Television News

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  Colors to get show cause notice over 'Bigg Boss'

  The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the information and broadcasting ministry to serve a show cause notice to entertainment channel Colors over the content and timings of its reality show "Bigg Boss" to enable it present its viewpoint on the matter.

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  Zee's food channel set to go on air Thursday!

  Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) Tuesday announced the launch of India's first 24-hour food channel Zee Khana Khazana, which will go on air Thursday.

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  Hrithik to make small-screen debut

  A decade after his big Bollywood debut in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), directed by his father Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan is ready to make his small screen debut with a dance-based reality show. It’s rumoured that the show will be produced by Fazila Allana and Kamna Menzes of SOL Productions and is likely to come on air towards the mid or last quarter of 2011.

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  Shahid, Priyanka on 'Koffee With Karan'!

  Filmmaker Karan Johar has actually managed to get Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to make an appearance together on his chat show "Koffee With Karan".

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  Rahul Mahajan to groove in 'Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa 4'?

  After getting married on a TV show, Rahul Mahajan may soon put on his dancing shoes for Sony TV's dance reality show "Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa 4".

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  Munni to judge Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa

  One and a half years after the third season ended, Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa returns with season four on December 12, soon after Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 featuring Amitabh Bachchan wraps up on December 9. Malaika Arora Khan has stepped in as the third celebrity panelist on the show apart from Madhuri Dixit and Remo D’Souza.

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  Sanjeev Kapoor's food channel to be launched early 2011

  Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor's much-awaited 24X7 food channel in Hindi will go on air early next year.

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  Big Boss: The party's just started!

  Model Hrishant Goswami , who was ousted from the Bigg Boss house on Friday, says he is glad he's out. "There was no alcohol in the house and I couldn't sleep enough because we couldn't sleep in the day time," he says.

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  Indian Television News: Shrieking inmates for ‘Bigg’ TRPs...

  It had to happen. As reality shows got louder and louder, so did the criticism and outraged voices: Should Rakhi Ka Insaaf (Imagine) and Bigg Boss (Colors) be pushed to a late night slot when the only viewers likely to be awake are owls (adult owls, of course)? Or should such shows be taken off the air altogether?

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  Madhuri, Remo to judge 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4'

  Bollywood's dancing queen Madhuri Dixit is back in business as one of the judges of the fourth season of dance reality show, "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". Choreographer Remo D'Souza will also join her.

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  New TV serial shows both sides of Mandal divide

  What happens when a girl who lost her brother in the Mandal Commission protests of 1990 - against reservation for the backward classes - falls in love with a Dalit boy? That's the backdrop of the new series "Armaanon Ka Balidaan Arakshan".

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  Should 'Bigg Boss', 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' be relegated to adult slot?

  From suggestions to ban such TV shows completely to wondering how much of adult content can be curbed, television and film celebrities say ultimately the decision whether to watch reality shows like "Bigg Boss" and "Rakhi Ka Insaaf", which the government wants shifted to the late night slot, should lie with the people.

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  'Bigg Boss' gets further reprieve till Dec 3

  Reality TV show "Bigg Boss" got a further reprieve Monday after the Bombay High Court adjourned till Dec 3 hearing on its appeal against a central government order changing its telecast timings, a Colours channel spokesperson said.

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  Indian TV has lost it: Shekhar Kapur

  He loved his job as a judge on India’s Got Talent, and is now planning to produce an online talent show that he will co-judge with AR Rahman. “It should start in about two months. We’re just trying to get the technology in line. We tried once, about half a million people called in, and the server crashed.

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  Anil Kapoor takes Hot Seat in KBC 4

  Actor Anil Kapoor's character Prem Kapoor in the 2008 Oscar winner, Slumdog Millionaire, was supposedly modelled on the KBC host. The role was offered to Shah Rukh Khan earlier but after he opted out, Kapoor grabbed it and went on to become a 'global' face.

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  Stallone in Bigg Boss?

  Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone may enter the Bigg Boss house soon.

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  Swasti-Tejawini win ‘Nachle Ve'

  Swasti Nitya and Tejawini Behera were declared the winner of Imagine TV's dance show "Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan and Terence Lewis" Sunday evening.

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  Generous Bappi da gives away gold chains (TV Snippets)

  Music composer Bappi Lahiri showed his generous side when he gave away gold chains to the contestants of Zee TV's "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar".

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  Case against Salman Khan, 'Bigg Boss' makers for vulgarity

  A case was filed Friday in an Uttar Pradesh court against Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who is also the host of the "Bigg Boss 4" show, the producer and director of the reality show and some of the contestants over its vulgar content, an official said.

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  Wicked mothers-in-law replaced by loving ones on TV

  Saas-bahu sagas are still a staple for the small screen, but there has been a gradual change in the portrayal of mothers-in-law in serials - from scheming and conniving to loving and understanding.

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  Pamela sunbathes with Ashmit on 'Bigg Boss 4'

  Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson is finally adding some spice to Indian reality show "Bigg Boss 4". After gyrating to Bollywood number 'Dhak dhak karne lagaa', she went ahead and sunbathed with actor Ashmit Patel.

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  Pamela boosts 'Bigg Boss 4' TRPs !

  Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson's hyped entry, coupled with a heated argument between contestants Dolly Bindra and Sameer Soni, has generated maximum Television Rating Points (TRPs) for Colors' reality show "Bigg Boss 4".

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  Court gives 'Bigg Boss' reprieve till Monday

  The Bombay High Court Thursday stayed till Monday a central government order directing Colors TV to change the broadcast timings of its popular reality show "Bigg Boss", the channel said.

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  TV actors hail ministry's decision on 'Bigg Boss'

  Television actors Wednesday hailed the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry's decision that the reality show "Bigg Boss 4" would be telecast only after 11 p.m. because of the show's adult and abusive content.

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  Pamela gorges on paranthas, cleans 'Bigg Boss' house

  Former "Baywatch" beauty Pamela Anderson joined the "Bigg Boss" house just a day ago and she is already savouring Indian food and lending a hand in cleaning the house.