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Watch, PVR, Pass: Wednesday January 27, 2010

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Positives That Might Come Out of UGLY BETTY’s Cancellation

Thanks to fourth season creative resurgence, UGLY BETTY, unlike HEROES, PRISON BREAK and/or NIP/TUCK will go out on top. Particularly since… …ABC had the courtesy to inform BETTY’s producers early enough to ensure they’ll have the time necessary to craft a satisfying conclusion to the series. Said both the network and producers in a statement [...]

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Good News, Bad News: GILMORE GIRLS, HEROES & SMALLVILLE

Good News: GILMORE GIRLS creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Dan Palladino are returning to the CW, with the network giving the green light to their UNTITLED WYOMING PROJECT which is said to revolve around a family horse farm in the Midwest. Bad News: For the future of Sherman-Palladino’s HBO series, remember that? [Source] Good [...]

3 Posted in CW News, Heroes, Smallville

Inside BONES 100th Episode Celebration

Rather than remain bitter that our invitation to yesterday’s BONES Milestone 100th Episode Celebration so clearly got lost in the mail (Not to mention the fact that after almost four years of blogging we haven’t earned enough for our very own private jet!) this TV Addict thought we’d take the high road by sharing with [...]

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TV Ratings: Tuesday January 26, 2010

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM FOX American Idol 24.18 9.0/24 CBS NCIS 20.15 4.1/11 NBC Biggest Loser: Couples 8.25 3.2/8 ABC Scrubs 3.29 1.2/3 CW 90210 (R) 0.96 0.4/1 8:30PM ABC Better Off Ted 2.54 1.0/2 9PM CBS NCIS: LA 17.16 3.8/10 NBC Biggest Loser: Couples 11.10 4.4/11 FOX [...]

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Channel Surfing: LOST, CHUCK, BROTHERS & SISTERS & More!

After yet another hilarious (albeit low rated) instalment of BETTER OFF TED last night, this TV Addict thought now might be as good a time as any to offer up a tiny glimmer of hope for fans of the show. One, and let’s face it, possibly the only reason why BETTER OFF TED may live [...]

2 Posted in Better of Ted, Brothers & Sisters, Channel Surfing, Lost, Rob Lowe, Smallville

Morning Static: BROTHERS & SISTERS, THE JAY LENO SHOW, SUPERNATURAL & More!

• Quick, someone check if hell has frozen over! NBC and Conan O’Brien back in business. • At long last, our national nightmare is over, THE JAY LENO SHOW will be off the air by February 9. • Good News: SUPERNATURAL to get a spin-off! Bad News: Make that a web-only spin-off. • Home alone [...]

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Review: Stephen Colbert’s THE WØRD

Combining two of our favorite addictions, theTVaddict.com has begun periodically turning off the TV in order to review TV-related iPhone Apps. Whether you’ve been too busy watching Letterman and Conan rip Jay Leno a new one, or simply getting too old to stay up past THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central has now [...]

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Watch, PVR, Pass: Tuesday January 26, 2010

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Advertising Anarchy: NURSE JACKIE

In our latest instalment of Advertising Anarchy (Also known as our take on how networks might wish to consider promoting some of our favorite new and returning shows), this TV Addict thought we’d offer up our two cents as to how Showtime might wish market the upcoming season of their critically acclaimed dark medical comedy [...]

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