What's on: March 2008 Archives

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s call girl scandal has prompted ABC News to give the go-ahead to a two-hour prime-time special on prostitution that includes Diane Sawyer’s visit to a legal brothel in Nevada.

The ‘‘20/20’’ special, which airs 8 p.m. Friday, has been in the works for two years. It was expected to be on sometime in May or June, but ABC moved it up because Spitzer’s resignation last week put the topic in the headlines, said David Sloan, executive producer of ABC’s newsmagazines.

‘‘It has taken a lot of time and I think it’s going to be very provocative,’’ Sloan said.

In this image released by CBS, Josh Radnor (left), speaks to Britney Spears, who portrays receptionist Abby, in a scene from "How I Met Your Mother." Also guest-starring in this episode, which airs Monday on CBS, is Sarah Chalke, at right. (Monty Brinton/AP/CBS)

The first words we hear pop starlet Britney Spears say in her upcoming episode of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" are: "Can we have sex and then go shopping?"

CBS has let slip a few seconds of footage as a teaser, after the jump...

The impact of the writers strike still hurts, as plans roll out for more ridiculous reality shows. A whole bunch was announced today.

The first thing that hits you while walking across the set of "Wheel of Fortune": the wheel is so small!

The old adage that the camera adds 10 pounds is true for inanimate objects, as well. I thought it would be 25 feet wide. But I could probably lie across it, feet and head on the pegs. I restrained myself from testing that theory, however.

But I got to see many such "Wheel" wonders during tapings of the hugely popular game show Friday evening at Navy Pier.

A while back we wrote about the campaign by "Jericho" fans to save the series from cancellation — they sent thousands of nuts to CBS execs (related to a line in the season finale). Now fans of the soap opera "As the World Turns" are gearing up to send kisses to CBS execs. Hershey's kisses, that is. Fill in your own Reeses joke here ...

Misha Davenport digs the immortality (well, it premieres this week, so we'll see what life it's got in it...) of Fox's new drama "New Amsterdam" in his review today.