Lindsay Lohan to sing in 'SNL' opening

Lindsay Lohan to sing in 'SNL' opening

Lindsay Lohan plans to sing in her opening monologue on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live.

The actress was announced as host last week, after she made repeated calls to show creator Lorne Michaels for the chance.

TMZ reports that Lohan is planning to pull out all the stops for her return to the sketch comedy show. In the monologue, Lohan will make references to her recent drug-related troubles, including her arrests and community service sentences.

Several cast members from the show will apparently be joining her on stage for the musical number.

Sources close to the actress say Lohan is using SNL as a platform to show that she has a sense of humour about herself and her legal troubles. In a recent interview she commented that Saturday Night Live was the perfect venue to poke fun at herself.

Lohan has also invited celebrity friends to make cameos on the show, including late night host Jimmy Fallon. There is no confirmation of who her guests will include.

The Voice's Shields Brothers: 'We feel like punks who broke into show'

The Voice's Shields Brothers: 'We feel like punks who broke into show'

The Voice band The Shields Brothers have said that they are grateful to have been given the chance to perform the show.

Punk rock siblings Rory and Tristan Shields became a member of Team Cee Lo on Monday night (February 27) after their energetic rendition of 'Dancing with Myself' by Billy Idol.

Speaking to reporters this week, Rory said: "We feel like it's pretty incredible that we even got the chance to be on the show. We feel like we are punks that have snuck in the back door and somehow broken into the show.

"It doesn't make any sense! Normally this isn't for our genre of music so it's just been incredible."

Rory and Tristan told reporters that they began performing together five years ago and decided to audition for The Voice when the gigs began to "dry up", saying the impact of the audition on their Twitter followers had been incredible.

"I think that America really loves rock and roll which is why they loved heating punched in the face by it from us!" said Tristan.

"I think the fan base was there, they just didn't realise it!"

'Southland' to be picked up for fifth season?

'Southland' to be picked up for fifth season?

Southland is likely to be picked up for a fifth season, a report suggests.

The cop drama - which stars Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz - is expected to be renewed by cable network TNT, according to Variety.

Network boss Michael Wright and Turner Entertainment Networks president Steve Koonin are said to be happy with the show's ratings and critical reception.

Audience numbers for the current fourth season, which have averaged 3m, are up from the previous year.

Southland originally aired on NBC, but the network cancelled the show before the second season had aired.

TNT later aired the original episodes and subsequently picked the series up for a third run.

Last year, Southland star Regina King claimed that TNT treated the show with more respect than its original network.

"We were being told that [NBC] loved the show... but yet we weren't seeing any type of advertisement," she said. "We weren't doing any interviews. It was just odd."

The fourth season of Southland continues on Tuesdays at 10/9c on TNT. In the UK, the show airs on More4.

TV Tonight 4th of March 2012

TV Tonight 4th of March 2012

The daily list in alphabetical order, of all the new episodes airing.

    60 Minutes (US) S44E23: "Season 44, Episode 23"
    Äkta Människor S01E08: "Episode 8"
    Alaska State Troopers S03E14: "Village Vigilantes"
    America's Funniest Home Videos S22E15: "Season 22, Episode 15"
    American Dad! S07E12: "The Wrestler"
    Antiques Roadshow S34E17: "St. Andrews University"
    Army Wives S06E02: "Perchance to Dream"
    Army Wives S06E01: "Winds of War"
    Austin & Ally S01E10: "World Records & Work Wreckers"
    AX Men S05E08: "Out of Control"
    Bakemonogatari S02E09: "Tsukihi Phoenix, Part 2"
    Beelzebub S02E08: "Won`t You Eat a Manju? / Won`t You Get in a Mixed Bath?"
    Being Human (UK) S04E05: "Hold the Front Page"
    Big Brother Sverige S08E13: "Season 8, Episode 13 (Veckofinal)"
    Big Rich Texas S02E03: "Country Clubbed"
    Border Security S12E05: "Season 12, Episode 5"
    Brave 10 S01E09: "The Honest Face of Ice!"
    Breakout Kings S02E01: "An Unjust Death"
    Californication S05E08: "Raw"
    China, IL S01E10: "Dean's List"
    Comic Book Men S01E04: "Zombies"
    Country Tracks S03E33: "Episode 109"
    CSI: Miami S10E15: "No Good Deed"
    Cupcake Wars S04E13: "TBA"
    Dancing on Ice S07E18: "Series 7, Show 9 (Result)"
    Dancing on Ice S07E17: "Series 7, Show 9"
    Dateline NBC S21E27: "SU2124"
    Deal Or No Deal (UK) S07E175: "Episode 1855"
    Descending S01E03: "The Sea Less Travelled"
    Desperate Housewives S08E15: "She Needs Me"
    Digimon Xros Wars S03E22
    Eastbound & Down S03E03: "Chapter 16"
    Extreme Couponing S03E10: "HOLIDAY HAULS"
    Family Guy S10E15: "Burning Down the Bayit"
    Finding Bigfoot S02E09: "TBA"
    GCB S01E01: "Pilot"
    Got to Dance S03E62: "The Live Final (Result)"
    Got to Dance S03E61: "The Live Final"
    Heartland (CA) S05E15: "Breaking Down and Building Up"
    Hillbilly Handfishin' S01E14: "Best of Special"
    Hoarding: Buried Alive S03E18: "TBA"
    Home of the Future S01E04: "Episode 4"
    House of Lies S01E08: "Veritas"
    Hunter X Hunter Remake S01E21: "Some x Brother x Trouble"
    Ice Loves Coco S02E03: "Baby Got Third Wheel"
    Iron Chef America S09E31: "Forgione Brothers vs. Campanaro Brothers"
    Jerseylicious S04E03: "Firing and Hiring"
    Khloe & Lamar S02E03: "Cuffed"
    Kidou Senshi Gundam Age S01E21: "Looming Illusion"
    Kontoret S01E04: "Frågesport"
    Less Than Kind S03E10: "Jerk Chicken"
    Lost Girl S02E18: "Fae-nted Love"
    Luck S01E06: "Episode Six"
    Mirai Nikki S01E21: "Password Number"
    Mob Wives S02E08: "Tricks or Treats?"
    Moretsu Uchuu Kaizoku S01E09: "A Beautiful Launch"
    My Fair Wedding S05E14: "Asian Fusion Bride"
    My Strange Addiction S03E06: "Smells Pine Cleaner/Roadkill Addict"
    My Strange Addiction S03E05: "Eats Dirt/Extreme Toenails"
    Napoleon Dynamite S01E06: "FFA"
    Nightmare Next Door S02E07: "TBA"
    Once Upon a Time S01E14: "Dreamy"
    One Piece (JP) S06E22: "Episode 22"
    Oprah's Next Chapter S01E10: "TBA"
    Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey S01E01: "Episode 1"
    Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle S01E22: "Episode 22"
    Rinne no Lagrange S01E09: "Departing Katsuura, Heading to Kamogawa"
    Shameless (US) S02E08: "Parenthood"
    So Random! S01E25: "Shane Harper"
    Something For The Weekend S07E08: "Series 7, Show 8"
    That Sunday Night Show S03E09: "Series 3, Episode 9"
    The Amazing Race S20E03
    The Apprentice (US) S12E03: "How Much Is That Celebrity In The Window?"
    The Cleveland Show S03E12: "Til Deaf"
    The Good Wife S03E16: "After The Fall"
    The Only Way Is Essex S04E11: "Series 4, Episode 11"
    The Simpsons S23E15: "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart"
    The Walking Dead S02E11: "Judge, Jury, Executioner"
    Time Team S19E07: "Essex"
    Tomtesterom S03E03: "Hoogbegaafd worden"
    Top Gear S18E06: "Series 18, Episode 6"
    Toriko S01E47: "Episode 47"
    Upstairs Downstairs (2010) S02E03: "Series 2, Episode 3"
    Wegmisbruikers S14E09: "Season 14, Episode 9"
    Wild at Heart S07E09: "Series 7, Episode 9"
    Witse S09E09: "Vijf (deel 2)"
    Worst Cooks in America S03E04: "TBA"

John de Lancie to guest star in 'The Secret Circle'

John de Lancie to guest star in 'The Secret Circle'

John de Lancie has signed up for a guest role in The Secret Circle.

The actor will play one of the elders in an upcoming episode of the CW drama, TV Guide reports.

His character Royce Armstrong, the grandfather of Jake (Chris Zylka), arrives to tell the circle about what happened to their parents.

De Lancie has previously appeared on television in shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Torchwood, Breaking Bad, Charmed and Stargate SG-1.

Earlier this season, Joe Lando starred in The Secret Circle as John Blackwell, the father of Cassie (Britt Robertson).

The show airs on Thursdays at 9/8c on The CW in the US and on Wednesdays at 8pm on Sky Living in the UK.

Niecy Nash docu-sitcom 'Leave It to Niecy' gets March 25 premiere

Niecy Nash docu-sitcom 'Leave It to Niecy' gets March 25 premiere

TLC is set to air Niecy Nash's reality series Leave It to Niecy later this month.

The new show will mark the actress-comedienne's return to TLC, who filmed her wedding for a two-hour special event called Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash back in June.

Nash was tying the knot for the second time, marrying engineer Jay Tucker at Malibu, California. The couple got engaged in September 2010.

Leave It to Niecy follows the couple's lives after the wedding as they balance love, work and family, which includes Nash's three children and her opinionated mother.

Nash said: "Jay and I are thrilled to be part of something so positive and exciting. TLC was the home to my wedding special and after the marriage it just made sense to invite them back to document the journey of our love while doing it with a full house of family and fun."

Nash is known for her role in Reno 911 and as one of the celebrity dancers in Dancing with the Stars.

‘Community’ to Return One Week Early with Animated Short

‘Community’ to Return One Week Early with Animated Short

Part I of “Abed’s Master Key” hits online March 7.

Fans awaiting the return of NBC’s Community will soon have something to tide them over until new episodes resume March 15.

The Community gang gets animated for a three-part short, Abed’s Master Key, with Part I hitting NBC.com and Hulu March 7. Parts II and III will be available on March 8 and 9.

Series regulars voiced their characters, for the short, which sees trouble brewing when Abed, played by Danny Pudi, gets his hands on the master key to Greendale Community College, the fictional school the characters attend.

The shorts were written by Dave Seger and Tom Kauffman, creators of the web series Ikea Heights.

“The Community actors and team were eager to lend their voices and support to an effort intended to engage their loyal fan base that has rabidly kept the show thriving,”said Chris Van Amburg, senior vice president of U.S. marketing at Sony Pictures Television, in a statement.

NBC says the shorts are being rolled out to raise awareness of the show’s return March 15 at 8 p.m.