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The Big C Scores Surprisingly Big Ratings

Showtime’s new cancer comedy The Big C might not have been a winner in the supporting characters department (I’m talking to you, Oliver Platt and homeless brother who eats garbage) but it scored a ratings coup last night, earning over 1.5 million viewers total. Said the premium cable network in a press release earlier today: ” The Big C delivered Showtime’s largest audience in 8 years for an original series debut (Previously: Odyssey 5 on 6/21/02 with 1.155MM).” Congrats, Laura Linney: You beat Odyssey 5 , whatever that was! [ EW ]

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The Big C Scores Surprisingly Big Ratings

What’s On: Clarissa Executive Produces It All

Will Melissa & Joey become the new Hot in Cleveland ? Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence co-executive produce and star in a new ABC Family series that harkens back to the appeal of ’80s and ’90s sitcoms, much like TV Land’s Valerie Bertinelli/Betty White venture. Say “Whoa” with us as we check out tonight’s viewing options.

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What’s On: Clarissa Executive Produces It All

The Gay 90210 Character is Who You Thought

How’s your TV gaydar? If you had Trevor Donovan’s Teddy fingered for the mystery gay coming out on 90210 this season, the actor just confirmed it over Twitter : “Acceptance, by family, friends, society and self is just one of the concerns the character will be going through. It is a part of life, and it should be portrayed. I was told, and am confident the storyline will be written very well and the change in the character will be organic, NOT overnight. It’s going to be a great season 3.” I kind of preferred his tweet from the day before: “choose ur outfit with great care every day, because if today is the day you become a zombie, those r the clothes you’ll be wearing forever.” [ Twitter ]

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The Gay 90210 Character is Who You Thought

Has Danielle Staub Been Fired From Real Housewives of New Jersey?

Just two months after Dina Manzo left The Real Housewives of New Jersey , rumor has it that Bravo programming executive Andy Cohen might be reorganizing his Garden State collection one more time. Have your grain of salt, ripped weaves, and broken heels at the ready as we tell you who might be leaving next.

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Has Danielle Staub Been Fired From Real Housewives of New Jersey?

Project Runway Recap: Tim Gargles on Woolly Balls

You read that right. Look, I’m running behind on today’s Project Runway bitchslappy recap, so I’m going to barrel through last night’s 90-minute party store romp with a greatest hits version of the recap where we just talk about important things like “animal woolly balls” and regular “balls” and what a sorceress of stank Gretchen has become. Onward!

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Project Runway Recap: Tim Gargles on Woolly Balls

Big Brother Repulsion Index: ‘Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead’

No, you were not hallucinating last night. A Big Brother contestant, Brendon, did use his eviction nominee platform to compare himself and his lover to witches persecuted in Salem back in the 1600s. And everyone, including Julie Chen, was watching dumbfounded. Let’s see where that speech placed him on last night’s Repulsion Index.

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Big Brother Repulsion Index: ‘Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead’

‘Jacki Weaver Superstar’: One Actress’s 48-Year Journey to the Role of a Lifetime (and Maybe an Oscar)

“Do you know the Myers-Briggs Test?” It’s Tuesday morning in Manhattan, and Jacki Weaver awaits an answer. The actress doesn’t have all day. She’s on a 36-hour stopover here promoting her new film Animal Kingdom — Weaver’s first theatrical feature in 13 years, and quite possibly the movie that will earn the stage/screen/television veteran of nearly a half-century an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, if not the trophy itself. Which is where the Myers-Briggs Test comes in. I ask her to explain.

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‘Jacki Weaver Superstar’: One Actress’s 48-Year Journey to the Role of a Lifetime (and Maybe an Oscar)

So You Think You Can Dance Finale: The Winner Shakes It All

What. An. Incredible. Finale. Mind you, it was also a half-hour too long, but So You Think You Can Dance proved itself the summer’s most entertaining and highest quality reality series with its big, Shakespearean conclusion. Let’s discuss whether the winner earned his/her title and whether surprise guest Ellen DeGeneres added any anti- Idol shade to the proceedings.

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So You Think You Can Dance Finale: The Winner Shakes It All

Shania Twain is Reportedly American Idol’s Back-Up Plan for Jennifer Lopez

Now that Jennifer Lopez’s reported gig as the newest American Idol judge may be in jeopardy , TMZ reports that onetime Idol mentor Shania Twain is the producers’ choice for her backup. Is the former Eilleen Edwards, whose chances for winning a job on Idol were recently declared slim , really an ideal panelist?

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Shania Twain is Reportedly American Idol’s Back-Up Plan for Jennifer Lopez

Eat, Pray, Love Cast Denies Knowledge of Superior ‘Gym, Tan, Laundry’ Credo

MTV’ s journalists did the hard work of asking Eat, Pray, Love ‘s cast about Jersey Shore ‘s similarly punctuated mantra “Gym, Tan, Laundry,” and Julia Roberts didn’t mind acting like a giant grenade and refusing any knowledge of such a Confucian concept. It’s Entitled Caucasian Women vs. Fistpumping Umber Humanoids in a battle of spiritual superiority, and the ladies just racked up a big point.

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Eat, Pray, Love Cast Denies Knowledge of Superior ‘Gym, Tan, Laundry’ Credo