News Roundup: Details

Sometimes, you get what you need.

Hello, folks. Some new developments today:

• Looks like House got its eighth season. TVLine is reporting that Fox and Universal managed to work things out — although they haven’t exactly said if everyone will be coming back. Of the show’s current cast, Lisa Edelstein and Jesse Spencer apparently don’t have return deals yet, so we can’t quite stop holding our breaths yet.
• I guess the way you know you have a new hit is if there’s a bazillion stories trying to figure out why people are watching your show. To wit: The Voice gets its format analyzed in the LA Times — they say it works because of the coaches’ chemistry — while TV Guide looks at how they went out to find talent and skip the bad singing phase of American Idol. Meanwhile, Tje Austin talked to EW and compared the two shows’ auditions processes from a contestant’s point of view.
• I kind of knocked Glee for helping Matthew Morrison hawk his album in its season finale, so I guess I’ll link to this interview he did with TV Squad in the interest of balance.

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