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Posted at 06:52 PM ET, 02/14/2012

Comedy Central renews ‘Key & Peele’ for a second season


Erin Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele on Comedy Central's" Key & Peele" (Mike Yarish)
After telecasting just two episodes, Comedy Central has renewed its new sketch-comedy series “Key & Peele” for a 10-episode second season.

So far so good.

“Because ‘Key & Peele’ has been so immediately and universally well-received, I was worried if we didn’t give the show a quick pick-up, people might accuse me of being racist,” Comedy Central’s head of original programming, Kent Alterman, said in Tuesday’s announcement.

Because the two stars — Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele — are black men, you see.

“We are honored, humbled and most importantly contractually obligated to deliver a second season to Comedy Central,” the two men said in their canned statement about the pick-up, taking the high road.

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Posted at 06:46 PM ET, 02/14/2012

‘Paula Zahn’ to air show about Jayna Murray case


Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy alongside Phyllis and David Murray following the guilty verdict of Brittany Norwood. (Nikki Kahn - THE WASHINGTON POST)
On Sunday, Investigation Discovery channel will present its version of Jayna Murray’s murder in the season finale of “On the Case with Paula Zahn.”

Not quite a month ago, a Montgomery County judge sentenced Brittany Norwood to life in prison without parole for the savage killing of co-worker Murray last year in the Bethesda yoga shop Lululemon.

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Posted at 06:41 PM ET, 02/14/2012

With ‘The Voice’ coming on strong, ‘Dancing With the Stars’ under pressure for casting...and Herman Cain isn’t interested


Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine on “The Voice” (Lewis Jacobs - NBC)

The second week of NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” snagged more than 16 million viewers Monday from 8-10 p.m. — where the network has only averaged a measly 5.6 million viewers this season.

At 10 p.m.—where NBC had been averaging under 4 million viewers this season -- the second episode of NBC’s highly hyped “Smash” averaged 8 million.

Together, the two shows have handed NBC two consecutive Monday primetime wins among the 18-49 year old viewers it targets. It’s the first time NBC’s accomplished that with regularly scheduled programming in four years.

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Posted at 06:00 AM ET, 02/14/2012

‘The Voice’ Season 2: Highlights from blind auditions, part 3


Pip — yes, just Pip. (Lewis Jacobs - NBC)
In case you missed it, here were the high points during the latest epsiode of “The Voice” on Monday, which featured the third part of the never-ending blind audition process:

Biggest fight between the judges

It doesn’t happen often, but all four judges — Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton — turn their giant swivel chairs around for Pip, 19, who goes by Pip. Before he auditions, Pip says that people don’t take him seriously — not only because he’s wearing a bow tie and suspenders, but because he looks so young. Luckily for Pip, he does a soulful rendition of “ The House of the Rising Sun,” and every judge wants him.

Blake says that he needs more guys on his team, while Christina cuts in to say she’ll give Pip time and attention. “When she wakes up before noon she has time!” quips Blake, prompting Christina to shoot back that she’s a mom, so she’s always up early. As they bicker, Adam tries to convince Pip to choose his team, but Christina points out, “I did have success before Maroon 5 came along.” Burn! That’s actually is a pretty good zinger. Eventually, though, Pip goes with Adam, because he hit the button first.

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Posted at 05:30 AM ET, 02/14/2012

‘Smash’ has its Marilyn

The “final” decision, in re who gets to play Marilyn Monroe, was revealed on Monday’s second episode of “Smash,” after Ivy (Megan Hilty) and Karen (Katharine McPhee) got brought back for a second callback, and the casting couch motif introduced.

Are we really surprised by the choice? Are we happy with the choice? Do we really think it’s “final”?

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