90210: Olly Murs to perform in an upcoming episode

According to Entertainment Weekly's Sandra Gonzalez, British pop star and former contestant on the UK version of The X Factor, Olly Murs will perform on an upcoming episode of 90210. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some scoop on Murs' appearance on 90210:

In the episode, slated to air in April, Murs pops up to help Liam and Navid woo a pro-surfer. The singer will perform two songs — “Troublemaker,” his song featuring Flo Rida and “Right Place Right Time.”

While Americans may not know Murs yet, the 28-year-old has topped the charts across the pond with his singles “Dance with Me Tonight” and the aforementioned “Troublemaker.” When he spoke to EW in December, Murs acknowledge the divide between his UK success and impending introduction to crowds in the U.S. “I mean, when you come to the States, you’ve gotta start from scratch,” he said. “It’s a new start for everyone. We’ve got to showcase my talent and try to win new fans.”

Link to the full article:Olly Murs to perform on '90210' -- EXCLUSIVE | Inside TV | EW.com



My thoughts: I have to admit that I had never heard of Olly Murs until I read this article, but I'm really excited about his appearance on 90210, because I've always loved the music that they use on 90210. They've also had a lot of great musical artists perform on the show throughout 90210's run, especially this season, so I'm very confident that his music will be very good. I'm really glad that it looks like Olly Murs' appearance on the show won't be connected to Adrianna and her singing career. Adrianna for the most part isn't a very successful singer at this point in the series, and yet the writers expect the viewers to believe that big name singers like Carly Rae Jepsen and Ne-Yo would want Adrianna to be their opening act. I've always thought that was really stupid on the writers' part.

After the whole scandal with Adrianna stealing Javier's songs and trying to pass them off as her own songs in season three, I don't think that big name musical artists or anybody in the music industry for that matter would want to be associated with someone who did something like that. It also really bothers me that the writers seem to have completely dropped the idea of Adrianna trying to reinvent herself as a country singer like she was last season and she's now gone back to being a pop singer. I'm not surprised that the writers have dropped that storyline with Adrianna though. The writers for 90210 have always been very notorious for dropping storylines out of the blue with little to no explanation, but I digress. Like I said, I'm very excited to see Olly Murs perform on 90210, and I think I'll try to check out his music before his episode airs.

Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011: The Kardashians, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Simon Cowell, More-TVLine

Not only does Barbara Walters keep up with the Kardashians, she finds the polarizing reality staples fascinating.

Yep, you read that correctly.

Walters has unveiled her picks for the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 and the entire Kardashian family made the cut.


Joining the celebreality clan are The X Factor‘s Simon Cowell, Kate Middleton’s sis Pippa, and Modern Family couple Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet. New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, Donald Trump and Katy Perry round out the list.

The No. 1 Most Fascinating Person will be revealed in Walters’ annual ABC special, which airs Dec. 14 at 9:30/8:30c.

What do you think of Babs’ picks?

This article was written by Vlada Gelman.

Link to the original article:Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011: The Kardashians, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Simon Cowell, More

The X Factor Renewed For Season 2-TVLine

Fox has more X on the brain: The network has renewed Simon Cowell’s The X Factor for a second season.


“I am absolutely thrilled with the news,” said Cowell in a statement. “I have loved making the show and I want to thank FOX, our sponsors and most importantly, the fans for supporting The X Factor.”

While not exactly the ratings powerhouse Cowell predicted it would be, X Factor has become a solid ratings performer for Fox. Per the network’s numbers crunchers, X has averaged more than 13 million viewers and “has significantly improved FOX’s year-over-year time period performance on Wednesday and Thursday nights among total viewers by +78% and +38%, respectively, and among Adults 18-49 by +37% and +41%.”

“The X Factor is a monumental success,” said Fox’s top reality exec, Mike Darnell. “It’s won every night it’s been on the air, the talent is phenomenal, the live shows are spectacular and picking it up is a complete no-brainer. Simon and his team have done an incredible job with the show, and I’m absolutely thrilled to bring back The X Factor for another fantastic season.”

This article was written by Michael Ausiello.

Link to the original article:X Factor Renewed For Season 2

The Voice Season 2 Scoop: More Blind Audition Rounds, Bigger Teams - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com

When NBC's The Voice returns next season, it will be bigger than ever. There will be more blind audition rounds, in which singers perform for the coaches sight unseen, and 12 contestants per team, up from Season 1's eight.

The Voice names Christina Milian as new social media correspondent

It's not yet clear exactly how many more blind audition episodes will air — they ran for two weeks earlier this year — but executive producer Mark Burnett says the decision to expand came from viewer feedback and having more time to produce them. "We put the show on so quickly last year. We only had four months," he told TVGuide.com after a press conference Friday. "And the biggest complaint that we got was, 'Awww, the blind auditions ended so early.' It was a quick blip. So I managed to make a lot more blind auditions and clearly we're responding to what our fans are asking for."

Series coaches — Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton — told reporters they remain unworried about the glut of music shows. The Voice returns in February after the Super Bowl, and after The X Factor wraps in December, but it will still have to contend with a new season of American Idol. Aguilera says The Voice's process when it comes to selecting singers -- the coaches listening only to a performer's voice and then swinging around in those huge red chairs — remains unmatched. "There's not a more suspenseful TV show out there," she said. (Burnett added: "These chairs have become stars in their own right.")

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Asked specifically about the similarities to Simon Cowell's X Factor, Burnett told TVGuide.com he'd only seen "maybe 10 minutes" of the show. "They certainly spent a lot of money, it's certainly big. I don't think it's different from anything else I've seen," he said. So while X Factor will award its winner with a $5 million recording contract, The Voice will stick with its $100,000. "Do you know what that reminds me of? It reminds of Austin Powers. 'One meeeellion dollars,'" Burnett said. "I mean, people aren't watching the show for that."

As for the new crop of Voice contestants — all selected now that the show has finished filming Season 2's blind auditions -- the coaches say they got extra competitive when it came to filling out their rosters. "We know the game now. It's an intense competition this year," Aguilera said. She boasted that her team includes an opera singer "who makes you cry."

"You sit there wondering why these people don't have record contracts," she said.

Those contestants are also savvier than ever when it comes to picking who they want to work with. "Now, they're all like, 'What can you do for me?'" Aguilera said. "They know how it works" when more than one of the coaches want in. "All of a sudden, we're the ones pitching ourselves," Levine said.

Season 2 of The Voice returns Sunday, Feb. 5 after the Super Bowl on NBC.

This article was written by Denise Martin.

Link to the original article:The Voice Season 2 Scoop: More Blind Audition Rounds, Bigger Teams - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com

Fall TV Twist: New Girl Gone 'Til November-TVLine

Fox is hoping that when it comes to the New Girl, absence will make your heart grow even fonder.


Not long after making the breakout comedy the first freshman series to get a full-season pick-up, Fox rejiggered its October schedule in such a way that Zooey Deschanel and friends will not been seen again until Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Bumping New Girl for the next three weeks will be MLB playoffs coverage, expanded installments of The X Factor, and World Series coverage.

This not-at-all-nectar news was first reported by The Futon Critic.

This article was written by Matt Webb Mitovich.

Link to the original article:Fall TV Twist: New Girl Gone 'Til November - TVLine

Kate Walsh to Roast Sheen (?!), X Factor Sneak Peek, Chuck Scoop, and More-TVLine

The remainder of roasters taking part in Comedy Central’s skewering of Charlie Sheen have been revealed — and one of these names is definitely not like the others.


Taking the stage to “jokingly” bash the infamous actor are comedians Jon Lovitz, Patrice O’Neal, and Amy Schumer, fan fave William Shatner and… Private Practice‘s Kate Walsh?! So strange, but oddly enough true.

Sheen’s roast shoots this Saturday, to air Monday, Sept. 19 at 10/9c — one hour after the particularly new season of Two and a Half Men debuts.

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

• An all-new, eight-minute promo for Simon Cowell’s The X Factor will debut this Sunday, following Fox’s afternoon NFL broadcast. Fret not if you miss it — the same teaser will air later that evening during Family Guy.

• Speaking of The X Factor, Brit host Steve Jones is set to co-host Fox’s live Countdown to the Emmys special on Sunday, Sept. 18 with previously announced emcee Nancy O’Dell.

• Zachary Levi will step behind the Chuck camera for a third time in the NBC spy dramedy’s upcoming fifth and final season, and here’s the best part: He’s directing the episode guest-starring his pal Danny Pudi (Community).

• The Hatfields and McCoys cast continues to grow: Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) has joined the TNT miniseries as Nancy McCoy, “Roseanna’s ruthless cousin who uses her feminine wiles to wreak revenge on the Hatflieds,” per The Hollywood Reporter.

• Rescue Me‘s series-ender was red-hot in the ratings on Wednesday night, delivering the FX drama’s largest audience (2.33 million total viewers) since the Season 4 finale. In the coveted 18-49 demo, it marked a high since the Season 5 opener.

• Previous Rizzoli & Isles guest stars Jacqueline Bisset and Billy Burke will return for the TNT drama’s Season 2 finale this December, per The Hollywood Reporter.

This article was written by Megan Masters.

Link to the original article:Kate Walsh to Roast Sheen (?!), X Factor Sneak Peek, Chuck Scoop, and More - TVLine

Lie to Me's Kelli Williams Visits Mentalist, ER Vet Flies Pan Am, Mariah Carey Is X Factor's Mentor and More - TVLine

Lie to Me alumna Kelli Williams has lined up a guest spot on The Mentalist‘s upcoming fourth season as a woman who once hired Simon Baker’s Jane during his days as a pretend psychic, reports TVGuide.com. The CBS drama returns Thursday, Sept. 22, with Williams’ episode slated for Oct. 6.
Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

Link to the Amazon product page for the Lie To Me season 3 DVD set: Lie To Me: Season Three



• ER vet Goran Visnjic has landed a four-episode guest arc on the promising new ABC drama Pan Am. Per EW.com, he will play a Yugoslavian immigrant considering life out west.

• Die Hard actor William Atherton will appear on the Oct. 3 installment of ABC’s Castle as a cryogenic freezing researcher happened upon by Rick and Beckett during a murder investigation, per TV Guide Magazine.

• You’ve heard it before, and now here it is again… albeit more officially: Our sister site Deadline reports that Mariah Carey is currently finalizing a deal to appear as a superstar mentor on Fox’s The X Factor (premiering Tuesday, Sept. 21).

• NBC’s Today is said to be reviving its fan fave segment, “Where In the World Is Matt Lauer?” According to TVNewser, the programming stunt, which finds the Today co-host in a different location every day for a week, will likely resume during November sweeps.

• Comedian Steve Harvey is reportedly developing a “comedy show with talk show elements,” with a fall 2012 launch slated, per The Hollywood Reporter.

• Rocker Dave Navarro has been tapped to host Spike TV’s Inkmaster, a new tattoo competition series set to bow in January 2012.

• A comedy co-written and starring funnylady Sarah Silverman sparked quite the bidding war among major networks, and has now landed at NBC, Deadline reports. Loosely based on the comedienne’s life, the potential series is said to have become the pet project of big screen mega-producer Ron Howard, whose Imagine TV is co-producing.

• OWN has announced its fall premiere dates: The Rosie Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass debut Monday, Oct. 10; new docu-series’ Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s and Don’t Tell the Bride launch Saturday, Oct. 15; and Ask Oprah’s All Stars, Our America with Lisa Ling, Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind begin Sunday, Oct. 16.

This article was written by Megan Masters.

Link to the original article: Lie to Me's Kelli Williams Visits Mentalist, ER Vet Flies Pan Am, Mariah Carey Is X Factor's Mentor and More - TVLine