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May 27, 2012

'Glee' Breaks Elvis Presley Billboard Record, Michael Vick Cancels On 'Oprah' and More

by Jean Bentley, posted Feb 16th 2011 6:30PM
'Glee' Elvis Presley has been dethroned by the cast of 'Glee.'

With 113 hit tunes to Presley's 108, the the hit Fox show now officially has the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

According to Billboard, the six new tunes on Thursday's chart bring the 'Glee' gang above the King, as well as other musical luminaries like James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and The Beatles. The first 'Glee' entry on the chart came less than two years ago when 'Don't Stop Believin'' landed at number 4 in June 2009.

The only modern acts to come close to 'Glee''s record are Lil Wayne and Jay-Z, who have 67 and 62 entries, respectively.

In other TV news ...

Michael Vick pulled out of his upcoming 'Oprah' appearance for "personal reasons." The episode was scheduled to air next Thurs., Feb. 24, and the show has not yet found a replacement. [Entertainment Weekly]

Seth MacFarlane will be the roast master during Comedy Central's upcoming Donald Trump roast. The show is scheduled to tape March 9. He's got some experience in the field, having hosted the David Hasselhoff roast last year. [Deadline]

'Saturday Night Live' alum Rachel Dratch is adding "author" to her resume. The comedian is writing a book about her post-'SNL' life and becoming a mother at 44. [Splitsider]

'Skins' scandal number 473: The cast posed in lingere in Elle magazine. Predictably, the Parents Television Council is concerned, since some of the cast members pictured are underage. [EW]

Actress Winter Ave Zoli will grace the cover and centerfold of Playboy next month. The Pennsylvania native plays a porn star on 'Sons of Anarchy.' [CBS]

'True Blood' scene-stealer Anna Camp will star in the NBC pilot 'I Hate That I Love You.' She'll play Sarah, the girlfriend of a lesbian who becomes pregnant with her straight male friend's baby. Michael "Mookie" Blaikock will play a neighbor in ABC's 'Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23.' [Deadline]

'Smallville' viewers will get a blast from the past when The CW re-airs the show's pilot on April 8. The Superman show concludes its 10-year run on May 13. [TV Guide]

NBC not letting Steve Carrell's presence on 'The Office' go to waste. The network plans to air six episodes of the comedy back-to-back (all repeats) on Thu., March 3. [TV by the Numbers]

Director Michael Apted will helm the pilot of Marc Cherry's 'Hallelujah.' Though he's known mostly for his films, Apted directed the pilot of HBO's 'Rome.' 'Easy A' director Will Gluck will helm the Fox romantic comedy 'Iceland' while Betsy Thomas has signed on as executive producer/showrunner for Whitney Cummings' NBC pilot. [Vulture, Deadline, Deadline]

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the king rules..anyone who listens to glee is brain dead

June 17 2011 at 10:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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