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11.04.2009 9:39 am

Gordon Ramsay hosts new cooking competition on Fox

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“MasterChef” is the working title for a series picked up by Fox that will ”take wannabe chefs who merely cook as a hobby and have absolutely no experience in the food industry and attempt to turn them into master chefs.” The format…

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11.03.2009 3:57 pm

CBS orders more ‘Accidentally on Purpose’

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Good if not great news for Jenna Elfman’s “Accidentally on Purpose.” After Monday night’s broadcast — of an episode I hear was especially crude; true? – CBS  ordered five more episodes, for a total of 18 for the season. That’s still…

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11.02.2009 4:57 pm

‘Top Chef’ finale is Dec. 9, from Napa Valley

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Enough Las Vegas. “Top Chef” will moves to California’s Napa Valley for the season finale, set for 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, on Bravo. The final four (I’ve been guessing Kevin, Jen and the Voltaggios, but unless Jen shapes up,…

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11.02.2009 9:19 am

President Logan lives! Gregory Itzen returns to ‘24′

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President Charles Logan (the great Gregory Itzen) will be back on “24″ for Season 8, arriving Jan. 17-18, Fox says. The disgraced president was last seen being carted out on a stretcher after first lady Martha Logan (awesome Jean Smart) stabbed him with…

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11.02.2009 9:06 am

TNT picks up ‘Southland’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The canceled NBC cop drama will rise again Jan. 12 on TNT. The news isn’t as good as it might be; the cable network made a deal with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. only to air the seven episodes seen…

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10.29.2009 3:38 pm

‘Scrubs,’ ‘Better Off Ted’ back in December

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Fans of ABC’s “Better Off Ted” who assumed it was canceled will get a pleasant surprise when it returns Tuesday, Dec. 8. “Ted” will pair with “Scrubs,” which returns Dec. 1 with back-to-back episodes.

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10.29.2009 3:36 pm

NBC pulling the plug on ‘Trauma’

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Reports from Hollywood are that NBC is giving up on low-rated, expensive ”Trauma.” The 13 episodes originally ordered will apparently still air, but no more will be produced. Speculation is that the demise of “Trauma” could make room for the return…

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10.29.2009 3:06 pm

Syfy remaking BBC’s ‘Being Human’

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“Three 20-something roommates — a ghost, a vampire and a werewolf — struggle to keep their secrets from the world while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives” in “Being Human,” a BBC series that will be…

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10.28.2009 8:10 pm

More ‘Chuck’: NBC wants six additional episodes

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Yvonne Strahovski, Zach Levi and Adam Baldwin in "Chuck."

Yvonne Strahovski, Zach Levi and Adam Baldwin in "Chuck."

TheWrap.com, the Los Angeles Times and others are reporting that NBC has ordered (or is about to order) six more episodes of “Chuck,” for a total of 19 for the new season. NBC…

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10.27.2009 5:20 pm

Seth MacFarlane special shocks (former) sponsor Microsoft

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Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein tape the Fox special.

Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein tape the Fox special.

Memo to Microsoft: Before you put your company’s hot new product into a comedy writer’s hands, check out the writer’s other work. Clearly, the powers that be at the computer giant didn’t…

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