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TCA Press Tour Live Blog: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

4:43PM: Executive Producer Julie Plec starts off the panel by clarifying that the episode description posted on the internet movie database for the upcoming eleventh episode is completely and utterly fake. Unlike the books, Elena won’t be turning into a vampire, well at least until season 43! 4:44PM: Kevin Williamson promises that a big part [...]

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TCA Press Tour Live Blog: LIFE UNEXPECTED

4:10PM: The inspiration for LIFE UNEXPECTED came from showrunner (and real-life adoptee) Liz Tigelaar’s childhood belief that her actual birth mother was Nancy Reagan. 4:15PM: Attention teenagers who aren’t happy at home, Tigelaar doesn’t want a baby at 30, but she would love if a teenager showed up on her doorstep. Related note: How cool [...]

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Say What? Our TV Quote of the Day!

“In the relationship game, either way, heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, any sexuality, he [Sheldon] has said ‘This is not for me. I’m a scientist. All I’m interested in is science and what George Lucas does’,” explained THE BIG BANG THEORY co-executive producer Chuck Lorre when asked about the realistic possibility of a Sheldon and Penny relationship [...]

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TV Ratings: Friday January 8, 2010

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Ghost Whisperer 9.00 2.2/7 NBC Dateline 7.5 1.6/5 FOX Bones (R) 4.97 1.3/4 ABC Supernanny 4.26 1.2/4 CW Smallville (R) 1.52 0.6/2 9PM NBC Dateline 10.35 2.2/7 CBS Medium 8.93 2.1/6 ABC Shark Tank 3.96 1.4/4 FOX Dollhouse 2.38 0.8/2 CW Smallville (R) [...]

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TCA Press Tour Live Blog: CBS President Talks THREE RIVERS, FLASHPOINT, LENO & More!

Television isn’t dead. Just NBC is. That in a nutshell was the underlying message delivered by CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler at this morning’s executive session at the January Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena. FOX has GLEE, ABC has MODERN FAMILY and Tassler’s own Tiffany Network — thanks in no small part to [...]

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Morning Static: NBC, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, BIG LOVE & More!

• Late night musical chairs continue, with FOX crunching the numbers and ABC sticking with the hand they’ve been dealt. • Welcome to Mystic Falls B*tch! THE VAMPIRE DIARIES signs Melinda Clarke. • The truth about Area 51, Fuggedaboutit! Being President of the United States finally pays off. • Big challenges ahead for Bill Henrickson, [...]

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We Elect Matt Santos (THE WEST WING: TNG) to Fill the Void Left By Jay Leno!

As word continues to leak out of the sinking ship that is the Titanic NBC with regards to yesterday’s shocking (albeit somewhat inevitable) news surrounding the failed experiment that is THE JAY LENO SHOW, questions and analysis continue to flood the internet with regards to what the Peacock Network should do with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy [...]

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Watch, PVR, Pass: Friday January 8, 2010

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Channel Surfing: NBC, FOX NEWS, OUR LITTLE GENIUS & HEROES

Apparently, the entertainment world didn’t have the good manners to put breaking news on hold while the TV Addict was ‘busy’ hangin’ with the cast of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. NBC blinked, Fox News was accused of treason, a game show scandal was exposed and a HEROES star either let slip a major spoiler… [...]

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TV Ratings: Thursday January 7, 2010

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC BCS Championship Pre-game 21.00 6.4/18 CBS CSI (R) 9.50 2.0/5 FOX Bones (R) 6.20 1.8/5 NBC Community (R) 4.51 1.7/5 CW The Vampire Diaries (R) 1.93 0.7/2 8:30PM ABC BCS Championship: Alabama vs. Texas 32.12 10.5/27 NBC Parks and Recreation (R) 3.21 1.3/3 [...]

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