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more about #defamer more comments → SpyMagician: You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all! Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan... more » belltolls: Darren Aronofsky has a lifetime cool exemption...as he should. more » raincoaster: As ever, "Make somebody shitloads of money" = "Get out of jail free" card more » Magister: The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywoo... more » Juancho: John Lee Hancock has always had cash rolling in as an in-demand screenwriter (particularly on rewrites). Kind of a nice gig to fall back on. I should... more » Helio: "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with" I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically... more » fatmonalisa: As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it s... more » PaisleyPajamas: On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names commi... more » Mike Jahn: The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next. more » Conchie Birdie: This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Pere... more » Baroness: Interesting piece I will reread.. Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail. For DUI manslaughter. It's actually... more » Airvault: Why am I in film school again? I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes. more » CumaeanSibyl: If 1 is the Twilight kids, they should fire their marketing firm. Each and every Twihard hates K.Stew and believes she is the only one who can make he... more » MissNormaDesmond: Be prepared for O'Reilly's self-congratulatory broadcast whenever Moyers dies (hopefully many years hence), when he takes credit for having convinced ... more » -
#scandal
Fox Rains on the So You Think You Can Dance On-Air Vagina Parade
Looks like Rupert Murdoch isn't going to have to open up his gargantuan wallet to pay off the FCC because of a So You Think You Can Dance vagina slip. Why? Well, there was no vagina. More » -
#ratingsreport
Wow, People Are Actually Watching These New Shows!
We've gotten most of the new series premieres out of the way, and a funny thing happened—most of them are doing pretty well. What does all this mean? More » -
#hurray
Fox won't stop believing in Glee, poised to pick show up for the full season.
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#beingandnothingness
Gimmick Blogs To Conquer Television
If you're tired of hearing tales of how your downstairs neighbor got a book deal for his online compilation of images of his bad hair days, we've got news for you. Brace yourself to hear about his TV development deal. More » -
#idols
Why Ellen Was Picked for American Idol
For all the attention Washington's bluster gets, history will see this little health care squabble as a mere sideshow distraction from the news we received yesterday; news that will fundamentally alter the way we pick our next American Idol.
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#traderoundup
Natalie Portman Looks Over Her Shoulder for a Zombie Attack
Someone needs to tell AMC that vampires are the host monster now, as they shell out big bucks for a zombie show. Natalie Portman also gets a TV deal. And Legos (yes, the toy) are coming to the big screen. More » -
#whatsinaname
Glee Will Soon Be Back to Turn Those Frowns
Oh, joy. Glee, even. Fox's rousing, wonderful new musical series is now officially slated for a September 9th return. Plus there's been a new musical number clip released, and it is fabulous. "Bust Ya Windows" fabulous. Here it is: More » -
#presidentialpreemption
TV Networks Bravely Fight for the Right to Think You Can Dance
As we plod through The Summer People Stopped Watching Network TV, said networks are making a fuss about Barack Obama's insistence on holding press conferences because it temporarily prevents them from profiting from their endlessly looped last-gasp humiliation-based reality shows. More » -
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#keeppaula
The Vicodin-Riddled Masses Demand Fox Save Their Slurry Queen
A grassroots rebellion has seized Twitter in an effort to save Paula's slot on the Idol's judges panel. Will the Twitterverse switch their avatars from a Iran-protest green to a sparkly rainbows for Paula? More » -
#conpiracytheory
Roger Friedman: Celebrity Scientologists Got Me Fired From Fox!
Wow: Roger Friedman's accusing prominent Church of Scientology members Tom Cruise and Kelly Preston of conspiring against him, and he's citing this as the reason he was fired from his job as a showbiz columnist in a lawsuit against Fox. More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
Glee More Than Lives Up to Its Name
I sincerely hope you watched the premiere of Glee last night. Fox's new funny/sad series about a high school glee club was spunky, precocious, and sincere—normally things that are annoying. And yet, somehow on this show, they aren't at all. More » -
#television
Obama's Ratings Slide Ends with Fox on Top
The president's its third televised news conference in as many months ended with ratings down 42 percent from their February peak of 49 million. The obstinate bastards at Fox win! Just look: More » -
#tv
Instead of Barry, Fox To 'Lie' To Us
Are you excited for Barack Obama's network-bankrupting fourth prime time national TV address, in honor of his 100 days of Presidenting? Fox isn't! They will be playing their regular Wednesday programming. More » -
#journalismism
Pirated Wolverine Review Puts Fox Newser's Job on the Line
(UPDATED) Despite reports he was fired for reviewing a pirated copy of Wolverine, Fox News columnist Roger Friedman will have a chance to argue for his job, a Fox News source said.
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#television
Is Rupert Murdoch Picking Shows for Fox?
Want to know how much more work Rupert Murdoch has at News Corp. after his No. 2 Peter Chernin stepped down? Some Fox executives are expecting Murdoch to put together the primetime television schedule himself. More » -
#newscorp
Rupert Murdoch's Tale of Two Peters
Rupert Murdoch shook up Fox's movie and TV businesses today, his first moves since News Corp. deputy Peter Chernin stepped down. The biggest winner: Peter Rice, who's going from overseeing Slumdog Millionaire to American Idol. More » -
#novelties
Fox Buying Carbon Offsets For 24 Car Crashes
Existing to arouse torture-happy conservatives, 24 is going green to stop damaging the world the show is trying to protect. This could be a new plot twist: Jack Bauer realizes the global terrorist is himself. [Jalopnik] -
#records
Could Anything Ever Kill The Simpsons?
Fox just put in an order for two more seasons of The Simpsons, ensuring that it will exceed Gunsmoke's 20-year run to become the longest-running primetime series ever. Here's why it may never end. More » -
#watchmen
'Watchmen' Screenwriter David Hayter Insists Fox More Satanic Than Most Studios
Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter was asked by Hollywood Outbreak for his thoughts on Fox's litigious adventures in the Land of the Forgotten Rights Claim. More » -
#americanidol
'Idol' Judges Torn Between Attractiveness And Talent
In case you were worried that American Idol had somehow lost its dehumanizing edge over eight seasons, and that there was perhaps some small chance that its castaways won't end up on Celebrity Rehab—fret not. More »
