Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj’s feud didn’t help bring in viewers for Season 12. Wednesday night’s ratings presented good and bad news for FOX. Here’s the bad news: 17.8 million people tuned into the American Idol premiere. That’s a 19 percent decline over Season 11’s premiere audience of 21.6 million (which was also a double digit drop over the previous season). Here’s the good news: It still won its night for total viewership with its closest competition, CBS’ Criminal Minds, garnering 11 million viewers. [TVGuide.com]

If you feared that Fifth Harmony would just go back to being soloists after losing on The X Factor (like I did), then we are wrong. Simon Cowell’s Syco Music and now former judge L.A. Reid’s Epic Records have signed the girl group to a recording deal. Are you looking forward to their new album? [Syco Music, Epic Records]

Beauty and the Beast has landed itself a Twilight actor. Edi Gathegi, who played Laurent on New Moon will join The CW drama in a recurring role. He’ll play Kyle, a “composed agent for a top-secret organization with killer looks and instincts to match. He doesn’t like his time to be wasted, and can easily assess anyone’s weaknesses and happily exploit them.” Gathegi has also appeared in X Men: First Class and on FOX’s House. [EW]

Head of the Class star Robin Givens has been booked in a guest starring role on The CW’s 90210. She’ll play Cheryl, mom to two characters, Elizabeth (played by Keke Palmer) and Jordan (Robbie Jones, who has yet to appear on the series). [E!Online]

There are some changes coming to FX. According to reports, News Corp. is looking at splitting it into two networks. The new network would be called FXX and will be geared to the 20-something market and comedies. It may replace FOX Soccer. [TheWrap]

HBO has released the new trailer for the second season of Julia-Louis Dreyfus’ Veep, which returns in April. Watch it below.

With the Emmys coming up this weekend, our senior TV editor Jethro Nededog and Access Hollywood correspondent Laura Saltman stopped by The Daily Buzz to discuss what they think will go down on TV’s biggest night.

Who will win Best Comedy? Best Drama? What do we think about host Jimmy Kimmel?

Both Nededog and Saltman agree that there’s no contest: Modern Family will take comedy’s top prize on Sunday Night. Also nominated for the distinguished award are The Big Bang Theory, Veep, Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock.

Saltman adds, “I know a lot of the critics really love Girls but it’s a first year comedy and not a lot of people have seen it yet it’s got a lot of buzz but it’s just not there yet.”

As for Best Drama, Saltman thinks it will be a battle of the AMC giants, Mad Men and Breaking Bad. If Mad Men takes the award it will be the fifth time the drama has won the coveted trophy.

In addition to these AMC shows, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey and Boardwalk Empire are nominated.

Nededog thinks we should be on the lookout for Showtime’s Homeland. The high-paced drama, starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis was a critical favorite last season.

“It’s just so tightly scripted and well-acted,” says Nededog of the contender.

As for host Jimmy Kimmel, both of our experts are looking forward to seeing his reportedly huge prank.

Watch the clip above to hear this and more including our experts take on Kelsey Grammer and his comments about not being nominated.

Who do you think will win this Sunday? Sound off in the comments below!

What was hot on Celebuzz on Friday? The Kardashians and Kayne of course. We also polled our Facebook fans to see who they think are going to take home trophies at the 2012 Emmy Awards. Watch the clip below and find out what they had to say. 

For the last two years, the Best Comedy Series category has been dominated by one show: Modern Family.

Chances are, with a whopping 14 nominations heading into Sunday’s ceremony, the hit ABC comedy will triumph yet again.

But will it be an easy victory?

Maybe not. In fact, for the first time ever, Modern Family faces some relatively strong competition from big-name shows like The Big Bang Theory to, yes, the zeitgeist HBO series Girls.

Of course, we won’t actually know who will win until a name is read on Sunday — but that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate, anyway.

Below, get the rundown on the six shows nominated for Best Comedy Series to find out which shows have a chance to win and which, well, don’t.

The Big Bang Theory: It’s a beloved show, both among voters and TV audiences, so if the Academy is sick of Modern Family and wants to honor another network comedy, this would be the place to go. Chances: Good

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David’s much-loved comedy, which has yet to triumph in this category, will once again go empty-handed; the competition is just too strong. Chances: Pretty, pretty weak.

Girls: File this one under, “You never know.” Sure, it only has one season under its belt. But in just eight episodes, it has generated more press, arguments and praise than any other show in this category. As such, it could pull off a jaw-dropping upset the same way Sex and and the City did in 2000. Chances: Seriously, you never know.

Modern Family: It’s the most-nominated show of the lineup, and it already has two-consecutive wins under its belt. A betting man would be wise to predict a three-peat. Chances: Very Strong

30 Rock: Once an Emmys darling, 30 Rock has since become a bit of an afterthought; it hasn’t won a single trophy in two years. Expect a similar event to occur on Sunday — at least here in the Comedy Series category. Chances: Weak

Veep: Although Veep has the potential to become a real Emmys powerhouse in the next couple of years, the newbie HBO comedy feels too fresh to pull off a surprise win here. Look for star Julia Louis-Dreyfus to triumph in the Comedy Series Actress category, instead. Chances: Minimal

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