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For its 10th season, American Idol is changing significantly: Besides adding mentor Jimmy Iovine and Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who will judge with Randy Jackson, the show will not have a top 24 or semi-final round, and the top 12 contestants will have to complete various challenges. That’s according to its returning executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe.

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American Idol drops semi-finals, adds challenges for contestants

Kathy Griffin’s awesome and Emmy-winning Bravo docudrama My Life on the D-List won’t be returning, she said, although she suggested that she’d be willing to do a show that’s scripted. The series adopted a hybrid format recently, with Kathy interacting with different celebrities. “I don’t think it will come back, especially not as the same show it was,” Kathy told Entertainment Weekly

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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List won’t be back

Ever since she was introduced as a “teen activist” on the premiere of Dancing with the Stars 11, Bristol Palin has been a joke of a contestant. But that she survived to next week’s finale is no surprise at all. Brandy Norwood went home instead, leaving Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey with her in the finals

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Bristol Palin makes Dancing with the Stars finale. Stop acting surprised.

TV News: Former AOL exec returns to his roots in radio

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Pittman joins Clear Channel

Jackie Warner’s second Bravo series, Thintervention, ended last night after eight episodes of working with a group of people to help them lose weight.

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Jackie Warner: still unlikeable despite having editing control on Thintervention

TV News: Edwards headed Wales’ SC4 — Internationally feted pioneering Welsh broadcaster Owen Edwards, who established network S4C, died Aug. 30.

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Pioneering Welsh broadcaster dies

TV News: Edwards headed Wales’ SC4 — Internationally feted pioneering Welsh broadcaster Owen Edwards, who established network S4C, died Aug. 30. He was 79 and had been ailing from Parkinson’s disease.

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Pioneering Welsh broadcaster dies

Five years ago today, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The results of that are well-documented, but now, even five years later, it’s particularly horrifying to watch footage from those early days.

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Five years after Hurricane Katrina, TV reminds us of its horror and impact

Danielle Staub won’t appear on The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s third season and may get her own show, but she said only that she’s “considering many incredible options.” Life and Style reported that she “has not been asked to return for season three,” citing an insider who said Danielle was shocked to get the news. Danielle told the magazine, “I don’t know if there are talks right now about a third season of the… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about The Real Housewives » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .

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Danielle Staub may leave RHONJ, get her own show, says she’s "considering" her "options"