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Feb 14 2011 04:53 PM ET

Roseanne Barr launching Lifetime reality show

Roseanne-Barr Image Credit: Image Credit: Dr. Billy Ingram/WireImage.comThe Barr is back: Roseanne Barr is returning to TV in a new Lifetime docu-series as she sets out to — believe it or not — run a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii.

The program will follow Barr as she runs a 40-acre nut farm on Hawaii’s Big Island along with her writer-musician boyfriend Johnny Argent and her son, Jake. She “uses a take-no-prisoners approach in shaping a Utopian dream for herself and her loved ones,” promises the release.

“I’m coming back down to earth, and keeping it real,” Barr said in a statement. “They’ve said ‘Roseanne’s nuts’ for years, and now I’m going to make that a reality — I’m all about nuts now, macadamia nuts!” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 02:58 PM ET

Michelle Obama to appear during Hall of Game Awards

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Awards Shows, Television

Image Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesFirst Lady Michelle Obama will honor a collection of schools during Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards. Obama is the national spokesperson for Let’s Move!, the national initiative to raise a healthier generation of children, and her special taped appearance will recognize select schools that have successfully promoted nutrition and physical activity to reduce childhood obesity. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 02:48 PM ET

Charlie Sheen: 'We're on forced hiatus'

by Sandra Gonzalez

Categories: Charlie Sheen, Television, Two and a Half Men

Image Credit: Dan MacMedan/WireImage.comCharlie Sheen is ready to go back to work on his CBS show. Well, at least according to Charlie Sheen. The actor called into The Dan Patrick Show this morning, saying, among other things, that he was clean and ready for production to start up again.

“We are on forced hiatus. They said, ‘You get ready and we’ll get ready.’ And I got ready and went back and nobody’s there,” he said, joking that he’d gone to set and banged on the door. “I’m here and I’m ready. They’re not. Bring it, you know?” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 02:45 PM ET

'Law & Order' vet lands Marc Cherry's 'Hallelujah'

by James Hibberd

Categories: Scoop, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Charles Norfleet/PR Photos

Former Law & Order regular Jesse Martin has landed a part in Marc Cherry’s ABC pilot Hallelujah.

Martin played Det. Ed Green on the NBC series for nearly a decade, and has now been cast in an ambitious pilot from the creator of Desperate Housewives.

The logline: When the Tennessee town of Hallelujah finds itself being torn apart by forces of good and evil, a stranger arrives to bring justice and peace, and to quite possibly restore the faith in the world that the residents so desperately need. The episodes will be punctuated by songs sung by the gospel choir, which serves as a sort of Greek chorus.

Feb 14 2011 01:36 PM ET

AMC's 'The Killing' trailers -- EXCLUSIVE

by James Hibberd

Categories: Scoop, Television, Trailers, TV Biz

That’s right, we’re talking plural. AMC’s next big event drama The Killing* launches this spring and EW has your first look trailer — two of them.

The Killing is from showrunner Veena Sud (Cold Case) and is based on a hugely successful Danish series (whose title is your word for the day: Forbrydelsen). The Killing tells the story of the murder of a young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation.

The first video gives a tease of the murder: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 01:21 PM ET

Chelsea Handler announces stand-up tour

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: In Concert, Late Night

Image Credit: Brandon Hickman/E! Entertainment TVChelsea Handler and three of the regulars from her E! show, Chelsea Lately, will embark on a 19-date stand-up tour beginning May 10. The tour shares its title with her upcoming fourth book, Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me – also due May 10 — and will feature comedians Brad Wollack, Josh Wolf, and Heather McDonald. Tickets go on sale Feb. 18. The entire list of tour dates is after the jump.

“LIES THAT CHELSEA HANDLER TOLD ME” TOUR DATES

May 10, 2011 Boston, Mass. Agganis Arena
May 11, 2011 Chicago, Ill. Chicago Theatre
May 12, 2011 Denver, Colo. Wells Fargo Theatre
May 13, 2011 Phoenix, Ariz. Comerica Theatre READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 12:29 PM ET

Grammy audience biggest in a decade

by James Hibberd

Categories: Reality TV, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBSSunday’s 53rd annual Grammys were full of surprise awards (Esperanza Spalding?) and terrific performances (Cee Lo Green singing his “F**k You” song with puppets, a slinky Gwyneth Paltrow, and a rocket ship… in a performance that somehow worked).

But the show’s ratings deliver yet another shock: According to CBS, the telecast drew 26.7 million viewers and a 10.0 adults 18-49 rating from 8 to 11:30 p.m.

That’s up very slightly from 2010 and marks the show’s biggest adult demo number since 2004 and the largest audience for the show since at least 2001.

Feb 14 2011 12:00 PM ET

'Survivor: Redemption Island': Russell admits 'my personal game sucks' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

by Dalton Ross

Categories: EW Exclusive, Reality TV, Survivor, Television

Image credit: Monty Brinton/CBS

The fun of watching Boston Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz interact in our joint interview the day before Survivor: Redemption Island began filming is that they’re a lot like James Bond and an arch-enemy just before a shoot-out. They both know they’re gunning for each other, but act as polite as can be hoping they can fool the other into thinking otherwise. Just check out part 3 of the exclusive on-location chat and see for yourself as the two returning players try to convince each other that they’re both down with forming an alliance. Surrrrrrrrrrre you are. Whatever you say, buddy! Also of interest: Russell actually making the somewhat startling admission that “My personal game sucks.” Really? You don’t say? “When I vote them out I not only cut them, I rub salt in their wounds.” Well, that might have something to do with it. Watch part 3 of the 4-part interview after the jump below, and if you missed parts 1 (which includes the first blindside of the season!) and 2, you can stay tuned to watch those as well. And then check back Tuesday for part 4, where Rob tells Russell what will happen if he burns his socks. (For more Survivor news and views, follow me on Twitter @EWDaltonRoss.) READ FULL STORY »

Feb 14 2011 11:10 AM ET

'Grey's Anatomy' scoop! James Tupper returns this season -- EXCLUSIVE

by James Hibberd

Categories: Grey's Anatomy, Scoop, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Image Editorial Notes: ITV Guess who’s coming back to Seattle Grace?

James Tupper will return for a multi-episodic arc on Grey’s Anatomy. The former Men in Trees and Mercy star turned heads at the start of this season during his guest run on the show as Dr. Andrew Perkins, a psychologist who was brought in to perform evaluations on the residents after last season’s mass shooting (and who hooked up with Kim Raver’s Dr. Teddy).

Tupper will appear in three episodes toward the end of this season. And if he once again receives a strong reaction from fans … who knows? READ FULL STORY »

Feb 12 2011 11:32 PM ET

Profane TV titles in vogue for fall

by James Hibberd

Categories: Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Todd Williamson/WireImage.com

$#*! your TV guide says.

Networks have recently greenlit a trio of pilots in contention for fall that share an unusual trait — family unfriendly titles.

ABC has ordered Good Christian Bitches with Sex and the City writer Darren Star, about a reformed “mean girl” who returns home to Dallas, only to find that some of her former high school classmates have remained unforgiving.

The network also approved Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23, starring Krysten Ritter, a comedy about an innocent Midwestern girl who ends up with a wild roommate from hell in New York City. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 12 2011 11:22 AM ET

Uh-oh: 'Fringe' ratings drop again

by James Hibberd

Categories: Fringe, Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

Image Credit: Image Credit: Liane Hentscher/Fox Nooooo! Is the Friday death slot curse tightening its grip on Fringe?

After two weeks of maintaining its Thursday ratings in its new Friday time period, the Fox drama slipped 16 percent last week. Last night, it slipped 13 percent further — to 3.7 million viewers and a 1.4 in the preliminary adult demo. Lead-in Kitchen Nightmares (3.7 million, 1.5) dropped 12 percent.

The CW’s Smallville (2.3 million, 0.9) and Supernatural (2.0 million, 0.9) took a mild hit too, both down 10 percent from last week. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 11 2011 11:50 PM ET

'Smallville' scoop: Michael Rosenbaum will return for series finale

by Lynette Rice and James Hibberd

Categories:

Image Credit: Image Credit: David Gray/The CWUPDATED: Great news, Smallville fans: Michael Rosenbaum – aka Lex Luthor — made a deal late Friday to make a much-anticipated comeback for the series finale. The superhero drama ends its epic 10-year run in May.

“It feels like the stars are aligning, literally,” according to a statement from Executive Producers Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson. “We couldn’t be more excited about having Michael back. And as far as the way he returns…there’ll be no doubt about how Lex becomes the great rival in Clark Kent’s life. He is the villain of the story.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 11 2011 05:55 PM ET

'Bones' scoop: Details on where Brennan and Booth go from here, when the sniper returns, and an episode unlike any we've seen before

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Bones, Television, TV Scoop

Image Credit: Ray Mickshaw/Fox Bones exec producer Stephen Nathan is not afraid to admit that he welled up while cutting the final two scenes of last night’s episode of the Fox drama, which he considers David Boreanaz’s best work of the six-season-old series. (Watch clips of them below.) He says producers wanted to put Booth (Boreanaz) in a more difficult place following Hannah’s rejection of his marriage proposal than he was before (when he was just reeling from the rejection of Emily Deschanel’s Brennan followed by her finally admitting her feelings when he’d moved on). They succeeded. READ FULL STORY »