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I think someone is in trouble, someone is in jail, I'm in trouble, what could possibly be wrong? I immediately go to that place, and it's my publicist saying congratulations.

The fantasy saga "Game of Thrones," defying the Emmy Awards' grudging respect for genre fare, emerged as the leader in the nominations announced Thursday with 19 bids, including best drama series.

Greg Poehler stars as an accountant to the stars who moves to Sweden to be with his girlfriend and her family in the new NBC sitcom "Welcome to Sweden."

Dan Aykroyd lost his business manager to cancer just this week, Kyle MacLachlan saw both of his parents die from the disease, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson's husband won a battle against it as a teen.

Viewers of "General Hospital" have loved watching the chemistry between Maxie Jones and Nathan West.

Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields, who co-starred on the hit sitcom "The Facts of Life," are teaming in a new Hallmark Channel movie called "For Better Or For Worse," airing July 19. Spelling and Garth, who became stars on "Beverly Hills, 90210" in the '90s, recently got back together in an ABC Family sitcom called "Mystery Girls."

Departing from its usual true-crime reality fare, the network is unrolling "Heartbreakers," which brings back stars from the past in scripted melodramas that happen to be based on true life.

Former Army infantryman Jon Stites is on a mission - to make veterans laugh, at any cost.

Wale is giving a nod to comedian Jerry Seinfeld in his latest release. He released his new song "The Followers," which features a clip from "The Switch" episode of "Seinfeld."

Ellen DeGeneres is ready to enter the "next phase" of her career. The comedian and talk show host tells Women's Wear Daily she's launching a lifestyle brand dubbed E.D. Though the letters represent her initials, the name of the brand actually comes from a nickname, "Ed," given to her by wife Portia de Rossi.

Actress Candace Cameron Bure has landed a leading role in a new TV movie series based on "True Blood" author Charlaine Harris' "Aurora Teagarden" mystery books.

The actress has a thriving career and baby on the way with fiance Ashton Kutcher.

July brings with it a bounty of scripted comedies on both broadcast and cable networks but the results are more fizzle than sizzle.

Jill Larson, known for her character Opal Cortland on the daytime drama, "All My Children," will perform in the Totem Pole Playhouse performance of "The Foreigner" with Ken Jenkins, left, and his son Dan Jenkins.

CBS says popular sitcom star Sean Hayes is joining the cast of its comedy "The Millers" as a series regular.

If two of the most progressive U.S. cities don't pass a tax on sugary drinks, will the idea finally fizzle out? Sugary drinks have been under fire for years, with many blaming them for rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases.

When Crumbs, the New York City-based chain that built its business around cupcakes, shuttered several dozen of its remaining locations on Monday, it seemed like an abrupt ending for a company that opened a decade ago to ride the wave of popularity of the sugary treat sparked by the TV series Sex and The City.

Amazon's viewer-voted pilot season is currently one of the most unique ways of bringing shows to audiences, and we at TV Blend are anxiously awaiting the second round of greenlit series coming later this year.

For decades, the title of the most popular Swede on network television belonged to the absent-minded chef on "The Muppet Show."

When "The Bridge" revists Daniel Frye and Adriana Mendez in Season 2, don't expect their storylines to immediately intersect with the arcs of Sonya Cross and Marco Ruiz .