TVSquad

• Support for Series3 TiVo units. Previously only Series2 boxes were supported. We believe this means you should be able to schedule recordings on the new TiVo HD as well.
• Manage multiple TiVo devices, and chose which box you want to use to record each program.
• Uses the TiVo receiver name that you've set up at TiVo.com.

Okay, so, a few months ago Rich gave y'all the skinny on a proposed half-hour syndicated version of Deal or No Deal. Well, Variety, citing "sources" but nothing more solid than that, says NBC Universal and Endemol USA will be moving ahead with plans for a syndicated Deal or No Deal, and that Howie Mandel will likely be hosting this version, as well. The syndicated version would appear sometime in 2008. Again, it's worth noting that neither NBC nor Endemol have confirmed any of this.

Since it's part of the same article, I should probably also mention that Access Hollywood and Yahoo have teamed up to create "omg!," a celeb-centric site featuring clips from Access Hollywood. The site, which is supposed to launch today, will serve as a direct competitor to AOL's TMZ.com (AOL also owns TV Squad). I just hope whoever supplies the alcohol and drugs to today's Hollywood stars keeps the supply coming so folks like me can sit back and watch these two portals fight for the best footage.

We've been telling you about NBC Universal and News Corp's new YouTube-esque video service for awhile now, and today The Hollywood Reporter has news that the service has added the following channels to its lineup:

• Fuel TV
• Sundance Channel
• Oxygen
• Speed

You've all heard about the upcoming video-sharing site from NBC and News Corp. Well, now CNET has joined the venture and will be providing content for the new site. CNET, which also owns GameSpot.com and TV.com, will provide "thousands of clips" to the new service and also serve as a distributor. NBC and News Corp already have distribution deals with Yahoo, MySpace, MSN, Comcast and AOL (which owns TV Squad).

The site launches this summer with full TV episodes and more from close to twenty television networks and two movie studios.

I'm always in favor of more ways to view television programs, so I'm anxious to see how this new site turns out. I just hope they allow user comments like YouTube does, because if I can't read a comment from CyberMonkey56 in Sheboygan telling me "thjs showes is sucks!" it's just not worth my time.

Comedian Sarah Silverman will be hosting the MTV Movie Awards on June 3.

There will be a few changes made to the ceremony this year with reality show creator Mark Burnett at the wheel: the entire show will be broadcast live for the first time, allowing a more interactive experience for younger viewers, not to mention the chance to win the Best Movie Spoof award, part of a contest set up by MTV and Yahoo.

We've know for awhile now that FOX and NBC had plans to stream full-episodes via a new venture that was being dubbed a "YouTube killer." Recently it was announced that some of content would be streamed through comcast.net and fancast.com, and other "distribution sites" including AOL (which owns TV Squad), MSN and Yahoo.

Huh.

I apologize for being a little late with this news, but it took my brain this long to accept that this was actually true. Yes, Yahoo is planning to launch a new online video project called "Odd News Underground" featuring a singing news anchor. Yahoo isn't saying who the anchor is, but insist the person is someone people will recognize.

I guess I can give Yahoo credit for trying to make the news even more laughable than it already is, and sure, with a name like "Odd News Underground" the new Web program probably isn't going to focus on real news, but I certainly hope they don't think this is an original idea. I've placed a video from the '90s after the jump that shows at least one man had this idea already.

Anyone want to guess who this singing news person is going to be? I'm hoping it's Matthew Wilder, personally.

[via Lost Remote]

• How can you tell if an actor is funny? Ken Levine has the answer.
• If case you haven't heard, Peter Jennings died and Tom Brokaw retired.
• Screech stills wants to do things with his penis, this time on Celebrity Fit Club.
• Aaron Barnhart doesn't think Isaiah Washington is leaving Grey's Anatomy anytime soon.
• Yahoo plans to launch 100 entertainment sites by the end of the year.
• Sienna Miller swore on the Today Show this morning.
• Here's a cool toy for all you Doctor Who fans.

The new season of The Apprentice kicks off on NBC tomorrow at 9:30pm, but if you want a sneak peek at the first episode, you can watch the first twenty-four minutes here, courtesy of Yahoo. This is the sixth season of the reality program, and for a change of pace it takes place in Los Angeles, rather than New York City. I've actually been writing to series co-creator and reality TV god Mark Burnett about creating another version of the show in which individuals match skills and wits in order to become an apprentice to a blacksmith. That's how Paul Revere started out, and he turned out pretty good, didn't he? Have you ever heard "Indian Reservation?" That's a great song. He was a hero of the American Revolution, and a great piano player. That's exactly the kind of person Trump would want you to look up to.

You can also read Jonathan's preview of the first episode.