"Trust Me" on TNT "American Idol" fans can now shell out $1.99 for an iPhone app that will provide them with a weekly update them on the vital statistics of the remaining contenders for the rest of this season. What isn't clear from the press release is if there will be geosynchronous Ryan Seacrest ...

Steve Wozniak practicing on "Dancing with the Stars" Today NBC launched a 24-hour cable channel in New York called "New York Non-Stop", replete with expanded news coverage, on-location stories, and interactive elements. When can LA expect the same investment? If, like us, you've been too cheap to bu...

The Strikers All-Stars from "America's Best Dance Crew" Photo by Ewan Burns If you thought that the local news was boring claptrap that only idiots watch, then you are outside of the ever-increasing popularity of the local newscast - Nielsen is reporting a 20% year-over-year increase in viewership. ...

"The Chris Isaak Hour" is on the Bio Channel @ 10:00pm We've been fans of Chris Isaak since we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and saw him playing the songs that would be on his second album, "Chris Isaak", released in 1986. Then came Isaak's massive success on MTV with the video for "Wicked Gam...

Jimmy Fallon from NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" - AP Photo by Diane Bondareff Tonight marks a big debut in late night TV with the start of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". While we were concerned with the departure of Conan O'Brien from "Late Night", we think he can be very successful in the e...

"Battlestar Galactica" on SciFi tonight "Entourage"-man Jeremy Piven is still in hot water over his departure from David Mamet's Broadway play, "Speed the Plow" - the plays producers claim Piven was seen partying all over town while supposedly suffering from debilitating mercury poisoning. Fans of "...

Chris Isaak from the BIO series "The Chris Isaak Hour" Jerry Seinfeld will be returning to TV as the producer and creator of "The Marriage Ref", a new series for NBC. No premiere date or time slot has been selected. Tonight marks the premiere of "The Chris Isaak Hour" at 7 & 11pm on the BIO channel....

Bravo's "Top Chef" has a season finale tonight It looks like Andy Richter will be returning to the side of Conan O'Brien when he fires up his version of "The Tonight Show" starting on June 1st. Richter will be the announcer for the show and will appear in comedy sketches but it's not clear if he wil...

Conan O'Brien pic via AP Photo/Evan Agostini Tonight marks the last broadcast of Conan O'Brien on "Late Night..." and what a ride it's been. From being a virtual unknown in front of the camera, O'Brien is now a staple of late night television. O'Brien's resurrection of NBC's "Late Night" after the d...

'Michael and Michael Have Issues' greenlighted on Comedy Central - photo courtesy Comedy Central Our friend Michael Ian Black and his fellow "The State" colleague, Michael Showalter, will finally again be gracing the airways on a new Comedy Central show this summer called "Michael and Michael Have I...