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'Revolution' Recap: Monroe Reaches the Tower, Miles Finds the Traitor (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
Last week on Revolution, Nora risked her life to save Miles and Charlie, and wound up as Monroe's prisoner. In tonight's episode, "Clue," Monroe tortures Nora into revealing an important piece of information, and Miles tries to uncover the identity of the spy in the rebel ranks. Read on to find out what the Revolution writers have in store for us this week.
'The Real Housewives of Orange County' Recap: Heather's Big Night, Another Forgotten Fight (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
This week's episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County belongs to Heather, who tapes her guest appearance on Hot in Cleveland. Also, one of the original housewives returns. Vicki and Tamra bury the hatchet again, sort of. Alexis takes acting lessons. And Gretchen gets a surprise from Slade.
Joe Satran: Who's Winning The 'Game Of Thrones'? (TVSquad) - 3 days ago

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 3, Episode 8 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," titled "Second Sons."

"Ambitious climbers never want to stay on the second highest rung." -- Cersei Lannister

There aren't any runner-ups in the game of thrones. You win, or you die -- or so we've heard. This week's episode, "Second Sons," focuses on the ambitions of those who haven't yet reached the heights they seek -- Tyrion Lannister (a second son) marries Sansa Stark, in a drunk blaze, while Gendry's blood is used to advance the fortunes of another second son, Stannis Baratheon. Meanwhile, Arya continues her captivity at the hands of the Hound (a second son), Daenerys Targaryen wins the support of the mercenary band, the Second Sons, and Samwell Tarly encounters -- and defeats! -- a blue-eyed Other.

The Power Rankings
Using a complex algorithm that takes into account each player's wealth, military might and dominion over lands, along with a "bonus" factor that adjusts for unquantifiable assets that could influence events, we've surveyed the lay of the land to figure out who is winning the game of thrones after the eighth episode of season three of "Game of Thrones," entitled "Second Sons."


1. Tywin Lannister (Last Episode: 1) Though he's managed to get Tyrion wed, he's more focused on the marriage bed. Watching his imp child get ragingly drunk, Tywin reminds him that he "needs to perform" if he wants a baby in his wife's stomach. Tyrion gets drunker, then tells Sansa he won't share her bed until she wants him there.

"But what if I never want to?" she asks him.

"And so my watch begins," he replies. Tywin may be waiting quite some time.


2. Margaery & Olenna Tyrell (Last Episode: 2) Margaery's charms work less well on the mother than the son. After she tells Cersei how much she's looking forward to being her sister, Cersei tells her the story behind the song, "The Rains of Castamere." House Reyne was the second wealthiest family in Westeros -- just like the Tyrells. But when they rebelled against the Lannisters, "every man, woman and child" was slaughtered and left to rot on the walls for a long summer.

"If you call me sister again I'll have you strangled in your sleep," Cersei tells her soon-to-be daughter- (and sister- !) in-law.


3. Daenerys Targaryen (Last Episode: 3) After the lords of Yunkai have departed, Dany has a meeting with the captains of the Second Sons, a mercenary band who sees her as nothing more than a clothed vagina with a scant 8,000 men. One of them offers to let Dany bear his second sons. Her response: "Give me your Second Sons and I may not have you gelded." The captains plot to have her murdered under the dark of the new moon, but instead, upstart Lieutenant Daario Naharis (a long-haired former whore, if the others are correct) chooses to uphold his personal philosophy, which heralds "the thrill of fucking a woman who wants to be fucked" and "the thrill of killing a man who wants to kill you." Her "beauty" was enough to convince him to turn on his comrades, he tells Dany. "I'm the simplest man you'll ever meet," he promises. "I only do what I want to do." He swears his sword, and his love, to the Dragon Queen.


4. Joffrey Baratheon (Last Episode: 5) The Shithead King is in fine form this episode, standing in as Sansa's father (her own, thanks to him, is not available) and taking away Tyrion's step stool so that Sansa is forced to kneel at his feet for the cloaking ceremony. Later, he takes Sansa aside and tells her sweetly how he will rape her as often as he chooses. But when he tries to initiate the bedding ceremony, Tyrion's had enough and warns him that he'll be "fucking [his] own bride with a wooden cock" if he continues to be such a miserable little wretch.


5. Robb Stark (Last Episode: 4) No Robb in this episode, but it doesn't help the North's cause to have his younger sister (and, in the eyes of many, his heir) married to a Lannister.


Wildcards
These characters are important, but don't make it to the top five in our Power Rankings -- yet.


Cersei Lannister Cersei's been testy with Margaery all season. But this episode, hostilities hit a new peak when Margaery referred to the Queen Regent as "sister." It's not likely Margaery will forget that one when she, not Cersei, is queen.

Nor is Cersei making inroads with her fiance Loras. He approaches her while she's looking out at Blackwater Bay and tries to tell her an anecdote that had been related to him by his father Mace. But she cuts him off. "Nobody cares what your father once told you," she says angrily.


Tyrion Lannister In terms of the balance of power, the most important event this episode was certainly Tyrion's unhappy marriage to Sansa. If the Lannisters win their war against Robb (by no means a given), the wedding will make Tyrion the Lord of Winterfell, securing Lannister preeminence across the vast majority of the country.

But Tyrion's still not happy about it. He knows full well that Sansa doesn't want to marry him. And he doesn't want to marry her. He tries to build a bridge to her, using their mutual distaste for the wedding, saying, "I know how you feel." But she doesn't take the bait, and instead keeps her distance. During the ceremony, he's embarrassed when he can't reach Sansa's shoulders to place his cloak atop them. And afterwards, he drinks enough wine to get utterly wasted, surpassing even the impressive level of inebriation Cersei demonstrated during the Battle of Blackwater last season. Though his father urges moderation, to make sure Tyrion will be able to consummate the wedding, Tyrion is too considerate of Sansa's (and Shae's) feelings to go through with the act once they're alone in their wedding chamber. He tells Sansa that they won't sleep together until she wants to. What a nice boy! But if part of his intent with this gesture was to win Sansa over with his chivalry, she isn't having any of it. "What if I never want to sleep with you?" she asks. Well, then the wedding wouldn't be a real wedding -- and Sansa could get an annulment.


Sansa Stark The character who's suffered the most this season is clearly Theon. But Sansa must be the runner-up. She looks like she's on the verge of tears throughout her entire wedding weekend, despite Tyrion's best efforts at gentlemanliness. That said, it's not necessarily too late for Sansa to have a comeback and take revenge on her enemies. The Tyrells clearly still like her -- and if she and Tyrion can reach some sort of truce, they'll wield enough influence to be a serious threat to Joffrey and Cersei ... not necessarily Tywin, but he'll die sooner or later. Valar morghulis! (The "hakuna matata" of our time?)


Arya Stark Arya's angry enough about having been captured by The Hound that she considers smashing his head in with a big rock. But he senses her presence and talks her out of it -- then reveals that he plans to take her to her brother and mother at the Twins, not back to King's Landing. It seems he's telling the truth when he says there are worse people than him -- even if he's just returning her for the reward the Starks will give him.


Gendry & Melisandre Once these two get to Dragonstone, Melisandre reveals that she intends to slaughter Gendry like a lamb -- but that she wants to make sure he doesn't see the knife coming before she makes the cut. So she plies him with wine, sex and promises of divine preordination. But it seems death isn't in the cards quite yet. Davos Seaworth's objections lead Stannis to command Melisandre to prove that Gendry's king's blood is as powerful as the Red Lady says. So she drops leeches all over his body instead...


Stannis Baratheon ...which Stannis drops in a brazier one by one, naming one of his usurper enemies each time he does. The idea here seems to be that, if Robb Stark, Balon Greyjoy and Joffrey Baratheon all die, it'll prove the power of Gendry's blood, allowing Stannis to sacrifice him despite their kinship.


Samwell Tarly Samwell's sequence, at the very end of this episode, very quickly transitioned from cute flirty banter with Gilly to the very scariest scene so far in "Game of Thrones." Crows start to caw outside their broken down hovel in the snow. The volume increases and Samwell offers to go outside, sword in hand. An Other approaches. Gilly shouts that it wants her baby, but Samwell is determined to keep it. He brandishes his sword -- and the magical creature snaps it in half then throws Samwell aside. The White Walker is about to grab Gilly's son when Samwell finds his antique obsidian arrowhead in his pocket. He takes it out, runs at the Other and plunges it into his back in a last ditch effort to save the baby. Miraculously, it works. The Other screams in pain, falls to the ground and shatters into a icy dust. What just happened?

"Game of Thrones" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.

The Craziest Moments from the Billboard Music Awards – in GIFs (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne | Photo Credits: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Awards and performances may have been the main attraction at the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night, but there were also plenty of eyebrow-raising moments (sometimes literally) behind the scenes as well. Fortunately, vigilant social media users were on hand to capture all of the crazy happenings and immortalize them online. Here are the five wackiest moments from the awards, in GIF form:



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Ratings: Billboard Music Awards Hits 10-Year High; Celebrity Apprentice Drops to Finale Low (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

Madonna | Photo Credits: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The Billboard Music Awards topped Sunday, drawing its biggest audience in 12 years and its highest rating in 10.

The three-hour ABC broadcast averaged 9.5 million viewers and a 3.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, climbing 31 percent from last year.

Check out Taylor Swift and all the hot looks from the Billboard Music Awards red carpet

Fox was second, with double doses of The Simpsons (4.2 million, 2.0) and Family Guy (5.2 million, 2.5), which were down ...


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Robin Roberts Gets Standing Ovation at Peabody Awards (THR) - 3 days ago

Joining fellow honorees Lorne Michaels and Louis C.K. at the New York event, the "Good Morning America" host tells THR about the ABC News segment that chronicled her bone marrow transplant: “I don’t regret it at all. But it wasn’t easy."

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'The X Factor' Adds Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio as Season 3 Judges (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
The annual X Factor judging panel facelift is complete. Former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer Paulina Rubio have joined the FOX reality competition as the newest judges.
'Arrow' Season Finale: 6 Cliffhangers to be Answered in Season 2 (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
Arrow's finale was one of the most intense and heartbreaking of the season. The chase to prevent the Undertaken failed, lives were lost, sacrifices were made, and many questions remain.

Check out six cliffhangers to be answered in Arrow season 2.
'The Voice' Recap: Top 10 Perform (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
The Voice offered up a very unsurprising results show last week as the two singers I (and many others) predicted to go home did. Vedo and Garrett Gardner are gone, leaving Shakira and Usher each down one team member. Will the two new coaches continue to get decimated, leaving us with an all-Adam Levine and Blake Shelton Top 6? It seems possible.
The Vampire Diaries' Claire Holt: The Door Is Open for Matt and Rebekah Next Season (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

Claire Holt | Photo Credits: Curtis Baker/The CW

Now that The Vampire Diaries' Matt and Rebekah are jetting off for the summer together, will they continue their relationship when the series, and its spin-off The Originals, returns in the fall?

"Julie [Plec] has left the door open for us to have cross-overs and for each of the characters to swap between the show," Claire Holt told TVGuide.com.

The Vampire Diaries' Julie Plec answers burning questions and Teases Season 5

Although Rebekah has had a new companion in Matt (Zach Roerig), Holt says she'll have to fix her relationship with brother Klaus (Joseph Morgan) in order to survive New Orleans.



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NBC Acquires 'Siberia' Drama Centered on Reality Contestants for Summer (THR) - 3 days ago

The network adds another scripted entry to the slate, with the one-hour series debuting July 1.

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'Scandal's' Kerry Washington on Olivia's Shocking Family Affairs (THR) - 3 days ago

The actress talks with THR about Olivia's complicated relationship with the president and breaks down her character's Luke Skywalker moment.

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Rihanna's 'Styled to Rock' Adds Model Erin Wasson as Mentor (THR) - 3 days ago

She joins Pharrell Williams on Style Network's upcoming fashion competition series.

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Dancing's Derek Hough: We Feel Good About Our Pieces (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

Derek Hough | Photo Credits: Craig Sjodin/ABC

Hey guys,

How are you? Ready for the finale?

I feel like we're ready. We're as ready as we'll ever be. We definitely put the hours. We had 12-to-14-hour days every day. I had a little scare yesterday. My neck started to do a weird spasm. I'm trying to forget about it — mind over matter. It's not as bad as it was last time, but it's there. There are some moves that I'm doing in our freestyle ...


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'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: The Performance Finale (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
Finally.

Up to this point, the biggest surprise of Dancing with the Stars Season 16 has been how rigidly it has proceeded according to expectations: each elimination has been a predictable result of scores and charisma, with nary a bombshell in the bunch. That changes tonight: with a top four this close, banality is no longer an option.

This race is way too evenly matched to call, but that won't stop me from calling it: the Mirror Ball Trophy is going to Kellie. Jacoby has been fun, but his technical shortcomings have left him about a point below the others on average. Aly has shown incredible range and performance ability, but she doesn't command the same rabid fan base as an Olympian as her entertainment industry peers. Zendaya has often been toe-to-toe with Kellie, but the fact that she had prior professional dance experience has left a bad taste with some.

Kellie has Zendaya's skill, Aly's performance, and Jacoby's charisma all rolled into one, and I'm fairly comfortable saying that she has the best partner. Derek isn't just trying to win this thing; he's trying to push the very medium of three-minute reality show dance segments on a weekly basis, and nearly always succeeding. The trophy could very easily go to any one of these dancers, but in the interest of fostering discussion by taking a hard-line stand, I hereby declare Kellie to be the winner.

Oh yeah, there's still one more performance show left. Live blog starts now:
Laura Linney on the Poignant Value of 'The Big C' (THR) - 3 days ago

"There’s a sense of gratitude for everybody involved in the show," the Emmy-nominated actress tells THR.

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'World of Jenks' Finale: Kaylin Preps for Brooklyn Fashion Weekend (Exclusive Video) (THR) - 3 days ago

The second season of the MTV docuseries draws to a close Monday, May 20.

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Keck's Exclusives: Vanessa Lengies on Leaving Glee and Landing a New Sitcom (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

Vanessa Lengies | Photo Credits: Adam Rose/FOX

Fox's Glee will be a little less sweet next season now that Vanessa Lengies, who plays Sugar, has landed a regular role on the midseason ABC sitcom Mixology. "Getting to play Sugar Motta was one of the biggest opportunities of my life, and I met some of the most fantastic people, but I was being hired per episode," Lengies says about why she made the switch. "I loved getting to be there and dancing around, but I didn't really have much of an opportunity to act."



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TV Ratings: Surging Billboard Awards Hit High, 'Apprentice' Finale Drops From Last Year (THR) - 3 days ago

ABC's broadcast of the music kudos jumps 33 percent from 2012, while Fox's Sunday animation block get mostly steady sendoffs.

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Top 3 Engaged TV Shows Stand Firm Through 5/13 - 5/19 and Upfronts (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
May sweeps have come to a close, yet The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, and Modern Family stood their ground throughout. We expect this to change dramatically, though, due to the imminent season turnover of the three shows. 

Keep up on when your favorite summer shows return on BuddyTV's homepage feed, as well as brand new shows for the summer. If that's not your thing, remember you can also find all the Fall 2013-2014 schedules for The CW, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX.
Yahoo! Buys Tumblr for $1.1 Billion (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

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Yahoo! has reached an agreement to buy social media company Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the companies announced Monday.

Tumblr will remain a separate, independently operated business under current CEO David Karp, according to Yahoo!.



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'Teen Wolf' Season 3 Trailer Debuts: Alphas Invade Beacon Hills (Video) (THR) - 3 days ago

The next iteration of MTV’s hit drama kicks off June 3.

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Felicia Day's Geek & Sundry Grows to Add Vlogger Network (Exclusive) (THR) - 3 days ago

The Multi-Channel Network will search for 20 vloggers to comprise the Geek & Sundry Vlogs Channel.

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'Motive': Lauren Holly Previews ABC's Crime Drama With a Procedural Twist (THR) - 3 days ago

With the victim and suspect identified at the beginning of each episode, the summer series takes a page out of "Columbo's" book, the "NCIS" alum tells THR.

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Doctor Who Renewed for Season 8 (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

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The BBC has renewed Doctor Who for an eighth season, the company announced in conjunction with Saturday's Season 7 finale.



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'Motive': Meet the Cast (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
Meet the cast of the new ABC show, Motive, a police procedural with a twist. The killer and the victim are revealed at the beginning of the episode. As the police track down the killer, the complicated reason for the killing is revealed. It premieres Monday, May 20 at 10 pm ET and then moves to its normal schedule on Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on ABC.
30 Rock's Katrina Bowden Weds (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

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30 Rock star Katrina Bowden tied the knot this weekend, marrying her longtime boyfriend, musician Ben Jorgensen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.



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Who Won Celebrity Apprentice? (TVGuide) - 3 days ago
[Video] 'Teen Wolf' Season 3 Trailer: The Wolf Pack Is Back And Things Are Getting Dangerous (BuddyTV) - 3 days ago
Teen Wolf is back on the prowl starting June 3, but MTV has released an extended trailer for season three before we reconnect with Scott, Derek, and the whole hairy gang. And it looks like the upcoming third season is going to be darker, scarier, and full of (surprise, surprise!) new attractive people. Sign me up!
Brady Bunch Reunion: Greg, Cindy and Peter Return to Kings Island (TVGuide) - 3 days ago

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Here's the story ... of a Brady Bunch reunion!

Three of the original Brady cast members -- Barry Williams (Greg), Christopher Knight (Peter) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) — returned to Kings Island in Mason, Ohio over the weekend, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of an episode the show filmed there in 1973, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.



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