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TV News That’s News To Us!

Did you know that… WEEDS star Mary-Louise Parker was originally offered the role of Susan Myers on the hit ABC show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES? [Source: AVclub] Did you know that… T.R. Knight has yet to learn who David Caruso is? And by that we mean, how else to explain Knight’s completely asinine decision to ask ABC [...]

2 Posted in Random Musings

Tonight’s TV Addictions: June 17, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: GREAT PERFORMANCES (8PM PBS) Idina Menzel does in fact defy gravity by flying across the pond to perform, alongside Adam Pascal and Josh Groban in the London Concert Revival of the 1986 cult musical “Chess.” Great performances indeed. NEW & NOTABLE: LOOK-A-LIKE (8PM TVGuide Channel) A woman gets a makeover to look [...]

0 Posted in Tonight's TV Addictions

SMALLVILLE: The Beginning of the End?

Not to start a panic or anything among SMALLVILLE fans, but… um, yeah, enjoy the upcoming ninth season because chances are, it’ll be the last. Looking to place blame? Thinking maybe the rising production costs (including the ever-growing salary of star Tom Welling) or the shrinking audience (season two averaged 6.3 million viewers a week [...]

16 Posted in CW News, Smallville

An Open Letter to Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment The CW

Dawn Ostroff, New York City, May 2009 In looking at current hits like GOSSIP GIRL and 90210, not to mention upcoming trashfests MELROSE PLACE and THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE, this TV Addict can’t seem to shake the feeling that you’ve completely lost touch with your network’s roots. That thought became all the more apparent after spending [...]

42 Posted in CW News

Say What? Our TV Quote of the Day!

“Paging Dr. Grey! No wait, you are more like Joey Potter. No, you’re worse. You’re the F-word. Felicity.” — Ashleigh bemoaning Casey’s romantic indecisiveness on Monday’s GREEK season finale. Thanks to reader Caryn A. for the Tip!

4 Posted in Greek, TV Quotes of the Day

Today’s TV Addict Top 5: TV Scientists

1) The Professor, GILLIGAN’S ISLAND 2) Dr. Sheldon Cooper, THE BIG BANG THEORY 3) Dr. Walter Bishop, FRINGE 4) Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, THE MUPPET SHOW 5) Bill Nye The Science Guy

6 Posted in TV Addict Top 5

EVERWOOD: By The Numbers

3.6: Average number of viewers (in millions) that EVERWOOD attracted in their final season. 2.2: Number of viewers (in millions) that the CW’s highly buzzed about GOSSIP GIRL attracted to their recent season finale. 89: The number of episodes that EVERWOOD lasted. 10: The number of episodes RUNAWAY lasted, the CW’s short-lived EVERWOOD replacement. And [...]

17 Posted in Everwood

Tonight’s TV Addictions: June 16, 2009

NEW & NOTABLE: I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE! (8PM NBC) Last night, there was much discussion of Janice’s inability to poop. Fortunately, a quick trip to the doctor got the crap out of her system… not that it did anything about her notorious potty mouth! Tonight, the competition delayed by storms takes place. [...]

2 Posted in Tonight's TV Addictions

Win EVERWOOD Season 2 on DVD

As much as we at theTVaddict.com would love to be able to pull our very own Oprah and say “You get a copy! You get a copy! You get a copy!” of what’s pretty much one of our all-time favorite shows, we’ve only got one copy of EVERWOOD on DVD to giveaway. So if you’d [...]

20 Posted in Everwood

Say What? Our TV Quote of the Day!

”When I say ‘chick,’ I mean ‘woman — beautiful woman from the service industry.’ ” Bright Abbott, after referring to a ”Hot Waitress Chick,” on EVERWOOD.

0 Posted in Everwood