And In Entertainment News...

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God, this thread needs some serious updatin'. Shall we?

Tomorrow is Meredith Viera's last day on the Today Show before she leaves to be replaced by Today veteran Ann Curry.

NBC's The Event was recently cancelled, but SyFy is now in talks to save it.

The fourth season of HBO's hit True Blood premieres June 26th,

Jersey Shore was recently renewed for a fifth season. The fourth season premieres August 4th at 10 PM ET on MTV.

Trevor Donovan has been demoted to guest star status next season on 90210, and will only appear in 5 episodes.

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ABC's "Work It" premiered last night, and it received less viewers than the now-cancelled "Man Up!" from earlier this season. Enjoy this show while you can... although I doubt anyone is. I mean seriously.

"The Martha Stewart Show" has been cancelled by The Hallmark Channel.

Jonathan Groff, of "Glee" and Broadway fame, will guest star on "The Good Wife" this February. He will play a plaintiff.

In February, Kim Kardashian, of unreasonable fame, will guest star on "Last Man Standing". She'll play herself. Like, duh.

NBC's "Chuck" will air its two-part series finale on January 27th.

Michelle Obama will guest star on "iCarly" on January 16th.

The final two episodes of NBC's "Prime Suspect" will be aired against the NFC Championship Game. AKA the network didn't want to give a ratings stinker a good spot, and so they are just airing the episodes they are legally required to at a time when they'd normally air repeats.

"Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" are planning more crossovers. Woo?

Chris Zylka has been promoted to series regular on the CW's "The Secret Circle".

The season finale of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars", airing in March, will pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Viewers will also finally find out who the mysterious "A" is. The show was recently renewed for a third season, set to air this summer.

This season's cast of "Celebrity Apprentice" has been released, and some notable contenders include Clay Aiken, Lou Ferrigno, Lisa Lampanelli, George Takei, Debbie Gibson, and Teresa Giudice. Other contestants are Aubrey O'Day, Cheryl Tiegs, Penn Jillette, Dee Snider, Arsenio Hall, Adam Carolla, Victoria Gotti, Dayana Mendoza, Paul Teutul Sr., Michael Andretti, and Tia Carrere.

"Ringer" has cast Nikki Deloach from MTV's "Awkward." in a recurring role as a stripper whose murder Bridget witnessed.

FOX has cancelled the results show of "So You Think You Can Dance".

MTV's "Jersey Shore" starts its fifth season tonight at 10 PM ET.

Showtime's "Shameless" starts it second season Sunday night at 9 PM ET.

NBC's "Smash" is going to be amazing, and it's going to premiere the day after the Superbowl.

[JCM]

Michelle Obama will guest star on "iCarly" on January 16th.

what but doesnt she have like government things to do

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Some of the graduating seniors of "Glee" will be staying next season! Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez!!!!!!!!!!!!), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) have all signed on for the next season. It is not yet known if seniors Mark Salling (Puck), Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), and Harry Shum Jr. (Mike Chang) will stay on the show. This news also means that the proposed spin-off will not happen.

In more "Glee"-related news, Grant Gustin, AKA Sebastian, is in talks of being upgraded to regular status for the fourth season of the show. This is good news because his character is great and he is a pleasure to look at.

After continually falling throughout the season, ABC's "Once Upon a Time" was up 28% in last night's new episode.

Billy Baldwin will be returning to "Gossip Girl" for 2 episodes this season. He plays William Van der Woodsen, Serena's father.

There is a TV movie in the works for the cancelled ABC Family series "The Nine Lives of Chloe King".

The "24" movie will shoot this spring.

"Allen Gregory" has officially been cancelled by FOX.

Last night's series premiere of Showtime's "House of Lies" bested the premiere of the networks critically-acclaimed "Homeland" with 1.6 million viewers. The season 2 premiere of "Shameless" was up 37% from its finale, and 61% from its series premiere with 1.58 million viewers. "Californication" also returned strong, up 22% from its finale with 1.03 million viewers.

[TJ]

Omg YES AG was cancelled!!!

[Old Man Jenkins]

Haha, I didn't know they cancelled Chloe King.

And in other news, I need to watch Showtime more often. Also, good to see Once Upon a Time boosting itself up last night. I've grown fond of the show.

[Clappy]

Good thing they cancelled both of those shows. Still waiting for the eventual Whitney cancellation.

[Guest ssj4gogita4]

Chloe King was cancelled? GAY.

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"Mad Men" will return March 25th, making it 525 days between the season 4 finale and season 5 premiere. Showrunner/creator Matthew Weiner and AMC were having contract disputes that have since been settled. The series will now most likely end after its seventh season.

"Cougar Town" will probably return in March, although ABC has said nothing definitively.

It was recently announced Harry Connick Jr. would be involved in a four-episode arc on "Law & Order: SVU". Now Miranda Lambert has also signed on for an episode of the show. She will play an actress who claims to have been sexually assaulted by a reality show producer. This is the singer's acting debut.

"Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23", starring Krysten Ritter, Dreama Walker, and James Van Der Beek, will premiere April 11th at 9:30 ET on ABC.

"Saturday Night Live" may finally be getting some competition. FOX is looking to expand its programming and add a late-night block with four animated series. If it happens, this is scheduled for January 2013. Could we see Fred and Wilma face "Saturday Night Live"?

Dermot Mulroney ("Abduction", "J. Edgar") and Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") will both be guest-starring on FOX's smash-hit comedy, "New Girl". Look for Kwanten in the February 14th episode.

Parker Posey, Jack Carpenter, Denis O'Hare, Amy Sedaris, Edward Hermann, John Benjamin Hickey, Anna Camp, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Monica Raymund, and Rita Wilson will all reprise their roles on "The Good Wife" on February 19th. Damn.

Paul Rudd will guest star on "Parks and Recreation". He will run against Leslie for city council.

Frank Darabont, former showrunner for AMC's "The Walking Dead" is working on a new pilot for TNT: "L.A. Noir". It is based off the book "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City", not the video game.

"Bones" spin-off "The Finder" will premiere January 12th on FOX.

Season 3 of History's "Swamp People" premieres February 9th.

The series finale of Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place" beat records for the series, earning 9.8 million total viewers and 5.5 million kids 6-14.

Disney XD will premiere the new series "Mall Rats" February 27th.

HBO's new comedy "Life's Too Short" starring Warwick Davis and from Ricky Gervais will premiere February 19th.

Adult Swim will celebrate the 100th episode of "Robot Chicken" with a live webcam event, coming January 15th at 11:30 PM ET.

NBC's "The Firm" started with very disappointing numbers with a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Now-cancelled series "The Cape" did 46% better last year with a 2.6 rating. Yikes.

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"Psych" was renewed for a seventh season.

CBS is planning a crossover between "Hawaii Five-0" and "NCIS: Los Angeles". Gross.

ABC has extended the episode order of Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing". It will now have 24 episodes in its first season.

Showtime has ordered a documentary about... Dick Cheney. Okay, whatever you say.

Kelly Clarkson will sing the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl.

"Saturday Night Live" is really on a roll this season. After Daniel Radcliffe hosts this Saturday night, Channing Tatum will host on February 4th and Zooey Deschanel will host on the 11th. Awesome! (not sarcasm, I'm actually really excited for all three of these hosts)

La Toya Jackson will guest star on "90210".

"Are You There, Chelsea?" was better than I thought it'd be, although that's not saying much. 6.18 million viewers let out collective "meh"s at the end of last night's pilot, and it got a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating. Most of us will keep watching because of Laura Prepon.

Next season of "Dexter" will likely be its last, according to Showtime head David Nevins.

Nevins was less specific about veteran comedy "Weeds". He said the next season will "not definitely" be the final season of the show, but it's a "real possibility".

"Degrassi" will return for the second half of its eleventh season on Monday, February 20th. Alex Steele, who formerly played Angela Jeremiah, will play freshman student Tori Santamaria. WTF.

[Old Man Jenkins]

Sucks to hear about Dexter, but all good things must come to an end.

And srsly, WTF is up with giving Alex Steele a whole new role to play? Would've been a treat to see Joey's daughter instead.

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Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, and Steve Jones were all recently hired from the US incarnation of "The X Factor". Simon Cowell has approached Beyonce to join the show as a judge for the second season, with a proposed five-year contract paying $100 million a year.

"Shameless", "Californication", and "House of Lies" were all renewed by Showtime.

ABC Family has renewed "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" for a fifth season. Why can't they just end it so Shailene Woodley can go to a project that deserves her?

Brittany and Santana are going to "make out" in the Valentine's Day episode of "Glee". I hate Brittany, but... I approve.

NBC has picked up a pilot from J.J. Abrams ("Lost", "Fringe") and Eric Kripke ("Supernatural"). Oh hell yes.

Henry Winkler (ehhh) will guest star on "Up All Night" as the father of Ava (Maya Rudolph).

"Top Chef" was renewed for a tenth season. Stay tuned for more cooking show news...

"Kitchen Nightmares" has been renewed for a fifth season.

[Clappy]

$100 million a year to judge on The X Factor? That is seriously a waste of money. Beyonce isn't going to solve The X Factor's disappointing viewership IMO.

[Old Man Jenkins]

Oh God, that Abrams/Kripke bit sounds awesomely promising.

[Wumbo]

I didn't know Kitchen Nightmares was such a young show. Anyway, I heard something about Mariah Carey being picked to replace Paula.

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I didn't know Kitchen Nightmares was such a young show. Anyway, I heard something about Mariah Carey being picked to replace Paula.

According to Simon, Mariah isn't quite current enough.

[Clappy]

Mariah isn't current enough? While Beyonce is definitely more current, I would still consider Mariah Carey to be current. Her last CD wasn't that long ago.

[Wumbo]

Besides, Nick Cannon is the shit right now with America's Got Talent, so Mariah Carey is by default current.

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Take that up with Simon, not me. Anyways...

Sons of Anarchy was renewed for a sixth season by FX, with a seventh (and final) season very likely. The show was already renewed for a fifth season last October.

During Glee's standard hiatus this year, Fox is trying out a live-action comedy block with Raising Hope, Breaking In, New Girl, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter. This will start March 6th.

Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are working together on a pilot for ABC, in which de Rossi plays a woman who goes to work for her sister who is not nearly as smart as her... and just so happens to be the mayor of a big city. BUT what's this mean for Arrested Development?

Selma Blair and Shawnee Smith have been cast in Charlie Sheen's new FX comedy, Anger Management. They will play Sheen's therapist and ex-wife, respectively.

Patton Oswalt will guest star on Two and a Half Men as Walden's former business partner.

After the recent firings of X-Factor staff, it's been announced that judge L.A. Reid will return for the second season.

Awake will premiere March 1st on NBC, taking The Firm's spot, which has been de-facto cancelled (moved to Saturday to burn the remaining episodes).

Vivica A. Fox has been cast on Raising Hope as a church lady Burt (Garrett Dillahunt) will not get along with.

[Old Man Jenkins]

Good to see SOA lasting for a while to come.