Morning briefing

Glee has been renewed for a second season.

Ivana Trump has just entered the Celebrity Big Brother UK house.

America’s Most Wanted celebrates its 1,000th episode in March after almost 22 years on air.

Newly announced shows:

  • Top Chef: Just Desserts – competing pastry chefs; hosted by Gail Simmons
  • Work of Art: The Next Great Artist: Sarah Jessica Parker’s reality show for artists; hosted by Simon de Pury
  • CODE 58 (Working title): new action-comedy premieres June 7 about an old-school cop and a modern-day detective starring Dan Stark (The West Wing) and Jack Bailey (Mad Men).
  • Bethenny’s Getting Married? Docuseries following Bethenny Frankel from Real Housewives of New York
  • Thintervention with Jackie Warner
  • 9 By Design: transforming abandoned Manhattan buildings into unique living spaces
  • Double Exposure: reality series about photographers
  • Kell on Earth: reality series about fashion publicist Kelly Cutrone

Season 3 of Primeval starts in the UK on February 16.

Mel B is the new host of US reality show Dance Your Ass Off.

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood is back for season five.

Howie Mandel replaces David Hasselhoff on America’s Got Talent.


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  • http://luigicappel.wordpress.com Luigi Cappel

    I’m over reality TV, glad I’ve got a MySky!

  • on Holiday

    I got this from a web site, it was brought to my attention by a friends newspaper

    I was interest to know, does anybody have # 19. Interactive television.

    Top 20 irritating pieces of technology:

    My #1 junk Email (like we can dry clean your clothes (and they are in America))

    1. Car alarms.
    2. Egg timer appearing on computer screen.
    3. Computer crashing. (why not just put Microsoft, we all know it is only Microsoft)
    4. Speed cameras. (Well slow down DickHeads, it is there to save YOUR life)
    5. Automated phone systems. (I hate them, I ring up, they say “! am a ………. I can understand everything you say” later on when they dont ask the right question I say “ … you dickhead” they say “I dont understand that” )
    6. Novelty doorbells.
    7. Skipping CD. (dorks “Skipping CD” is not technology it is when things go wrong)
    8. The “bong” sound in Windows when you can’t do something.
    9. Uncomfortable headphones.
    10. Printers. (OK try writing what you have printed off this year)
    11. “Out of Office” replies. (can be very helpful)
    12. Predictive text messaging.
    13. Vocal vehicle reverse warnings.
    14. Alarm clock. (what?, if you wake up & get out of bed the same time each day you dont need one)
    15. Ball mouse. (oh man tell me about it, opto mouse is the only way to go)
    16. Sat’navs. (yes I see the other day, it has sent one lady the wrong way down one way road in Europe)
    17. Security lights. (OK Dick so you like going to vist someone and like tripping over o banging into things in the dark)

    18. House alarms.
    19. Interactive television. (WOW you mean Interactive television makes Free to air TV worth watching)
    20. In-car parking sensors.