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Jillian Michaels Leaving The Biggest Loser

Monkey 1 — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:35:53 +0000

Future competitors on The Biggest Loser won't have the urgent voice of Jillian Michaels spurring them on any longer. The trainer has announced that she will be leaving the series when her contract expires, which occurs following the new season that begins in January.

Michaels made this announcement on Twitter, adding that her replacement has already been chosen, and that she will help to introduce the newcomer over the course of Season 11. There's also the possibility…

CHUCK: James Bond Begins His Arc Tonight in Chuck Vs. the First Fight

Monkey 1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:52:52 +0000

On tonight’s episode of NBC’s Chuck, the superspy himself, James Bond, faces off with Chuck… in a manner of speaking. Timothy Dalton begins his guest starring story arc tonight with “Chuck vs. the First Fight.” There’s trouble between Chuck and Sarah as title infers and it involves Chuck’s mom, played by Linda Hamilton. You can see from the promo where Dalton’s character, Gregory Tuttle, comes into play as Mary Bartowski’s MI-6 handler. Executive producer Josh Schwartz describes…

Rizwan Manji (“Outsourced”) Exclusive Interview

Monkey 1 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:06:03 +0000

We routinely make jokes or take shots at the expense of the people who work in overseas customer service, but could you imagine playing one? I asked Rizwan Manji, who plays Rajiv on NBC’s Outsourced, about what it’s like to be the conniving assistant manager of the Mid American Novelties call center, and his previous roles on shows like Priveleged, 24 and FlashForward.

You play an interesting character: he thinks quite highly of himself, yet he’s still living…

Bryan Fuller Reboots The MUNSTERS

Monkey 1 — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:53:01 +0000

From the mind that brought to life the shows Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me, comes a reboot of a cult classic. Bryan Fuller is working on rebooting the 1960’s television series The Munsters for NBC. So far, a pilot has been ordered and the project has been described “Modern Family meets True Blood.”

Rumor has it that director Guillermo del Toro (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Pan’s Labyrinth) may be involved with The Munsters in some capacity as well.

No word…

Conan O’Brien says goodnight the Tonight Show

Monkey 1 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:34:15 +0000

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Now I've never been a fan of Conan O'Brien or the Late Night talk shows but you'd have to have been living under a rock not to sense his place in the late night pecking order. So it is with much ambivalence that I pass along the news that the poofy-haired O'Brien has decided to part company with The "Tonight Show"

The "Tonight Show" host says very clearly that he does not want to…