Filed under: American Idol , TV Replay With the theme around songs that inspire the Top 4, Haley Reinhart chose to sing Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’ for her first ‘American Idol’ (Wed., 8PM ET on FOX) performance this week. It’s not one of his more well-known songs stateside, but it meant something to her and she poured her emotion into the song. Jennifer Lopez criticized her choice of song, saying it was a bad move this late in the game

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Haley Reinhart Stands Up for Herself Against Randy Jackson’s Criticism on ‘Idol’ (VIDEO)

Late Night Lineup is our daily roundup of all the late night show guests, from ‘Conan’ to ‘Chelsea Lately’ and ‘The Daily Show,’ and everything in between. If you like this feature and want to see it become a regular daily thing, please let us know in the comments

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Late Night Lineup: Chaz Bono on Letterman, Jon Hamm on Conan & More

Filed under: American Idol It was a night of rock and roll on ‘Idol,’ and I was pumped for it. I really enjoyed last week and now that it’s down to nine contestants, the show is starting to have a better flow.

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Blake Lewis: ‘Lauren Alaina Is a Firecracker, Pia Toscano Brought the Goods!’

Filed under: TV Replay Bill Cosby made no secret of his distaste for Donald Trump on ‘Today’ (weekdays, 7AM ET on NBC), scoffing at Trump’s assertion that his role on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ currently prevents him from announcing his Presidential candidacy for 2012 . “Oh, please, with Donald Trump,” said Cosby, making a face. “Take him home with you …

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Bill Cosby on Donald Trump: ‘The Only Thing He’s Running Is His Mouth’ (VIDEO)

Filed under: Reality-Free , Features We had a hard time deciding what I should watch for Couch Potato this month. I’ve watched women’s programming all day ( OWN ) and The Disney Channel , and I was hoping this time that my editor — a perfectly lovely woman who has never showed any cruel streak before — would assign me something I was familiar with, or at least something I could identify with. She chose MTV.

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Journal of a Couch Potato: Do I Want My MTV Again?

Filed under: Reality-Free , TV News It appears Rachel Berry’s wish is coming true: New Directions will definitely take on original songs in an upcoming episode of ‘Glee.’ The two tunes, ‘Loser Like Me’ (co-written by the man behind Britney Spears’ biggest hits, Max Martin) and ‘Get It Right’ (a ballad apparently tailor-made for Lea Michele), will debut on ‘Glee: The Music, Volume 5′ when it’s released on March 8 and will be included in the March 15 episode of the show.

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‘Glee: The Music, Volume 5′ to Include Original Songs, Michael Jackson and Katy Perry

Filed under: TV News With just six days left until the highly anticipated ‘Glee’ Super Bowl episode (eeeee!), it’s about time the powers that be released some of the music. Today, PopEater has the exclusive premiere of the ‘Thriller’ / ‘Heads Will Roll’ mashup, which combines the Michael Jackson classic with Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 2009 hit. YYYs paid homage to ‘Thriller’ for their own ‘Heads Will Roll’ video, so the connection isn’t completely out of left field

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‘Glee’ Preview: Listen to the Full ‘Thriller’ / ‘Heads Will Roll’ Mashup at Last!

Filed under: TV Previews ‘Glee’ fans, we know you’ve been marking your calendars and happily the wait is almost over! The Fox hit is returning with a very big episode following Super Bowl XLV on Sun., Feb.

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‘Glee’ Super Bowl Episode Preview: ‘Thriller’ Photos, Promo

Filed under: American Idol We’re not sure about you guys but we couldn’t stop talking about last night’s ‘American Idol’ premiere…so we didn’t. You can read our early reaction to J.Lo and Steven Tyler’s big debut here and check out clips of a bunch of our favorite contestants while you’re at it. We know he’s not going to Hollywood but Michael Jackson devotee, Yohji “Pop’s” unlikely Miley Cyrus cover had us smiling all day.

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Something Pitchy: Talking ‘American Idol’ Season 10 Premiere

, Blogosphere Songs by the late Michael Jackson were scarcely performed on ‘American Idol’ (we wonder: did Justin Guarini’s trainwreck cover of ‘P.Y.T’ have anything do to with it?) That is, until season 8. This year alone we saw a number of A-level performances, from the semi-finals (Matt Giraud’s ‘Who’s Loving You?’) to a full two-hour episode dedicated to the King of Pop, which will replay on Monday at 8PM

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‘American Idol’ Re-Airing Michael Jackson Night