VIDEO: Swingtown's Grant Show (Interview)

Ex-Melrose Place hunk Grant Show whose horny pilot Thomas Dekker of porn-moustached species gets to do a bit of wife-swapping every Thursday night at 10pm (and not many CBS characters can say that!) recently sat down with TV Guide to talk about his adult summer drama "Swingtown". Plus my take on recent episodes.



The ratings for "Swingtown" keep on going south (the most recent episode lured only a little over 5.5 million viewers, down 3 million from the June 5 premiere), so I think it is safe to say that season 2 can now be ruled out. That is a shame because the show has actually become deeper and more compelling. Not to mention more entertaining.


Those who were shocked by the show's bold premise never watched. Those who expected Showtime-type shenanigans may have been disappointed. But the most recent episode (also the first post-strike episode, written and produced after that whole WGA chaos) may have been its best yet.


The characters have been given plenty of depth, especially the brilliant Miriam Shor's conservative housewife Janet Thompson, who came out of her rigid shell bonding with people we'd never thought she'd be able to relate to, while not compromising her own set of values. Also, is there another show where adults are rollicking fun and kids are a snoozefest? Oh... "Desperate Housewives"... Never mind...



Despite the drop in the ratings, "Swingtown" continues to deliver some of the best 18-49 demo ratings on a repeat-filled CBS summer schedule, so I do hope we at least get to enjoy this fun show in its entire albeit limited 13-episode run.

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The Chace Crawford VideoMix

I obviously have too much time on my hands. But then again, I do have to find ways to get my Chace fix, while "Gossip Girl" is on hiatus. So here's a little video compilation of Upper East Side's hottest hunk's best moments in season 1 of The CW's addictive guilty pleasure. Chace fans, go nuts!

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VIDEO: Kevin & Scotty Get Married on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters"

In a beautiful (and scandalous - Ryan Walker? WTF?) conclusion to the 2nd season of ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" last night, commitment-phobic Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys) tied the knot with his adorable boyfriend Scotty (openly gay in real life Luke MacFarlane) having finally realized he is "the one." Check out the wedding video and stills, after the jump.

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"Eli Stone" Music Video (George Michael: "Faith")

Check out the music video for ABC's quirky legal drama "Eli Stone" (airs Thursdays at 10/9c, after 'Lost') along with the official promo shoot of the entire cast.

Over the past couple of years, the network has used successful recording artists like Mika, The Last Goodnight and Paolo Nutini to promote shows like "Ugly Betty," "Brothers & Sisters" and "Men in Trees."

Given his prominent place in the storylines, George Michael and his 1987 classic "Faith" was the obvious choice for "Eli Stone."

Every episode of the series is titled after one of the songs from the singer's vast catalogue and he himself will make several additional appearances on the show (in episodes 7, 9 and 13).

Furthermore, in episode 9, Eli Stone gets to actually meet the singer (normally he only sees visions of him). Michael asks Stone to represent him in a legal case.

Co-creator Marc Guggenheim recently revealed the show was written with George Michael in mind and the producers were very happy when the singer, who is allegedly a TV junkie, accepted to appear on the show.

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VIDEO: Gossip Girl's Chace C. on Regis/Kelly

Texas-born beauty Chace Crawford who plays "Gossip Girl's" cougar-loving prep boy Nathaniel Archibald made an appearance on the syndicated talker "Regis and Kelly" earlier this week to promote his CW show and talk about his own high school shenanigans.

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VIDEO: Britney Spears at 2008 MTV VMAs

The meanies among us may have been disappointed when Britney Spears pulled herself together and appeared on stage all sparkly and sober at last night's MTV Video Music Awards, avoiding a disaster of Brittastic proportions, such as her infamous Las Vegas fiasco, exactly a year ago.

An opening comedy segment with Superbad's Jonah Hill, a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd as she appeared on stage to introduce Rihanna, and later, three Moonmen including video of the year, made Versace-clad Spears' appearance at the overall safe and tedious 25th Anniversary VMA telecast last night, a much-needed success.

Then again, would she have pulled it off if she'd had to actually perform last night?

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VIDEO: 90210's Shannen Doherty on Letterman

Former and current star of "(Beverly Hills) 90210" Shannen Doherty, 37, stopped by the Ed Sullivan theater in New York on Thursday to make an appearance on CBS' late night talker with David Letterman.

The actress who departed the original show in 1994 following numerous tabloid scandals and clashes with her castmates and producer Aaron Spelling has thus far signed on for 4 episodes of the CW "90210" redux. Ratingswise, Brenda's revival appears to be paying off.

Doherty talks about how the new 90210 is different from the show that originally made her a TV star; what she saved from her house during Malibu fires; and ultimately she can't help herself but make some juicy double entendres while talking about horses.

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VIDEO: Chace Crawford's Cougar Sex Scene

Last season, "Gossip Girl's" resident hunk Chace Crawford barely got a shirtless scene. This season however, he gets down to business in the very premiere, as he enjoys some steamy cougar action with sultry Madchen Amick, who is 15 years his senior.



Crawford is pulling a bit of a Jesse Metcalfe here, as his teenage character sleeps with a married woman while the husband is away on business, an affair reminiscent of the 2004 lunchtime romps on Wisteria Lane between Eva Longoria's Gabby Solis and her hunky gardener.


"Gossip Girl" producers have promised to get even naughtier than last year, when the show grew into a modest hit for the CW, and even more importantly - got all the buzz in the media and soared on alternative platforms popular with the show's target audience, such as Apple's I-Tunes.

"Gossip Girl" airs Mondays at 8:00pm on The CW.

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