Everybody knows what makes a hit TV show is ratings, right? But in this continuing series, we examine how today’s most popular shows would have been axed just a few short years ago… and how yesterday’s flops would be topping the charts today! In 1999, Judd Apatow produced an hour-long dramedy for NBC called FREAKS & [...]

By: C.T. How you feel about the latest season of Gordon Ramsay’s foulfest HELL’S KITCHEN — premiering with a two-hour debut tonight at 8PM on FOX — will depend largely on how you’ve reacted to past cycles. If you were left thinking, “Wow, I wish they’d find more obnoxious, less pleasant contestants”, you’ll probably be [...]

The Hollywood Reporter is well, reporting that after much hemming and hawing, the NBC has agreed to carry tomorrow night’s Presidential News Conference (Obama’s fourth in six months!) only after the White House agreed to shift the start time from 9PM to the lesser-watched 8PM hour as to not interfere with Peacock’s only summer success, [...]

For whatever reason, be it just in time to remind fans that, “Hey, your favorite shows are coming back, we swear!” or to coincide with the start of San Diego Comic Con 2009 the year’s biggest pop culture event — comes five TV shows that may not know you can download for FREE on iTunes. [...]

Can’t wait until quittin’ time? Staring at the clock not making 6PM come any faster? Why not pass the time by checking out a few interesting TV related links. We swear, we totally won’t tell your boss. Drool: Over the smoldering hotness that are VAMPIRE DIARIES stars Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley in [...]

“I love Padma Lakshmi, but a sitcom? Really NBC? Didn’t you learn your lesson with EMERIL?” — was theTVaddict.com reader Tim G’s reaction via twitter on today’s news that Lakshmi has signed a development deal with NBC to cook up a half-hour comedy around her.

Comfortable Shoes Why? Well, measuring 1,104,309 square feet, the San Diego Convention Center stretches longer than the eye can see. A fact that you’ll become intimately familiar with as you scuttle between panels, events and the showroom floor all the while trying to navigate your way between gaggles of anime-costumed adults reenacting scenes from obscure [...]

On Friday, word leaked out that 20th Century Fox (the studio behind FUTURAMA) had sent out a casting notice to replace original series voice talents John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Maurice La Marche, Billy West and Katey Sagal with more affordable actors after talks broke down over money. According to Variety, “The stars had all expressed [...]

On the TV Addict: We took a closer look at the 2009 Emmy Nominations, revealed the Top 5 Summer “Treats” we could do without, and uncovered 10 things you might not know about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s Michael Hogan. On the REEL Addict: We shared our latest Hollywood Crush Joseph Gordon-Levitt, reviewed HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD [...]

Good News: The NY Times proclaims David Letterman is back, trouncing Conan in total viewers last week, 4.4 million versus 2.5. Bad News: And to think, all it took was the stepping down of longtime rival Jay Leno and Governor Palin, the death of Michael Jackson, an Emmy nod and a historic return by Sir [...]