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Scoop: Once Upon a Time Casts Walking Dead Actress
31 December 2012 12:00 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Once Upon a Time is adding Sonequa Martin-Green to its ranks for Season 2 — if not beyond.
TVLine has learned that the actress, whose TV credits include The Walking Dead and The Good Wife, will appear this season in multiple episodes as Tamara. No further details on the character were made available, though TVLine’s previous intel indicates that Once was initially angling to cast an African-American with a British accent in the part, and that Tamara could spill over into Season 3 of the ABC drama.
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- Matt Webb Mitovich
Kathy Griffin kisses Anderson Cooper's crotch... for good luck?
1 hour ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
How low can she go? That was the question for CNN viewers early Tuesday morning as they watched comedian Kathy Griffin drop to her knees and plant a smooch on Anderson Cooper’s pants zipper during the live New Year’s Eve broadcast from Times Square in New York.
CNN has made a New Year’s Eve tradition of matching the bottled-up Cooper with the uncorked Griffin, who is essentially an imported disaster to keep things interesting for the breaking news pro. Griffin stripped down to her bra during last year’s broadcast, for instance, a searing memory that had »
- Geoff Boucher
JulieAndrews returns to present the sound of New Year's music
1 hour ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Julie Andrews in Austria: hardly an unfamiliar sight, both in movie history and now on New Year's Day.
The Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winner filmed one of her most famous roles in that country, Maria in the 1965 screen classic "The Sound of Music." Along with her elegant and cultured image, that made her a natural to succeed the late Walter Cronkite as host of PBS' traditional "Great Performances" broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic's holiday concert, and she'll fill that role for the fourth time when "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2013" airs Tuesday, Jan. 1 (check local listings).
"I love doing it," the ever-gracious Andrews tells Zap2it. "The PBS people are very nice, they do this with class and style, and we do something different every year. It's always a learning curve for me, going to new places and finding out about them. And of course, the music is lovely. »
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Kathy Griffin Kisses Anderson Cooper’s Private Parts On Live TV
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Always going for the shock effect, Kathy Griffin last night stooped to a new low, literally. Joining CNN’s Anderson Cooper for another wild New Year’s Eve live show, the comedienne at one point knelt down to kiss Cooper’s private parts. The incident happened during a report from a small Maine town about a local New Year tradition of kissing a sardine on the mouth. Anderson tried to diffuse the situation with a “Kathy, oh, did you drop something?” joke. Replied Griffin, “No I was kissing your sardine.” A tussle ensued, with Cooper trying to lift Griffin up and she continuing to try to kiss his crotch. “I can do this all night long… I’m going down. You know you want to,” she said. Griffin hinted at her intentions earlier in the broadcast when she told Cooper, “I’m going to tickle your sack.” This is the »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Ann Curry 'begs' NBC to let her out of her contract
2 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Former "Today" show anchor Ann Curry wants to move from NBC to CNN -- but NBC has to release her from her contract in order for that to happen.
Curry has formally asked the network to be released from her deal, Radar reports. NBC, however, doesn't seem all that interested in letting her go.
Former NBC chief Jeff Zucker, recently named the head of CNN, has reportedly been courting Curry to host a prime-time show on the news channel. But it can't happen if Curry isn't let out of her contract -- if she leaves before the deal is up, a non-compete clause would prevent her from working for another news outlet for two years.
Curry was pushed out of "Today" in June, a move that viewers apparently weren't too happy to see. Ratings for the morning show have slid since then, and "Today" has ceded the No. 1 spot in »
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Dick Clark — Gone But Not Forgotten — On New Year’S Eve
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Although Dick Clark died last April, he was certainly not forgotten on New Year’s Eve, as a two-hour ABC special, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Celebrates Dick Clark, averaged 9.35 million viewers — more than twice the number of viewers who tuned in for any other program airing between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Monday night. Then at 10:00 p.m. Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest soared to 13.26 million viewers, clobbering NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly, which captured 3.80 million viewers (although NBC issued a press release observing that »
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Big Bang Theory — Biggest Ratings Bang Since Friends
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Unless it falters substantially in the ratings between now and the end of the season in May, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory could turn out to be the most-watched sitcom since Friends went off the air in 2004, according to the website Zap2it.com. The website noted that first-run shows of the comedy are averaging 20.3 million viewers, while, with repeats, it has been averaging 19.05 million. The final season of NBC’s Friends wound with an average of about 20.8 million, Zap2it observed, while the biggest comedy since has been Everybody Loves Raymond, with 17.4 million viewers in its final season. »
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Hannity, O’Reilly See Ratings Plummet
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Politico.com media columnist Dylan Byers has taken issue with New York Daily News TV writer Don Kaplan, who on Sunday headlined his column “Political commentator Sean Hannity was one of the big losers in the 2012 election.” Kaplan had written that Hannity’s ratings had “cratered” following the election as he lost around half his audience, while colleague Bill O’Reilly’s audience had dropped by nearly a third. He attributed the loss to viewer disillusionment over Hannity’s repeated forecasts — and those of his guests — that Mitt Romney would defeat Barack Obama by a landslide margin. Byers, on the other hand, »
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Ratings: ABC Rocks New Year's Eve Hard — Which Countdown Special Got Your Vote?
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
ABC’s Rockin’ block of New Year’s Eve programming dominated the Monday ratings, delivering a few superlatives along the way.
From 8 to 10 pm — and with no rivals breaking a 1.0 rating — the Alphabet network’s tribute to dearly departed Dec. 31 ringmaster Dick Clark averaged 9.4 million total viewers and a 2.6 rating.
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The primetime hour of ABC’s Ryan Seacrest-fronted New Year’s Eve programming at 10 o’clock swelled to 13.3 million (its largest audience ever, since 2000) and a 4.1 demo rating. (By comparison, NBC’s »
- Matt Webb Mitovich
Jews on Broadway: You know, it's not just 'Fiddler on the Roof'
3 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
If one didn't know the melodies, the connections would not necessarily be made."Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy," airing on PBS' "Great Performances" Tuesday, Jan. 1 (check local listings), shows the very strong link between Jewish music and the sometimes mournful, sometimes joyful tunes that have dominated the Great White Way from the beginning.
"This isn't really a Jewish story," the filmmaker, Michael Kantor -- who also made the Emmy-winning "Broadway: The American Musical" -- tells Zap2it. "It is Jewish in the sense that [it] is exploring this phenomenon of this handful of writers, but they created an American art form. Only a few art forms are considered uniquely American -- jazz, abstract expressionism and the Broadway musical. So anything that deals with how these art forms came about deals with who we are as a nation.
"The Broadway musical is an amalgam of lots of different things," Kantor continues. "It is also incredibly entertaining. »
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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Rockin’ Eve’ Draws Largest Primetime Audience Ever On ABC
4 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
In its first year without Dick Clark, ABC’s Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (4.1/14 in adults 18-49, 13.3 million viewers) did solid business, boosted by a Dick Clark special that opened the night from 8-10 Pm with 2.6/9 in 18-49 and 9.4 million total viewers. ABC towered over the competition — NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (1.1/4, 3.8 million) from 10-11 Pm, Fox’s Mob Doctor and specials/repeats — posting its best New Year’s Eve primetime numbers in 12 years. This was Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve‘s largest audience ever on ABC where the special premiered in 2000. Carson Daly still posted 22% gains in 18-49 vs. last year. In late night, Carson Daly (4.9 rating/11 share in metered-market households from 11:30 Pm-12:30 Am) was up 14% versus last year to a three-year high. ABC’s Rockin’ Eve still ruled the roost with »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
TV ratings: 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' rules the final night of 2012
4 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Fast National ratings for Monday, Dec. 31, 2012
Those not out celebrating on New Year's Eve overwhelmingly chose to watch ABC and its annual "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special.
The prime-time portion of the Times Square coverage was the night's top show, and a special honoring the late Dick Clark also scored well. The prime-time lineup gave ABC its best New Year's Eve in 12 years.
ABC averaged 10.7 million viewers and a 5.5 rating/10 share in households for the night, beating second-place CBS (4 million, 2.5/4) by more than 6 million viewers. NBC (3.3 million came in third. Fox was fourth with 2.95 million viewers and a 1.8/3, and The CW (1.3 million, 0.8/1) trailed.
ABC also dominated the adults 18-49 race with a 3.1 rating. No other network got above 1.0 -- NBC averaged 0.9 and CBS 0.8. Fox and The CW tied for fourth at 0.5.
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: Special - "New Year's Rockin' Eve Celebrates Dick Clark" (8.25 million viewers, 4.6/8 households)
Fox: "Bones" rerun (3.55 million, »
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'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest': The 5 best moments
7 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
“Seacrest, the show must go on.”
-Ryan Seacrest, minutes before midnight in New York, recounting the classic showbiz-ism that Dick Clark used to say to him
To usher in 2013, Ryan Seacrest took the helm on ABC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. Seacrest was the pre-determined heir, having hosted alongside Clark since 2005. While this was the first New Year’s Rockin’ Eve without Clark, who died in April, the longtime host was everywhere – even in the confetti (seriously, people wrote tributes to Clark that were printed on pieces of the confetti that was dumped on Times Square). Other things happened, »
- Lindsey Bahr
Taylor Swift on 'New Year's Rockin' Eve': Live(?) from Times Square
16 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Taylor Swift was one of the headliners of ABC's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" Monday night (Dec. 31), ringing in the new year by performing two hits from "Red" live in Times Square.
Or mostly live, anyway.
Swift, wearing black leather pants and a sparkly red jacket, ripped through "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" about 20 minutes before the ball dropped in Times Square. But on the first song at least, it looked as though she was getting some help from a backing track.
"We Are Never Ever" sounded as though it was mostly live -- and really, an artist using a backing track at a huge outdoor venue is hardly surprising anymore. And, as usual, Swift commanded the stage and had the huge crowd in the palm of her hand.
Take a look at Swift's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" performance below and let us know what you think. »
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MTV's 'Club Nye': Will the Mayans curse Snooki and JWoww and 12 more questions
16 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Happy New Year, PopWatchers! What better way to ring in 2013 than a little quality time with two of the world’s finest reality starlets? MTV’s Club Nye featured a bevy of celebrity guests, but by far the most entertaining were the always reliable Snooki and JWoww (oh, and I suppose you, Jeff Dye). With Jersey Shore on its way out (R.I.P.), this might have been our last New Year’s Eve with the ladies, so I hope you, like me, just sat back and enjoyed the chaos. And what chaos it was! In honor of 2013, here are 13 questions about Club Nye. »
- Tara Fowler
What to Watch on New Year's Day: A Buncha Bunheads, Parenthood Returns and More
17 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
On TV Tuesday, the first day of 2013: A Bunheads marathon dances into the new year, the Tournament of Roses Parade is flower-powered, SOAPnet invites you (plus the Tree Hill gang, the West Beverly crew and Miss Veronica Mars) to an after-party and a Parenthood pair gets some well-earned alone time. Here are eight programs to keep on your radar.
11 am Tournament of Roses Parade (ABC and NBC) | What’s the best cure for a New Year’s hangover? Today‘s Al Roker telling you exactly how many daisies went into making the Dole float.
10 am – 7 pm New Year’s »
- Kimberly Roots
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's first Golden Globes hosting photo released
21 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
The announcement of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Golden Globe hosts was one of the coolest moments of 2012. So it's fitting that NBC is ringing in the new year with the first official publicity photo of the dynamic hosting duo.
Peep the playful photo below, and don't forget to check out our refresher gallery of this year's Golden Globe nominees (from "Downton" to "Django" ... oh my!).
Also required viewing: NBC's very funny first promo with Fey and Poehler.
And in case you haven't marked your calendar yet, the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air Sunday, Jan. 13 on NBC.
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Doctors: Hillary Clinton's Blood Clot Is Between Brain and Skull
22 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was rushed to the hospital earlier this week for a blood clot stemming from a recent fall, and doctors said Monday the clot is located between her brain and her skull. But, the former First Lady is said to be "in good spirits" and is expected to make a full recovery, CBS News reports.
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- Liz Raftery
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