• Dear Television Industry: You must learn to cooperate with DVRs, or Else!
• Two hundred and fifty million dollars… is precisely what Charlie Sheen’s recent meltdown will cost CBS and Warner Bros. TV should they cancel the series.
• Pilot Watch: Don Johnson Set To Star In Michael Patrick King’s NBC Drama Pilot A MANN’S WORLD
• From the Desk of Kurt Sutter, “…with great power, comes great responsibility”.
• SPARTACUS Scoop, Creator talks GODS OF THE ARENA finale and epic season 2 plans.
• IDOL Chatter: Why it’s better this year!
• An Appreciation: Len Lesser was much more than Uncle Leo.
Archives for February 2011
On TV Tonight: Friday February 25, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Supernanny | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 20/20 | |||
CBS | The defenders | CSI: NY | Blue Bloods | |||
CW | Smallville | Supernatural | ||||
FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | Fringe | ||||
NBC | Who Do You Think You Are? | Dateline NBC |
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER! PARENTHOOD! GENERAL HOSPITAL! Our TV Addict Week in Rewind
Oddest Plot Twist: Just when we finally warmed up to the idea of Ted and Zoey, the gang from HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER went ahead and confirmed that Jennifer Morrison is officially out of the running for mother-to-be. And while we’re completely on board with the decision — having never been been a fan of Josh Radnor and Jennifer Morrison’s often stilted and forced chemistry — one can’t help but wonder as to why the writers would go ahead and create a situation in which fans will care even less about the relationship going forward.
Most Predictable Reversal: The minute ABC announced Rebecca Herbst was being let go from GENERAL HOSPITAL, most in the biz began taking bets on when the network would reverse its boneheaded decision. This week, they did!
Least Surprising News: The Emmys will now combine the mini-series and TV-movie categories due to so few contenders in the mini-series department.
Most Chilling Moment of the Week: In a week filled with jaw-dropping revelations (Seriously, just wait until you get a load of tonight’s doozy on FRINGE) Max Braverman’s realization that he as Asperger’s (“I have Asperger’s? What is Asperger’s?”) on PARENTHOOD after unexpectedly walking in on a screaming match between Adam and Crosby was easily the week’s most chilling.
The Backlot: Special Charlie Sheen Edition
We Preview Tonight’s Can’t Miss FRINGE: “Subject 13”
Picking up mere months after last season’s thrilling “Peter” flashback-centric episode, tonight’s phenomenal FRINGE follow-up entitled “Subject 13” is truly a can’t miss. That’s the good news. The bad news is that what has become abundantly clear is that Walter’s actions in “borrowing” Peter (who for some inexplicable reason continues to insist that his real home lies at the bottom of the lake!), in addition to his subsequent attempts to return him to his own universe will have some seriously killer implications throughout not just one, but two universes.
That said, don’t let the episode title or its teaser fool you. Despite an emphasis on a young Peter and Olivia’s beautiful first encounter, a memorable face-to-face which is marred only-slightly by the heartbreaking and harrowing circumstances that lead up to it, the real story of tonight’s episode is on the affect the twosome have on the Bishop parents.
TV Ratings: Thursday February 25, 2011 (AMERICAN IDOL FTW!)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | FOX | American Idol | 21.34 | 7.0/20 |
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 12.51 | 3.8/11 | |
ABC | Winter Wipeout | 7.09 | 2.2/6 | |
NBC | Community | 3.91 | 1.8/5 | |
CW | The Vampire Diaries | 2.94 | 1.3/4 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Rules of Engagement | 9.63 | 2.8/8 |
NBC | Perfect Couples | 2.96 | 1.4/4 | |
9PM | FOX | American Idol | 21.82 | 7.3/19 |
CBS | CSI | 12.48 | 2.7/7 | |
ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | 9.10 | 3.3/9 | |
NBC | The Office | 6.20 | 3.3/9 | |
CW | Nikita | 1.99 | 0.8/2 | |
9:30PM | NBC | Parks and Recreation | 4.65 | 2.4/6 |
10PM | CBS | The Mentalist | 14.67 | 2.8/8 |
ABC | Private Practice | 6.70 | 2.4/7 | |
NBC | 30 Rock | 4.51 | 2.3/6 | |
10:30PM | NBC | Outsourced | 3.40 | 1.5/4 |
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Morning Static: FRINGE, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE OSCARS & More!
• Is TWO AND A HALF MEN done for good? Discuss.
• Friday Funny: Ricky Gervais pens James Franco and Anne Hathaway an Oscar opening!
• The Big Tease: FRINGE Producers on the future of Peter and Olivia.
• No GLORY for DAZE, as TBS announces the hourlong comedy series will not be returning for a second season.
• Pilot Watch: Chelsea Handler will play her own sister on NBC’s pilot based on her life.
Breaking News: Warner Bros. TV and CBS Finally Stop Finding Charlie Sheen’s Antics Funny
Fresh off Charlie Sheen’s you-have-to-read-it-to-believe-it rant, CBS and Warner Bros. have jointly agreed to put TWO AND A HALF MEN on early hiatus. Said both companies in a statement released to the media mere moments ago, “Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the season.”
On TV Tonight: Thursday February 24, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Wipeout | Grey’s Anatomy | Private Practice | |||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | Rules of Engagement | CSI | The Mentalist | ||
CW | The Vampire Diaries | Nikita | ||||
FOX | American Idol | Archer (FX) | ||||
NBC | Community | Perfect Couples | The Office | Parks and Recreation | 30 Rock | Outsourced |
USA | Royal Pains | Fairly Legal |