entertainment - "season"

Fox announced today that it was going to take Moment of Truth off the fall schedule and replace it with its new import of Hole in the Wall, a game show that involves nothing more than people trying to jump through differently shaped holes in a styrofoam wall that will knock them into a pool if they don't make it. That's significant because Fox planned to use its he lie detector show to kill off Survivor. Now, the new Fox game show debuts Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET, and one week later, Survivor Gabon will debut in the same hour.This is probably bad news for Survivor. Hole in the Wall already has a cult following online (check out the 'human Tetris' videos on YouTube), and the novelty of a fun new game show versus a familiar reality show might affect ratings, at least initially. I can see fatigue setting in for Hole in the Wall just as Survivor picks up mid-season. Perhaps people will DVR Fox's show and tune in live for CBS', since eight years later, there's still a water cooler quality t

Being thorough is a key to making money in the College Football season. However, at the same time, many bettors have limited time to do all the necessary research. Also, even the most 'seasoned' bettors like to have a handy 'quick reference guide'...

Streaking Jon Lester , Boston Red Sox (10-3, 3.14) Lester, a recent cancer survivor, has pitched with a purpose all season. In fact, he is leading the Red Sox with a 3.14 ERA and 1.31 WHIP. He is also 3-0 in his past three starts wi...

Despite dropping three of their last four games, the Minnesota Twins are just one game behind the first-place White Sox in the AL Central. The Twins get their first chance to take over the top spot Friday when they travel to Kansas City for a three-game series with the Royals. The Twins are 7-2 against the Royals this season, with the ?under? also 7-2.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting and details for the second production of its 2008/2009 season, the World Premiere of KINDNESS, a new play written and directed by Adam Rapp (Essential Self-Defense at Playwrights Horizons, Red Light Winter).

If there's been a sleeper hit reality show this year, it's Jon & Kate Plus 8, the TLC docudrama about two parents (Jon and Kate Gosselin) and their twins, and their sextuplets, all of whom were the product of fertility treatments. The series debuted on TLC in January of this year, but that was actually the show's third season, as the previous two aired on Discovery Health. Two half-hour episodes airs Mondays at 9, and repeat often, and the show is averaging around 2.5 million viewers. While I'd heard of the show, I wasn't aware of the passion it inspires until I was prompted to check it out when my friend Dina of WDBR in Springfield, Ill., mentioned it. Always helpful for a reality show's ratings and buzz is controversy, and there's been a lot of that recently. In a Sunday Washington Post story, Kate said, 'I'm not always proud of what you see on the show, nor is Jon, [but] we're certainly not going to hide our imperfections. ... The goal is to show the world that this job is hard

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces 2008/2009 season.

One celebrity on In Touch Magazine's list of potential celebrity contestants for Dancing with the Stars 7 says that the list is incorrect and he will not be on the show.Former Dolphin Dan Marino won't participate, although he says he's been asked all seven seasons. 'They've asked him every year from the inception of the show, and he's never done it. It's just not something he's interested in doing. It's not a time commitment he's willing to make,' his business manager Ralph Stringer told the Sun-Sentinel. Dan Quayle similarly said he was asked but said no.Last season, In Touch said Marla Maples would participate; she did not. For season five, TMZ incorrectly insisted that five people would participate who never did. And this is now the third season that Florence Henderson is rumored to be part of. Maybe eventually she'll just relent and go on the show to stop the incorrect rumors.So do tabloid journalists feel like assholes after something they've made up or shoddily reported tur

David Payne is a bettor and reporter who has been covering college and pro sports for years. The New Orleans Saints ' top two priorities in the offseason were: . Improving the defensive line with an emphasis on getting more pressure on t...

MY BOYS. 10 tonight, TBS.NOW THAT I'm finally caught up with TBS' "My Boys" - just one of the several shows worth watching that I've managed to lose track of this summer - it's airing its season finale tonight.