TV and Movie News (page 1348)

Couples, get your claws out. "The Marriage Ref" is back June 26. Comedian Tom Papa, hand-chosen by returning Executive Producer Jerry Seinfeld, is back hosting the show that sends couples to marriage counseling before a live studio audience and an audience of millions of viewers, not to mention a panel of celebrities and comedians. Real-life couples will take the stage before the panel and live audience to air their funny, quirky but very real dirty laundry.

With Anthony Weiner effectively removed from consideration, Alec Baldwin may have found the big break he's always waited for. Baldwin has expressed interest in political office for over a decade, and specifically cited his current age range as an ideal time to enter the political arena.

June 12 will be a big night for Oxygen, and a huge night for Gleeks the world over. That's the night the network kicks its premiere event for "The Glee Project" with the debut of the one-hour casting special "The Glee Project: The Final 12" bowing at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT, followed by the premiere of "The Glee Project" proper at 9 p.m. ET.

The auditions are over, the battle rounds are done, and the teams have been narrowed down to just four competitors per coach. Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton watched their teams compete with one another in the battle rounds, and eventually eliminated half of the team members to end up with the chosen ones for the live performances.

So, a rarity emerges: a proposed remake of a cult favorite that has some talent behind it with some real credibility, and seems like it might have some potential. It the latest chapter of an ongoing quest to complete a remake of Steven Spielberg's 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist," the latest writer attached to pen the re-imagining is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author David Lindsay-Abaire ("Oz: The Great and Powerful," "Rabbit Hole"), says New York Magazine.

Funny how things work out. Just as the face (and legs) of "Entertainment Tonight," Mary Hart, is exiting her 29-year co-hosting run, former "ET" co-host Leeza Gibbons is all set for her return to syndicated first-run television. Gibbons is slated to co-host the new daytime daily news program "America Now" alongside creator Bill Rancic, with the show slated to debut September.

It's that time again, time to bring a bunch of people out on a national stage and judge them. No, I'm not talking about "American Idol." No, not "America's Got Talent" either. Not "The Biggest Loser." It's the "Miss USA" pageant, okay? Yeesh. Today, Donald Trump and Paula Shugart (president of the Miss Universe Organization) announced the hosts for their annual beauty pageant, and they're with the NBC family: Andy Cohen of Bravo and Guiliana Racic of E! will take on the hosting duties this year.

At a time when America is strongly focused on reducing prejudice, hate and bullying, MSNBC will shine a spotlight June 26 on a story of redemption. The network's latest documentary "Erasing The Hate," hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell, will tell the story of how Bryon Widner ended 16 years in a skinhead group where he was a heavy drinker and "pitbull" enforcer.

If the Summer Olympics to you are like an epic Christmas present that you only get to open every four years, then you know just where to be for the next eight years to tear off the wrapping. NBC Universal announced Tuesday that the Peacock Network has locked in unprecedented broadcast rights for the next four Winter and Summer Olympics in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020, at a price of a scant $4.

The premiere of the new ABC Family series "Switched at Birth" drew in a record-breaking 3.3 million viewers, giving it the highest-rated series debut for ABC Family ever. Those numbers were enough to dethrone "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," which debuted roughly three seasons ago to an audience of 2.8 million. These are impressive numbers for a cable network, especially one that's just beginning to find its identity through its original content.