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Idolwatch: Thursday Morning Quarterbacking

Spoilers about last night’s American Idol elimination follow. Whoa! I didn’t predict Melinda’s being voted off American Idol, but that won’t stop me from offering a few theories: 1. Repeat after me: It is not a singing contest. I’ve said it before, but I’ll repeat it–”You get on Idol by singing; you win Idol by [...]

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Can CBS Dare to Be Different?

I have seen the funniest video of the upfronts, and it was not created by any network. It was made by stewmurray47 at YouTube. Called Caruso Endless One-Liners, it mashes together (with CBS’s blessing) a string of corny Horatio Caine lines from CSI: Miami, with David Caruso putting on his trademark shades after almost every [...]

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CBS: Not Standard Operating Procedural

Hugh Jackman guest stars in (and produces) Viva Laughlin. 2007 Upfront Photo: Robert Voets/CBS The most important bit of news from CBS’s schedule-announcement press breakfast this morning may have been a spoiler about Lost. Or not. You tell me. One of CBS’s new dramas, Cane, costars Nestor Carbonell (Richard from Lost). Now I’m not saying [...]

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Idolwatch: The Rule of Threes

American Idol reviews are live this morning. My guess for tonight: Jordin goes home, leaving a Melinda-vs.-Blake showdown that will be a more interesting stylistic contrast, but soured by the fact that the judges and producers, through their song choices, seemed to do everything to ensure that result short of cutting Jordin’s microphone cord. Feel [...]