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October 11, 2009 at 4:28pm PST
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Ever since we heard that Maura Tierney wouldn't be able to star on Parenthood because of her cancer treatments (hope you're doing okay, Maura!), we've been wondering who they could possibly get to replace her. She's pretty great, so they would need to find someone pretty great to fill that hole.

First the rumor was Helen Hunt, and we were pretty eh about that.

September 15, 2009 at 11:03am PST
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Don't ever count Jay Leno out. After he was rather unceremoniously dumped from his job as host of The Tonight Show and replaced by Conan O'Brien, we all just thought he'd go back to collecting cars, shining his chin, or doing whatever it is he does when he's not on television. Instead his new primetime show on NBC debuted last night to huge numbers.

September 12, 2009 at 7:18am PST
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We were a little perplexed when NBC pushed back Parenthood, one of it's most promising new series to the mid-season, until we heard the reason. Maura Tierney, who we loved on ER and Newsradio, was undergoing surgery for breast cancer, and the show was waiting for her. It's sad today to find out that she won't be continuing on the show due to her treatments.

September 3, 2009 at 4:39pm PST
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NBC is taking on the groundbreaking UK drama series Prime Suspect.

We love stealing from the British don’t we?! (Can you say, "The Office"?)

Lynda La Plante created the original drama series, which aired from 1991-2006, and was positively received because it featured a woman as head of a murder squad.  Critics also praised the drama for its realistic portrayal of a police unit.

August 1, 2009 at 6:24am PST
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What's that noise? We believe it's the sound of men across America openly weeping.

Jaime Pressly, 32, star of the NBC show My Name is Earl, is officially off the market. Her fiance, entertainment lawyer Simran Singh, popped the question earlier this month.

Let's hope the second time's a charm for Jaime. She was previously engaged to DJ Eric Calvo, the father of their daughter, Dezi, from 2006 to 2008, before breaking things off.

Congratulations to the happy couple! 

July 14, 2009 at 3:14am PST
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Maura Tierney, 44, will undergo surgery for a breast tumor.

The actress who made her name on NBC’s ER as Abby Lockheart spoke out in a press release from NBC Universal announcing that Tierney was ill and that her treatment would delay the production of her new series, Parenthood, previously scheduled to premiere Sept. 23, but now pushed to mid-season.

June 21, 2009 at 8:55am PST
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You know things have gotten bad when you're being put in the same catagory as Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

Stephen Baldwin has quit NBC's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! despite the fact that he was considered a front-runner.

They're dropping like flies in the Costa Rican jungle. Baldwin is the fourth cast member to leave the show early.

But where's he going to go now that his house is being auctioned off?

June 18, 2009 at 9:01am PST
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T.R. Knight, who plays Dr. George O’Malley on NBC’s drama Grey’s Anatomy, is leaving the show for good.

No Really.

We mean it this time.

June 14, 2009 at 9:32am PST
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Reveille Productions are clearly trying to create the "It's a Small World" ride equivalent of comedy television show line-ups.

The production company, which is behind the US adaptations of Colombia's Ugly Betty for ABC and Britain's The Office for NBC, has just picked up Iceland's number one comedy show, entitled The Nightshift, and will be adapting it for American television.

June 7, 2009 at 7:42am PST
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The Hills star Heidi Montag has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Costa Rica, where's she's taping th NBC show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! with her husband, Spencer Pratt.

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

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Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

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Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.



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Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!

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