Which American Idol Alums Will Perform This Season?

Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams Leave it to Jimmy Fallon and Brian Williams to make President Obama's stance on super PACs and corporate favors as sexy as possible. The late-night duo joined forces for another one of their innuendo-laden "slow jamming the news" segments on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Monday. "When corporations pay for favors, they expect you to put out... policies that they like," says Fallon. Slip into the rest of the hilarious segment below:

NBC sets 'Community' return for March 15

'Community' will return March 15 on NBC.NBC has given a March 15 return date for "Community" as well as introduced premieres for "Bent," "Close Friends Forever" and "Betty White's Business Rockers." "Bent" will debut March 21 within the 9 p.m. Wednesday timeslot where it'll go face to face with ABC comedy giant "Modern Family." Show will air like a two-episode hourlong blocks the next two days. "Betty White's Business Rockers" will launch at 8 p.m. April 4. That'll be immediately then the premiere of "Close Friends Forever." With "Community," that has been from the air since 12 ,. 8., returning, NBC is resetting its Thursday selection. By March 15, "Community" is going to be then "30 Rock," "WorkInch and "Up Through The Night." "Parks and Entertainment" will return at 9:30 April 19 after "Up Through The Night" finishes its 24-episode run in the timeframe. In other show-shuffling news, "Rock Center With John Williams" will even proceed to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning March 7 for five days after which go back to 9 o'clock on April 11. "Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit" returns with original episodes at 10 p.m. April 11 resulting in its season finale on May 23. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

President's Day Weekend Receipts: Safe House Leads Lucrative Holiday

It had been indeed a really happy President's Day Weekend in Hollywood, where galleries loved the rare treat of 5 wide Feb releases raking in $20 million or even more. Unhealthy news? The 2 latest ones raised the trunk. Sorry, Nicolas Cage and Reese Witherspoon - your Holiday Weekend Receipts are here. [All figures are four-day weekend estimations.] 1. Safe House Gross: $28,40,000 ($82,600,000) Screens: 3,121 (PSA $9,100) Days: 2 (Change: -29.3%) You will find a couple of large those who win among this weekend's achievements, but I'll opt for Ryan Reynolds because the greatest: On one side, the man can't open anything regardless of how frantically his agents or producers want him to have the ability to. Alternatively, there's no better box-office second fiddle alive lacking maybe Jeremy Renner, who wouldn't hold that distinction for lengthy anyway with both Avengers and also the Bourne Legacy on deck to refine both his blockbuster ensemble and leading-guy creds. So continue, Hollywood! Let Reynolds support your 57-year-old action star today! 2. The Vow Gross: $26,600,000 ($88,527,000) Screens: 2,958 (PSA $8,993) Days: 2 (Change: -35.4%) Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams aren't shabby entertainers, either, both on the way to their leading their first non-franchise $100 million grosser. Unless of course The Vow 2 is on the way starring a particular rat along with a churro, which I am unsure counts, however, you let me know. 3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Gross: $26,400,000 ($59,516,000) Screens: 3,500 Days: 2 (Change: -3.4%) There's without doubt that simply scraping below $60 million in ten days of release is really a let-lower for those involved (aside from Michael Caine, I suppose, as lengthy because the check removed), but a 3.4 % drop? Yowza. Pretty good whatsoever, especially opposite... 4. Ghost Driver: Spirit of Vengeance Gross: $25,700,000 (new) Screens: 3,174 (PSA $6,397) Days: 1 I'm not sure where this creative development lands Nicolas Cage on his mission being screen acting's version of Brought Zeppelin. Maybe it might be simpler to interrupt it lower to Zeppelin song-title analogues, like, "What's and What Will Not BeInch or "Sick Again." Any others? 5. What This Means Is War Gross: $20,400,000 (new) Screens: 3,189 (PSA: $6,397) Days: 1 Needs less Pine, more pudding. [Figures via Box Office Mojo] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU Books Large Love's Chloe Sevigny

Chloe Sevigny Former Large Love star Chloe Sevigny is returning to TV getting a guest role on NBC's Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Law & Order: SVU: Will Benson's new relationship last?Sources reveal that Sevigny may have a stay-at-home mother who's attacked and kidnapped while video-speaking along with her husband, who's half way around the globe. She's slated to start shooting the episode inside a couple of days. NBC declined to go over the casting.Sevigny might be the most recent large-title actor to visit SVU this season following Andre Braugher and Harry Connick Junior., the 2nd who's presently turning up in the four-episode arc since the love interest of Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson.Convey more scoop inside your favorite shows inside our Winter TV previewBefore her Golden Globe-winning role as sister wife Nicollette Grant on HBO's Large Love, Sevigny made her television debut on Will & Sophistication in 2004. Round the silver screen, she's most broadly noted for Oscar-nominated role opposite Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. She's also came out such films as American Psycho, Shattered Glass, and Zodiac which is apparently attached to the approaching biopic of porn star Linda Lovelace. SVU airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

Oscarcast counts on returning brands

Billy CrystalNow the Super Bowl is finished, the Oscars are moving the red-colored-colored carpet for entrepreneurs -- who is able to still buy their distance towards the approaching kudocast inside a lower rate versus. yesteryear couple of years.With ABC charging entrepreneurs between $1.6 000 0000 and $1.7 million per place this year, the normal price of the 30-second ad through the 84th Academy awards expires only half way decent versus. yesteryear couple of years.The peak was 2008, when ABC needed $1.8 million per place. The least expensive cost reaches 2009, when the recession forced rates lower near to $1.3 million. Last year's spots went for virtually $1.7 million, producing the network $74.4 million. (This Year's Super Bowl spots went for between $3.5 million and $4 million.)Numerous entrepreneurs are returning to market their products through the Feb. 26 show, including these marquee sponsors: carmaker Hyundai, mall chain JC Penney as well as the Coca-Cola Co.A year ago, 40% in the total ad revenue created with the Oscarcast came from from people three companies, according to research group Kantar Media. Hyundai and JC Penney are each likely to save cash than $tens of millions of through the 2011 show.Hyundai remains the Oscars' exclusive auto sponsor since 2009, together with a significant presence again this year. JC Penney is really a continuous sponsor since 2002 and may take advantage of the year's broadcast to market its rebranding as JCP. Both companies received most likely probably the most exposure through the commercial breaks, with three minutes and a few seconds of airtime total.Carl's junior has came out through the show every year since 1992, and American Express since 1993. But numerous first-timers may also be expected when ABC unveils its report on entrepreneurs on Wednesday. Throughout last year's show, 31% of Oscar's entrepreneurs were first-timers, for instance Amazon . com . com, Biggest Score and Living Social, Kantar Media mentioned.It's been harder for novices to get numerous ABC's commercial time, thinking about the network and Academy limit the amount of available ad time which entrepreneurs with existing place obligations were not prepared to stop their slots.Within the last decade, the show has consistently averaged 8-10 mins hourly of ads, a figure including marketing plugs for ABC's shows. In comparison, the Super Bowl earnings 13-14 minutes hourly.These tough economic times did open some entrance doors this past year, enabling Hyundai to switch Vehicle since the Oscars' vehicle partner.Due to its finest entrepreneurs, the Oscarcast has converted into a higher-profile platform, according to Kantar Media, given its female-centered audience. Furthermore, the telecast frequently allures an trendy demographic, many of which includes people who rarely stay updated to primetime TV.Similar to the Super Bowl, most audiences watch the Oscars live, adding an elegant Digital video recorder-resistant spotlight for brands.And, instead of the Super Bowl, whose choice of ads was populated having a minimum of eight vehicle companies, for example, the Oscars enable entrepreneurs more hours to stay on television and through ABC's digital Oscar-related platforms.One concern for your network and ad customers this year might be audience tune-in.Ratings for last year's show showed up since the second smallest ever. An thought 37.9 million audiences up-to-date in a year ago, according to Nielsen, lower from 2010, when 41.7 million seen. The ratings for your kudocast have wound up 23% within the last decade and 15% from five years ago, Kantar Media mentioned.Nevertheless the unique and durable platform presented with the Academy awards remains formidable, according to Kantar."Large-scale, high-visibility television occasions still draw large audiences, as well as the Academy awards only comes a few days following a most broadly seen Super Bowl ever,Inch mentioned Jon Swallen, senior V . p . of research at Kantar Media The U . s . States. "While coverage remains centered on the network TV broadcast, digital platforms an online-based content are supplying additional techniques to focus on brand messages within an engaged audience of Oscar fans." Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com