Television

Earlier this year, the TV show 'My Strange Addiction' (Wednesdays on TLC) featured a woman who has one of the strangest addictions we have ever seen. Adele is a 30-year-old who likes to eat couch cushions. She doesn't just chew on them, she actually eats them. When added all up, she has eaten a combined total of seven couches and two chairs in her lifetime. We were so fascinated by this truly stra

This week, the trailer for the Russian adaptation of the CBS sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' has been circulating the Internet. The Russian version seems to be a bit more violent than the original, and it looks like they were dealing with a smaller budget. But if you can get past that --  and the Soviet Bloc-style haircuts -- you can clearly recognize Ted, Barney, Robin and company. It turns out ma

Ben Higgins, the sports director for San Diego's ABC affiliate, was in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, where he covered San Diego State University's first ever NCAA tournament victory. But what made his report so memorable was the part when a SUV darn near ran him over as the cameras rolled. Luckily for Higgins, the vehicle stopped just in the nick of time. Since videos of television reporters actual

After displaying a video image of a tiny trophy that English Cricketer Andrew Strauss had won,  Australian TV presenter Mark Aiston bantered to his co-host Belinda Heggen that "I can't understand how something so small can be so impressive. " Yup, Aiston really set himself up for a devastating comeback, and Heggan was  more than happy to deliver it.  Read on for what she said, and the pr

A lot of people are confused by this Sofia Vergara ad for Pepsi, in which her trademark curves are out of frame, and in fact look to have been whittled down by Photoshop to advertise Pepsi's new skinny can. Yeah, that's pretty weird. But did you know that Vergara did a Spanish commercial for Pepsi back in 1996? Keep reading to check it out, and be forewarned, Vergara occurs in a bikini, so it's no

This week on "Jeopardy," a supercomputer named Watson is competing against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two most storied players in the history of the game show Watson is able to respond in a human voice to Alex Trebek’s answers. And the supercomputer is able to do so quickly enough to often beat the two human "Jeopardy" legends to the buzzer. After the first day of the co

David Letterman had the diminutive "Jersey Shore" star on his show recently and asked her a rather bold question -- does she think she needs to abstain from alcohol? According to Snooki, she doesn't have a problem and in fact "hardly drinks" when the show isn't filming. Check out the video to find out what her response is when Dave starts talking about Alcoholics Anonymous pamp

A weatherman's job can be quite demanding this time of year, what with the snowpocalypses, snowmageddons, thundersnows and more. Sometimes, these guys get so overwhelmed by all that extreme meteorology that they start to lose it a little. On air ... in front of thousands of people. Check out some of our favorite viral weatherman videos after the jump.