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Just wondering why the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition was televised in the middle of the night?  It is one of the true hightlights of the Olympic Games - our gold to our ice dancers and Joannie's true heroism.  It is a pleasure to watch the skaters again when they are not under intense pressure.  Why?  It has been shown other years at a time when viewers can catch it?

Tonight was Ellen Degeneres' first appearance on American Idol as a judge. Personally, I love Ellen but I've been a little bit reluctant to see what she brings to the show. If her appearance on So You Think You Can Dance was any indication, I was somewhat expecting an ongoing stand-up comedy routine. However, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. She didn't stand out or overwhelm the other judges with humor and was almost non-descript. I would have liked to have heard from her a little bit more, though my fear that she was going to be too much!

So, overall, for her first appearance I guess we're off to a good start. But that's just my opinion, what did you think?

Taylor Swift has had quite the year. After exploding onto the scene a mere couple of years ago, she quickly made her way from the country music market to mainstream music. 2009 and 2010 (so far) have been two of the best years for the young star, and while she's clearly popular, many are questioning whether she deserved the Grammy wins.

Okay, fine, she's popular, she's young, she appeals to a number of demographics. That makes her the ideal candidate for a People's Choice Award; but has she really earned the right to a Grammy, the Academy Awards of Music which many artists wait a lifetime for?

I don't have that answer, but tell me what you think!!

Things look good for Meredith and Derek, at least according to actor Patrick Dempsey, but things aren't looking so promising for some of the other Grey's Anatomy couples.

So, which ones do you think might make it for the long haul? Last week, Cristina voiced her willingess to give up Owen to Teddy if it meant more offers for surgery and cardio training. I don't think that's something that will go over too well somehow. Also, according to previews, Izzie is going to resurface. Following Alex's rendezvous with Lexi Grey; it looks like two relationships are about to go throw some seriously hard times.

I think it's too soon to see Izzie and Alex reunite, but perhaps they will in the future. Things with Mark and Lexi could go either way at this stage. I'm still holding out how that perhaps they'll find their way back to each other once the daughter situation is cleared up; but it might be too late after they've already discovered they're in different places of life.

Every week, the main Grey's Anatomy writer responsible for penning the week's episode is weighing in and providing their perspective on. This week's episode heavily focused on Dr. Arizona Robbins, and finally gave viewers a good look at what makes this doctor tick. Stacy McKee was the head writer for this episode, and here's what she wrote on the Grey's Anatomy Writers blog this week.

We’ve been planning an all PEDS episode for some time. Arizona is a regular now and we have started seeing more and more of her – but for the most part, we always see her helping Callie through crisis after crisis. We haven’t yet really given Arizona a crisis of her own.

Monday's episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a special episode produced by NBC, which is perhaps the show's last ditch effort to boost ratings and convince Jon Gosselin that the show must go on; or maybe, with the end in sight, Kate Gosselin's ready to air even more dirty laundry about her estranged husband.

Whichever way you swing it, Monday's episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 should offer something a little bit different, with the mother of 8 sitting down for an apparently "revealing" interview with NBC's Natalie Morales. The episode follows last week's "Ask Kate" which brought in more viewers than the show has seen in months, since the new season of the series premiered following rumors of Jon & Kate's split.

Jon has decided to put a hault on TLC's production of "Kate Plus 8" once "Jon & Kate Plus 8" comes to the end, but realistically, will that be a decision that can sustain the family? Jon & Kate might have had ample opportunity by now to save for their children's futures, at least to pay their way through college, but a life with 8 children just doesn't come cheap. Today, the family lives in a home valued at over $1 million, and while that might seem like a bit of a luxury, with a family of that size, it doesn't seem so extreme; particularly when the other option is to move back into a home like the one where the kids grew up, sharing bedrooms and one bathroom with 7 siblings, a lifestyle that few would envy.

At the beginning of the drama, more viewers than ever tuned into Jon & Kate Plus 8...but as the drama continues on, are people tiring of it? According to statistics outlined by the Globe and Mail this week, it sure looks that way.

May 25: 9.8 million

The season premiere is preceded by months of rumours that the couple are on the rocks. Photos of Jon with a woman emerge.

June 22: 10.6 million

News that it's Jon minus Kate leaks hours before the episode in which Jon and Kate announce their split - winning the show its largest audience to date.

Aug. 3: 4.2 million

The show returns from hiatus. Jon - with newly pierced ears and a 22-year-old girlfriend - finds himself a pad in Manhattan.

Aug. 17: three million

Police arrive at the family home when Kate pops by after she learns a babysitter she didn't approve of is tending the kids.

Sept. 14: 1.789 million

Defying Gravity had a fairly strong start when aired by CTV here in Canada, although now some viewers like myself are failing to tune in just because it's gotten slightly too strange. I haven't watched the show for a couple of weeks now, and because it seems many Americans have been having the same reservations about the show, ABC has pulled the show from airing. ABC began airing Defying Gravity later than it did in Canada, which meant there was no way they'd be able to show the complete 13 episode first season; however, now that their regular fall primetime programming has made a come back, episodes aren't appearing at all.Read more

Last night's most talked about moment at MTV's Video Music Awards 2009, was when Kanye West came on stage and took the microphone from Taylor Swift while she was making her speech to accept the first award of the night. Kanye West interrupted Swift's moment of glory to voice his disagreement - essentially mentioning that the award should have gone to Beyonce, who made the best video of all time.Once putting the microphone back in her hands, Kanye west was apparently escorted out of the building, while Taylor was left standing in shock in the stage, unsure of what to do or say until the commercials started to roll.

Conviction Kitchen is a new series airing for the first time tonight. It's reality TV at its finest, and if you've thought Hell's Kitchen was scary (thanks to one Chef Ramsey), you're probably in for a big shock. On Conviction Kitchen Chef Mark Thuet will take 24 ex-convicts, most released from prison for minor crimes, but there are a few bank robbers and thieves in the mix as well, and they'll be given the chance to re-enter society as a functioning member. Unlike other cooking reality shows, there will be no winner. Each of the convicts will participate and work towards a common goal of bringing in a profit to the restaurant within a 3 month period, otherwise the project will be shut down.

You might not have seen the show yet, but from a concept perspective, does Conviction Kitchen do it for you? Will you be tuning into the show? Or do you think this is an example of reality TV gone too far?

This week on the Ellen Degeneres show, Grey's Anatomy Star Katherine Heigl announced that she and her husband were going to be adopting a baby from Korea, and while she didn't say when their new little bundle of joy would be here, she seemed to imply it would be soon. We already know that Heigl has been granted permission to miss some of the filming for Grey's Anatomy this season, apparently to film a movie. Could it be that this leave will coincide with her baby's arrival? Or can we expect the actress to be absent even more from season 6 if the movie filming is actually taking place along with an adjustment period that will indefinitely occur once her adopted daughter comes home.

Despite the fact that Lost ended up with quite a following during its run - I was one of those viewers that never really made it past the first season. Some of the mystery was great, but once it turned from being somewhat fathomable to being completely unrealistic, I lost interest because the element of intrigue was gone. I've been watching Defying Gravity since its premiere, and with the introduction last night of an element that's surely going to be bridging on science fiction.

Ok, so there's been a lot of hype surrounding the upcoming premiere of Defying Gravity, a new hit series from the creators of Grey's Anatomy which is set to air on CTV. But fans of Grey's Anatomy are about to find that the formula for the show isn't so different from one that we are already familiar with. How? During scenes, the show is set to be narrated by one of the characters, who speaks in a context rich with metaphors; the male lead character on the show is said to sleep with one of his female students during a drunked one night stand. Ok, so the series takes place in space on a 6 year journey, and isn't always shown in the presence, since a good part of the series focuses upon a flashback to times when the crew trained and came together both profesionally and romantically. But yes, overall, Defying Gravity sounds just like the Grey's Anatomy of space.

It's July, and Grey's Anatomy fans are starting to wonder if Grey's Anatomy has finally begun filming again...well, according to Shonda Rhimes, much of the cast was back on the set on July 15th to start filming the highly-anticipated season 6 of the hit show. She made the announcement on Twitter, and even posted a photo to prove that they were back on set!