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Amy's Baking Company keeps delivering drama, entertainment after Kitchen Nightmares

Andy Dehnart — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:10:32 -0500

This season of Kitchen Nightmares delivered what was easily the series' best episode, and since that aired, there has been a lot of off-camera drama thanks to owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo--and viewers who responded strongly to what they saw. Their restaurant, Amy's Baking Company, has received threats from the show's producers and had a re-opening yesterday, in addition to being subjected to hacking and parody, including the mock ad below. After the episode aired,keep reading »

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Why Bret Michaels wasn't on Apprentice; X Factor's new judges; NBC's fictional reality; RHONYC sign contracts

Andy Dehnart — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:50 -0500

The X Factor has new judges: Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, who also judged on the UK version of the show, and Paulina Rubio, a Latin pop star. Their addition probably brings more credibility than its panel last year, but probably doesn't change the fact that it's a giant, unwatchable mess.Why was Bret Michaels missing in action on The Celebrity Apprentice's finale? His time on the show didn't exactly leave him looking good, but Bret tweetedkeep reading »

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Dear NBC: Renew Apprentice but replace Donald Trump with Ivanka

Andy Dehnart — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:03:27 -0500

The first-ever all-star Celebrity Apprentice concluded with Donald Trump breaking from tradition and selecting the finalist seated to his right, Trace Adkins, as the winner of the $250,000 prize, which goes to his charity, the American Red Cross. Overall, Adkins raised $1,554,072 for American Red Cross, while Penn Jillette raised $698,655 for Opportunity Village, according to NBC. Jillette's total for his charity, which helps people with intellectual disabilities get jobs, included $100,000 for having thekeep reading »

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Duck Dynasty cast prove why they're popular, get beaten by Swamp People

Andy Dehnart — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:44 -0500

Duck Dynasty's extreme popularity is now as well-known as its total artificiality. It's a scripted sitcom that lies to viewers, except it's honest about one thing: its cast members' personalities. The cast appeared on Katie Couric's talk show Wednesday, and did a good job of proving why they are entirely the reason why the show works, and why it's going to be all but impossible to duplicate its success (though a lot of networks willkeep reading »

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How to know which Celebrity Apprentice Donald Trump will choose (hint: look left)

Andy Dehnart — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:44 -0500

The Celebrity Apprentice's sixth season concludes Sunday, and it may be easy to tell who which of the final two celebrities will win the prize for their charity: that's because Donald Trump has always chosen the celebrity sitting on his left as the show's winner. NineDaves noticed and illustrated this fascinating phenomenon and wrote, "Why on earth would production be so stupid to put the winner in the exact same spot, season in and seasonkeep reading »

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Top Chef's oil spill money prompts b.s. from Bravo, Anthony Bourdain vs. Andy Cohen vs. David Simon

Andy Dehnart — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:06:23 -0500

News that Top Chef received $200,000 from the oil spill fund the Deepwater Horizon disaster has prompted controversy and a debate of sorts between Bravo VP Andy Cohen, chef Anthony Bourdain, and TV auteur David Simon. All of this was significant enough to prompt Bravo to respond last night, defending its actions by posting a statement from the city's marketing office that says its money didn't come from the oil spill fund:"The New Orleans Tourismkeep reading »

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The Voice smartly keeping all six coaches next year, including Usher, Shakira in spring

Andy Dehnart — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:45:03 -0500

The Voice will keep all six of its judges next year, including Usher and Shakira, who have been the subject of reports in recent days suggesting they're leaving. Instead, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton will be on both seasons, while CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera will appear in the fall with Usher and Shakira replacing them in the spring, just like this year. EW reported the news, noting that "NBC is finalizing deals with Shakirakeep reading »

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