‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar Millan Defends His Training Practices in Wake of Abuse Investigation

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Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan defends his training practices in wake of abuse investigation

Millan says the dog and pig on Cesar 911 whose video led to an animal cruelty investigation are now friends. “This is what I love about America,” he tells People. “In America, animals have rights to a certain extent. And when somebody complains about it the law enforcement have to come and supervise. They do it to everybody and they’re doing the right thing.”


Prison Break
revival bringing back Sarah Wayne Callies

The Colony star will reprise her role as Dr. Sara Tancredi. On the Fox revival, Tancredi will have moved on with her life, raising her and Michael Scofield’s son with her new husband, played by Mark Feuerstein.

 

Switched at Birth ending after 5 seasons

Creator Lizzy Weiss tweeted the news Friday: “This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude.”


Julie Benz will play a Hollywood madam on Training Day

The Dexter alum will play an “unapologetic Hollywood madam who looks like a woman half her age and takes pride in how well she treats her girls” on the CBS reboot. PLUS: Justin Kirk boards Fox’s A.P.B., Patton Oswalt and AT&T ad star Milana Vayntrub joins Judy Greer’s Fox comedy pilot, Odette Annable cast on CBS’ Bunker Hill, and Amy Pietz joins CW’s No Tomorrow.


Kesha to visit Nashville

The pop singer, who’s made headlines recently over her battle with Sony and Dr. Luke, will be joined by country singers Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett.


Friends is getting an unauthorized musical parody

The MCL Chicago theatre this summer will perform Friends: The One Where They Sing! (The UnAuthorized Musical Parody).


Thanks to basic cable boundaries, The Walking Dead never turned into Game of Thrones

That’s why the AMC series is better when it comes to showing skin and dealing with sexual violence.


Samantha Bee: Full Frontal misleads people into thinking I’m always angry

“I’m actually not,” she says. “The show channels my frustrations into a nice 21-minute catharsis, and then I’m pretty chill the rest of the time. I’m not sure I can really define our voice, but it comes from a very gut level, a very visceral place.”


An emotional Mr. T was among the mourners at Nancy Reagan’s funeral

The A-Team star’s appearance came days after he tweeted an appreciation of the former first lady.


Introducing the 33-pound Game of Thrones dragon egg made of chocolate

The specially made egg will be put on display at Selfridges in Britain.


Fox’s Party Over Here taped last month to avoid being about current events

The sketch show from The Lonely Island and Paul Scheer, premiering Saturday, didn’t want to be the new SNL. “Because the show has no ultimate structure, we don’t have to talk about what’s going on that week,” says Scheer. “It can be evergreen stuff. It allows the writers to go in all sorts of different directions.”


John Stamos and his new girlfriend appeared on the same 2011 episode of SVU

The Grandfathered star has been seeing Caitlin McHugh, who’s also appeared on Castle and The Vampire Diaries.


John Oliver has become one of late-night’s most stylish hosts

His epic takedowns aren’t the only reason to be watching Last Week Tonight.


Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi can draw amazing portraits of previous Doctors

Capaldi was recently asked to “draw his Doctor Who life.”


How to Get Away with Murder creator explains this week’s shocking reveal

Pete Nowalk warns: “One of these resentments will make a physical appearance in next week’s episode.”


Why is House of Cards so obsessed with the Clintons?

The Netflix drama appears to be using the “Clinton disappointment” narrative. PLUS: Michael Kelly talks Doug Stamper, and Season 4 doesn’t have the guts to go with its most promising storyline.


ESPN’s Fantastic Lies delves into the Duke lacrosse rape case

Sunday’s 30 for 30 documentary has parallels to Making a Murderer.


Watch Jill and Jessa: Counting On’s full season trailer

The 19 Kids and Counting daughters are starring in their own spinoff series.

How Amazon’s Bosch figured itself out for Season 2

The second season is more fleshed out with improvements that’ll make the Titus Welliver cop drama built to last.


Netflix’s Will Arnett comedy Flaked: Why are shows about hipster miseries all the rage?

Flaked joins HBO’s Togetherness, Netflix’s Love, FXX’s You’re the Worst, Amazon’s Transparent and Hulu’s Casual in seemingly being about the same thing. “In each of these shows,” says Hank Stuever, “there are moments and situations that are meant to seem authentic and relatable, but instead come across as an off-putting and insular display of creative-class kvetching. Sending mixed signals about the distance between possibly rich and technically poor, these shows all ask their viewers to accept and understand the most exquisite kind of West Coast suffering, as experienced by a very certain stripe of creative, nerdy Los Angeles-area residents.”