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Danny wins Biggest Loser 8 after shedding 55.58 percent of his weight; Subway bribes Shay

The Biggest Loser 8 ended last night, and transformed Danny Cahill was declared with winner for losing 55.58 percent of his body weight and 239 pounds. He said that when he's in the gym or walking...

Kate Gosselin being filmed for new show; her kids are "sobbing" without cameras

With the Salahis and Tiger Woods to distract us, Jon and Kate Gosselin haven't done anything newsworthy in two whole weeks. Crazy! But that ends today, as TLC was filming Kate Gosselin Tuesday in...

Jersey Shore generates death threats to MTV, dropped sponsors, but low ratings

MTV's two-hour debut of its docudrama Jersey Shore has generated a lot of press and even death threats to MTV employees, but it did not get a lot of viewers despite pre-season attention and...

Artists, scientists who "forge lives as modern- day paper folders" profiled in PBS origami doc

PBS' Independent Lens broadcasts some of the most intriguing documentaries on the most random subjects. Tonight, that subject is origami, and filmmaker Vanessa Gould examines the people who fold...

Columnist says Obama's presidency "is in danger of becoming" a reality show

In a recent New York Times column, David Carr argues that party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi "weren't so much invading the Obamas' privacy as trying to grab some of the abundant media limelight...

Million Dollar Listing keeps up Josh, Chad's contrived conflict, awkward set-ups as Madison comes o

Bravo's Million Dollar Listing ended its third season last night, and for me it went from guilty pleasure (I loved to hate them) to guilty displeasure. Josh Flagg and Chad Rogers are such terrible...

Meghan, Cheyne cocky ("we're the best team ever"); were 10 minutes ahead of Sam, Dan, who explain b

Ugh: Meghan and Cheyne are absurdly cocky about their Amazing Race 15 win, and if there's anything that can make me like someone less, it's arrogant cockiness. Meanwhile, Sam and Dan, who annoyed us...

CBS' pap smear gift PSA has versions for Christmas, Hanukkah, which says "schmear"

Perhaps the most awesomely unexpectedly entertaining part of The Amazing Race 15's finale last night was a PSA that aired during one of the commercial breaks. It's so random and amusing, if not a...

Amazing Race finale ratings up significantly, but 685,000 viewers tuned out during it

Despite being comparatively dull, the finale of The Amazing Race 15 last night was up significantly over the last two seasons' finales, although some viewers turned the show off during the...

Sea Shepherd's sixth campaign, production on Whale Wars' third season, start today

The Sea Shepherd crew is heading to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in the Antarctic to engage with Japanese whalers, and with them will be camera crews for the show's third season. The Sea...