Even if you don't like her booming, boisterous voice, it's hard not to root for Jennifer Hudson, who could be considered the most successful "American Idol" alum not to compete in its season finale. (Although one could make a case for Chris Daughtry as well.)

Hudson will be singing the national anthem tonight at the Democratic [...]

It didn't take long for new "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi to dive into the experience.

Just a day after Fox announced her as the fourth "Idol" judge, the New Rochelle native joined Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul for some New York City auditions yesterday and posed for pictures for the first time in [...]

Wow, dawg!

Award-winning songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi, who spent her childhood in Westchester, has just been tabbed as an unprecedented fourth judge on "American Idol."

It'll be interesting to see how DioGuardi, 37, changes the dynamic of the judges' table, which in other countries already features a four-judge "Idol" format. At the very least, her experience [...]

OK, so it wasn't a popular poll, votes-wise —44 tallies total—but I'm not going to hold that against those who voted, so here we go.

NBC might not be the ratings champ it used to be, but it finished first among Remote Access poll voters, with nearly 1 in 3 choosing it over all other networks [...]

There are some people you meet and you just know they're going to be famous someday.

So when Eastchester's Bobby Moynihan told me recently that he would be joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live" this fall, I wasn't really surprised. After all, I've known him for almost 20 years and he's always been the funniest [...]

There are many things to like about NBC's "Chuck," and near the top of that list is Yvonne Strahovski.

The actress known in fan circles as "Strahotski" plays Sarah Walker, who is as triumphant as an FBI agent as she is pathetic expressing her romantic feelings. On a dramedy with no shortage of eye candy, the [...]

Chicken, egg. Egg, chicken.

I'm not sure which came first: the i09.com rough-cut of the "Chuck" segment from NBC's fall preview special, or the decision to post the finished product on NBC.com. But if you're like me, you saw the rough stuff first.

No matter. Here's the official version of the two-minute recap of "Chuck" Season 2.0, [...]

It's generally not a good idea to mock an audience unless you're a talented stand-up comedian (which I am not), but I have to give the vast majority of Remote Access readers a gentle ribbing for not voting in this blog's latest poll.

Seriously, other than the 22 of you to vote so far, do you [...]

Earlier this week, I wrote about "Chuck" star Zachary Levi hosting NBC's upcoming prime-time preview special. For the special, which is supposed to be broadcast on network and Internet affiliates starting Aug. 30, he's showing off some of the network's new shows and teasing returning series.

With a little snooping around, I was able to track [...]

In keeping with the episode title format of NBC's "Chuck," call this scenario "Chuck vs. the Other Networks."

Zachary Levi, who deftly plays the dramedy's charmingly nerdy title character, will be hosting NBC's prime-time preview special across the network's broadcast and online platforms from Aug. 30 to Sept. 28. And in this blogger's humble opinion, there [...]

One of "American Idol's" best underdogs, Elliott Yamin, will be performing at Playland in Rye this Thursday night at 8 p.m.

Yamin finished third in the fifth season of "Idol," ahead of Chris Daughtry and just barely behind Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee. He was seen several times on this most recent season of "Idol," appearing [...]

Yesterday, I posted some second-season trailers and photos of "Chuck" and its cast members' appearances.

And then, thanks to a reader named Suzane, I was alerted to an amazing, non-spoilery 6 1/2-minute montage of Season 2 snippets that premiered at Comic-Con and found its way to YouTube.

The video seriously has everything that "Chuck" fans love about [...]

I was already thrilled for the second season of "Chuck," but here are three more reasons to be excited.

First, a blind search for new "Chuck" clips on Hulu resulted in a couple of teaser trailers for the sophomore season, which launches Monday, Sept. 29 on NBC.

Within the first few seconds of the this trailer (the [...]

Mmm… poll-icious.

"The Simpsons" managed to stave off a steady phaser attack by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to claim victory in Remote Access' latest poll, which asked readers to pick the greatest spin-off of all time.

Matt Groening's ongoing animated saga pulled nearly 1 vote in 3 tallied, while nearly 1 in 5 picked Jean-Luc Picard [...]

Emmy nominations were announced this morning, and the good news: Comedies like "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the mix for best series, as well they should.

The bad: I swear the only reason "The Wire" isn't among the best drama nominees is because lazy Emmy voters—i.e. most of them—never saw the show. Despite a [...]

They're two TV shows whose viewers are more fanatics than mere fans, and they have previous series to thank for their existence.

"The Simpsons" wouldn't be around if "The Tracey Ullman Show" didn't feature the shorts starring Matt Groening's far more crudely drawn version of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. And it'd be pretty hard [...]

Pay no attention to the official winner of last night's Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium; the only name you need to remember is Josh Hamilton.

The Texas Ranger crushed 28 homers in the first round of last night's Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium—20 more than any other player in that frame—but lost the event [...]

Distorted by waves of heat rising from the scorched desert sand, five military vehicles in the distance roll in a single line before the four outer vehicles swerve toward the center, creating the illusion of one single hulking, united mass of machinery on the horizon.

One minute into David Simon and Ed Burns' seven-part HBO miniseries [...]

Attention "Chuck" fans: It appears we now have a face to go with the name Jill.

As you may or may not recall (hey, I assume nothing as it's been a while), Jill is the mysterious girl who broke Chuck's heart when they were Stanford University students. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that star Jordana [...]

YES Network broadcaster and former Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer seemed like one of the nicest people ever to broadcast games, one of the nicest people to play baseball, one of the nicest people—period. I took the news of his death much harder than I anticipated.

I found solace, however, in the YES Network's thoughtful, reverent and [...]