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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Remembering the most famous exploded whale in TV history</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/14/remembering-the-most-famous-exploded-whale-in-tv-history/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/14/remembering-the-most-famous-exploded-whale-in-tv-history/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/14/remembering-the-most-famous-exploded-whale-in-tv-history/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>A lot of Americans mentally record where they were and what they were doing when they first heard that the Berlin Wall had fallen, John F. Kennedy was shot and the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded. But one famous tragedy has remained suspiciously ignored, until now. <br />
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This week marked the 39th anniversary of Oregon's famed "exploding whale," a beached whale that washed up on the shores of Florence, Oregon. Officials exploded it with almost half a ton of dynamite because they couldn't think of another way to remove the sea creature from the beach. We know go to reporter Paul Linnman who was live at the scene...<br />
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[via <a href="http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/">The Exploding Whale</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/14/remembering-the-most-famous-exploded-whale-in-tv-history/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19239391/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/14/remembering-the-most-famous-exploded-whale-in-tv-history/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>exploding whale</category><category>ExplodingWhale</category><category>florence</category><category>KATU</category><category>oregon</category><category>theexplodingwhale.com</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dobbs will appear on O'Reilly Factor ... as a guest</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/dobbs-will-appear-on-oreilly-factor-as-a-guest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/dobbs-will-appear-on-oreilly-factor-as-a-guest/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/dobbs-will-appear-on-oreilly-factor-as-a-guest/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/15_dobbs_lgl-1258152415.jpg" />It looks as though Lou Dobbs has picked up another spot on another cable news network. This time, he's not the interviewer. He's the interviewee. <br />
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Dobbs will appear as a guest on Monday's episode of <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011309.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1&amp;ref=verttv"><em>The O'Reilly Factor</em></a> where host Bill O'Reilly will grill the former CNN talking head on his sudden departure from his previous employer, his future career options and his never-ending quest to battle the invading armies of the Mexican empire aka illegal-immigrants. <br />
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Of course, the timing could not be worse. His appearance should only "fuel speculation" that Dobbs has scored a job at the Fox News Channel. The network's PR team continued to deny such speculation, something they'll continue to do until he scores a job at the Fox News Channel.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/dobbs-will-appear-on-oreilly-factor-as-a-guest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19239329/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/dobbs-will-appear-on-oreilly-factor-as-a-guest/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bill oreilly</category><category>BillOreilly</category><category>cnn</category><category>fox news channel</category><category>FoxNewsChannel</category><category>Lou Dobbs</category><category>Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN</category><category>Lou Dobbs Tonight</category><category>LouDobbs</category><category>LouDobbsLeavingCnn</category><category>LouDobbsTonight</category><category>the oreilly factor</category><category>TheOreillyFactor</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Did Cusack cuss?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/did-cusack-cuss/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/did-cusack-cuss/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/did-cusack-cuss/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>Hey guys, remember when you were a kid and you really wanted to see a boobie but your parents had Cinemax blocked and your house did not yet have the ability to magically access the bottomless reservoir of nudity on the Internet? Your mind would do whatever it could to see a boobie. It would trick you into thinking two conveniently placed melons were boobies. It would make you think that the Calgon commercial accidentally showed a boobie. It would get you to watch every episode of <em>Benny Hill</em> with the hope of seeing a boobie. <br />
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That's how I feel of this recent news post at <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/12/john-cusack-drops-f-bomb-early-show">Newsbusters</a> that claims <em>2012</em> star John Cusack uttered a rather nasty word on a recent episode of <em>The Early Show</em>. And no, it wasn't boobie. <br />
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Maybe it's just my hearing. Can you hear the word? It's supposed be towards the end of the video after host Harry Smith asks Cusack "Does it seems like 20 years ago already?" in reference to the 20 year anniversary of his classic film <em>Say Anything</em>. <br />
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<object width="450" height="260"><param name="movie" value="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=GdqGnznzqG" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=GdqGnznzqG" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="260" /></object><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/did-cusack-cuss/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19239310/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/did-cusack-cuss/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>2012</category><category>f-word</category><category>harry smith</category><category>HarrySmith</category><category>john cusack</category><category>JohnCusack</category><category>NewsBusters</category><category>people with selective hearing loss</category><category>PeopleWithSelectiveHearingLoss</category><category>say anything</category><category>say anything...</category><category>SayAnything</category><category>SayAnything...</category><category>the early show</category><category>the early show cbs</category><category>TheEarlyShow</category><category>TheEarlyShowCbs</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hannity gets caught by Jon Stewart ... and apologizes?!?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-daily-show/" rel="tag">The Daily Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="333" border="0" align="top" width="425" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/jon_stewart_sean_hannity_rally.jpg" alt="Hannity, Jon Stewart" /><br />
Once again people, I'm forced to ask the obvious question: what the hell is going on here? Have we crossed over into the bizarro world? Is up now down? Has black become white? Did Lou Dobbs just announce that he's leaving CNN to take over the host chair of G4's <em>Attack of the Show</em>? <br />
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The other day, <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/108118/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-sean-hannity-uses-glenn-becks-protest-footage#s-p2-sr-i1">Jon Stewart</a> called out Sean Hannity and his self titled show for what appeared to be doctored footage of Michelle Bachmann's recent health care rally dubbed the "<a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/11/republicans-hold-town-hallstyle-health-care-rally-today.html">Super Bowl of Freedom</a>" (does that have anything to do with the Tostidos Fiesta Bowl of Human Rights?) spliced together with images from Glenn Beck's "9/12 Rally" to make the crowd look bigger.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Hannity gets caught by Jon Stewart ... and apologizes?!?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19235863/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/13/hannity-gets-caught-by-jon-stewart-and-apologizes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>9-12 rally</category><category>9-12Rally</category><category>912 rally</category><category>912Rally</category><category>glenn beck</category><category>GlennBeck</category><category>hannity</category><category>jon stewart</category><category>jon stewart daily show</category><category>JonStewart</category><category>JonStewartDailyShow</category><category>michelle bachman</category><category>michelle bachmann</category><category>MichelleBachman</category><category>MichelleBachmann</category><category>sean hannity</category><category>SeanHannity</category><category>the daily show</category><category>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</category><category>TheDailyShow</category><category>TheDailyShowWithJonStewart</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lou Dobbs quits CNN</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/15_dobbs_lgl.jpg" alt="" />If you thought CNN's ratings could not sink any lower, here comes a gaping hole in the ocean floor. <br />
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CNN's one man Minuteman force,  <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-to-depart-cnn/?hp">Lou Dobbs, announced he's leaving CNN as of tonight</a>. He's stepping away from his contract with the news network two years early and leaving television...for now. <br />
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He hasn't announced if he's leaving for another network or even another job in or outside of television, even though he was seen getting cozy with <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/lou-dobbs-next-home-fox-business/?apage=2">Fox's Roger Ailes</a> two months ago. But neither Dobbs nor the network have confirmed if he's going to be hired by the Fox News Channel. Translation? He's going to be hired by the Fox News Channel.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Lou Dobbs quits CNN</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19233949/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/11/lou-dobbs-quits-cnn/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cnn</category><category>illegal immigrants</category><category>illegal immigration</category><category>IllegalImmigrants</category><category>IllegalImmigration</category><category>Lou Dobbs</category><category>Lou Dobbs Tonight</category><category>LouDobbs</category><category>LouDobbsTonight</category><category>new york times</category><category>new york times co.</category><category>new york times company</category><category>NewYorkTimes</category><category>NewYorkTimesCo.</category><category>NewYorkTimesCompany</category><category>roger ailes</category><category>RogerAiles</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN: the most trusted name in news about weed</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/cnn-the-most-trusted-name-in-news-about-weed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/cnn-the-most-trusted-name-in-news-about-weed/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/cnn-the-most-trusted-name-in-news-about-weed/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>Here's a rather amusing clip from CNN. They were doing a story about Congressman Barney Frank's partner being arrested for having pot plants in his home a couple of years ago, and this leads to Wolf Blitzer saying he knows what marijuana smells like but not what it looks like. Lou Dobbs? He knows both.
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[via <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/">TV Newser</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/cnn-the-most-trusted-name-in-news-about-weed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19231206/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/cnn-the-most-trusted-name-in-news-about-weed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>barney frank</category><category>cnn</category><category>lou dobbs</category><category>marijuana</category><category>pot</category><category>wolf blitzer</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Relive the fall of the Berlin Wall</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/relive-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/relive-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/relive-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>Something astonishing happened 20 years ago this week: <a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/11/06/11664871.html">the Berlin Wall came tumbling down</a>. <br />
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Now thanks to the magic of the Internet's never ending series of tubes, you can relive that shocking and happy day when the wall finally fell. Former<em> NBC Nightly News anchor</em> Tom Brokaw went to the former site of the oppressive cement figure over the weekend and filed a brief interview with <em>Meet the Press' </em>David Gregory last Sunday on the momentous anniversary. <br />
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<object width="450" height="260"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0OrS_fo7R-E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0OrS_fo7R-E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="260"></embed></object><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/relive-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19229683/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/relive-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>david gregory</category><category>DavidGregory</category><category>meet the press</category><category>MeetThePress</category><category>the berlin wall</category><category>TheBerlinWall</category><category>tom brokaw</category><category>TomBrokaw</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why did 60 Minutes say that Andre Agassi was "only" talking to them?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/agassibook.jpg" alt="Open, andre agassi" />When CBS promoted the <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5579067n&amp;tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel"><em>60 Minutes</em> interview with Andre Agassi</a> that aired this past Sunday, they said that he was only talking to one person, Katie Couric, as if this was the only place you'd be able to hear Agassi talk about his new book (<em>Open</em>) and the revelations that have surfaced (especially his crystal meth use in the late 90s).<br />
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So what exactly was so "only talking to one person" about this interview? <a href="http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11473965">KVBC did an interview</a> with him about the book, he's on <em>Live with Regis &amp; Kelly</em> tomorrow morning, on <em>The Late Show</em> tomorrow night, and he's on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live </em>on November 23. He also did an interview with <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20315711,00.html"><em>People</em></a>.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Why did 60 Minutes say that Andre Agassi was "only" talking to them?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19229965/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/why-did-60-minutes-say-that-andre-agassi-was-only-talking-to-t/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>60 minutes</category><category>andre agassi book</category><category>brooke shields</category><category>cbs</category><category>crystal meth</category><category>friends</category><category>katie couric</category><category>matt leblanc</category><category>open</category><category>steffi graf</category><category>tennis</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comedy Central wants a bite of The Onion</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/comedy-central-wants-a-bite-of-the-onion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/comedy-central-wants-a-bite-of-the-onion/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/comedy-central-wants-a-bite-of-the-onion/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/pickups-and-renewals/" rel="tag">Pickups and Renewals</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/theonion_logo.jpg" />Part of me is surprised that this deal took this long to happen. But when you watch the recent crop of new shows on the Chortle Network (with the exception of <em>Tosh.0</em>), it really shouldn't surprise anyone. <br />
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<a href="http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/11/comey-central-orders-the-onion-tv-series.html">Comedy Central</a> has ordered a half-hour scripted pilot based on the Onion's Sports Network. The OSN is part of the popular satirical magazine's <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/03/27/the-onion-starts-a-24-hour-fake-news-network-video/">online TV news network</a> that launched a little under a year ago. <br />
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This isn't the first time the network has tried to do a satirical sports show. Comedy Central also shot a pilot for a <em>Daily Show-esque</em> sports show called <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117926503.html?categoryid=1011&amp;cs=1"><em>Sports Central</em></a> that died in the pilot stage. This incarnation sounds much more promising since it will spoof not only sports figures and stories, but also the tone and style of sports media. Sweet sassy molassey, this is gonna rock!<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/comedy-central-wants-a-bite-of-the-onion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19227159/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/comedy-central-wants-a-bite-of-the-onion/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>comedy central</category><category>ComedyCentral</category><category>onion sports network</category><category>OnionSportsNetwork</category><category>sports central</category><category>SportsCentral</category><category>the onion</category><category>the onion news network</category><category>the onion sports network</category><category>TheOnion</category><category>TheOnionNewsNetwork</category><category>TheOnionSportsNetwork</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guess who took this photo of Sean Hannity</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/guess-who-took-this-photo-of-sean-hannity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/guess-who-took-this-photo-of-sean-hannity/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/guess-who-took-this-photo-of-sean-hannity/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="293" border="0" align="top" alt="Hannity" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/seanhannitybaseball.jpg" /><br />
This is a picture of FOX News host Sean Hannity at the Yankees/Phillies game the other night (congratulations Yankees, blah, blah, etc). Ordinarily this wouldn't be a big deal, but it's who's taking the picture that makes it interesting. It's...<a href="http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/11/americas_biggest_small_town.html">Keith Olbermann</a>! And Hannity is taking a picture of him, as the photo shows. No, they're not going to use the photos in some court case against each other, they actually get along (well, at the ball game anyway -- America's pastime!).<br />
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[via <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/">TV Newser</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/guess-who-took-this-photo-of-sean-hannity/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19226612/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/06/guess-who-took-this-photo-of-sean-hannity/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>baseball</category><category>fox news</category><category>keith olbermann</category><category>msnbc</category><category>new york yankees</category><category>sean hannity</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Barbara Walters to interview Sarah Palin</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/barbara-walters-to-interview-sarah-palin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/barbara-walters-to-interview-sarah-palin/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/barbara-walters-to-interview-sarah-palin/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/sarah_palin_going_rogue.jpg" />If your TiVo or DVR can't get enough of the syrupy charm of the former Alaska governor, you might want to install a memory upgrade. <br />
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<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia2169144d2207c0a3b6b845d781c222b">Barbara Walters</a> will do a sit down with Sarah Palin on the heels of her new memoir, <em>Going Rogue</em>, in a five-part series starting Nov. 17. <br />
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Five parts? Seriously? Wouldn't one suffice? She's only doing ONE interview with <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/20/yup-sarah-palin-will-appear-on-oprah/">Oprah Winfrey</a> and Oprah is the supreme overlord of the female television universe. Does "a five-part series with Sarah Palin" meet the textbook definition of overkill?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/barbara-walters-to-interview-sarah-palin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19223437/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/barbara-walters-to-interview-sarah-palin/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>barbara walters</category><category>barbara walters interview</category><category>barbara walters special</category><category>BarbaraWalters</category><category>BarbaraWaltersInterview</category><category>BarbaraWaltersSpecial</category><category>going rogue</category><category>GoingRogue</category><category>oprah winfrey</category><category>Oprah Winfrey Show</category><category>OprahWinfrey</category><category>OprahWinfreyShow</category><category>Sarah Palin</category><category>SarahPalin</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rosie O'Donnell rises again to haunt Sirius XM show</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/music-and-variety/" rel="tag">Music and Variety</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="235" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/rosie-hot-s&amp;m-odonnell-vie.jpg" alt="Rosie O'Donnell is back to run her mouth again on Sirius XM." />Rosie O'Donnell reminds me of a sexually transmitted disease.<br />
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I might have enjoyed my first experience that brought me in contact with her. But she's grown painfully irritating over the years, and I can't seem to get rid of her now. No matter what happens, she just keeps coming back to irritate me further -- leaving me to wonder what ever led me to welcome her irritation in the first place.<br />
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When O'Donnell proved too annoying even for <em>The View</em>, and then flamed out on her disastrous one-off variety show, I thought we'd seen the last of her. But it looks like we'll at least "hear" from her again, as she's moved away from the TV talk circuit and taken a gig hosting her own <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-10-25-rosie-odonnell-radio_N.htm">satellite radio talk show on Sirius XM</a>.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Rosie O'Donnell rises again to haunt Sirius XM show</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19222485/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/rosie-odonnell-rises-again-to-haunt-sirius-xm-show/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>radio</category><category>rosie odonnell</category><category>RosieOdonnell</category><category>Sirius</category><category>Sirius Radio</category><category>Sirius XM</category><category>SiriusRadio</category><category>SiriusSatelliteRadio</category><category>SiriusXm</category><dc:creator>John Scott Lewinski</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Janet Jackson in primetime special ... talking, not singing</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="282" border="0" align="right" alt="janet_jackson_portrait" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/janet_jackson.jpg" />ABC News has landed <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/janet+jackson/">Janet Jackson</a> for a primetime special. The award-winning singer will not be singing and dancing. Instead, she will be talking about her brother Michael Jackson. <em>Good Morning America</em> host, <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/janet-jackson-headed-primetime-9615">Robin Roberts, will be doing the in-depth interview with Janet</a>. <br />
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The show will air on Wednesday, November 18, at 10 p.m. (<em>Eastwick</em> will be pre-empted). The interesting thing about the timing is that Janet's new CD compilation, a double set of her hit songs called <em>Number Ones</em>, will be released on November 17<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Janet Jackson in primetime special ... talking, not singing</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19222818/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/janet-jackson-in-primetime-special-talking-not-singing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ABC</category><category>Eastwick</category><category>Good Morning America</category><category>janet jackson</category><category>JanetJackson</category><category>Michael Jackson</category><category>MichaelJackson</category><category>news special</category><category>NewsSpecial</category><category>Number Ones</category><category>NumberOnes</category><category>pre-emption</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Heroic Brit dies protecting CBBC kids from elephant</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality/" rel="tag">Other Reality Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/obituaries/" rel="tag">Obituaries</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tca-press-tour/" rel="tag">TCA Press Tour</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="144" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/cbbc-logo-copy.jpg" alt="A CBBC tour guide died protecting children from a mad elephant." />When watching any nature special from PBS or the BBC featuring dangerous wild animals photographed at reasonably close range, how often do you stop and consider the very real danger men and women are in while getting that footage?<br />
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That danger proved deadly this past weekend when a rampaging <a href="http:// http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/elephant-kills-bbc-crews-guide-1812277.html">African elephant trampled and killed a British tour guide</a> (Anton Turner, 38) who was trying to protect a group of children visiting Tanzania.<br />
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The kids were in Africa serving as TV hosts for the CBBC (BBC's children's channel) show,<em> Serious Explorers</em>. Seven children were planning to follow the steps of Victorian explorer Dr. David Livingston.<br />
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Reports say, when the elephant charged a group of the CBBC kids, Turner challenged the elephant and attempted to shoot his rifle at the animal. But, he was unable to open fire in time and was trampled. Turner leaves behind a pregnant wife.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Heroic Brit dies protecting CBBC kids from elephant</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19222470/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heroic-brit-dies-protecting-cbbc-kids-from-elephant/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bbc</category><category>CBBC</category><category>children</category><category>dead</category><category>death</category><category>elephant</category><category>elephants</category><category>kids</category><category>killed</category><category>nature</category><category>nature conservancy</category><category>NatureConservancy</category><dc:creator>John Scott Lewinski</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Could this have been the "crazy" thing Shepard Smith was talking about?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/could-this-have-been-the-crazy-thing-shepard-smith-was-talking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/could-this-have-been-the-crazy-thing-shepard-smith-was-talking/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/could-this-have-been-the-crazy-thing-shepard-smith-was-talking/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/shepard-smith-portrait.jpg" />The other day, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/">Fox News newsman Shepard Smith</a> announced on his Facebook page that something "crazy" would be going down on his show. Just what kind of crazy are we talking about? A monkey wearing a Napoleon hat crazy? Putting two bananas in your ears and barking like a walrus crazy? TiVoing <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/14/press-kits-unwrapped-brothers/"><em>Brothers</em></a> crazy? <br />
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He never officially confirmed just what the "crazy" thing would be, but I wonder if this is it. Smith, the Fox News Channel's equivalent of Edward R. Murrow, issued an official apology for his network's (and I'm actually quoting) <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_en_tv/us_tv_fox_apology">"lack of balance."</a> <br />
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The "lack of balance" in question referred to Fox correspondent Shannon Bream, who conducted an interview with Republican candidate for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, but failed to nail down his Democratic opposition Jon Corzine. Smith said he didn't know the candidate wasn't interviewed and that "If I had control, it wouldn't have happened." Quick, someone check The Weather Channel for Hell's temperature and five-day forecast!<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/could-this-have-been-the-crazy-thing-shepard-smith-was-talking/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19214164/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/28/could-this-have-been-the-crazy-thing-shepard-smith-was-talking/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>chris christie</category><category>ChrisChristie</category><category>fox news channel</category><category>fox news channel hd</category><category>FoxNewsChannel</category><category>FoxNewsChannelHd</category><category>Gov. Corzine</category><category>Gov. Jon Corzine</category><category>ICU</category><category>Jon Corzine</category><category>JonCorzine</category><category>New Jersey</category><category>New Jersey Governors Race</category><category>NewJerseyGovernorsRace</category><category>s</category><category>shannon bream</category><category>ShannonBream</category><category>shepard smith</category><category>ShepardSmith</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Something "crazy" is going to happen on Shep Smith's show today</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="270" border="0" align="right" alt="Shep Smith" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/08/shepardsmith.jpg" />Shep Smith is one of my favorite people on TV, and I never miss his show at 3 PM each day. Today we might want to make a special effort to watch.<br />
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On Facebook last night, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=308419435573">Smith promised that "something crazy" was going to happen</a> on the show. Now, I'm assuming it's on the show because he says it's going to happen "right here," and I assume he means the show and not on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ShepardSmith">his Facebook page</a>. Check out the video and see for yourself.<br />
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Any guesses? He has a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/shepard-smith/index.html">new site</a> but, jeez, I hope that's not all it is.<br />
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[via <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/">TV Newser</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19209941/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/something-crazy-is-going-to-happen-on-shep-smiths-show-today/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cable news</category><category>facebook</category><category>fox news</category><category>shep smith</category><category>something crazy</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Glenn Beck don't come cheap</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/24/glenn-beck-dont-come-cheap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/24/glenn-beck-dont-come-cheap/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/24/glenn-beck-dont-come-cheap/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="264" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="Glenn Beck on the cover of his new book" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/glennbeckbookcover.jpg" />If your town wants to honor Glenn Beck with his own day, you better check the cushions in the couch for change and start taking up a collection. <br />
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The mayor of Mount Vernon, Wash. recently gave <a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/680/story/1088652.html">Glenn Beck</a> his own day, and the taxpayers will now have to fork over <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010120920_costofglenn23m.html">more than $17,000</a>, most of which was for police overtime. <br />
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Where are the teabaggers when you actually need them to protest unfair taxation without representation?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/24/glenn-beck-dont-come-cheap/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19208167/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/24/glenn-beck-dont-come-cheap/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>fox news</category><category>fox news channel</category><category>fox news hd</category><category>fox newschannel</category><category>FoxNews</category><category>FoxNewsChannel</category><category>FoxNewsHd</category><category>glenn beck</category><category>glenn beck day</category><category>GlennBeck</category><category>GlennBeckDay</category><category>mount vernon</category><category>MountVernon</category><category>washington</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips on revitalizing At The Movies</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality/" rel="tag">Other Reality Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="162" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/screen-capture-1.jpg" alt="A.O. Smith and Michael Phillips head up the new season of At the Movies." />It looks like the new crew at Disney's <a href="http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/"><em>At the Movies</em></a> is turning the ship around.<br />
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The new series run with fresh hosts (<em>New York Times</em> film critic, A.O. Scott (left), and <em>Chicago Tribune</em> film critic, Michael Phillips (right)) has gone 180 degrees in the other direction from the lighter, more sensationalized previous season.<br />
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Last year's host combination of Ben Mankiewicz and Ben Lyons often came off more glib than informative -- leaving both critics and fans wondering what happened to the more measured, analytical tone of former hosts Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper and the late Gene Siskel.<br />
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Between the two of them, Scott and Phillips bring decades of entertainment writing and critiquing experience -- combining a love of movies with a willingness to tick off the Hollywood powers that be when necessary.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips on revitalizing At The Movies</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19191648/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/a-o-scott-and-michael-phillips-on-revitalizing-at-the-movies/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>a.o. scott</category><category>A.o.Scott</category><category>ABC</category><category>at the movies</category><category>AtTheMovies</category><category>ben lyons</category><category>Ben Mankiewicz</category><category>BenLyons</category><category>BenMankiewicz</category><category>featured</category><category>michael phillips</category><category>MichaelPhillips</category><category>movies</category><category>reviews</category><dc:creator>John Scott Lewinski</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Did Chuck Todd shave off his goatee?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/did-chuck-todd-shave-off-his-goatee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/did-chuck-todd-shave-off-his-goatee/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/did-chuck-todd-shave-off-his-goatee/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>NBC News political editor Chuck Todd had a bet with ABC's Jake Tapper about the outcome of the NLCS, and Todd lost. The deal was this: if Todd lost, he's have to shave off his trademark goatee. If Tapper lost, he'd have to grow one. Todd appeared on <em>Today </em>with White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Did he shave it off? <br />
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[via <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/">Mediabistro</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/did-chuck-todd-shave-off-his-goatee/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19207397/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/23/did-chuck-todd-shave-off-his-goatee/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>abc</category><category>al roker</category><category>chuck todd</category><category>goatee</category><category>nbc</category><category>robert gibbs</category><category>today show</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Heene Family walks into a talent agent's office and says, 'Have I got an act for you...'</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/the-heene-family-walks-into-a-talent-agents-office-and-says-h/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/the-heene-family-walks-into-a-talent-agents-office-and-says-h/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/the-heene-family-walks-into-a-talent-agents-office-and-says-h/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p>The "Balloon Boy" incident, the cleanest name I can give this monumental media f#*$#-up, sounded vaguely familiar to me. In fact, it sounded more like the setup to a classic joke with an incredibly unfunny punchline. <br />
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It seems the folks at Countdown with Keith Olbermann noticed that as well and turned the whole thing into another umpteenth retelling of the classic "Aristocrats" joke. If you're not familiar with the infamous joke about a family walking into a talent agent's office, search for it on YouTube. But don't come whining to me that your ears won't stop bleeding. <br />
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