Downton Abbey has missed out on a Bafta nomination for the first time since it began back in 2010, adding fuel to the rumours that its current spate of main stars departures has left the fans unsure of its future!

Downton Abbey instantly struck a chord with fans all over the UK when it burst on to our screens three years ago, and before long it had become a worldwide phenomenon, with even the First Lady of America, Michelle Obama pleading with the BBC to send her series 3 ahead of its US premier.
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Fans of the once hugely popular game show Bullseye of course lamented its passing in 1995, and host Jim Bowen was of course also missed when the show ended its long run…

However, the good news is that Jim may well be about to make a comeback to showbiz as a Pope lookeylikey, because the resemblance between Jim and the new Pope is indeed remarkable.

The Daily Star today reports, “Thousands of Facebookers and Twitter users reckon the comic is the spitting image of newly-elected Francis I.” Read more & comment »

Ricky Gervais is to bring back David Brent, his popular character from The Office, for Comic Relief.

The funnyman has agreed to reprise the role for the charity event in a special edition of the programme called The Office Revisited which will be broadcast on Red Nose Day on March 15. Read more & comment »

Last night saw the 18th annual National Television Awards at London’s O2 arena, and what a night it was.

All the stars were out in force to celebrate the highly acclaimed ceremony, with some of them having too much fun…

Before the awards even began Celebrity Juice presenter, Keith Lemon, decided to entertain the cold masses outside on the red carpet with star jumps, after a making a dash to the gents as soon as he arrived.
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With the 18th National Television Awards only two weeks away all the votes in the public choice categories have been counted and a short list has now been released for you to vote for your favourites!

The National Television Awards is a celebration of the last year on our television sets from soap’s to comedy, drama to factual, and whilst many of the awards are decide by an independent panel, the following 14 awards are left for you, the voting public to decide.
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British acting legend, Joanna Lumley, has hit the jackpot!

Not only has she landed a role in a new Hollywood movie, Wolf Of Wall Street, but gets to snog the face off Titanic star, Leonardo DiCaprio in it for good measures!
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Jonathan Creek star and comedian Alan Davies, may be among a number of people facing a law suit from Lord McAlpine over the false allegations that he abused children, the Sun newspaper reports!

Lord McAlpine’s legal team plan to take legal action against a “very long list” of people, after BBC Newsnight falsely accused an “unnamed Conservative peer” of being a paedophile linked to the huge investigation into the late TV presenter, Jimmy Savile.
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Celebrity Juice Captain, and Radio One DJ, Fearne Cotton has announced the happy news that she is expecting her first baby with boyfriend, Jesse Wood.

Cotton, who’s best friend Holly Willoughby has two children already, made the announcement last night in a blog, telling fans: “Some lovely news. Jesse and I are very happy to announce we are having a baby.
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I have to say that I find Countdown to be potentially one of the most soul destroyingly boring shows ever invented, but one thing brightens it up as a viewing experience…

And that is when the letters picked by whichever maths genius is in residence spell out a childishly naughty word, and yesterday, Rachel Riley was the Countdown God’s latest victim when she had to spell out the word ‘MINGE’.

However, as the Daily Mirror reports, the truly professional Rachel didn’t bat an eyelid, and nor did host Nick Hewer, but the same couldn’t be said for the sniggering Dictionary Corner dwellers Susie Dent and Jon Culshaw, who giggled helplessly.

The oopsy moment came after champion Suzi Purcell declared a seven letter word, MINGERS, while her opponent, Elaine Rhodes, lost out with EMERSING, which doesn’t appear in the dictionary… Read more & comment »

Fans of Celebrity Juice were left baffled at the unexplained absence of regular team member, Rufus Hound, from mid way through the last series until it ended at the beginning of this month, after four years involvement with the popular Keith Lemon ITV2 panel show.

Well, if today’s comments are anything to go by, it would seem that Mr Hound has left the show due to a diva style tantrum over which comedian is funniest and most popular with the nation.
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I make this look more glamorous than it actually is...

Ever since Ashleigh Butler introduced her remarkable dog Pudsey to the nation on Britain’s Got Talent, us Brits have gone barking mad for performing canines, and even the normally emotionless Simon Cowell has fallen for the charms of Ashleigh’s four legged BFF…

However, they say the showbiz industry is dog eat dog, but 12 Yard Productions are almost certainly hoping there’ll be no cannibalism among the contenders of a new show they’re putting together for ITV2 entitled, Top Dog Model.

So, assuming your dog isn’t A) a killer, and B) is precocious enough a pooch to be a model, then he/she could be the next big thing on the canine catwalk.

Here’s what 12 Yard Productions have to say about applying for show…

We’re putting out a dog whistle to the 8 million UK dog owners and their pooches – from Labradoodles to Lurchers, perfectly preened to superbly scruffy, everything in between and beyond… Read more & comment »

Top Gear presenter and newspaper columnist Jezzer Clarkson must spend a fortune on specially adapted shoe horns that enable him to prise his foot out of his often runaway gob…

And he’s in need of yet another today as it’s been reported that his solution to the often long waits in queues at airports could be solved by introducing “a bit of racism” in order to target “high risk” passengers.

Jeremy wrote, “Nobody is waved through any more. The result is plain for all to see. And the problem is the only possible solution is to introduce a bit of racism.

“You can’t get that sort of thing past the bleeding-heart liberals… Read more & comment »

Générique Simpsons Parodie Game of Thrones by FilmGeek-TV

Every now and then, The Simpsons gives us a glimpse of their former brilliance with something sharp, contemporary and timely. And lighting up the internet tonight like a dried-out Weirwood next to a naked flame is the latest Simpsons intro sequence.

This one parodies the epic HBO series Game Of Thrones, with the various areas of Springfield coming alive by clockwork. Marge and the kids are even decked out in full medieval costume and the theme tune has been reworked for the occassion too! Read more & comment »

Weather man Alex Deakin recently experienced the phenomenon which all TV folk dread; LOASOT – live on air sudden onset Tourette’s.

The BBC meteorologist was giving viewers the low down on the weather, saying that the day would be “beautiful”, and adding, “By and large it’s simply a lovely winter’s day tomorrow, bucketloads of c***, er, sunshine across central and eastern areas.”

And of course, the clip ended up on YouTube, while Alex took to Twitter to express his remorse over his embarrassing slip up.

He Tweeted, “I think the less said the better about that last broadcast.”

He later jokingly added, “#P45”.

And when one of his followers asked what he’d said, Alex replied, “Not A naughty word, THE naughty word.”

But of course, he’s not the first person to suffer LOASOT, nor will he be the last… Read more & comment »

It’s possibly the weirdest thing I’ve written about in a while, but hey, just when you think you’ve been there, done that, seen it all and got the T-shirt, somebody comes up with something new…

And tonight, at 7.15pm on ITV1, an advert will air that contains special sounds that only dogs can hear. Yup, that’s right, it’s true. And nope, it’s not April Fools’ Day.

The Sun reports that the ad – which is for pet food – will feature “noises at frequencies too high for human ears.”

The paper adds, “In tests mutts stopped whatever they were doing to stare at the screen and often ran right up to it barking…” Read more & comment »