Want to attend the 2008 MTV Movie Awards? Want to win the coveted golden popcorn award?
Simply shoot a movie short parodying scenes from one of last year’s films, upload it to a video site and get people to vote for your film entered in the “2008 MTV Movie Spoof Contest.”
The creators behind the submissions with the most votes will be flown out to Los Angeles to attend the MTV Movie Awards June 1. And one of the video gurus will win the popcorn trophy.
Video submissions will be accepted through May 11 on the following sites: Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Buzznet, Heavy and FunnyorDie. One finalist from each site will move on to the final round May 19 on www.movieawards.mtv.com. Fans will vote to determine the winner of the best movie spoof award.
Nominees for the remaining categories in the 2008 MTV Movie Awards will be announced in May.
— Penny TV
Here’s the “Deal”
“Deal or No Deal” is asking viewers to help pick the next case model, and Elizabeth Ashley of Tulsa is among the 24 contenders for the job.
Over the course of the next eight shows — the first one being Monday, April 21 — three contenders will be featured each episode. And the viewers’ favorite from each episode(based on votes via text messaging) will advance to the semifinals.
The winner of the “Deal of No Deal Model Search” will be announced June 25 on NBC, and she will take her spot among the case models on the show’s fourth season premiere in fall.
As if voting for Ashley or one of the other contenders isn’t incentive enough, voters will have a chance to win $10,000 during each episode through June 24. The winner will be selected in a random drawing at the end of each episode.
— Penny TV
Program Planner: April 20-26
Sunday’s Oklahoman, which includes the 44-page full-color and full-of-information TV Week, hits the newstands in the Oklahoma City area on Saturday afternoon. And it arrives at the doorstep (or hopefully nearby) early Sunday morning.
But for those who can’t wait to begin planning the upcoming week around the best TV has to offer, here is a sneak peek at programs worth watching the week of April 20:
SUNDAY
→“Brothers & Sisters” (9 p.m. on ABC): Returns with first of four new episodes.
→“John Adams” (8 p.m. on HBO): Final installment of 7-part miniseries.
→“Masterpiece: My Boy Jack” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Daniel Ratliffe (”Harry Potter” films) stars as Jack Kipling, the only son of British author Rudyard Kipling. Kim Cattrall (”Sex and the City”) plays his mother, who does not want to see her son go to war.
→“Oprah’s Big Give” (7 p.m. on ABC): First-season finale. Jennifer Aniston (”Friends”) makes an appearance.
→“Princess” (7 p.m. on ABC Family): A new fantasy film starring Kip Pardue as a young man who falls for a mysterious woman (Nora Zehetner) he meets at a charity event.
→“Sweet Nothing in My Ear” (8 p.m. on CBS): The 233rd presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame stars Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin (”Children of a Lesser God”) as a deaf mother who does not believe her non-hearing son needs cochlear-implant surgery. Her husband, played by Jeff Daniels (–), wants the surgery for his son. It is adapted from a stage play by Stephen Sachs.
MONDAY
→“American Experience: Roberto Clemente” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Remembers the Puerto Rican baseball player who died in a plane crash at age 37 when he was delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
→“America’s Prom Queen” (8 p.m. on ABC Family): First-season finale.
→“Finish Line” (8 p.m. on SPIKE): New crime drama starring Samuel Page (‘‘Shark”) as a stock car driver with NASCAR dreams who gets involved with an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement investigation.
→“Gossip Girl” (7 p.m. on CW): Returns with first of five new episodes.
TUESDAY
→“Alaska Experiment” (9 p.m. on Discovery): Series premiere.
→“Handy Manny” (8 a.m. on Disney): Presents an environment-themed episode in celebration of Earth Day. Manny and his Tools learn about using solar enegry and how to re-use resources.
→“Independent Lens” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): Rebroadcast of “The Creek Runs Red,” which documents the Oklahoma town of Picher. The EPA calls Picher the most toxic place in America.
→“Nova: Car of the Future” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): Features Tom and Ray Magliozzi of radio’s ‘‘Car Talk” putting a humorous spin on their report on efforts to bring cars with alternative fuel sources — biodiesel, hydrogen fuel cells, electricity — into the mainstream.
→“Reaper” (8 p.m. on CW): Returns with first of five new episodes. (Cast is pictured in CW Photo at top).
WEDNESDAY
→“Criminal Minds” (8 p.m. on CBS): Guest stars Gina Mantegna (”In the Land of Women”). She is the daughter of series star Joe Mantegna.
→“Law & Order” (9 p.m. on NBC): Returns with first of five new episodes. Anthony Anderson (”K-Ville”) joins the cast as Internal Affairs detective Kevin Bernard.
→“Secrets of the Dead” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): Seventh-season premiere.`
THURSDAY
→“Creature Comforts” (6 p.m. on Animal Planet): Series premiere of British animated hit.
→“Great Performances: Primo” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): A one-man play written by and starring Antony Sher (‘‘Mrs. Brown”) as Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi as he remembers his internment at Auschwitz in painful detail.
→“Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m. on ABC): Returns with first of five new episodes. Amy Madigan (”Carnivale”) joins the cast in the recurring role of a staff psychiatrist.
→“Lost” (9 p.m. on ABC): Returns with first of five new episodes.
→“Supernatural” (8 p.m. on CW): Returns with first of four new episodes.
→“Ugly Betty” (7 p.m. on ABC): Returns with first of five new episodes.
FRIDAY
→“Moonlight” (8 p.m. on CBS): Returns with first of four new episodes.
→“That Mitchell and Webb Look” (8:20 p.m. on BBC America): First-season finale.
→“Today” (7 a.m. on NBC): Paula Abdul (”American Idol”) performs live during the Toyota concert series.
SATURDAY
→“Cold Case” (7 p.m. on CBS): Features original songs by multiple Grammy Award winner Bob Legend throughout the episode.
→“The Graham Norton Show” (9 p.m. on BBC America): Third-season premiere.
→“The Mighty B!” (9:30 a.m. on Nickelodeon): Series premiere.
→“Robin Hood” (8 p.m. on BBC America): Second-season premiere.
→“Storm Cell” (8 p.m. on Lifetime): Movie starring Mimi Rogers (”Penny Dreadful”) as a storm chaser who discovers that Seattle is about to become the new Tornado Alley.
–Penny TV
Oklahoma search on “America’s Most Wanted”
On Saturday, “America’s Most Wanted” is looking to capture a fugitive from Oklahoma … and Texas … and Kansas … and Missouri.
The crime-fighting show is actually going after a fugitive from every state, and as much action as possible will be caught on camera for the show’s “50 States, 50 Fugitives” episode airing at 8 p.m. Saturday (April 19) on Fox.
Since the show premiered in 1988, viewers have helped “America’s Most Want
ed” put 997 fugitives behind bars. According to the “AMW” case tracker, the show aided in the capture of 25 fugitives from Oklahoma.
Saturday’s national manhunt will be coordinated by “AMW” host John Walsh from the show’s crime center. Correspondents will report from various locations around the country, and the U.S. Marshals Servive will have task forces on alert and in position to move into action as viewer tips flow into the “AMW” hotline.
To report a tip, call 1-800-CRIME-TV. All submissions will be treated with the utmost security and privacy.
–Penny TV
Oklahoma “Inturn” on CBS.com
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She is one of 10 contestants going through weeks of auditions and drama in hopes of winning a 13-week contract role on the CBS daytime drama.
And readers can follow her progress by logging on to CBS.com for the third season of “Inturn,” an online reality show that runs from April 15 (that’s today) through June 10. New episodes are available most Tuesdays and Thursdays, and each episode will be approximately five to 10 minutes long.
The series follows the 10 participants as they undergo a series of auditions, screen tests, cold readings, improvisations and an “awkward elements” audition that will ultimately lead to seven contestants being voted out by a group of judges. Aisha Henry, CBS Photo
The three remaining contestants will be written into the show as characters on “As the World Turns.” Viewers will then vote online for their favorite, who will become the newest cast member of the show. Cast members from “As the World Turns” who will act as judges, participate in challenges and offer advice include Dylan Bruce (”Chris Hughes”), Van Hansis (”Luke Snyder”), Kelley Menighan Hensley (”Emily Stewart”), Michael Park (”Jack Snyder”), Colleen Zenk Pinter (”Barbara Ryan”), Marnie Schulenberg (”Alison Stewart”) and Jake Silbermann (”Noah Mayer”).
In addition to Henry, 27, the contestants are: Michael Derek, East Brunswick, N.J.; William Howard, Racine, Wisc.; Peyton Lee, Sebring, Fla.; Nell Mooney, Washington; Krista Miller, Bradenton, Wisc.; Christian Omari, Houston; Kara Quick, Eureka, Calif.; Justin Smith, Orlando, Fla.; and Audra Wahhab, Milwaukee, Wisc.
– Penny TV
“Day Break” returns with new episodes … sorta
Cable network TV One is worth watching. Unfortunately, there is not enough space to include it in TV Week. (One of the 76 channels listed in TV Week would have to be dropped to make space for TV One, and there aren’t any that should be removed).
But here is some TV One news that viewers need to know: seven never-before-seen episodes of the action thriller series “Day Break,” that was cancelled by ABC in fall 2006, will air on the network beginning this month.
TV One (channel 167 on Cox Digital Cable, 241 on Direct TV) will air these “Day Break” episodes at 9 p.m. Sundays beginning April 20. That week’s episode will be repeated at midnight Sunday, 9 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday.
“Day Break” stars Taye Diggs (also from the canceled-too-soon show “Kevin Hill”) as
Los Angeles police detective Brett Hooper, who is framed for the murder of an assistant district attorney. In each episode, he relives the same day over, gathering new clues each time as he tries to find out who framed him and clear his name.
Det. Hopper’s day gets more complicated each time the clock turns back, as each decision he makes changes the future in some way.
TV One began airing “Day Break” last month, beginning with the six episodes that ABC did air. The seven unaired episodes will complete the series, which only got an order for 13 episodes.
In conjunction with the series telecast, TV One Online (www.tvoneonline.com) has created an interactive destination for “Day Break” fans. Through blogs, games and video, users are invited to join a force of detectives to solve the murder mystery.
— Penny TV
GSN giving away more “Bingo” bucks
For those who have not played along with GSN’s “Bing America” game hosted by Patrick Duffy (“Dallas”), tax day would be a good time to give it a try.
For one day only — that being Tuesday, April 15 — GSN will award $100 to at-home audience members who score a verified Bingo or match the numbers in the show’s “Bingo Bonus Round.”
The usual payout for those who play along and win is $50.
To play along, simply go to www.GSN.com/bingo to get your free downloadable “Bingo America” game cards. And tune in to GSN (channel 116 on Dish Network, 259 on Cox Digital Cable, 309 on Direct TV) at 7 and 10 p.m. Tuesday to play along with the on-air contestants as everyone goes for Bingo.
The “Bingo Bonus Numbers” are located on every downloaded bingo card and give viewers an extra chance to win during the bonus round at the end of each episode.
Those who do win at home have one day to submit their prize claims at www.GSN.com/Bingo. Good luck, and have fun.
— Penny Soldan, TV Editor
No more ‘Secret’
After one airing, CBS has pulled “Secret Talents of the Stars” off its schedule.
The show, which premiered at 9 p.m. Tuesday, will be replaced by “48 Hours Mystery” on April 15 and 22. “Shark” will move into the time slot with new episodes beginning April 29.
On Tuesday’s “Talents of the Stars,” show hosted by John O’Hurley, George Takei (“Star Trek”) sang a country song, country singer Clint Black performed stand-up comedy, singer Mya did a tap dance and Olympic ice skater Sasha Cohen performed a contortionist routine.
But not enough viewers tuned in to see these celebrities perform. According to Tuesday’s prime-time metered market ratings compiled by The Programming Insider, “Secret Talents of the Stars” had a 2.9 rating and ranked last among the 9 p.m. network programs. That was down by 59 percent from a repeat of “Criminal Minds” a year ago and 15 percent from the “
Jericho” series finale on March 25.
It’s understandable that CBS would pull the show with those low numbers. But it’s a shame that viewers will not get to see Danny Bonaduce (“The Partridge Family”) ride a unicycle, Ben Stein (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) swing dance, musician Sheila E. juggle or model Cindy Margolis do magic.
According to The Programming Insider, “Secret Talents of the Stars” is the 10th network series to be canceled after one telecast. The others are “You’re in the Picture” (1961 on CBS), “”Turn-On” (1969 on ABC), “Co-Ed Fever” (1979 on ABC), “South of Sunset” (1993 on CBS), “Public Morals” (1996 on CBS), “Lawless” (1997 on Fox), “Dot Comedy” (2000 on ABC), “”The Will” (2005 on CBS) and “Emily’s Reasons Why Not” (2006 on ABC).
–Penny Soldan, TV Editor
Nominate your ‘Favorite Mom’
NBC is searching for “America’s Favorite Mom.” 
She can be a single mom, a working mom, a stay-at-home mom, a military mom or an unconventional mom. Those are the categories that nominations are being accepted in at www.AmericasFavoriteMom.com.
Nominations will be accepted through April 25.
A panel of experts will then narrow the pool to the top three semi-finalists in each category. Fifteen semi-finalists will appear on the “Today” show the week before Mother’s Day, and viewers will be able to cast votes online for their favorite.
Donny and Marie Osmond will crown the winner during the “Teleflora Presents America’s Favorite Mom” special airing at 6 p.m. May 11 (that’s Mother’s Day) on NBC. The winning mom will take home thousands of dollars in cash and prizes, including an 18k gold heart-shaped “America’s Favorite Mom” pendant trimmed with diamonds.
“Mothers are the cornerstone to every family,” Donny Osmond said in a press release issued by NBC. “They give so much of themselves everyday and Marie and I are excited to play a part in honoring America’s real treasures.”
“Donny and I grew up in a large family under the tender care of an exceptional mother,” said Marie Osmond, mother of eight children herself. “She was the perfect ’stage mother.’ She was there for us every stage of our lives. On this-year anniversary of Mother’s Day, we want to recognize and applaud the women who create the future for every community through their dedication to raising children.”
–Penny Soldan, TV Editor
