Filed under: American Idol The folks over at "American Idol" have hit a XXX snag by upping the final 12 to 13 this year. Turns out the sequenced telephone number for contestant 13 is already in use -- by a phone sex company."A.I" only owns twelve numbers (1-866-IDOLS-01... Permalink...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd It's either a response to the economy (you know we writers and "reporters" are contractually obligated to mention it at least twice in every 15 minutes of 200 words) or is it us? Laziness on the part of network executives (the nerve you say!) or laziness on us? Or mayb...

Oh, barf! This opinion piece in Forbes says Indian Americans are the new model minority. In a typical divide-and-conquer tactic, it then goes on to compare Indian immigrants with others to put down those other groups and suggest changes to immigration policy. "In sharp contrast to Indian Americans, ...

I have a confession to make. Now you need to understand that I’ve been blogging for twelve years. There’s precious little that embarrasses me. My life is the virtual open book, each humiliating moment mined for as much material as I can possibly wring out of it. But what I’m about ...

American Idol: Will Tatiana Go On? [Dlisted]New York's Male Models Lead the Unglamorous Life [Towleroad]Chart Rigger Sleeps Its Way Into The Brits [Chart Rigger]Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio And Friends Topless In DT [Hollywood Tuna]Carla Gugino's Nipples are in the Details [Egotastic]GETTING PE...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, 24, American Idol, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, TV Squad Lists, TV Squad Ten Bromances have been around, well, forever really, but you'd never use the term for say, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte (48 Hours) or Paul Newman and Robert Re...

Bikinis are the number one passion of American Idol contestant Katrina Darrell, better known as "Bikini Girl" for her insistence on auditioning for the judges while wearing some skimpy swimwear.Here she is, shopping in Beverly Hills for more swimwear she can sing in. It's really hard to hit the... ....

Filed under: OpEd, Video, Watercooler Talk, Dancing With The Stars, TV Squad Lists, Casting Well, it's official. Yesterday, ABC announced their new line-up for the eighth season (!) of Dancing With The Stars . And, as usual, the names chosen range from weird to ... even weirder (really, David Alan G...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Host, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip For this edition of American Idol , the crew traveled to New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of my favorite things about the auditions is seeing the expressions on the judges' fa...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Contestants, Host, News and Gossip, TV Squad Ten Is this season of American Idol everything you dreamed it would be? Or are you thinking it's the same-old-same-old we've all seen before? I fall into both camps, so decided to put together my list...