The 'House Beautiful' editor-in-chief has a surprise for Jeff Lewis, and it's a really stressful one. On 'Flipping Out' (Wed., 9PM ET on BRAVO), Lewis' executive assistant Jenni Pulos likens it to pop quizzes from school days: "All of a sudden our teacher -- or the editor-in-chief -- said, 'Oh by the way, there's a meeting with 45 people.'" Lewis later explains: "I had no idea I had to even ...
The 10 finalists of 'America's Got Talent' (Wed., 9PM ET on NBC) offered new tricks, new songs, new stunts and new moves -- anything and everything to reserve one of four spots in the finale. Highlights included a Studio One Young Beast Society dancer doing flip-flops on the hands and feet of her fellow dancers. Prince Poppycock performed a "Love Letter to America" dressed like a flashier Uncle ...
Andre Agassi's father didn't attend many of the tennis star's matches. It was Mike Agassi's attempt to not distract his son or make him nervous. But he still managed to cause an outrageous scene during a tournament clincher against Pete Sampras. First, Mike alarmed security when he showed up without a ticket, Agassi explained on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (weeknights, 12:05AM ET on ABC). An official ...
Margaret Cho's parents are both musicians, she told Jimmy Fallon on 'Late Night' (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on NBC). "I've written a song with them," said Cho. "It's going to be on the next album." Her mom won't go into the recording studio "unless, you know, everything's perfect -- she's gotta consult her astrologer first. It's very Axl Rose," she joked. While recording comedy songs for her ...
What was Meghan McCain's first thought when she heard Sarah Palin would be her father's running mate in the last presidential election? "My initial reaction was, 'Who the hell is Sarah Palin?' -- like everybody else," said McCain on 'The Tonight Show' (weeknights, 11:35PM ET on NBC). The feisty daughter of Sen. John McCain also took full responsibility for the weird Twitter banter happening ...
One of humankind's most innate fears is the fear of heights. But it's a phobia that Eskil Ronningsbakken doesn't seem to possess. On 'Stan Lee's Superhumans' (Thu., 10PM ET on HIST), he shows the ability to suppress the body's instinctual fight-or-flight response, instead always keeping a cool head while balancing precariously at extreme heights. With no safety harness or net, Ronningsbakken ...
Before Ronnie Ortiz-Magro started messing around in Miami, he hooked up with some random girls in a Long Island club's bathroom, according to a clip played on 'Jersey Shore After Hours' (Thu., 11PM ET on MTV). In the 'Jersey Shore' footage, Jenni "JWoww" Farley tells Ronnie's sometime-girlfriend Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola to "go get checked" for STDs. As JWoww explains it: "Ron told me ... ...
On 'Jersey Shore' (Thu., 10PM ET on MTV), Vinny says he keeps his mouth shut. And then he doesn't -- instead telling Jenni "JWoww" Farley that Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick told a lie about her. Jenni confronts Angelina and Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, who says she "doesn't give a [beep]." Jenni says, "Did you grow some balls all of a sudden?" Sammi responds: "I don't fight because I'm mature, I'm ...
Once again, the judges love Michael Costello's work on 'Project Runway' (Thu., 9PM ET on LIFE). And once again, the other contestants are left bemused and incredulous. "You can't do a zipper, a swoop, lace and satin! Come on!" says Gretchen Jones. When Michael brags about the judges' reaction to his turning a bridesmaid dress into a "sexy, sophisticated, expensive-looking" cocktail dress, ...
Billy Gardell co-stars with Melissa McCarthy in 'Mike and Molly' -- a new fall sitcom that follows the title characters as they meet at Overweight Anonymous and begin dating. For the funnyman, a visit to 'The Late Late Show' (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on CBS) was his first late-night TV appearance. Craig Ferguson probably doesn't know much about Gardell, but the actor and his family are ...
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