'BIG' MOUTH. The current 15th edition of "Big Brother" has sparked outrage over some of its contestants' racist and homophobic outbursts. Now housemate Spencer Clawson -- who previously praised Hitler as a gifted speaker -- has topped that bar with apparently facetious comments in favor of child pornography. Among those not amused by the 31-year-old railroad conductor from Arkansas: his employer, Union Pacific, which said it "has taken all the action it can under the Collective Bargaining Agreement until Mr. Clawson is released from the show" and "has notified law enforcement" about Clawson's comments. 
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'BIG' MOUTH. The current 15th edition of "Big Brother" has sparked outrage over some of its contestants' racist and homophobic outbursts. Now housemate Spencer Clawson -- who previously praised Hitler as a gifted speaker -- has topped that bar with apparently facetious comments in favor of child pornography. Among those not amused by the 31-year-old railroad conductor from Arkansas: his employer, Union Pacific, which said it "has taken all the action it can under the Collective Bargaining Agreement until Mr. Clawson is released from the show" and "has notified law enforcement" about Clawson's comments. PREMIERES. "The Real Housewives of Miami" is back for season three Monday night at 9 on Bravo . . . Then at 10 p.m., it's Anthony Melchiorri's third season of trying to fix up lodgings on "Hotel Impossible" . . . Tuesday at 8 p.m., Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club" is back for an 11th outing, its second in Miami . . . At 9 p.m. on Syfy, past contestants compete with up-and-comers on season five of the special-effects makeup competition "Face Off." Following at 10:30 p.m. is the new "Heroes of Cosplay," about six comics and animation fans who create and dress in professional-quality character costumes . . . "Duck Dynasty" flies into season four Wednesday at 10 p.m. . . . Thursday night at 10, AMC premieres the new "Owner's Manual," in which one guy does and one guy does not use one to accomplish the same task. It's followed at 11 p.m. by season two of the ad-agency competition "The Pitch" . . . and Friday at 9 p.m., musical star Kristin Chenoweth goes to Kleinfeld Bridal to help her assistant choose a wedding gown on the season-10 premiere of TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress," followed at 9:30 p.m. by a second episode. RECAPS. In a double eviction, "Big Brother" ousted Candice Stewart and Judd Daugherty . . . "So You Think You Can Dance" cut Malece Miller and Alan Bersten . . . Sandro Masmanidi withdrew from "Project Runway" . . . and "Top Chef Masters" told Odette Fada au revoir.

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