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"Kid Nation": Milking Controversy

September 20, 2007

If CBS had sent out the first episode of "Kid Nation" for review, it would have muted some of the debate about the show. Obviously, CBS did not want to mute the debate … (some spoilers after the jump)

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"Idol" Results: 12 Becomes 11

March 14, 2007

You can find the latest podcast with me and Malcolm X Abram, linked through www.ohio.com
And there's a live recap of tonight's show, after the jump …

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"Idol" Tuesday: Top 12

March 13, 2007

Well, in the parade of "Idol" stars who have gone on to other things, they didn't get footage of Jennifer Hudson at the Oscars. No rights or too cheap to buy them, you be the judge. And more, after the jump …

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"Amazing Race": Most Is Forgiven

March 12, 2007

You've had plenty of time to see it, so the cone of silence is lifted, after the jump …

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"The Amazing Race" Is Losing … Me

March 4, 2007

The explanation, with spoilers, after the jump …

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"Idol" 2-28: Women Again

February 28, 2007

Live blogging from tonight's "Idol," after the jump …

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Pastore Out at "Dancing"

February 28, 2007

Vincent Pastore of The Sopranos has dropped out of Dancing With the Stars. Here's the official word from ABC:
In the first of what promise to be many surprises in the fourth season of "Dancing with the Stars," actor Vincent Pastore, sixty years of age, has withdrawn from the competition after one week of training. Pastore [...]

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"Idol" 2-27: The Guys Strike Again

February 27, 2007

Live blogging during "American Idol," after the jump ….

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"Idol" Results

February 22, 2007

Here's the info on the latest podcast:
Listen: http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/american_idol/070222.mp3
Subscribe: http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/RSS/idol.xml
As for the show, spoilers after the jump …

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"Idol": Ladies Night

February 21, 2007

The women kick in the men's teeth, after the jump …

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"Dancing With the Stars" Cast

February 21, 2007

Ian Ziering gets a big advantage, Heather Mills moves on after Macca, and more, after the jump …

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"Idol": Guys' Night

February 20, 2007

What was that cackle from Paula, Simon makes a bad fat joke and other notes, after the jump …

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"Idol": Down to 24

February 14, 2007

It's time for the elevator ride, after the jump …

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Snowy "Idol" Night

February 13, 2007

The piles are above the ankle, more is coming and the snowblower has already given up. But we're inside watching "Idol." Immediate shocker, after the jump …

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Thursday Viewing: "Survivor," "Office," "Grey's"

February 9, 2007

Night of the nonstop nicknames and other stuff, after the jump …

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New "Idol" Podcast

February 8, 2007

Malcolm X Abram and I talked about the last of this season's audition shows — and about what could lie down the road.
Listen here.
Subscribe here.

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Good Morning, "Idol"

February 8, 2007

Last night I was at a screening of "Music and Lyrics." More about that in a later post. For now, let's take a look at "American Idol," after the jump …

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"American Idol" Tuesday (With Update)

February 6, 2007

San Antonio, and some guy who thinks he sounds like Billy Idol and Ozzy, after the jump …

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"Idol" Wednesday

January 31, 2007

Olivia Newton-John makes her second appearance as a guest judge on a reality show in a week. First contestant has so many sound effects with his moves that it feels like a segment on "Funniest Videos." Which is not a bad comparison, considering how he sang….

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"American Idol": The Greatest City in Alabam'

January 30, 2007

Well, we're in Birmingham, famous both for "Idol" finalists and for being the subject of the Randy Newman song cited above. (Check out the "Good Old Boys" album, notable also for "Louisiana 1927," which has become a post-Katrina standard.) First contestant tries "Unchained Melody" and has them calling for security when she refuses to quit [...]

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