Filed under: Portable Video

While we’re still waiting for the early year flirtations of NBC and Apple to sprout into a renewed relationship, it looks like Microsoft is picking up the ball and running with it. The new Zune Marketplace TV lineup includes NBC favorites “The Office, “Heroes” and “30 Rock,” in addition to popular shows from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and Sci Fi Channel. Over 800 episodes in total are available at the moment, and all of them are going for 160 Microsoft Points — about $2.00. A more complete list is after the break.

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Filed under: HDTV

Oh, shoplifters of the world — you’re not going to unite and take over with these kinds of tactics. A Kirksville, MO. man was arrested on Thursday for trying to boost a $517 Viore (yeah) LCD television by swapping the UPC tag with one from a $3.16 bottle of water. Apparently, cashiers weren’t fooled by the admittedly paper-thin maneuver, and after four swipe attempts, a replaced paper spool, and one PA announcement for a store manager to come to register 14, they had the super-genius switcher thrown in the big house. If convicted, the man faces up to seven years in prison plus a hefty fine… and the lifelong shame of having tried to pull this stunt off.

[Via Fark]

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Filed under: Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Portable Video

Got yourself an Archos TV+? How’s about a WiFi-enabled 605 / 705 PMP? Even if you’re sadly answering “no” to the latter question, folks with a Windows or Windows Mobile-based machine can still get in on the placeshifting action, as Archos has just announced a swank new TV+ plug-in that brings Slingbox capabilities to those devices. The May-bound TVportation application, which will be available gratis for those who register their Archos TV+ on the firm’s website (it’s $49.99 otherwise), simply enables users to control their set-top-box from anywhere where WiFi is accessible, giving users the ability to watch live TV on their handheld. Sure, it’s more of the same, but for the Archos faithful who refuse to trade in their 605 / 705, it’s a dream come true. Check out a lengthy demonstration vid after the break. [Warning: PDF read link]

[Thanks, Charbax]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Naomi Campbell is getting ”Ugly.” The supermodel will appear in ABC’s ”Ugly Betty,” according to actress Becki Newton. A representative for ABC confirmed Wednesday that Campbell would play herself in the second season finale.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - For the third consecutive week, a last-place finish has led to elimination on ”Dancing With the Stars.” This week’s celebrity casualty was Marlee Matlin, who came into Tuesday’s results show with 21 out of 30 points.

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NEW YORK (AP) - As guest host of ”Today,” first lady Laura Bush proved she can be as chatty and genial as the broadcast pros. Even better, she demonstrated how to keep it under control Tuesday.

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - ”The Simpsons” has returned to Venezuelan television - shifting to a nighttime slot after regulators ordered it off the air in the morning. Elba Guillen, a spokeswoman for the station Televen, said Thursday that the animated Fox series returned to the air on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and will now be shown at that time each week.

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Week 5 has come and gone and once again Jason and Edyta are “safe” to dance another week on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. In this week’s exclusive Q & A with Jason Taylor he discusses his “groove” and gets some great rookie hazing ideas.

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NEW YORK (AP) - ”How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris wants to set the record straight: ”Britney did a great job on the show.”

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Tuesday night came and went. Host Ryan Seacrest introduced eight singers and three judges. Each performer chose an inspirational song to sing. As fast as it started, it ended. This week’s “American Idol” could not compare to the hype and significance of Wednesday night’s success of “American Idol Gives Back.”

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With the distant memory that was the writers’ strike slowly fading from the minds of TV viewers, everyone is preparing for the return of their favorite shows. Well, you better take the time to enjoy them because they might not all be coming back in the fall.

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The time and financial constraints of the writers’ strike are being felt this TV pilot season. The broadcast networks are developing half the number of pilots they usually do, ordering presentations in lieu of pilots for some and giving others the straight to series order.

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In week 4 of Dancing with the Stars, Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska had a much better go at waltz than the jive. In our exclusive post-show chat, Jason discusses the NFL issue with the competition, his sex symbol status and how his 285 pound teammate can cut a rug.

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Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night! These seven words have been shouted from Studio 8H of Rockefeller Center since Lorne Michaels created “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. The original name of the show was simply “Saturday Night” because at the time ABC had a show entitled “Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell.”

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Filed under: Cellphones

During the first episode of the new season of Criminal Minds, FBI agent and resident neat-freak David Rossi just couldn’t shake the unsolved double homicide that he never could close a score ago. Oddly enough, that wasn’t the only mystery involved, as we’re still scratching our heads trying to figure out what’s so important on the lid of Mr. Rossi’s RAZR2. Maybe a super-secret 4G icon? Tommy Tutone’s most favorite dame’s number? The infamous Sad Moto face? Whatever it was, we’re fairly certain a highly concealed RAZR2 is superior to the lowly RAZR Derek Morgan is still getting issued. What’s a man got to do to get a leg-up, anyway?

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - An executive producer for ”How I Met Your Mother” says he’s open to having Britney Spears return for another cameo.

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With Battlestar Galactica making its triumphant return for its fourth and final season tonight, let’s take a look at season three. Even though the boxing match between Starbuck and Apollo was hot, we’re skipping specific plot points and focusing on a general overview.

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Forget about MTV. Disney and Nickelodeon are the main go-to channels to find some of today’s hottest tween music acts. Disney alums like Hilary Duff paved the way for these top tweens.

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You’ve got to hand it to NBC. The once mighty network has been reduced to a perennial loser, regularly coming in behind the rest of the Big Four in every conceivable metric. So instead of trying in vain to come from behind in a game being dominated by CBS and Fox, NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman and company are taking a different approach. They are changing the way the game is played.

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NEW YORK (AP) - ”Friday Night Lights” will shine again next season. The acclaimed football-and-family drama will return on NBC for a third year after the 13 new episodes have aired on satellite-television provider DirecTV, in an unusual deal designed to spread production costs while rekindling a series whose audience until now has been as small as it is fervent.

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