Last season’s mind-blowing cliffhanger on SCANDAL left viewers wondering all summer: who is Quinn Perkins? Fortunately, that mystery will be solved within seconds of the show’s return. What will then twist everyone’s brains into knots will be figuring out: who is behind the mystery of Quinn Perkins? Quinn’s identity is easy enough to establish, but who put her in the scandalous position she now finds herself in will be an even bigger mystery; and we’re not talking about the murder of Gideon Wallace. Quinn simply put is a “trouble magnet,” and it is a really good thing she has Olivia Pope on her side.
At a recent screening of the second season premiere at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills, the cast of SCANDAL artfully dodged the question of Quinn’s identity and teased what other deliciously tantalizing scandals their characters will be involved in for this upcoming season. [Read more…]
Archives for September 2012
TV Ratings: Wednesday September 26, 2012 (MODERN FAMILY FTW!)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Survivor | 10.15 | 3.0/9 |
FOX | The X Factor | 9.44 | 3.3/9 | |
ABC | The Middle | 8.97 | 2.8/9 | |
NBC | Animal Practice | 5.18 | 1.4/4 | |
CW | Oh Sit! | 929,000 | 0.4/1 | |
8:30PM | NBC | Guys with Kids | 4.78 | 1.6/5 |
9PM | ABC | Modern Family | 14.20 | 5.5/15 |
CBS | Criminal Minds | 11.58 | 3.1/8 | |
FOX | The X Factor | 9.44 | 3.3/9 | |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 7.09 | 2.1/6 | |
CW | Supernatural (R) | 721,000 | 0.3/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | The Neighbors | 9.27 | 3.3/9 |
10PM | CBS | CSI | 10.65 | 2.5/7 |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 7.09 | 2.1/6 | |
ABC | Revenge (Recap) | 5.38 | 1.6/4 |
On TV Tonight: Thursday September 27, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Resort | Grey’s Anatomy | Scandal | |||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | Two and a Half Men | Person of Interest | Elementary | ||
CW | The Vampire Diaries (R) | The Next | ||||
FOX | The X Factor | Glee | ||||
NBC | SNL Weekend Update | Up All Night | The Office | Parks and Recreation | Rock Center with Brian Williams | |
MISC | The American Bible Challenge (GSN) | Projet Runway (Lifetime) | Louie (FX) |
Fall TV Preview: LAST RESORT
Direct from the pages of our brand new, just released, first annual, Fall TV Preview eBook appropriately titled “Thank Goodness It’s Fall” comes a closer look at ABC’s new Shawn Ryan project, LAST RESORT. [Read more…]
Morning Static: THE GOOD WIFE, THE MIDDLE, THE OFFICE & More!
• GREAT Stock! THE GOOD WIFE casts Stockard Channing as Alicia’s Mom.
• From MALCOLM to THE MIDDLE, Jane Kaczmarek heads to the hit ABC series.
• THE OFFICE’s New Jim Speaks! Jake Lacy says joining the last season is a “Win-Win”
• Must See TV: TV Faves as Kid Fiction?
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Atticus Shaffer Previews THE MIDDLE Season Four
With much of the Alphabet Network’s focus, not to mention marketing budget, reserved for this week’s splashy September launch, THE MIDDLE — or as it’s better known around theTVaddict.com as “the little comedy that could” — once again is forced to rely on one of its top secret weapons to promote tonight’s hour long premiere. Namely, the ridiculously well-spoken Atticus Shaffer, who was only too happy to spend some time previewing tonight’s season opener, what changes are in store for Brick and which ABC series he’d most like to crossover to. [Read more…]
The Business of Show: The Top 5 Signs Your Show Isn’t Going To Make It
Hollywood is a brutal business. But that is because it is subject the whims of a very fickle consumer base – the television viewing audience. Viewers have a whole list of reasons they will not watch a television show, let alone why they tune in and then tune out in rapid succession. But looking out across the recent crop of television shows offered by the Big 5 television networks, there are some very simple reasons some of these new shows are going to fail.
Here are the top 5 reasons television shows fail: [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Wednesday September 26, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle | Modern Family | The Neighbors | Revenge: The First Chapter (Recap) | ||
CBS | Survivor: Philippines | Criminal Minds | CSI | |||
CW | Oh Sit! | Supernatural (R) | ||||
FOX | The X Factor | |||||
NBC | Animal Practice | Guys With Kids | Law & Order: SVU | |||
MISC | Restaurant: Impossible (Food) | South Park (Comedy) | Key & Peele (Comedy) |
Photo of the Day: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…
With television talent both in front and behind the camera making a habit of tweeting photos ranging from spoilerific to hilarious, theTVaddict.com thought it might be fun to introduce a new feature to the site that we’ve not-so-cleverly decided to call “Photo of the Day.” Today’s subject, courtesy of SUBURGATORY star Ana Gasteyer (@anagasteyer) comes proof positive that it’s never too early to get into the holiday spirit if you’re working in Hollywood! Tweeted Gasteyer, “It may be hot in the valley, but it’s #Christmas in #Chatswin.”
TV Ratings: Tuesday September 25, 2012 (VEGAS Gamble Pays Off in Total Viewers for CBS)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS | 20.16 | 4.1/12 |
ABC | Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars | 11.56 | 2.0/6 | |
NBC | The Voice | 11.25 | 4.0/12 | |
FOX | New Girl | 5.33 | 2.7/9 | |
CW | Hart of Dixie (R) | 650,000 | 0.2/1 | |
8:30PM | ABC | Ben and Kate | 4.19 | 2.0/6 |
9PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 16.72 | 3.4/9 |
ABC | Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars | 11.56 | 2.0/6 | |
NBC | Go On | 7.27 | 2.7/7 | |
FOX | New Girl | 5.19 | 2.7/7 | |
CW | The Next (R) | 610,000 | 0.2/1 | |
9:30PM | NBC | The New Normal | 5.24 | 2.0/5 |
FOX | The Mindy Project | 4.73 | 2.4/6 | |
10PM | CBS | Vegas | 14.70 | 2.5/7 |
ABC | Private Practice | 6.56 | 1.9/5 | |
NBC | Parenthood | 4.81 | 1.8/5 |