• It Pays to Have Friends in High Places, Greg Grunberg makes plans to star in another J.J. Abrams series.
• COUGAR TOWN Cameos! Who’s Popped Up Where?
• Pilot Watch: Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” series headed to HBO.
• Simon Cowell Gives Fans Something to really Tweet about: Vote for your favorite via Direct Message.
• Because NBC has such a great (Note: Sarcasm) history of reboots, the Peacock Network options a new take on Stephen Cannell’s WISEGUY.
• Get a Jump Start on Your Holiday Shopping with… SIX FEET UNDER: THE COMPLETE SERIES for $65.99 (That’s 63% off the regular price!)
Archives for October 2011
On TV Tonight: Tuesday October 25, 2011
Breaking News: CBS Gives Full Season Pickups to PERSON OF INTEREST and UNFORGETTABLE
Are you one of the millions of LOST fan who may-or-may-not have been secretly rooting against the success of PERSON OF INTEREST in the hopes that following its cancelation J.J. Abrams would revive the long dormant ODD JOBS project starring Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn? Well, firstly stop that, because we’re really digging PERSON OF INTEREST and second, don’t hold your breath. Or at least that’s our takeaway following today’s announcement that has CBS awarding the underrated Jim Caviezel/Michael Emerson series with a full season pick-up. [Read more…]
AMC Renews THE WALKING DEAD for a Third Season
In what is sure to be a boon for the fake blood industry — or at the very least, the best thing to happen to the industry since the renaissance of the vampire genre — AMC announced today the renewal of THE WALKING DEAD for a third season.
“Today we are pleased to announce that the ‘dead’ shall live as we proudly renew THE WALKING DEAD for a third season on AMC and, globally, with our terrific partners at Fox International Channels,” said Charlie Collier, AMC’s President. “We are thankful for everyone’s contribution in front of and behind the camera as we continue to make THE WALKING DEAD a unique television experience. And, we are so proud as it continues to set viewership records around the world.” [Read more…]
Because Waiting Was the Hardest Part: We Ask BONES Showrunner Hart Hanson What Took So Long for Booth and Brennan to Get Together!
A long time ago on a website a mere click away, a mysterious “blind item” was posted alluding to the fact that one popular TV couple’s happily-ever-after was being purposely delayed by a season at the request of network executives who were nervous about removing the “will-they-or-won’t-they” tension that was believed to have greatly contributed to the popularity of the show. Unfortunately, like most blind items, the identity of the show in question remained a mystery… Until now. [Read more…]
TV Ratings: Monday October 24, 2011 (Viewers Continue to Have HART on for DIXIE!)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 | VS. |
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8PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 16.99 | 3.1/8 | |
FOX | World Series Game 5 | 13.02 | 3.8/10 | ||
CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 9.87 | 4.3/12 | ||
NBC | The Sing-Off | 4.63 | 1.5/4 | ||
CW | Gossip Girl | 1.36 | 0.6/2 | ||
8:30PM | CBS | 2 Broke Girls | 11.46 | 4.6/11 | |
9PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 17.22 | 3.1/8 | |
CBS | Two and a Half Men | 15.48 | 5.6/13 | ||
FOX | World Series Game 5 | 12.60 | 3.8/11 | ||
NBC | The Sing-Off | 4.63 | 1.5/4 | ||
CW | Hart of Dixie | 1.97 | 1.4/2 | ||
9:30PM | CBS | Mike & Molly | 12.69 | 4.4/10 | |
10PM | ABC | Castle | 11.11 | 2.5/6 | |
CBS | Hawaii Five-0 | 11.02 | 3.3/8 | ||
NBC | Prime Suspect (R) | 2.50 | 0.7/2 |
Snappy Answers to Silly Questions with MAN UP! Stars Christopher Moynihan and Dan Fogler
Morning Static: AMERICAN IDOL, 2 BROKE GIRLS, DAMAGES & More!
• Trailer Park: AMERICAN IDOL Season 11.
• From the Department of Spot On! The sorry state of 2 BROKE GIRLS.
• Laugh On: Network rivals credit MODERN FAMILY for reviving the sitcom.
• DAMAGES Scoop: Jenna Elfman and John Hannah set to join the series for its fifth and final season.
• Having trouble keeping up with all of your new and returning Fall favourites? Catch up on what you missed for free online at clicktowatch.tv.
Don’t Worry, Watch HAPPY… ENDINGS Now!
Just how confident is ABC in Wednesday’s highlarious HAPPY ENDINGS Halloween episode? So much so that the Alphabet Network has decided to post the entire episode online (via Yahoo TV) in the hopes that you — yes YOU — might take to your twitter, tumblr or text to alert your friends, family, heck anyone with a pulse of the following: If you’re not watching HAPPY ENDINGS, you — yes YOU — are missing out on one of television’s most under-appreciated gems.
Channel Surfing: DEXTER, THE GOOD WIFE, ONCE UPON A TIME & More!
As someone who has always had a special affinity for DEXTER since the very beginning (Note: Not as creepy as it sounds, we promise!) we’re disappointed to admit that when it comes to summing up our feelings for the show’s much-anticipated current season, the best we can come up with is ‘conflicted.’ On the one hand, four weeks in, the show’s writing team deserves credit for managing to keep this aging series interesting by promoting Deb to Lieutenant, correcting last season’s wrong that was Laguerta and Angel’s marriage, and introducing a truly terrifying team of baddies (Edward James Olmos’ Professor Gellar and Colin Hanks’ Travis Marshall) into the mix. On the other — something that we can’t quite put our finger on — is missing. Whether it’s a symptom of the increasingly predictable nature of the show (Does anyone else have a feeling that Professor Gellar is to Travis what Harry is to Dexter?) or the fact that the astounding success of the series has all but eviscerated the once spine-tingling stakes for America’s favorite serial killer seeing as though Showtime isn’t about to put a knife in the back of its most popular property anytime soon, the simple fact of the matter is that this once must-watch-for-fear-of-being-spoiled-show has quietly devolved into yeah, we’ll-watch-it-when-we-get-around-to-it. #sad [Read more…]