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Cast Shakeup at GMA, ABC News

ABC has confirmed that George Stephanopoulos will replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America starting Monday. He will coanchor with Robin Roberts.

Diane Sawyer left her spot as coanchor on GMA to host World News. She officially takes over as anchor in January. But, she will get a trial run on the nightly news broadcast on December 21 and 22.

Stephanopoulos will continue to host This Week for ABC.

Chris Cuomo announced that his final day at GMA would be today as well. He will coanchor 20/20 alongside Elizabeth Vargas, as well as "cover breaking news and get answers for all the shows on the network."

~Papi Chulo~

Chris Williams to Play Wilhelmina Slater's Drag Queen Double on ABC's Ugly Betty

Vanessa Williams' brother, actor Chris Williams, is set to guest star on ABC's Ugly Betty as Wilhelmina Slater's drag queen doppelganger, Wilhediva Hater.

Here's the set-up: Willie gets tipped off that someone has been regularly impersonating her at a drag club and she tries to shut the act down. That is, until she realizes that faux Willie could come in handy by attending meetings and events on her behalf. As a result, the two end up working together.

Ugly Betty moves to Wednesdays @ 10pm on January 6, 2010.

~Papi Chulo~

RATINGS REPORT :: Football Wins Week; Desperate Housewives is Top Scripted Series

NBC dominated the week ending Sunday with Sunday Night Football. The sports show easily won the week with 20.9 million viewers.

ABC's surging Desperate Housewives landed in second place with 14.9 million viewers. The heavily-hyped plane crash extravaganza was up 2.1 million over the previous week's episode.

CBS' Survivor landed in fifth place with 12.8 million viewers, while The Amazing Race season finale popped up in seventh with 12.3 million viewers.

ABC's Brothers & Sisters made a splash in tenth with 10.8 million viewers.

President Barack Obama's Address on Afghanistan averaged a combined 40.8 million. It was up 27% from his last primetime speech.

Chris Brown's interview on ABC's 20/20 drew 5.8 million viewers. That number was about 30% fewer viewers than Rihanna's interview a couple weeks ago.

Over in cable... The top reality show was Steven Seagal: Lawman. The series averaged 3.5 million for back-to-back episodes on A&E.

Here are the Top 20 shows for the week ending Sunday:

1. Sunday Night Football | NBC | 20.9 million
2. Desperate Housewives | ABC | 14.9 million
3. NCIS (R) | CBS | 14.3 million
4. House | Fox | 13.2 million
5. Survivor: Samoa | CBS | 12.8 million
6. Big 12 Football Championship | ABC | 12.7 million
7. The Amazing Race 15 | CBS | 12.3 million
8. 60 Minutes | CBS | 12.0 million
9. Two and a Half Men (R) | CBS | 11.4 million
10. Brothers & Sisters | ABC | 10.8 million
11. The Mentalist (R) | CBS | 10.7 million
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (R) | CBS | 10.6 million
13. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | ABC | 10.4 million
14. The Big Bang Theory (R) | CBS | 10.1 million
15. The Biggest Loser 8 | NBC | 10.0 million
16. Bones | Fox | 9.9 million
17. CSI (R) | CBS | 9.9 million
18. Cold Case (R) | CBS | 9.6 million
19. CSI: Miami (R) | CBS | 9.5 million
20. BCS Selection Show | Fox | 9.3 million

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Princess Tiana Doll Discussion on ABC's The View

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The Princess and the Frog's Anika Noni Rose on ABC's The View

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ABC Benches FlashForward

ABC has announced that freshman drama FlashForward will taken an extended hiatus until March 4, 2010.

The later date was selected so that the serial sci-fi drama can air new episodes back-to-back until the finale without repeats. ABC does not want the series to have to compete with the 2010 Winter Olympics, which air in February on NBC.

FlashForward was originally scheduled to return with new episodes in January 2010.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! :: Anika Noni Rose Interview

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Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation is a television special that aired Friday, December 4, 2009 on ABC.

The special serves as part retrospect and part promotion for Disney's The Princess and the Frog.

Vanessa Williams hosts as celebrities (Whoopi Goldberg, Dick Van Dyke, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Betty White, Terrence Howard, Sigourney Weaver, Serena Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ne-Yo, Magic Johnson, Ty Pennington, Anika Noni Rose, Kristin Chenoweth, Angelica Huston and Emeril Lagasse) talk about their favorite Disney films, princesses, villains and songs.

Here's the complete special (in six parts):

The Princess and the Frog arrives in theaters December 11, 2009.

~Papi Chulo~

Desperate Housewives Sneak Peeks

Desperate Housewives airs Sundays @ 9pm on ABC.

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George Stephanopoulos in Talks to Join ABC's Good Morning America

George Stephanopoulos is in talks to fill Diane Sawyer's soon-to-be vacant anchor chair on Good Morning America.

ABC's chief Washington correspondent has been the host of ABC's This Week for the past seven years. There is no word on when or if Stephanopoulos would stop hosting This Week if he takes the GMA gig.

GMA news anchor Chris Cuomo is also up for the post. Stephanopoulos or Cuomo would be paired with GMA's Robin Roberts.

Diane Sawyer is leaving GMA next week to take over ABC's World News.

~Papi Chulo~

SAY WHAT?!? :: Chris Brown Is "Devastated" People Don't Believe His Apologies

Chris Brown is like getting a chance to tell his side of the story on ABC's 20/20 tomorrow night. It's sort of less of a response to Rihanna's 20/20 interview, more of Robin Roberts making sure Brown knows the severity of what happened.

Chris Brown: "I never ever had problems with anger. No, no domestic violence with any of my past girlfriends. I never was that kind of person. I look at it, and it's really, like really difficult. It's like, 'How could I be that person?'"

He like goes on to apologize again for the incident.

Chris Brown: "I was wrong for what I did. It's not something I look over. I'm really sorry for what went down and what happened."

When Roberts asks if he like understands why no one finds his apologize sincere, Brown claims he has several layers people don't see.

Chris Brown: "I think what it is when people see me smiling and kind of nonchalantly giving answers or saying things, it's I'm human. Really, I'm like really hurting inside and it really kind of is like devastating to me."

The interview airs in full tomorrow night @ 10pm on ABC. Get ready to count all the "likes".

Here's the clip:

~Papi Chulo~

Who Made Barbara Walters' "Most Fascinating" List?

Barbara Walters has announced the bottom nine of her annual 10 Most Fascinating list.

Who made the cut? Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin, Michael Jackson's children (Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket), Tyler Perry, Brett Favre, Jenny Sanford and Sarah Palin.

Palin is the first person to earn consecutive slots on the television special.

Who was selected the Most Fascinating person of the year? Find out Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 10pm on ABC.

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Ugly Betty Gets a New Home on Wednesday Nights

Yup the rumors are true! Ugly Betty will be moving (from its horrible Friday night timeslot) to Wednesdays @ 10pm starting in January 2010.

Betty will be joining ABC's all-comedy Wednesday night lineup.

Although the writers and producers have accepted that this could be the dramedy's final season, they aren't giving up on it, and neither is the network.

~Papi Chulo~

Charles Gibson Set to Leave the World

Charles Gibson will officially be stepping down as the anchor of ABC's World News on Friday, December 18, 2009. He has been the news series' anchor since May 29, 2006.

Diane Sawyer will take over the following Monday.

Jon Banner (World News executive producer): "We're going to spend a good deal of time during his final week on the air looking back at the stories Charlie covered, hearing again from some of the remarkable people he interviewed, and paying tribute to our friend and colleague, and the enormous contribution he has made to ABC News over the last three decades."

Once Sawyer takes the helm, two out of the three major network newscasts will be anchored by women for the first time.

~Papi Chulo~

RATINGS REPORT :: DWTS Crowns Champion, Is Champion

Dancing With the Stars finally landed itself on top for the first time this season. Monday's performance show was the top series on the broadcast networks with 20.4 million viewers tuning in. CBS' NCIS came in second with 20.3 million viewers.

Dancing's results episode, and season finale, came in third with 19.3 million viewers.

ABC's Find My Family had a strong premiere with 12.8 million viewers, tying Desperate Housewives for 11th place.

Here are the Top 20 shows for the week ending Sunday:

1. Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 20.4 million
2. NCIS | CBS | 20.3 million
3. Dancing with the Stars: The Finale | ABC | 19.3 million
4. Sunday Night Football | NBC | 19.2 million
5. NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 17.2 million
6. 60 Minutes | CBS | 14.4 million
7. The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 14.1 million
8. Two and a Half Men | CBS | 13.9 million
9. Criminal Minds | CBS | 13.6 million
10. CSI: Miami | CBS | 13.2 million
11. Desperate Housewives | ABC | 12.8 million
(tie) 11. Find My Family | ABC | 12.8 million
13. CSI: NY | CBS | 12.7 million
14. The Good Wife | CBS | 12.5 million
15. A Dog Named Christmas | CBS | 12.4 million
16. House | Fox | 12.0 million
17. The Amazing Race 15 | CBS | 11.6 million
18. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | ABC | 10.4 million
19. Castle | ABC | 10.3 million
20. Survivor: Samoa | CBS | 9.9 million

~Papi Chulo~

DWTS REWIND :: Whitney Houston Performs "Million Dollar Bill", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

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ABC May Remake Charlie's Angels for TV

ABC is close to greenlighting a pilot order for a modern version of Charlie's Angels.

Josh Friedman (of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame) is onboard to write and executive produce the new series. Original Charlie's Angels producer Leonard Goldberg is also involved, as well as Drew Barrymore, who starred in and produced the 2000 film version and its sequel.

The original series ran from 1976-81.

~Papi Chulo~

LOST: The Final Season European Promo

LOST returns Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 9pm on ABC.

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Chris Brown Comes Clean on ABC's 20/20

ABC announced that it will air an interview with Chris Brown that will have him come clean and finally speak openly about his assault of his then-girlfriend Rihanna. The interview with Robin Roberts will air on ABC's 20/20 on December 11, 2009.

The 20-year-old R&B crooner will only answer questions. He will not be performing on the broadcast.

His interview comes a month after Rihanna's revealing interview with Diane Sawyer. That interview aired on the November 5 installment of 20/20.

~Papi Chulo~

RATINGS REPORT :: DWTS Nearly Topples NCIS

CBS' NCIS dominated the week with 20.3 million viewers.

ABC's Dancing With the Stars came in second place with a strong 18.8 million viewers... just 1.6 million shy of toppling the CBS powerhouse.

The American Music Awards had its highest-rated installment since 2002. The telecast landed in ninth place with 14.2 million viewers.

Here are the Top 20 shows for the week ending Sunday:

1. NCIS | CBS | 20.3 million
2. Dancing With the Stars | ABC | 18.8 million
3. Sunday Night Football | NBC | 17.3 million
4. Dancing With the Stars: The Results | ABC | 16.0 million
(tie) 4. 60 Minutes | CBS | 16.0 million
6. The Mentalist | CBS | 15.9 million
7. CSI | CBS | 14.9 million
(tie) 7. NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 14.9 million
9. American Music Awards | ABC | 14.2 million
10. Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 14.1 million
11. Criminal Minds | CBS | 13.7 million
(tie) 12. Two and a Half Men | CBS | 13.7 million
13. CSI: NY | CBS | 13.6 million
14. CSI: Miami | CBS | 13.3 million
15. The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 13.2 million
16. The Good Wife | CBS | 12.7 million
(tie) 16. House | Fox | 12.7 million
18. Survivor: Samoa | CBS | 12.3 million
19. The Amazing Race 15 | CBS | 12.2 million
20. Castle | ABC | 10.5 million

~Papi Chulo~