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Blog Entries for Sunday, March 31
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap ('Divas Into Icons'): season 5 finale, ep 20
I have learned that writing two recaps in one night is not feasible for me unless I end up with a raft of typos and grammatical snafus from pure late-night fatigue. But with both "The Walking Dead" and "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" reaching their season finales on the same ...
Blog Entries for Friday, March 29
Wendy Williams on RHOA: she saw the Porsha/Kordell divorce coming
Wendy Williams is very popular in Atlanta. Her daily talk show pulls in big ratings at 10 a.m. on Fox 5 every day. So she was happy to get on the phone with me earlier this week to dish about extending her season into July, two months longer than most ...
We have two tickets to Conan taping Monday, April 1
I wasn't sure if I was going to get a couple of Conan O'Brien tickets to give away but today, I did, however late it may be. This is for the Monday night taping at the Tabernacle downtown. You'll be able to sit in the audience and view the show ...
TV briefs: CNN morning show, 'The Game' ratings, 'Idol' theme
CNN has offically announced its new morning show to replace Soledad O'Brien later this spring: Chris Cuomo and Kate Boulduan. Boulduan joined CNN in 2007 and has worked with Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room. Michaela Periera from KTLA in Los Angeles will do the news. “I've been looking forward ...
Skip Murphy to replace Michael Baisden on Majic
Michael Baisden and Cumulus Media couldn't come to terms for his popular syndicated show. So he is gone, locally, on Majic 107.5/97.5. Cumulus has quickly found a replacement: Skip Murphy, starting Monday, April 1 at 3 p.m. No, this is not an April Fool's Day joke. I have no idea ...
Who will die in the season finale of 'The Walking Dead'?
"The Walking Dead" has been willing to kill off characters well liked (T-Dog, we still miss you!), not so well liked but crucial (Lori) and evil partially redeemed (Merle). In a Rolling Stone teaser story, AMC producers promise 27 casualties in the coming war between the prison group and Woodbury. ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, March 28
Who's out next on 'Idol'? Top 8 recap
It was inevitable that another guy would be gone, gone, gone. Question: is Lazaro being barely okay enough to keep him around or will Devin's singing skills carry the day? In the end, it was the former. Devin didn't make the cut, edging Lazaro Thursday night on "Idol." (The vote ...
Barbara Walters plans to retire in 2014
News reports are saying veteran ABC News broadcaster and "View" creator Barbara Walters plans to retire in 2014. Walters and ABC News have declined comment with sources all coming in anonymously to Deadline.com and AP, among other places. Walters broke a lot of barriers as the first female morning show ...
Wild 105.7/96.7 flips to alternative rock Radio 105.7
Clear Channel Atlanta has flipped its rhythmic top 40 station Wild 105.7/96.7 to an alternative rock station called Radio 105.7. This is filling a large gap on the FM dial left by the departure last fall of adult rock 92.9/Dave FM and alternative station 99X. Aly Young, last heard on ...
CBS Atlanta's Markina Brown starring in a play
Markina Brown, CBS Atlanta meteorologist, also has acting aspirations. She is starring in a play "Make Time 4 Love," with a smoldering advertisement. The play will be held at the Strand Theatre in Marietta May 11. On her Facebook page, she wrote: I shared that I was working on something ...
NeNe Leakes makes up with Kim Zolciak, prepping for wedding
While Porsha Stewart's marriage with Kordell Stewart is on thin ice, NeNe Leakes is getting ready to get remarried to her ex Gregg. If Leakes sticks around for a sixth season of "Real Housewives of Atlanta," her wedding will certainly be a focal point. Surprisingly, she says she will be ...
An exclusive interview with Conan O'Brien, coming to Atlanta April 1-4
Conan O'Brien's late-night journey has had its share of turbulence over the years, peaking in 2010 with NBC bungling his transition to take over "The Tonight Show." A job he had aspired for lasted all of seven months, leaving behind an acrid pile of resentment, tsunami-level fan anger and... Jay ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, March 27
'American Idol' top 8 recap: Motown (again!)
It's Motown night! Bring on the Xanax! We've heard this one through the aging grapevine enough times, haven't we? Okay, so they twisted it a bit to say songs from Detroit, which is how they managed to squeeeze a Madonna song in there (but no Kid Rock or Bob Seger ...
UGA's Peabody Awards honor 'Girls,' 'Louie' 'Southland'
The 72nd annual Peabody Awards, granted by the the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, featured several critically acclaimed series of the past year, including HBO's "Girls," FX's "Louie," ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" and Atlanta-based TNT's "Southland." "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels received a ...
TV/radio roundup: Cougar Town renewed, Eric Von Haessler's doc, Andy Dick, Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper
Raise a toast to TBS! The wine-drenched comedy starring Courteney Cox that the network picked up from ABC will get a fifth season. It did well for TBS, averaging more than 2.8 million viewers, 1.7 million in the 18-49 demo, including DVR use up to a week. For TBS, that's ...
Why is 'Idol' losing so many viewers so quickly?
What is ailing "American Idol"? There's one obvious answer: it's old, sucker. Twelve seasons in, we know all its tricks. We've seen and heard it all before. (More Motown! More Whitney! Let's turn down the lights, Ryan...) The public is tired. This.... is not happening anymore. The dropoff in viewership ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, March 26
Who is out first on 'Dancing With the Stars'?
First out tonight was not stand-up D.L. Hughley. His fans came out and saved him after his judges' scores lagged far behind the others. But you could tell he was appalled by his 12 score last week and worked hard to up it to 15 this past Monday for his ...
BET's 'The Game' celebrates 100th episode March 26 minus Tia Mowry
When a primary character leaves a TV show, the question always comes: will fans stick around? BET's "The Game," shot in Atlanta at EUE Screen Gems, is facing that question season 6 starting Tuesday night for its 100th episode. Tia Mowry-Hardrict chose to depart last year so they wrote her ...
Blog Entries for Monday, March 25
Video: Talking Conan O'Brien, Jillian Michaels, Walking Dead
Cinestars' Brittany Umar and I talk about last night's "The Walking Dead" and visits to Atlanta by Conan O'Brien (in town next week to tape his show leading up to the Final Four) and Jillian Michaels (hosting a Maximize Your Life tour at Fox Theatre April 21).
TV briefs: Pauley Perrette, Kim Zolciak, Jimmy Fallon, 'Drop Dead Diva'
"NCIS" star Pauley Perrette, who grew up in Atlanta as a child, has been at loggerheads with her ex-husband Francis "Coyote" Shivers. Now Shivers may face potential jail time for allegedly violating a restraining order. The couple married in 2000, separated in 2004 and divorced in 2006. Check out this ...
AJC Spring Dining Guide 2013
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