After leaving Matt Lauer hanging this summer, Lindsay Lohan has done it again. She didn't show up for her much-hyped appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," which was set to tape Tuesday and air Thursday. Since LiLo didn't make it back from Hawaii in time, Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson tapped in to talk about life as a Jackson and also promote her first movie, "Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys."

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LiLo was set to debut her Playboy issue and discuss her recent legal and personal battles on "Ellen," but after the Playboy spread was leaked last week, Lohan got conveniently held up in Hawaii and never showed up for taping in Los Angeles yesterday. 

 

“Not a call or an apology from Lindsay,” a show insider told Gossip Cop.

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Ouch! Back when Lohan stood up Matt Lauer, she had no contractual obligation to talk to "Today." Lohan's appearance to promote the Playboy spread, however, was reportedly contractual and scheduled two months ago, but that obligation may have become moot once her pages were leaked.

Neither Playboy nor Lohan is talking, yet, and DeGeneres has remained mum, as well, aside from updating her show website to reflect the guest swap. Perhaps she'll speak to it in tomorrow's air show, just as Lauer did after Lohan stood him up.

While Lohan is apparently OK with leaving DeGeneres and daytime fans hanging, she's not going to miss her court date tomorrow morning -- especially after that infamous Cannes Film Festival passport debacle!

"Lindsay had a travel-related issue arise that took a few hours to sort out," rep Steve Honig told E! "It has been resolved and she will be back in Los Angeles in time for her court appearance."

 

"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" airs weekdays in syndication. Check local listings.

 

In the epically weird war he waged against "Two and a Half Men" producer Chuck Lorre earlier this year, Charlie Sheen came this close to actually, um, winning.

In this new TVGuide.com interview,  Lorre admits offering to quit the show to pacify Sheen and preserve the status quo. "I can't work with a guy who has decided that he hates my guts," Lorre says he told the network and studio.

In addition to regularly challenging Lorre to fights, Sheen referred to his boss as "Chuck-E-Cheeseball,​" a "contaminated little maggot" and "Chaim Levine." (His given name is Chuck Levine.)

"I said, 'Listen, if for some reason I'm now the Antichrist, I'm happy to leave," Lorre says. "It's not in my interest to stop the show, and I certainly don't want to put all these people out of work. Keep going. Get another guy. Don't stop on my account."

It's more frequently the producers who walk off when they butt heads with stars -- as Lorre did from "Grace Under Fire" after bad blood with star Brett Butler.  However, according to Lorre, CBS and Warner Bros. wouldn't let him. Instead, they fired Sheen.

"They chose to make a moral decision as opposed to a financial one," Lorre says. "But people were really frightened that they were signing off on what could have had devastating consequences."

Luckily, the only consequences so far are a humbled Sheen and higher ratings for the Ashton Kutcher in his former role.

"Two and a Half Men" airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

 

They are the female answer to "Strange Brew" hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie, a few cocktails short of sober facility and, also, two of the most recognizable faces in crossover British comedy. And now, they are back. "Absolutely Fabulous" BFFs Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) and Pats (Joanna Lumley), along with Eddy's long-suffering daughter Saffy (Julia Sawalha) and Mother (June Whitfield), as well as idiot-savant assistant Bubble (Jane Horrocks), are returning in January to BBC America and Logo with three specials in recognition of the show's 20th anniversary.

 

The big news in daytime the week of Dec. 12 is that Lindsay Lohan is bringing her drama and her leaked "Playboy" spread to "Ellen." Taye Diggs and a Jonas brother are among this week's "Live! with Kelly" co-hosts, while "The Talk" is celebrating the holidays in Manhattan, which means viewers can expect visits from New York icons like David Letterman, as well as tons of Broadway fun. Matt Damon and his costars from "I Bought a Zoo" are making the rounds in daytime, as are Robert Downey Jr. ("Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"), Charlize Theron ("Young Adult"), Daniel Craig ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") and more. Performances this week run the gamut, from hip hop from Common to holiday fare from the Judacamp choir.

Schedules subject to change

"Anderson"
Mon: John Edward
Tues: Melissa McCarthy
Wed: Wallace Jeffs & Former Members of FLD
Thurs: children & teens trapped in the wrong bodies
Fri: money coach Clark Howard

"Live! With Kelly"
Mon: David Hyde Pierce, the winners of "The Amazing Race", Chris Byrne, guest co-host Taye Diggs
Tue: Michelle Pfeiffer, Anthony Hamilton, guest co-host Kevin Jonas
Wed: Jude Law, the "The Biggest Loser" winner, Lawrence Zarian, guest co-host Bryant Gumbel
Thurs: Robert Downey Jr., Lady Antebellum, David Pogue, guest co-host Michael Buble
Fri: Daniel Craig, guest co-host Michael Buble

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"The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
Mon: Allison Janney, Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Tues: Diane Keaton
Wed: Charlize Theron, Kevin Nealon, Christina Perri performs
Thurs: Lindsay Lohan
Fri: Amy Poehler

"The Rachael Ray Show"
Mon: Jessica & Ashlee Simpson
Tues: Jeff Probst
Wed: Jason Lee, Carter Oosterhouse
Thurs:  Kathy Griffin
Fri: Patrick Wilson, Steve Guttenberg, Wes Martin; performance by Il Volo

"The Talk"
It's New York week!
Mon: Kim Cattrall, Dylan Walsh,
Tues: Samuel L. Jackson & Angela Bassett, David Letterman, Andy Cohen, Michael Emerson
Wed: Donnie Wahlberg, Gayle King, Sharon Osbourne transforms into Mary Poppins on Broadway
Thurs: Brooke Shields, Patrick Wilson
Fri: Donald Trump, Archie Panjabi, Paul Shaffer

"Today"
Mon (7-9 a.m.): Scarlett Johansson, (10-11 a.m.):  Terry Fator
Tues (7-9 a.m.): The Professionals, Christopher Plummer, (10-11 a.m.): Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford & Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Wed (7-9 a.m.): Matt Damon, Robin Wright, Brian Boitano
Thurs (7-9 a.m.): Sandra Bullock (10-11 a.m.): Elizabeth McGovern
Fri (7-9 a.m.): Daniel Craig

"The View"
Mon: Donald Trump, Paul Anka performs
Tues: Republican Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, Jr.; Marlo Thomas ; Dylan Lauren
Wed: Rachael Ray& Guy Fieri
Thurs:  Harry Connick, Jr.; Tracey Gold; performance from Connick, Jr. and the cast of Broadway's "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."
Fri: Claire Danes, Lisa Lillien

"The Wendy Williams Show"
Mon: Jonah Hill, Alysia Joy Powell, Common performs
Tues: Ivanka Trump, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. performs
Wed: Jane Kaczmarek, "The Biggest Loser" winner
Thurs: Tracee Elis Ross, Candy Spelling, Mariel Hemingway
Fri: the Judacamp choir performs   



 

Sue Ann Nivens and Lou Grant will reunite on "Hot in Cleveland" next year, according to this Entertainment Weekly report.

Translation for anyone under 30 years old: Ed Asner will co-star alongside series regular Betty White -- with whom he once starred on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," last century's version of "30 Rock" -- and old people everywhere will plotz.

"Cleveland" is developing quite a rep for sitcom reunions, previously pitting Mary Tyler Moore with White; Bonnie Franklin with her "One Day at a Time" co-star Valerie Bertinelli; and Jane Leeves with her "Frasier" co-star John Mahoney.

Will the Happy Homemaker, 89, and the Dour News Chief, 82, rekindle the secret love they shared on Season 6, Episode 18 of that '70s show?

Unfortunately, no details have leaked about the upcoming "Cleveland," episode, which will shoot in February and air next summer.

 

"Hot in Cleveland" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TV Land.

 

It's official: Llanview has left the building. The "One Life to Live" ABC finale will air on Jan. 13, but that episode has already been taped and today, Dec. 9, was the cast's final day to clear out their dressing rooms. With production wrapped, however, comes renewed hope for an after-life on the internet, along with news that "The View" will salute "One Life to Live" in a special episode just hours before the finale.

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Longtime WWE champion and current all-around mentor in awesomeness, the Ultimate Warrior, is many things: physical specimen, philosophical spirit, empowering shaman and, according to his Twitter feed and reports from Wrestlezone.com, a possible reality star.   

Nearly all former "Daily Show" reporters, from Steve Carell and Ed Helms to Rachael Harris and Olivia Munn, have gone on to more substantial fame and recognition. So why not the same for egghead Mo Rocca?

 

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As it happens, the bespectacled funnyman has been contributing to Charles Osgood-hosted "CBS Sunday Morning News" as a columnist for the past five years. But the network has announced that Rocca's been promoted to full-time correspondent, meaning he's arguably the only "Daily Show" alum to move on and become an authentic mainstream journalist.