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The anti-defamation protests are already rolling in for the new reality series "Jersey Shore" (MTV, 10 p.m.), which is meant to spotlight "the hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos."
The eight twentysomethings followed on the show, caught in Seaside Heights, H.J., in their abs, tattoos and hair ...
Reality
"The Ghost Hunters" who invaded Hartford's historic Mark Twain House earlier this fall didn't go away empty-handed.
When the famous duo of plumbers-by-day from Warwick, R.I., were dispatched to Hartford in September with their crew, they encountered all manner of noises, and shadows and ...
Drama
House
Ghost Hunters
Even something as straightforward as the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" can't play any more without a reality TV component embedded iside.
Wednesday, the annual colorful event of pop music and push-up bras was interrupted by a competition for the 2009 Victoria's Secret Model Search, from ...
Other
Family isn't just a theme on "Sons of Anarchy," it's the whole show. It's the Hamlet like conflict of step-father and -son, the mother in the middle and the idea that maybe a motorcycle club doesn't have to be quite as brutal and murderous as it may have become. That poisonous conflict between ...
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Eastern Connecticut's Rudy Pauls of Brooklyn fought his way into NBC's "The Biggest Loser" finale Tuesday, losing another 43 pounds in his 60 days home to earn his spot in the three-way final weigh in next week, vying for a $250.000 prize.
His total weight dropped from 442, when he began the ...
Reality
The Biggest Loser
Yes, there are probably too many of them. But they have long since become part of the holiday tradition: Seeing your favorite special or old movie is just as much a part of the season as having an eggnog latte.
And there are always a dozen new titles every year to add to the mix. Here, now ...
Drama
The prime time Presidential Address (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business Network, 8 p.m.) on the war in Afghanistan is the most important programming on tonight.
But it also alters network schedules at a crucial time, such that the specials "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Disney ...
Reality
Barack Obama
CBS
Another medical drama bites the dust, as does a legal one.
CBS has already yanked "Three Rivers," its pricey Sunday night ensemble drama about a transplant team starring Alex O'Loughlin, Katherine Moennig and Alfre Woodard, TV Guide has reported. It will be replaced by reruns of "Criminal ...
Drama
Three Rivers
CBS
Alfre Woodard
Criminal Minds
NCIS: Los Angeles
An ABC reality series called "Thin Ice" will shoot at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in the spring.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kurt Browning will co-host the show live from the reservation at Mashantucket March 19 and 21. In the show a dozen profesional skaters will compete in six pairs whose ...
Reality
Dancing With The Stars
The NFL confirmed that The Who will play the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV Feb. 7 in Miami's Dolphin Stadium.
The announcement, made during Sunday night's game, will be a boon to CBS, which is broadcasting the game, since The Who perform the theme songs on three of its most popular ...
Other
The Super Bowl
CBS
Justin Timberlake
Anthony Hopkins is guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies and he doesn't choose "The Silence of the Lambs." Instead, " The Lady from Shanghai" (8 p.m.), " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (9:45 p.m.), " The Grapes of Wrath" (midnight) and "Rear Window" (2:15 a.m.).
Boris Karloff narrates ...
Drama
Anthony Hopkins
ABC
CBS
It wasn't some Herculean feat of strength or some needle in a haystack search that sunk the two most qualified contestants on "The Amazing Race." It was a word scramble. A little memory of English or European History is all it would have taken to make it not such a Big Hard puzzle for the ...
Reality
The Amazing Race
My old pal Bill Frenzer is back in action with his group Ogden Edsl. They were the group behind one of the most beloved novelty songs of all time, "Dead Puppies (Aren't Much Fun)," included on any number of Dr. Demento compilations and was used in the recent Jeremy Piven comedy, "The Goods."
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Comedy
Jeremy Piven
Mad
Big headline in the Courant today contends "TV Ups Violence Against Women." The opinion piece is based on a report from the Parents Television Council issued last month titled: "Women in Peril: A Look at TV's Disturbing New Storyline Trend."
Today's piece included one stat, that such acts ...
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to see the opening concert for the Rock and...
Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, an event dubbed "the concert of a lifetime" at the time and featuring several of the stars tapped to play a new concert of a lifetime, "The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of ...
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On Tonight: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blowout
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The Soul Train Awards (BET, today, 9 p.m.) returns after a two year hiatus with an event taped in Atlanta earlier this month, hosted by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Special salutes are set for Chaka Khan, the Gap Band and Michael Jackson.
There's no stopping the crush of holiday ...
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Soul Train
BET
Terrence Howard
Michael Jackson
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
When it comes to public TV pledge programming, there are worse choices than "Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s" (WGBY, Channel 57, 8 p.m.) which culls the performances from Petula Clark and the Four Seasons to the Beatles and the Animals. You'll just have to suffer through the long ...
Comedy
He had that spindly Christmas tree, never got any Christmas cards, and thought his dog was getting too commercial with his doghouse decorations. Now Charlie Brown has something else to hector his holidays. President Barack Obama's speech on the future of Afghanistan Tuesday will bump the annual ...
Reality
Barack Obama
Jay Leno
Blair Brown
Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Brown Christmas
Reality TV isn't reality, it didn't take long for audiences to realize. The question becomes how the reality of the world intersects with reality TV. Usually, this means participants especially on the dating shows, are constantly questioned about being "there for the right ...
Drama
Bravo
Just a couple of Thanksgiving tracks, and a lot of sould music from the 70s to give new meaning to the term Black Friday.
Later, a bunch of Weezer, a salute to Paul McCartney's TV concert and some ethereal female pop led by Karen O and Hope Sandoval. Threw in some ...
