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Apr 12 2011 02:02 PM ET

'Deadliest Catch' premiere tonight: We're live-blogging with Sig and the Hillstrands!

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Deadliest Catch, Reality TV, Television

Image Credit: Rick Gershon/Getty Images

Discovery’s Deadliest Catch returns tonight with its season 7 premiere, and EW is hooking up with Sig Hansen, captain of the Northwestern, and Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand, captains of the Time Bandit, at Brother Jimmy’s in New York City to watch it. Join us here at 9 p.m. ET for our two-hour live blog. We’ll let you know what the guys are thinking, and you can ask them yourself: They’ll answer questions — on-camera — during commercials and after the show. Already got a question? Post it below. But once the live blog begins, post ‘em there.

UPDATE: The live video Q&As will not be viewable on replays of the blog. We hope to bring you a highlight reel.

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Apr 12 2011 12:28 PM ET

Oprah finale ad rates higher than 'Lost' closer

by James Hibberd

Categories: Oprah Winfrey, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Art Streiber/OWN

Oprah Winfrey’s syndicated program might air in daytime, but it’s hitting up advertisers for major-league primetime ad rates for its final episode.

The asking price for a 30-second ad on Oprah’s May 25 finale is $1 million, according to Horizon Media researcher Brad Adgate. That’s more than last year’s finales of ABC’s Lost ($900,000) and Fox’s 24 ($650,000), despite Oprah having a smaller audience (about 7 million viewers) than either of those dramas. Oprah’s distributor had no comment. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2011 11:22 AM ET

HBO packs schedule with more 'Game of Thrones'

by James Hibberd

Categories: Game of Thrones, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: HBO

If you’re an HBO subscriber, the network is determined to make sure you don’t miss Game of Thrones.

Did you somehow forget to watch the 65-minute debut of the lavish fantasy drama at 9 p.m. on Sunday night? Here it is again at 10:05 p.m. Then again at 11:15 p.m.

Say you weren’t home on Sunday night. You were at Coachella seeing Kanye or something? HBO understands. On Monday night, Thrones will air again — on all six HBO channels simultaneously at 9 p.m. HBO is calling this scheduling strategy “innovative” and “designed to guarantee maximum exposure.” Missed it at 9 p.m.? Fine! Whatever. OK, here it is yet again: On HBO2, at 10:05 p.m. and then one more time at 11:15 p.m. Plus, of course, there’s OnDemand — don’t even make HBO have to bring that up.

Bottom line: You have no excuse to miss Thrones and clearly HBO is going to be quite perturbed if you do.

(BTW: I’m writing EW’s recap of Thrones. Very excited. I’ll post that Sunday night — just once, though.)

Apr 12 2011 11:11 AM ET

'Jerseylicious' spinoff 'Glam Fairy' gets series order

by James Hibberd

Categories: Reality TV, Television, TV Biz

We first told you about Style’s Jerseylicious spin-off project Glam Fairy back in January when the network gave the show a one-off special.

Seems Style was happy enough with the results to give the show a series order. The Endemol program follows Jersey makeup artist Alexa Prisco and her team as she uses her signature style to transform women. The new makeover show debuts in October.

Apr 12 2011 11:06 AM ET

Simon Cowell weighing 'X Factor' options

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Music, Music Biz, Reality TV, Simon Cowell, The X Factor, TV Biz

According to reports in the British papers, Simon Cowell is planning to leave the U.K. version of The X Factor to focus on the launch of the American version of the show, but his spokesperson cautions that no decision has been made yet. The Daily Mail quoted an insider at ITV, which airs the show in Britain, as saying that balancing both shows “is just not feasible,” and others reportedly say the double-duty would be a strain on the 51-year-old’s health. Cowell’s camp intimated that a final decision is not expected soon.

Apr 12 2011 09:38 AM ET

'The Big Bang Theory,' 'Gossip Girl,' 'NCIS,' 'Modern Family': Find out what's next in the Spoiler Room

by Sandra Gonzalez

Categories: 90210, Castle, Community, Fringe, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order: CI, Modern Family, NCIS, Pretty Little Liars, Television, The Spoiler Room, The Vampire Diaries, TV Scoop

Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS; Monty Brinton/CBS; Giovanni Rufi

Happy Tuesday, gang.

I hope you enjoy the offerings this morning, but before you dig in, an announcement: Friday’s mega scoops (the paragraphs you see before “side dishes”) will be READER’S CHOICE and will be chosen purely based on your e-mail requests. Most requested shows win. I’ll be picking three.

So take a moment to dream. If you could have scoop on ANY show, which would it be, and what would you want to know. Again, these will be based purely on volume of requests. (Usually, I pick based on buzzworthiness.)

So cast your vote by emailing me a request to spoilerroom@ew.com or request via Twitter (@EWSandraG).

See you Friday! READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2011 01:15 AM ET

'Dancing with the Stars' pro Mark Ballas on Pia Toscano (and that pesky Len Goodman)

by Lynette Rice

Categories: Dancing With the Stars, Reality TV

Image Credit: Adam Taylor/ABC; Frank MIcelotta/Fox

Dancing with the Stars’ pro Mark Ballas got caught up in the whirlwind of press surrounding Pia Toscano, the latest woman to get booted from American Idol. He and the attractive crooner were reportedly seen out on the town, but Ballas tried to downplay the rumors after Monday’s installment of DWTS.

“We hung out man,” he told reporters. “She was my favorite. She’s doing good. She’s going to be fine.” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 12 2011 12:42 AM ET

'24' movie: Brian Grazer's on board for 2012 premiere

by Lynette Rice

Categories: 24

Image Credit: Ray Mickshaw/Fox

The news only gets better for fans who are anxiously awaiting the return of Jack Bauer: Uber-producer Brian Grazer recently tweeted that he’s on board for long-gestating 24 movie.

“Got off the phone Keifer yesterday and we are very excited about producing the 24 movie for next year,” he tweeted.

Grazer’s involvement makes sense since Imagine Entertainment, the company he co-owns with Ron Howard, produced the long running action drama for Fox.

Last month, Kiefer Sutherland told the women of The View that the movie will come out in 2012.

I heart Tony Almeida. Follow me @EWLynette

Apr 12 2011 12:30 AM ET

'Dancing with the Stars' Kirstie Alley: 'We've become the freak show'

by Lynette Rice

Categories: Dancing With the Stars

Image Credit: Bob D’Amico/ABC

Are Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy cursed on the dance floor? A week after her partner tumbled to the ground after pulling a muscle, Alley’s shoe came undone during her performance on Monday’s Dancing with the Stars. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2011 08:21 PM ET

'Glee' scoop: Gwyneth Paltrow will cover Adele on next week's episode

by Tim Stack

Categories: Glee, Music Biz, Rumor Police!, Scoop, Television, TV Biz

Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.com; Andy Sheppard/Getty Images

Good news Gleeks: Not only is Gwyneth Paltrow back next week on Glee as Holly Holliday, but a Fox spokesperson confirms she’s also covering “Turning Tables” from Adele’s awesome new album, 21. It’s a veritable Gwyneth-palooza in terms of music news, with this latest nuggest coming on the heels of her “Over the Rainbow” duet with Matthew Morrison premiering tomorrow on iTunes (listen to our exclusive 60 second tease here). While we sadly don’t have Gwyneth’s Glee version yet, here’s the similarly fabulous Adele performing her track… READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2011 07:52 PM ET

Week 2 ratings: 'The Killing' holds up, 'Camelot' slips

by James Hibberd

Categories: Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

Image Credit: AMC

Two big new cable dramas had two different stories to tell their second week on the air.

Ratings for AMC’s The Killing held up for its the grim, rainy mystery’s second episode, delivering 2.6 million viewers Sunday night during its hour — that’s compared to last week’s 2.7 million for a two-hour episode debut.

But viewership for Starz’ Camelot fell, with Friday’s episode dropping to 850,000 viewers from the previous week’s double-length episode. That’s down 23% from the premiere’s record-tying series opener for the network, yet is still considered a good number for Starz. As for Showtime’s The Borgias, those numbers will be out tomorrow…

Apr 11 2011 07:16 PM ET

'Vampire Diaries': Behind the awesome Alaric twist

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Television, The Vampire Diaries, TV Scoop

Image Credit: Annette Brown/The CW

He’s been off-screen on Jenna Watch for much of season 2, but Alaric (Matt Davis) will finally get his fair share of screen time next week when he attends the ’60s Decade Dance possessed by Klaus. Producers always knew they’d want to take their time before they introduced Klaus (Joseph Morgan). They actually started the season anticipating having a “Klaus fakeout,” exec producer Julie Plec tells EW, “where the audience would believe that they knew who Klaus was and then our reveal would be that, ‘Ha ha, the trick’s on you.’” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2011 06:14 PM ET

'Fringe': Look who's talking -- and returning -- in Friday's new episode -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

by Jeff Jensen

Categories: EW Exclusive, Fringe, Sci-Fi, Television, TV Biz

“There is an entire world out there with no rhyme or reason.” You will hear these ominous words intoned on this Friday’s new episode of Fringe, which launches the sci-fi saga into its season 3 endgame — and sets the stage for season 4. Who’s doing the intoning? We could spoil it for you — or we could let you click on the video below and do the spoiling yourself. My guess is that you can easily guess, and in fact, talking about it further will only clarify the matter. So SPOILER ALERT! for my remaining prattle. Produced by Fox and presented here exclusively, the promo has the cast of Fringe touting the return of a certain iconic character — and teasing the fact that said character will be returning in a most curious fashion. In a word: Fascinating. The video awaits. And come back Friday for more intel on the episode, as well as my interview with exec producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman about Fox’s (BRILLIANT!) decision to renew Fringe for another season. READ FULL STORY »