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The Bachelor's aftermath: Matt Grant moves out

The BachelorA month ago, bachelor Matt Grant handed the final rose and a $60,000 engagement ring to actress Shayne Lamas in the season finale of ABC's The Bachelor: London Calling. The final credits of the episode hadn't even finished rolling when people (I include myself in the lot) were already betting on how long the two of them would last together. No, the couple didn't officially break up yet, but Matt did move out of Shayne's house.

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Casting call: Ryan Seacrest has a new dating show

Ryan SeacrestAre you a "momma's boy"? Or are you a mother who is really overprotective about who your son dates? Well, if you are, you might want to try out for Ryan Seacrest's (American Idol) and Andrew Glassman's (Average Joe) new show Momma's Boys. NBC's new reality series will air after the Summer Olympics in Bejing. The show will center around a group of mothers choosing the perfect woman for their sons. According to the press release, "drama ensues when numerous mothers and their eligible bachelor sons are housed together with several single women." So, they have to live together too? This sounds like The Bachelor meets Sister Patterson from I Love New York.

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The Bachelor hands out the final rose

The BachelorAfter weeks of dating and eliminating some 25 women, including some crazy ones like Stacey, London bachelor Matt Grant found his soul mate. The 27-year-old proposed to one of the final two ladies in this week's season finale of the ABC's The Bachelor.

Did he give the $60,000 engagement ring to 24-year-old Chelsea or 22-year-old Shayne? The answer after the jump!

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What's On Tonight: American Gladiators, Bones, Samantha Who, The Hills

  • Gossip Girl adAt 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new episode of Samantha Who? and the season finale of The Bachelor.
  • CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
  • NBC has a new, two hour American Gladiators at 8, then a new Medium.
  • FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
  • The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
  • There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8.
  • TNT has another NBA Playoff game at 8.
  • At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
  • Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
  • GSN has a new World Poker Tour, also at 9.
  • At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
  • MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, then a new episode of The Paper.
  • HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Reality Show casting calls

Casting CallA day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.

The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.

This time we have The Real Housewives of NYC ,The Moment of Truth and other new shows.

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What's On Tonight: Greek, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Dirty Jobs

  • World Poker Tour logoTNT has NBA Playoffs all night.
  • At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Samantha Who? and The Bachelor.
  • CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
  • NBC has a new, two hour Deal Or No Deal at 8, then a new Medium.
  • FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
  • The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
  • ABC Family has a new Greek, then a new Wildfire.
  • PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new Nature.
  • TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World (including the season finale) at 8.
  • At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
  • Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
  • VH-1 has a new Flavor of Love at 9.
  • Also at 9: GSN has a new World Poker Tour.

Check your local TV listings for more.

What's On Tonight: Bones, Stephen Colbert, World Poker Tour

  • Samantha Who?At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Samantha Who? and The Bachelor.
  • CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
  • NBC has new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Medium.
  • FOX has a new Bones at 8, followed by a new New Amsterdam.
  • ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then a new America's Prom Queen.
  • Also at 8: CMT has the 2008 CMT Music Awards.
  • At 8:30, Food Network has a new Heavyweights.
  • At 9, The CW has a new One Tree Hill.
  • Stephen Colbert is the guest on a new episode of CNN's Larry King Live at 9.
  • USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
  • There's a new Dirty Jobs on Discovery at 9.
  • GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
  • At 9:30, Food Network has a new Unwrapped, then a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
  • At 10, MTV has a new episode of The Hills, then the series premiere of The Paper.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Screener Hell: Farmer Wants a Wife

One of these ten ladies will get to blah blah blah...TV Squad's Fearless Leader, Keith McDuffee, is in charge of meting out the free screener DVDs he receives from various networks. Sometimes the screeners are awesome -- complete season sets of popular shows or weeks-in-advance pilot episodes of hotly anticipated new series -- and sometimes, well, they are not awesome. At some point I made a joke that he seems to send me the worst of our screeners (I keed! I keed!) and Keith's response was to start sending me every single bad screener offered to TV Squad. I'm talking the kind of programming they're currently showing at Guantanamo Bay.

Well, two can play at this game! I've decided that I'm going to review every horrible show Keith sends me. If I have to be tortured with the likes of Queen Sized and The Simple Life Goes to Camp, well then, you guys have to be tortured by reading about it. Sorry, it's only fair. Our first foray into Screener Hell is Farmer Wants a Wife (Wednesdays 9 PM, starting April 30)...

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What's On Tonight: March Madness Final, Samantha Who, The Hills

  • Little People Big WorldAt 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, then new episodes of Samantha Who? and The Bachelor.
  • NBC has a new My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, followed by new episodes of Deal Or No Deal and Medium.
  • PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8.
  • TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
  • There's a new Greek on ABC Family at 8, then a new America's Prom Queen.
  • Also at 8: TCM has the original King Kong.
  • At 9, CBS has the NCAA Basketball Final.
  • USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
  • FOX has a new New Amsterdam at 9.
  • Food Network has a new Chefography at 9, featuring Julia Child. It's followed by a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
  • At 10, E! has a new episode of The Soup Presents.
  • MTV has two new episodes of The Hills starting at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

Reality show casting calls

casting callsA day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.

The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.

This time we have The Bachelor, The Pick Up Artist, Teen Dream and other new shows.

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The Bachelor: London Calling reactions

Matt GrantI'm not what you'd call a fan of The Bachelor. I only watched Seasons 3, 4 and 7 of the ABC reality show (it's now season 12) and watched its spin-off, The Bachelorette. I had no plans to tune in this season but, since there was nothing else on that interested me and because I was too lazy to switch channels after watching Dancing with the Stars, I decided to watch the "London Calling" version of the dating reality series.

The main difference between this season and the others is the fact that the hunk du jour is from London. Besides that, the series hasn't changed much since I watched Charlie O'Connell give the final rose to Sarah Brice.

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What's On Tonight: Canterbury's Law, Kyle XY, Little People, Big World

  • New AmsterdamAt 8, FOX has the premiere of Canterbury's Law, then a new New Amsterdam.
  • ABC has a new "Where are they now?" episode of The Bachelor, then the two hour season finale of October Road.
  • NBC has new episodes of My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, Deal Or No Deal, and Medium.
  • TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
  • ABC Family has a new Kyle XY at 8, then a new Wildfire.
  • Also at 8 (special time this week): USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
  • At 8:30, CBS has a new Old Christine.
  • At 9, The CW has a new Pussycat Dolls.
  • At 9:30, CBS has another new Old Christine.
  • Also at 9:30, HBO has a new episode of In Treatment.

Check your local TV listings for more.

The networks still have a lot of new shows coming up

Ben StillerI think that when writers went on strike in Hollywood, they assumed that the networks would be in trouble at some point and want to make a deal, and while that may still happen down the road, right now the networks actually have more new stuff ready to go than you might think.

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ABC's winter schedule

Lost
It was finally ABC's turn to unveil its winter schedule yesterday. There aren't many surprises in it except that Lost, as rumored, will now air on a new night and that Big Shots, who was benched last week, will get a fifth another chance. ABC's winter programming will also include the premieres of Cashmere Mafia, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, Eli Stone and Oprah's Big Give and the return of a few reality series, such as Supernanny and Wife Swap, to fill the void left when scripted series will have aired all their new episodes.

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TV Squad Daily with Brigitte - VIDEO

Hey, Brigitte here with TV Squad Daily. I'll be covering the TV stories I find interesting each day, Monday through Friday, in this video blog.

Today on TV Squad Daily:
  • The Bachelor gets some support, kind of, from Jen, the 2005 Bachelorette who didn't find love on the reality show either.
  • Even Bill Nye the Science Guy has relationship issues in real life. His involve someone poisoning a vegetable garden with solvents, but still.
  • Update: Heather Mills continues to be impossible to like.
The video's embedded below, or you can subscribe to this podcast via our feed. Plus, you can also download the file directly.

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