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London’s Daily Mail reports that the full original cast of Absolutely Fabulous may return for another season. Crack open the Bolly, darling – Absolutely Fabulous is coming back. Joanna Lumley has revealed she will be reunited with Jennifer Saunders, 52, in a revival of the hit television sitcom. The actress said she was in talks with Miss Saunders – who …

A follow-up to the America By Movies map.

Wingnut Wheel Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has “apologized” for introducing Keith Olbermann to America. Olbermann fires back. Pat Sajak did not introduce me to America. I started on CNN the same year he started on “Wheel” (1981) and by the time I guested on his show in 1989, I’d already spent three years as a national sports correspondent for …

After test-running the feature in some markets, this week Time-Warner Cable officially launched its free “Look Back” feature, which is a sort of On Demand function that allows you to pull up shows that have run in the previous 72 hours. That’s handy if you forgot to set your DVR or see a bunch of raves about something on Facebook. …

Stay out of the comments (SRSLY) if you haven’t seen tonight’s stunning episode. Otherwise, dive in and dish the drama.

Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh has died in her Connecticut home after a two-decade battle with leukemia. Clayburgh was 66. Clayburgh was born in New York City, and appeared in numerous Broadway productions in the 1960s and 1970s, including The Rothschilds and Pippin. Clayburgh made her screen debut in The Wedding Party, filmed in 1963 but not released until six years …

He’s a real charmer and the translator is a riot.

She has the best accent on television.

What’s on your DVR this season? I’m loving AMC’s Walking Dead and BBC America’s Law & Order: UK. (Even though I have to keep the closed captioning on for the latter.)

From tomorrow’s debut episode of Circus on PBS. (Tipped by JMG reader Chev)

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t yet seen last night’s season finale of Project Runway. Otherwise jump in and and dish about the judges’ decision.

Calling it “poorly worded at best and inappropriate altogether at worst,” the general manager of the Texas NBC affiliate that broadcast yesterday’s “Will homosexuals bring about America’s destruction?” segment has issued an apology. The story became national news after being posted here on JMG thanks to a tip from a reader in Texas. CORRECTION: The below apology is from the …

It’s a patent-pending back-scratching system.

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t seen tonight’s Rocky Horror tribute. Otherwise give yourselves over to absolute dishing.

Barbara Billingsley, perhaps the most famous mother in the history of television, passed away at her California home today at the age of 94. From 1957 to 1963 and in decades of reruns, the glamorous June, who wore pearls and high heels at home, could be counted on to help her husband, Ward (Hugh Beaumont), get their son Theodore, better …

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

Almost as gay as Prince Poppycock! Almost! (Tipped by JMG reader Vivian)

The life story of Constance McMillan, the lesbian Mississippi high school student who was banned from her prom, will be made into a television movie. One of the rare cases where the bullying led to a happy ending — the story of rural Mississipi lesbian high school student Constance McMillen who successfully sued the local school district for discrimination — …