Detroit sometimes gets a bad rap. So when Metro Detroiters first heard about ABC’s new crime drama, “Detroit 1-8-7” - with 1-8-7 being the police code for homicide - many people were concerned the show would cast an even darker shadow on their beloved city.

But, since the show’s Tuesday night premiere, viewers seem more at ease.

John Roach, a former spokesperson for the Detroit Police Department told the Detroit Free Press: “The ending was a grabber ... I think the show portrayed Detroit's police officers as real people, dedicated, even heroic, which is entirely deserved.”

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Whether or not Hollywood turns its back on Mel Gibson, he'll always have Jodie Foster in his corner.

Foster, who directed and co-stars with Gibson in the upcoming dramedy "The Beaver," tells October's More magazine she is standing by the troubled actor throughout his ongoing battle with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

Foster, 47, says that she and Gibson – who portrays a man who rescues himself from depression by wearing and speaking through a beaver puppet in the film - immediately clicked when they first teamed up for the 1994 Western "Maverick." The 54-year-old star was the "easiest, nicest person I've ever worked with," she explains. "The second I met him, I said, 'I will love this man for the rest of my life.'"

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The title of last night's episode of "Parenthood" is "No Good Deed," as in "no good deed goes unpunished," and that was certainly the case for the Bravermans. Trying to be nice didn't get them anywhere.

Last season, Adam and Kristina made friends with the Lessings, another family with a child on the autism spectrum, and Mrs. Lessing arrived at their door in tears. She’s getting divorced, partially because Mr. Lessing says the Mrs. is obsessed with raising their son Noel. What he calls “obsessed” I think most people would call parenting.

Then Mr. Lessing showed up at Adam’s job, also in tears. Having acquaintances split up is bad enough, but Kristina seemed to be unnerved by the idea that caring for her son could put a wedge in her marriage. That's probably why she agreed to watch Noel after school and sat and listened to Mrs. Lessing cry for a couple of days.

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What a mess for Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore!

In this morning's "Showbiz Tonight" editorial meeting, we couldn’t stop talking about the new People magazine article with Demi and Ashton fighting back at widespread reports that Ashton is cheating on Demi. More than anything, the staff of "Showbiz Tonight" wants to separate the facts from fiction – which is exactly what we’re working on today.

Also on our radar is more Paris Hilton drama! She’s been refused entry into Japan because of her admission to cocaine possession. Is Hilton now a total pariah? Plus, we'll also reveal Lady Gaga's deepest secrets in our one-on-one interview with the author of “Poker Face: The Rise and Fall of Lady Gaga."

Watch "Showbiz Tonight" live at 5 p.m. ET today. And remember, we’re still TV’s most provocative entertainment news show seven days a week at 11 p.m. ET/PT!

Only one episode has aired of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” but one episode was all the network needed to see that it was a bonafide hit.

The series, which launched on September 19, has been picked up for a second season, the network confirmed Tuesday.

“All the ingredients aligned for this one, from Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson’s initial pitch to Martin Scorsese’s enormous contributions as director and executive producer, to the genius of Terry Winter and the expertise of Tim Van Patten, to a stellar cast led by Steve Buscemi,” said Michael Lombardo, president of HBO’s programming.

Critics have been raving about the show seemingly before it even began, and the audience response was just as positive, with 4.8 million viewers tuning in on Sunday night. If you missed it on Sunday and want to catch up from your desk, check out our recap here.

"American Idol" is adding some big names for its 10th season, and Jimmy Iovine is one of them.

For those of you unfamiliar with Iovine, the Interscope Geffen A&M Records chairman has been a celebrated figure since the 1970’s, and has worked with artists such as John Lennon, U2, Eminem and 50 Cent.

Iovine joins "American Idol" as an in-house mentor, where he will lend his expertise and creativity to contestants backstage (Fast Company named him as one of the top 100 Most Creative People in Business this year).

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After the departures of Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi, Fox has tapped Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler to join the last man standing, Randy Jackson, at the judges' table for "American Idol's " upcoming season. In addition, legendary music producer Jimmy Iovine will serve as a mentor to contestants.

The news arrives after weeks of rumors, stories about divas and a member of Aerosmith saying “Idol” is just barely a step above “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

What do you think of the new judges panel? Will you be watching? Post a comment below or share an iReport.

Click here for the full story on today's 'American Idol' judges' announcement.

"30-Minute Moonshine," anyone?

That very well could have been the name of celebrity cook Rachael Ray's popular Food Network show if she had followed some of her grandpa's recipes.

"My grandfather ran liquor during Prohibition, and he made some good hooch," the kitchen whiz turned talk-show host says in the current issue of New York magazine. Ray, 42, can also vouch for the fact that the tipple was top-notch because she tasted it herself.

"He'd put wine in my baby bottle because I didn't like milk or formula, and I'd get rosy cheeks and pass out," the cookbook author tells the magazine. "He thought I was a good baby. Basically, I was just drunk."

Just before Joaquin Phoenix heads back to “Letterman,” his brother-in-law – and the director of the Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary (as we're choosing to call it) “I’m Still Here” – swung by “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to explain (again) what's really going on in the film.

( It'll be interesting to see how Phoenix addresses the cinematic situation on "Letterman" tonight, since Affleck’s been the one doing the talking.)

In Affleck’s view, the confusion surrounding the film was caused by most viewers not assuming that it wasn’t a real documentary, as he thought everyone would. The fact that the actors all played characters using their real names didn't help matters.

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Where's Alice the housekeeper when you need her?

Comedian Rosie O'Donnell says she and partner Tracy Kachtick Anders have so may children between them that they rival "The Brady Bunch." Or, as O'Donnell joked to Us Weekly: "We're the Gay-dy Bunch!"

O'Donnell, is mom to Parker, 15, Chelsea, 13, Blake, 10, and Vivienne, 7, her children with ex Kelli Carpenter, while Anders – who lives next door to O'Donnell – has one adopted child and five biological kids. "Part of the reason I fell in love with her was her love of kids," O'Donnell, 48, said of artist/writer Anders. "She was a foster mom and took in 12, 13 kids, and adopted a whole bunch as well."

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