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Richard Drew is a TV producer, writer, show business journalist and fanatical TV follower.

"I’ve had a lifelong passion for TV and remain as excited and driven towards the industry as ever. I’m also very opinionated, and having worked in the industry my whole adult life I have a unique perspective on what works, what doesn’t – and why."

THE AMAZING RACE: WATERMELON WALLOP!

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You may have seen this clip already today (wow, news travels fast these days!) but in case not, check out what happens when a stray watermelon fights back in an upcoming Amazing Race challenge… Ouch! I can only imagine how painful

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE TOP 10 – JEREMY VANSCHOONHOVEN

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Okay, so if Jackie Evancho, Prince Poppycock and Michael Grasso take three of the four places in this year’s AGT Final – who will join them? Now here’s where it gets tricky – and honestly it could be virtually ANYONE… Studio One

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE TOP 10 – MICHAEL GRASSO

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Two places left in the Final Four (after Jackie Evancho and Prince Poppycock nab their ‘slots’) – so who will join them? I’m gonna go out on a limb and go with Michael Grasso next – simply because he was one

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE TOP 10 – PRINCE POPPYCOCK

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Okay – so Jackie Evancho is a dead cert for the America’s Got Talent Final Four… but who will be joining her? At this stage I think I’d be a fool NOT to go with Prince Poppycock, the fabulous fop who

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE TOP 10 – JACKIE EVANCHO

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Hmm, a curious night on America’s Got Talent last night… the penultimate performance show… After last week’s slam bang Semi Final show I must admit to being a little disappointed by yesterday’s parade of performances. Sure there were some good moments

COMING SOON – FALL SPECIAL: NIKITA

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When Does It Start: Thursday September 9th at 9 / 8c on The CW In A Nutshell: Remember Le Femme Nikita… she’s back! What’s It About: Maggie Q is Nikita, a troubled street kid sentenced to death row, but saved by a

COOL CLIP: NO ONE LIKES M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN

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Oh this is good! Hot on the heels of the recent MTV movie spoof, Escalation, here’s the guys at College Humor with a glossier and even more surreal take-down of the dubious director… Now I’ll be the first to admit that Night

GLEE: SUE SYLVESTER IS BACK…!

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Ah it’s good to see her again… Check out Sue Sylvester in all her sarcastic glory in the first released scene from the new season of Glee… It’s tryout time for The Glee Club and New Directions – but of course Mr

RICHARD RECOMMENDS: HAIR BATTLE SPECTACULAR

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Okay guys – so I have a new favorite reality show of the moment! For the last few weeks I’ve become rather hooked on Oxygen’s Hair Battle Spectacular, one of the craziest and silliest shows of the summer season. But darn

COMING SOON – FALL SPECIAL: HELLCATS

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The Fall TV season is about to kick off – so over the next few weeks we’ll be focusing our Coming Soon feature on all the new network shows… What will be the next breakout hit, who’ll receive the quickest

TRUE BLOOD: IN MEMORIAM

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Grab your hankie, folks! In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a cool video doing the rounds at the moment from the folks at HBO, paying tribute to all the guys, girls, vampires and werewolves that have met an untimely

DEXTER ACTION FIGURE CONTROVERSY!

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Uh-oh looks like Dexter is causing trouble again! Yep, Showtime‘s hit serial killer series is in hot water after Toys R Us started selling a range of Dexter action figure collectibles in stores across America (where they’re selling out!) Below is

THE X FACTOR: CHER LLOYD

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Hmm, here’s someone quite interesting… check out 16 year old Cher Lloyd, a fresh faced young talent with tonnes of pop star potential… but what else would you expect with a name like that! Cher is from Malvern in Worcestershire and

THE X FACTOR: ABLISA

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Classic TV Clip Alert! Here it is guys – the clip everyone is going to be talking about over the next few days – and you saw it here first! Check out Ablisa – the latest ‘act’ to audition in front of

SNEAK PEEK 2: GLEE – SEASON 2

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Hot on the heels of our little glimpse last week, here’s an extended look ahead at the new season of Glee, coming September 21st to Fox. Quite why two of the cast of Bones are introducing the clip is anyone’s guess

COOL CLIP: MTV’S ESCALATION

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Are you a fan of movie director M.Night Shyamalan? Chances are you’re shaking your head at the moment, especially if you sat through Night’s last three movies: The Last Airbender, The Happening and Lady In The Water (undoubtedly one of the

AMERICAN IDOL: KARA GETS CUT

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‘Another One Bites The Dust’on the 2011 Panel So it’s official – Kara Dioguardi is no more on American Idol. After months of speculation, Fox put out a press release yesterday, the Friday afternoon before a Labor Day weekend, the perfect

PROJECT RUNWAY: HITTING NEW HIGHS…

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Wow, talk about a comeback! Like many people I’d pretty much counted out Lifetime’s Project Runway this season, after a couple of uninspiring series away from the show’s spiritual home on Bravo. As I wrote in my Pulling The Plug piece –

JAN BREWER: HOW DO YOU SPELL AWKWARD?

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By now you’ve probably seen the epic clip of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer‘s epic fail at her televised debate earlier this week… but if not – here’s Rachel Maddow‘s take-down of the controversial politician. Regardless of which side of the political

RATINGS ROUNDUP

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Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days WINNERS TRUE BLOOD: I still think True Blood is all over the place creatively this season (see my Bloody Mess posting for more) but the ratings sure can’t be argued with. Sunday’s penultimate