of America’s 200,000-plus real-life cold cases, spotlighting former Las Vegas crime scene investigator Yolanda McClary — on whom Willows was based — and former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler (68 wins, 0 losses) as they team up to tackle small-town murder cases that were previously thought unsolvable. With a team of two homicide detectives plus local authorities backing them up, the pair […]

Miley Cyrus breaks silence about VMAs performance

September 3, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

MTV News posted an exclusive clip today, provided by a crew filming a previously announced documentary, in which Miley Cyrus addresses for the first time the reaction to her much-buzzed-about performance on last week’s VMAs. Miley Cyrus’ performance of “We Can’t Stop” had a lot of people talking throughout most of the week, discussing everything from “twerking” to the notion of white performers co-opting black culture to the usual cries of pop music being the end of civilization to just plain astonishment and everything in between. “I don’t pay attention to the negative,” Cyrus says in what appears to be […]

Jennifer Lopez returns to “American Idol”

September 3, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

FOX officially announced today that Jennifer Lopez would be returning to American Idol as a judge when the competition series returns for its 13th installment in January. Also announced was the fact that Lopez would be joined at the judges’ table by Harry Connick Jr. The duo will judge along with the returning Keith Urban, who judged last season with Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. Series veteran Randy Jackson, who had talked about leaving the show, will return, serving as an in-house mentor. Of course, Ryan Seacrest will again host the festivities. Jennifer Lopez had previously served as a judge […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 2-8

September 2, 2013 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 2-8: Now You See Me A team of illusionists use their trickery to pull off bank heists during their performances, giving the money to the audiences in attendance. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman (PG-13, 1:55) 9/3 [Same as DVD] Stories We Tell Sarah Polley (Away From Her, Take This Waltz) directs this intimate documentary in which she interviews members of her own family in order to not only uncover her own truth, but also examine the way we tell stories about our lives. (PG-13, 1:48) 9/3 [Same as DVD] Additional On Demand/DVD new releases this […]

James Franco roast Monday on Comedy Central

August 30, 2013 Ryan Berenz

James Franco roast Monday on Comedy Central: Roastmaster Seth Rogen and other celebrity roasters go to work when Franco is the guest of honor for Comedy Central’s annual roast, airing Monday, Sept. 2. Viewers can join in the fun on Twitter using the hashtag #FrancoRoast. He bombed as cohost of the Oscars. He sawed off his arm in 127 Hours. And he had nothing better to do so he guest-starred on General Hospital. “If only James Franco was a more successful, multi-hyphenated, incessant creative risk taker in different media, he’d be the perfect person to roast. Oh well … I […]

College football kickoff 2013 on ESPN

August 29, 2013 Ryan Berenz

College Football Kickoff 2013: North Carolina at South Carolina, Alabama vs. Virginia Tech and a roundup of opening weekend college football highlights. College football season kicks off on Aug. 29 with a Thursday night matchup at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the North Carolina Tar Heels (ESPN, 6pm ET). The second game in ESPN’s doubleheader has the Ole Miss Rebels visiting the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville, Tenn. College football’s opening weekend continues on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 5:30pm ET, with a big matchup between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Virginia Tech Hokies at […]

Bill Murray returns for David Letterman’s 20th anniversary on CBS tonight

August 29, 2013 Tom Comi

Bill Murray returns for David Letterman’s 20th anniversary on CBS tonight, a mark that will make the late night host’s fans feel both nostalgic and, quite frankly, a little old. Murray was the first guest when Late Show With David Letterman made its highly publicized move to CBS on August 30, 1993, and the two will reunite tonight at 11:35pm ET to mark the 20th anniversary. It will be the comedian’s 26th appearance on Letterman’s show, which doesn’t include his visits to the host’s previous stint at NBC (where Murray was also his first guest). Tonight’s milestone is one that […]