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Starting Thursday, this blog will look quite different.For weeks and weeks, Tribune writers have had blogging problems not being able to post pictures and videos. That's all going to change because we're moving to new blogging software starting tomorrow.You will still be able to reach the new blog at the same address at blogs.sltrib.com/tv (make sure there is no /index.htm on the end), but the

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Sunday nights is a battleground on TV.If the likes of "Cold Case" on CBS or "Desperate Housewives" on ABC aren't going to kill you, HBO's usually wonderful lineup will.So, the CW, which has given a valiant effort programming Sundays, is waving the white flag and pulling out.It will instead concentrate on primetime shows Monday through Friday.Actually, it just needs to concentrate on its entire

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Guys like to hang out with other guys. Proof is HBO's blisteringly funny take on Hollywood and fame, "Entourage," has been picked up in syndication by that guy-centric network, Spike.Spike is the network for 18 to 30 men who like video games, hot women in bikinis and things that blow up, preferably all together."Entourage" is the very funny and astute comedy about movie star Vince and his

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"The New Adventures of Old Christine" could also be on a new network.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sitcom starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus has made a deal with ABC that it will pick up the show for a fifth season if CBS does not.As it stands now, "Christine" is a bubble show at CBS, awaiting its fate on that network.

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Actually, I'd use a stronger word than that, but this will do for now."Mad Men's" third season debut was delayed less than a month due to some unknown reason, according to Variety.The best drama on television bar none usually debuts in July. But it's being pushed back to August this summer. Is there no God!?!?

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NBC announced most of its new fall schedule today.Here's a look at previews of some of their new offerings. First up, "Trauma," about the first responders to emergencies in San Francisco. You can really tell the network is already missing "ER."Next is a preview of "Parenthood," based on Ron Howard's 1989 hit comedy about what it's like to raise kids. This one seems to have more drama than

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NBC presented its fall plans, or at least part of them, today during its upfront presentation in New York City.No, "Chuck" fans, the fate of your show has not been decided yet.Instead, the network announced a number of new pickups for the fall.They include: the medical drama, "Trauma" (what, they miss "ER" already?), "Parenthood" (based on Ron Howard's 1989 comedy), the comedy "100 Questions for

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Only CBS . . . could come up with a slogan as boring as this.Only CBS . . . could get this excited about a slogan as bland as this.The Eye Network unveiled a new marketing campaign with a new slogan two weeks in advance of its Upfront presentation in New York City."Only CBS" is the new slogan, touting that CBS is the only network to go up in ratings in all key demographics.Here's what the new

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Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello has kindly created a list of each broadcast TV show and its status on the renewal list. Who will stay and who will go is the big question as the networks head into the upfronts this month.First up is NBC, which has its upfronts Monday. That's when the networks introduce the final fall schedules to advertisers in New York City. Here's the list for the

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Was there any doubt?Fox's decision to not show President Obama's press conference on his first 100 days Wednesday was a sound business decision, though not necessarily a sound community affairs decision."American Idol" won the night in viewers. It drew some 21 million Americans who watched Matt Giraud get booted. Meanwhile, the president attracted 28 million viewers total on all the rest of the

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This is either absolutely tragic or it doesn't bode well for the new series, "Parenthood."An NBC executive, Nora O'Brien, died Wednesday night right on the set of the TV show, a new series starring Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under").I would call it absolutely tragic. O'Brien, who was only 44, died of a brain aneurysm.She was a six-year exec who was the vice president of drama development. "

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Julianne Hough, Utah's ballroom-dancing and country-singing extraordinaire, says she's taking a season off from "Dancing With the Stars."She told TV tabloid "Access Hollywood," "I'm not doing next season," after she and boyfriend/dancing partner Chuck Wicks got booted from Tuesday's show.Hough was one of three dancers from Utah to do the Cha-Cha this season on ABC's No. 1-rated show. The others

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This is going to kill my wife.Jon Gosselin of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" was seen with another woman!He was spotted leaving a club at 2 a.m. with a "friend" where he apparently got tanked, according to Us Weekly.The father of sextuplets and twins has been seen with other women before, according to reports, making him possibly father of the year.Then again, if I was married to his controlling

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It ain't cheap to allow the President if the United States to speak to the American public.At least it ain't cheap for the networks.According to Nielsen data reported by Broadcasting & Cable, Obama's address Wednesday about his first 100 days, cost the networks about $21.5 million in lost revenue during the 7 to 8 p.m. hour.Meanwhile, it didn't cost Fox anything because the network decided not to

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Add another studio to the juggernaut that is Hulu.comDisney, which owns ABC, ESPN and the Disney Channel, has agreed to join the streaming video site and become an equity partner.When the deal comes through - which they do not say when - you can expect to see shows like "Lost," "Ugly Betty," "Desperate Housewives," and "Private Practice" on the site, among others.The studio also will show "

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Murray's "American Idol" phenom, David Archuleta, knows his biggest attraction right now is the tween crowd.First, he appears on "iCarly." Then he's touring with Disney favorite Demi Lovato.Now he's showing up in a cameo on "Hannah Montana." He of course plays himself in a scene where Miley discovers she would rather record a duet with David than show up at the prom with some nerd.No wonder my

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"Hannah Montana" is no longer the queen of the ratings race.Nickelodeon's "iCarly" is.Even my two daughters, ages 8 and 11, have grown tired of Miley Cyrus and her Disney Channel show. They too have talked a lot more about "iCarly," that other show about a group of pre-teens who put on a Web series.According to the Los Angeles Times: "iCarly" "has grown into TV's No. 1 series among kids (ages 2

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OK, that very language on television could get me in a lot of trouble. That's why I write for newspapers and not TV.The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission indeed has the power to enforce broadcast television rules that prohibits naughty words from being uttered on TV, even if the use of those words has nothing to do with having sex (the F-word) or the act of

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Let's put this into perspective, OK.The swine flu was suspected to have killed 152 people so far in Mexico. And 98 cases of the flu were confirmed worldwide.It's bad. I should know because CNN, MSNBC, and all the other news channels told me so.Meanwhile, consider that 36,000 Americans die from the regular influenza each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).And

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NBC's once-grand science fiction/fantasy series, "Heroes," came to its third season (they call it fourth chapter) finale Monday, and it continues to prove why the show is basically on life support.MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD (stop reading if you haven't seen the episode yet)The show ended with a somewhat tepid showdown between Nathan the senator and Sylar, the evil guy who's been sucking up all the

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According to psychologists researching the effects of television on the lonely, TV characters can add a sense of belonging. In other words, they can be our friends.If that's true, I REALLY want to be the friend of Kaley Cuoco on "The Big Bang Theory."Science Daily reports:"The research provides evidence for the 'social surrogacy hypothesis,' which holds that humans can use technologies, like

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Jay Leno was back after his first sick day in 17 years as host of "The Tonight Show."And he was joking about his hospital stay after attracting a 103-degree fever. Take a look.

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Everyone will be pre-empting their primetime programming for President Obama's Wednesday night address to the nation - that is, except for Fox.The network has opted to not cut to the president's speech on his first 100 days to pre-empt the "American Idol" results show, according to the Los Angeles Times. In other words, "Idol" is more important to the American people than the state of our economy

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The winner of the James Doohan Old Daddy Award goes to: Monty Python's 67-year-old Terry Jones, who is reportedly having a baby with his 26-year-old lover.Jones, one of the members of the British troupe and director of such Python films as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "The Life of Brian," apparently broke up with his wife of 35 years to hook up with a woman he met at a book signing,

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"Mad Men" may be distinctly American in flavor, but the British love the AMC show about advertising executives in the 1960s by bestowing a BAFTA award for top international series.The show, which already has won Emmys and Golden Globes, beat out the likes of "The Wire," "Dexter," and "The Daily Show."Next stop: world domination. I can't wait for the new season (don't hold your breath, I would

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