Good News: Showtime is said to be close to picking up RONNA AND BEVERLY, a comedy pilot from WEEDS creator Jeni Kohan and the Tim Robbins produced dysfunctional family drama POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. Bad News: Pilots already officially given their rejection letter include the highly anticipated Matthew Perry/Peter Tolan comedy THE END OF STEVE and the L WORD spinoff THE FARM. [Source]
Good News: Thursday’s ER swan song saw an 82% bump over their original-episode season average. Bad News:Yet still managed to deliver only 14% of the 1993 CHEERS finale, and 24% of the FRIENDS finale. Ouch! [Source]
Good News: According to People.com, Kevin McKidd is anxiously awaiting a McNickname of his very own. Bad News: After last week’s controversial episode, the commenters on People.com have kindly obliged with a long string of suggestions including: McAngry, McScary, McPTSD, McDangerous and McStrangler [Source]
Good News: The president of NBC guarantees that, “Jay Leno will be on in Boston at 10PM in the fall.” Bad News: Phew, good to know that the Boston market won’t miss a moment of comedy gold like this. [Source]