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Jenna Fischer is producing a private eye show

Posted Aug 12th 2009 7:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: The Office, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Office star Jenna Fischer is producing TV shows now, and the first one sounds pretty good.

She's putting together a show based on the exploits of real-life private eye Charlie Parker. It would be set in San Antonio and Fischer is developing the show for her network, NBC. She describes it as an hour long comedic drama (thankfully she didn't use the term "dramedy"), a lot like Magnum, P.I. or Columbo.

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Inspiration for Friday Night Lights' character dies

Posted Feb 29th 2008 3:41PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Sports, Friday Night Lights

Reality is not reality like in TV reality series. Reality, in fact, is usually too true and very often sad. With that in mind, David Edwards, the young man who was the inspiration for the character Jason Street on NBC's Friday Night Lights, has died. Just 20 years old, David was injured by playing high school football for San Antonio Madison in November 2003. He was a defensive back, and while going after a pass, he collided with an Austin Westlake receiver. Edwards' neck was broken and the injury resulted in his becoming paralyzed.

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Five Idol semifinalists found in infamously bad Seattle auditions

Posted Feb 20th 2007 1:01PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Predictions and Trends

Ah, the infamous Seattle auditions. That was the show that caused all the controversy. Simon was too cruel. The parade of wacko contestants was relentlessly brutal. Before the show even aired, Simon had publicly denounced the Seattle turnout as "the worst bunch of miserable contestants EVER." Even Paula agreed, labeling the auditioners as "unusually fantastically delusional."

Seattle was the butt of Idol's jokes, deemed a pool of untalented crazies. Yet here we are, down to the Top 24, and the last laugh may be on Simon. A total of FIVE semifinalists were found in that "atrocious" city. In comparison, only one semifinalist was found in Birmingham, lovingly dubbed "Idol Country" by the show's writers.

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TMZ posts latest Idol mugshots

Posted Feb 7th 2007 7:00PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Contestants

They really dig up the dirt quickly over at TMZcom, don't they? They've already posted the mugshots of two of last night's American Idol contestants.

Akron Watson (aka Bruce Banner or Cousin #2) convinced Idol judges he was good enough to advance to the next round, but unfortunately never made it to Hollywood. According to TMZ, Watson was uninvited for "unknown reasons." It seems possible that producers disqualified Watson after discovering his 2003 arrest for marijuana possession.

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An ode to Idol from San Antonio

Posted Feb 7th 2007 10:42AM by Jon Peter Lewis
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, OpEd, American Idol, Celebrity Commentary

All day, I've been excited to write about tonight being the last audition episode, so imagine my disappointment at finding out I have another night of this stuff to endure. I'm done. I see through you Ryan Seacrest! Don't think you've got me fooled with words like "exciting," "new" and "special."

You could just say, "stretching," "for" and "programming." Still, I did see some exciting moments, glimpses of humanity and heartlessness from the judges, plasticine princesses and the end of the "door" joke in tonight's stop in San Antonio. It was all the things I love and hate about Idol.

I finally heard a voice I was into -- from an unlikely person. When they started the segment on Bruce Banner and the Incredible Hulk, I was sure it was a joke. Who wouldn't think that after all the odd couples they've thrown together over the season? I was even more convinced after the Incredible Hulk sang "Amazing Grace" like the love child of Barry White and William Hung.

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