Last night Luke took his 15 remaining ladies out on their first group dates. The two women who got their rings first last episode - Malissa and Anna, previously my favorites - were team captains, and tasked with choosing groups...

After weeks of rumors, the news was announced today: Paula Abdul will not be returning to judge the ninth season of "American Idol" when it debuts in early 2010. Let's pause for a moment to remember all the special times we had with Paula. The...

City Newspaper is going to be liveblogging the finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 5, starting Thursday, August 6, at 8 p.m. on Fox. And you can join in! Just follow the link below to CoverItLive.com, create an account (don't worry,...

I had no idea how they were going to stretch four dancers over two f'ing hours of television. Held at the Kodak Theatre - is it usually there for the finale? I don't think so. "Idol" yes, "Dance" no. We're down to Jeanine, Evan, Kayla, and...

UPDATE: Jeanine wins! We had lots of fun doing the blow-by-blow via CoverItLive's liveblogging software. To read the transcript, click here and press the "play" button on the CoverItLive widget. And then feel free to post your comments below, but remember

This week's challenge was that the Final 5 - Shayla, Reuben, Pinky, Mara, and Alicia - had to learn two different routines, one tango and one hip-hop. At this stage everybody performed at least adequately, and we had a several 10s in the midst --...

Fat prom! Luke gave all of his ladies some really lovely plus-sized gowns, and then they all had a day of pampering, during which many of the girls moaned about how they were too fat to go to their high-school proms. Ladies: I was a cow in high...

Television's best cooking show travels to Sin City for its sixth season, and Bravo's ubiquitous promos have been promising us for weeks that this is to be the "biggest season ever" with "the most talented group of chefs yet" vying for...

Ten months after the previous season aired, Project Runway returns from legal limbo with a new network (Lifetime instead of Bravo) and a new city. The show appears to have remained nearly identical, from what I gather. I can't really speak...

So nobody went home laast week, which left us with four contestants in the semi-finals: Alicia, Pinky, Ruben, and Shayla. I was actually thrilled when they announced the non-boot, because it was coming down to Shayla or Pinky, and neither of them...

I cannot tell you how deeply I regret being on vacation last week, since I missed the opportunity to recap the previous episode of this show. I was literally cackling with delight in my living room this weekend, watching it on TiFaux. From the...

The second episode of the sixth season left me feeling a bit conflicted. Although I think I like many of the chefs, and the food certainly looks more interesting than last season, I also found myself seriously annoyed with several of the...

The challenge: design a pregnancy dress for Rebecca Romijn! Oh, she's so pretty! Having both her and Heidi on the runway at once gave me a total modelgasm. When this was filmed Rebecca was still pregnant with her twins (which were born last...

The finale! I may have some concerns about the scoring on this show, but ultimately the three best dancers made the finals. That would be Ruben, Pinky, and Shayla. The former contestants all came back in, and they looked AMAZING! I was so pleased...