Shocking no one, ABC has picked Jason Mesnick, who got his heart broken by DeAnna Pappas in the most recent “Bachelorette,” as the new “Bachelor.” The new season starts in January. Here are the details.

 JASON MESNICK GETS A SECOND…

Hey, guys, I’m having a crazy-busy week but I’m really looking forward to taking a break spending an hour with you on Thursday. We can talk Olympics, the upcoming political conventions (how much will you watch?), the fall season (CW and…

Earlier this year, the popular home-makeover show put out a call for local families that needed help but had also given help. Response was overwhelming. Now, one family has been chosen and will be notified, from a group of five…

One of my guiltiest, “why do I watch this?” guilty pleasures is “Flipping Out” on Bravo, and a highlight of last season was crazy Jeff Lewis’ gift of a modern-art portrait to his longsuffering housekeeper, Zoila. She hated it; she…

Former Big Red safety Ken Greene (1978-82) will compete on “The Amazing Race 13,” and his partner is his wife, Tina — from whom he’s separated. Hmmm. As we know, “TAR” can bring couples closer together, or rip them apart.…

I have no idea. Maybe it’s “Masterpiece Theatre”-level drama. But by refusing to send screeners of the “90210″ premiere to critics, the CW has aroused deep suspicions. Usually, networks that are proud of their products are eager to show them…

CBS made it official today that Laurence Fishburne will join “CSI” in the new season’s ninth episode. He will replace, more or less, William Petersen, who is moving on to explore other opportunities for personal reasons — all that stuff they…

Why do we so rarely get to see TV shows from other English-speaking countries? The success of “Flashpoint” (from Canada) this summer might start a trend, but I’m also talking about reality shows in Britain, Canada, Australia, etc. For example,…

Did you ever see the movie “Village of the Damned”? That’s the 1960 horror flick (I never saw the remake) where everyone in a little English town dozes off one day, and when they wake up, all the women are…

The new TV season is closer than you think, with five CW and Fox premieres the first week of September (three on Labor Day) and several more jumping the official start of the fall season on Sept. 22. Here’s the…