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Miller Pulls Mafia Ads Amid Italian Complaints

Commercials show Sopranos actor offering 'protection'

(Newser) - Complaints from Chicago’s Italian-American community have prompted MillerCoors to pull a Miller Lite ad campaign in which Sopranos actor Frank Vincent plays a stereotypical Mafia type, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. In the two spots, he asks a store clerk and bartender if they need “protection.” They say...

Octomom's TV Show May Not Air in US

Producer unlikely to sell Suleman's show outside Britain

(Newser) - The exploits of Nadya Suleman and her 14 kids may never make it to your television. As Time reports, the Octomom's program is being helmed by Dutch production company Eyeworks, whose European wing specializes in programs that depict Americans at their worst; its biggest hit to date has been Half ...

Obama Misses His Old Life
 Obama Misses His Old Life 
Jun 3, 2009 7:06 AM CDT

Obama Misses His Old Life

Brian Williams gets backstage look at White House

(Newser) - President Obama misses the “rhythm” of the days before he entered the White House, the New York Post reports. Looking back, he told NBC of the old days: “It’s Saturday morning. I’m gonna run some errands, I'm gonna do some things that'll make my wife happy,...

TV Slows Babies' Learning: Study

Cuts crucial talking time with adults

(Newser) - Infants’ time in front of the tube can mean less interaction with parents—interaction key to language development, a study suggests. Over 2 years, researchers recorded what kids aged two months to 4 years heard and said in random 12- to 16-hour periods. The scientists found that every additional hour...

Reality TV Claims 11 Lives
 Reality TV Claims 11 Lives 
Jun 2, 2009 10:48 AM CDT

Reality TV Claims 11 Lives

Shows can be detrimental to mental health: experts

(Newser) - It's a very good thing Susan Boyle went straight to the hospital post-reality TV loss, reports the Wrap: Reality shows have taken a fatal toll on at least 11 participants, ranging from a deputy district attorney to a boxer to a former child actor; two more have attempted to end...

Octu-Mom Inks Reality TV Deal

But lawyer insists 'quasi-reality' series won't be another Jon and Kate Plus 8

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has just signed a deal to bring her brood of 14 children to television, Us Magazine reports. The “quasi-reality TV series” will periodically follow the family during big events, like the octuplets’ first birthday, said Suleman attorney Jeff Czech, who would not reveal the size of Octu-mom's...

Chávez Begins 4-Day Talkathon

Venezuelan president takes to the airwaves for 10th anniversary

(Newser) - Hugo Chávez is on the air for the first part of his four-day talk show marathon, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Venezuelan president's rambling television broadcast. As the BBC reports, today's Alo Presidente got under way in an electrical plant in the country's west, where Chávez regaled...

Hugo Chavez Stoked for 4-Day TV Talkshow

The fun just won't stop on all-singing, all-firing extravaganza

(Newser) - That wacky Hugo Chavez is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his weekly talkshow, Alo Presidente, by taking to the airwaves—for four solid days, the Guardian reports. Starting today, the unscripted show will be in segments "like a soap opera," Chavez promises. Viewers expect the Venezuelan president's...

Goode Family Not Great
 Goode Family Not Great 
TV review
May 27, 2009 9:02 AM CDT

Goode Family Not Great

A few good jokes, but show's aim seems off

(Newser) - The Goode Family, an animated series about an eco-obsessed, passionately politically correct family that airs tonight on ABC, is fairly funny, but leaves reviewers scratching their heads:
  • It “feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s,” writes
...

Got Talent Dancer, 73, Collects Disability

Shows little sign of ailment in routine

(Newser) - A 73-year-old breakdancing grandfather may have more skills than just the moves he's flashing on Britain's Got Talent, reports the Daily Mail. Fred Bowers also collects more than $100 a week in disability for a bum leg not evident on the British reality show. “I’ve no idea how...

This Summer, Catch Up on Neglected TV Series

(Newser) - As the American Idol dust clears and you resign yourself to never understanding Lost, TV's fallow season looms, just begging you to catch up on some excellent viewing you might have missed. NPR blogger Linda Holmes has some suggestions:
  • Mad Men: "Works very well when you can grab
...

Conan Ready for Hollywood
 Conan Ready for Hollywood 
GLOSSIES
May 21, 2009 8:03 PM CDT

Conan Ready for Hollywood

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien moves to the slot once occupied by his hero Johnny Carson next month, raising the question of whether his shtick will play to a wider—and presumably more mainstream—audience. “The biggest mistake would be to alter my signal to make sure that I reach all...

Kris Allen Wins Idol
 Kris Allen Wins Idol 
May 20, 2009 9:10 PM CDT

Kris Allen Wins Idol

(Newser) - And the winner is ... Kris Allen. The 23-year-old native of Conway, Ark., is the new American Idol. Allen, a married college student, defeated judges' darling Adam Lambert, reports AP. Host Ryan Seacrest said a record 100 million votes were cast after last night's singing showdown between the two. Allen receives...

Glenn Beck a 'Sack of Dog Mess': Whoopi

View host rips into Fox commentator for lying about Amtrak incident

(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg unloaded on guest Glenn Beck on The View today over an alleged fabrication involving Amtrak and reserved seats, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “You were a lying sack of dog mess,” Goldberg told the Fox News personality. Barbara Walters said she and co-host Goldberg did not have...

Predictions for 'Too Close to Call' Idol Finale

(Newser) - Tonight’s American Idol showdown between glitzy Adam Lambert and down-home Kris Allen is too close to call, Rolling Stone reports. With both contenders performing ably at last night’s performance show—and a “Glamb-Slide” thus averted—it’s up to the viewers, whose wishes will be televised tonight....

Kimmel Rips ABC to Shreds


 Kimmel Rips 
 ABC to Shreds 
May 20, 2009 9:44 AM CDT

Kimmel Rips ABC to Shreds

Slams own network at advertiser presentation

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel took the stage yesterday at a network presentation for advertisers, and promptly bit the hands that feed him—ripping into ABC, its advertisers, and even Jay Leno, writes Dave Itzkoff in the New York Times reports. “All of ABC’s late-night comedy talent is assembled here on...

Bitter Parker: 'I Was Goaded Into Nude Weeds Scene'

Producer insists it showed 'vulnerability'

(Newser) - Annoyed Weeds star Mary Louise Parker was "goaded" into a nude bathtub scene in the Showtime series about a pot-selling mom, she tells More. "I don't think I needed to be naked," she said. "I fought with the director about it, and now I am bitter....

D'oh! Danger Looms Over Simpsons Licensing Deals

With millions at stake, execs try to revitalize interest in show

(Newser) - If Fox executives play their cards right, Bart Simpson may finally be able to tell Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny to eat his shorts. The team behind America’s favorite animated family is in a race to further capitalize on The Simpsons' international popularity through merchandising, USA Today reports. But...

Oprah May Be Bad for Your Health
 Oprah May Be 
 Bad for Your Health 
OPINION
May 15, 2009 11:23 AM CDT

Oprah May Be Bad for Your Health

Many medical opinions, practices touted on her show aren't considered safe

(Newser) - What's good for Oprah's TV ratings might be pretty bad for your health, writes Dr. Rahul Parikh in Salon. In providing a soapbox for Suzanne Somers to tout hormone replacement therapy (which raises the risk of heart attacks and cancer) from and supporting Jenny McCarthy and her crusade against childhood...

Producer Sues Fawcett, O'Neal Over Documentary

(Newser) - An unfortunate mess of a lawsuit has emerged over the documentary about Farrah Fawcett's fight with cancer, just a day before it airs in primetime. A producer is suing Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, and others, claiming he was forced off the project and physically threatened after he worked on it for...

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