This Father’s Day you might expect to see dads watching the big game or The History Channel, but what shows are dads watching that they don’t want anyone to know about?

They might not admit it, but dads love dancing celebrities, doctors who get steamy in broom closets, private school teenagers who can’t stop text messaging .

TiVo recently polled more than 700 hundred fathers from across the country and queried them on what shows they pretend to stomach while viewing with their families, but secretly love to watch.

“Dancing With the Stars” topped the list for dads. Almost one third of the men polled admitted to enjoying the competition on the dance floor.

Reality shows aren’t the only favorite for fathers, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” has dads reaching for the remote. The ups and downs of Meredith and McDreamy apparently have them hooked, as this steamy hospital drama came in second place.

And beyond hospital-based dramas, TiVo’s poll proved dads love the suburbs too, especially on Wisteria Lane! Almost one fourth of dads polled admitted enjoying the mystery, comedy and drama of “Desperate Housewives,” landing the series in third place.

Access Hollywood also made the list, coming in fourth place, as a guilty entertainment pleasure for the guys. Everyone needs a daily dose of celebrity news.

What else are dads watching when no one is around? Morning gab-fests? Dating shows? Spencer and Heidi?

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A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of “American Idol,” claiming musicians were underpaid because the show’s live music was re-recorded for reruns.

The American Federation of Musicians filed the suit seeking unspecified damages Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleging that American Idol Productions Inc. and its subsidiary Tick Tock Productions Inc. violated a collective bargaining agreement.

That contract says the show’s musicians should be paid royalties for rebroadcasts of the show, the lawsuit said.

The producers are required to pay 75 percent of scale to musicians who appear in the original show and rehearsals, plus 10 percent of that pay to a union pension fund, with decreasing percentages for each rebroadcast, according to court papers.

In 2007, the producers started cutting out the show’s soundtrack and using different musicians to re-record new music for the past-season highlights show “American Idol Rewind,” the lawsuit said.

The union was not informed of the recording, according to court papers.

Phone messages left Thursday night with a representative for American Idol Productions were not returned.

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Nicole Richie wants a new reality show according to Entertainment Weekly.

Richie has reportedly been pitching a program that would see the new mom traveling the country searching for the next Nicole Richie, according to EW’s Hollywood Insider blog.

If the project gets the green light, seven girls would be picked for [and later tested on] their propensity to achieve mega-fame.

The reward of winning the show? Another reality show centered around the winner.

EW reports three cable networks have expressed an interest in the potential program.

As previously reported Richie’s former “Simple Life” co-star, Paris Hilton, already has her own new reality show in the works. Hilton is currently testing out contestants to become her new best friend.

Paris is now dating Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte, and Nicole recently had her first child with Joel Madden, Benji’s twin brother, also in the band.

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MTV’s Tila Tequila, who rose to reality star fame as a bisexual girl looking for love, says she is responsible for the historic legalization of gay marriage in California.

The “Shot At Love” star believes her reality show has influenced the sweeping changes about to take affect throughout the nation’s most populous state.

“It is because of me. I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement,” Tila told Us Weekly at the Hollywood premiere of “The Love Guru” on Wednesday.

“A Shot At Love” pits men and women vying for Tila’s affection against each other in a series of challenges designed to help Tila find the man or woman of her dreams.

“Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships],” she said. “Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.’ The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is legal.”

In addition to reportedly writing a self-help book, Tila, who told the mag she won’t fall in love with a man or a woman, has her sights set on something bigger– a whole continent!

“I am going to Africa,” Tila said. “I think maybe I will fall in love in Africa.”

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MTV’s “The Hills” wouldn’t be the addictive hit television show it is without a large dose of drama — but has one of reality TV’s best roommate feuds come to an end?

Feuding BFFs Audrina Patridge and Lauren Conrad, whose friendship has been on the outs lately, were spotted looking rather chummy Wednesday night at Crown Bar in West Hollywood.

”[Audrina and Lauren] are best friends” Spencer Pratt’s little sister, Stephanie told Access Hollywood at the PinkIsTheNewBlog.com re-launch party at Hollywood’s S Bar on Wednesday night. “They’ll work it out!”

Find out “for real” if Audrina and Lauren patch up their friendship for good or if we can expect more catfights, when “The Hills” returns to MTV in August.

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Britney Spears – Emmy Winner?: In news we never thought possible, Britney Spears has been included on the official ballot for possible nominees for an Emmy Award, OK! Magazine reports. The pop star’s name was included on the list for her guest appearances on CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother.” The list, which includes 40 others actresses, will endure one round voting by Academy members before the final list is announced. Will we be hearing; “Thank you very much y’all!” from the Emmy Awards stage come September?

Bringing Single Back?: When Justin Timberlake’s best friend and business partner, Trace Ayala, was asked about the possibility of the pop star getting married to girlfriend Jessica Biel, he was hopeful the couple would someday walk down the aisle, but didn’t see it happening anytime soon. “I hope so. To be honest, I don’t see them in the future, but I hope so. I really do,” Trace told Us Weekly Wednesday at “The Love Guru” premiere. Supportive and negative at the same time – a true wingman!

She Knows What Girls & Boys Like: MTV’s resident bisexual reality star, Tila Tequila, thinks she played a role in the legalization of gay marriage in California. “It is because of me — I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement,” she proclaimed to Us Weekly Wednesday, again, at “The Love Guru” premiere. “Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships]. Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.’ The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is legal.” Who says reality TV can’t change the world!

Brother Don’t Preach!: When Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, announced his plans yesterday to write a tell-all memoir, not everyone was pre-ordering their copy on Amazon. Madonna was too busy with lawyers, according to E!‘s Marc Malkin. “When she was meeting with lawyers and everyone was saying it was because she wanted to divorce Guy, she was really meeting with them to get the book killed,” a source told Malkin. If the book sells half as well as tickets for Madge’s new “Sticky & Sweet” tour, brother boy might be on to something.

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Not many guys can fill Spencer Pratt’s shoes, but Brody Jenner hopes a handful of guys can step up and be his ultimate “bro.”

MTV will produce six episodes of “Bromance,” a new reality show about Brody’s searching for a new friend, Variety reports.

When Brody and Spencer’s relationship crumbled during season two of “The Hills”, Brody was left with a void in his entourage. Enter Ryan Seacrest, who is producing “Bromance,” with the idea of turning Brody’s search for a new guy pal into a reality show.

“I can speak from experience — girls can come and go, but a ‘bromance’ can last forever,” Seacrest said.

Brody, who has cultivated a reality career by also appearing on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and “The Princes of Malibu,” said he found the idea both amusing and timely.

“I thought it was funny, and we recently lost a member of the entourage, so I thought we’d have fun with it,” Jenner the mag.

And how will Brody’s aspiring “bros” win his adoration?

Contestants will reportedly be put through a series of challenges, such as enduring the paparazzi, acting as a “wingman” for Brody, along with a slew of physical activities, including skydiving.

Each week, contestants will face a “hot tub elimination ceremony,” where one sub-par “bro” will be deemed unworthy of having a “bromance” with Brody, and forced to leave, dripping wet — in only his swimsuit.

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‘Top Mom’ Dina Lohan explains why her washed-up lesbian daughter won’t be on her white trash reality show.

Via The Scoop:

“I told Lindsay I don’t want her on the show right now. … Doing reality TV would almost be taking a step backward as far as her career goes,” Dina said in the May 26 issue of TV Guide. (Never mind that back in March, Lindsay was overheard telling friends that she wouldn’t be on the show.)

It’s an interesting statement, considering Dina told Radar’s Fresh Intelligence that reality is the new direction of entertainment. “Three years ago I would have said, ‘No way am I doing a reality show … but it’s just where entertainment is headed. I mean, even J.Lo has one these days.”

Good enough for J.Lo, but not for Lindsay?

Uh, puh-leez!  Aside from her short-term Ugly Betty appearance, this skank has been axed from every film project she has recently signed onto!  Not to mention the fact that shopping all day does not make for entertaining television.

Case in point, here is Lindsay Lohan shopping in Brentwood at Madison with some friends Saturday.