• Trailer Park: Greg Kinnear stars in Fox’s RAKE.
• Trailer Park II: Seth MacFarlane’s COSMOS.
• THE GOOD WIFE Postmortem: EPs Robert and Michelle King break down ‘Hitting the Fan’.
• RIP Edna Krabappel: Her 11 Best SIMPSONS Episodes.
• The Business of Show: Netflix In Talks For Third Season Of ‘House Of Cards’.
• Ratings Watch: Nielsen Formalizes Plans to Incorporate Mobile Views Under TV Ratings Purview.
• 2 BROKE GIRLS Scoop: Gilles Marini and Mary Lynn Rajskub to Get Baked With Max.
• Must See TV: Your Favorite BREAKING BAD and GAME OF THRONES Characters Redrawn as SIMPSONS.
• DVR Ratings: Which shows DON’T get a boost?.
• Deal of the Day: Save big on DVD’s such as THE WALKING DEAD, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, TRUE BLOOD & More.
Archives for October 2013
On TV Tonight: Sunday October 27, 2013
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Once Upon a Time | Revenge | Betrayal | |||
CBS | Amazing Race 23 | The Good Wife | The Mentalist | |||
FOX | World Series Game 4: Red Sox at Cardinals | |||||
HBO | Boardwalk Empire | Eastbound & Down/ Hello Ladies | ||||
NBC | Football Night in America | Sunday Night Football: Packers at Vikings | ||||
MISC | Guy’s Grocery Games (Food) | The Walking Dead (AMC) Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime) Oprah’s Next Chapter: Gay In Hollywood (OWN) | Witches of East End (Lifetime) | |||
SHO | Homeland | Masters of Sex |
GRIMM Preview: Star David Giuntoli and EP’s David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf Tease Season 3
By Sarah Stephens
NBC’s fairy-tale homicide cop drama GRIMM comes back on Friday, Oct 25th at 9pm for the third season. The crew at NBC threw a little Halloween bash to preview a new episode of season three and TheTVAddict.com got to attend. Sitting down with the number one Grimm David Giuntoli and executive producers David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, we got a little taste of what to expect in season three. They teased on some fun new Wesen and what changes we’ll see from Nick, Monroe, Juliette this year, not to mention the Royals. We don’t want to get too spoiler-y, so let’s just dive into the highlights. In fact, if you don’t want to be spoiled for season 3, best stop here. [Read more…]
Mark Your Calendar: FOX Announces Winter 2014 Premiere Dates
Press Release: FOX is announcing premieres dates for new and returning series, including the returns of AMERICAN IDOL and THE FOLLOWING, and the debut of new legal drama RAKE. [Read more…]
AMERICAN HORROR STORY! SUPER FUN NIGHT! GENERAL HOSPITAL! THE GOOD WIFE! The TV Addict Week in Rewind
Biggest Cliffhanger: With one phrase — “Alicia is leaving the firm with Cary, and she’s taking our top clients” — THE GOOD WIFE left us wanting to jump in a Tardis and transport ourselves through time a week to find out what would happen next.
Proof Everything Old Is New Again: NBC announced plans to reboot MURDER, SHE WROTE. Dare we hope ABC might also bring back HART TO HART?
Most Instantaneous Reward: Only days after ABC ordered additional episodes of SUPER FUN NIGHT came news that the show’s ratings had, for the first time since it’s premiered, seen an uptick.
Craziest Hour: This week’s episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN featured two murders, incest and bestiality. And that ain’t even counting all the heads that no doubt exploded over at the Parents Television Council!
Most Highly Anticipated Family Reunion: Only days after THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL announced that Thorsten Kaye would be taking over the role of Ridge Forrester came word that Jacqueline MacInnes Wood’s Steffy was also heading back to the fashion-based sudser.
Funnest Gathering: Cassadine Island was the place to be when GENERAL HOSPITAL put supervillains Jerry, Obrecht and Faison in one room so they could exchange threats and quips with Nikolas, Robin and Britt. [Read more…]
TV Ratings: Thursday October 24, 2013
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 16.47 | 4.9/16 |
FOX | MLB World Series Game 2 | 12.67 | 3.4/10 | |
NBC | The Voice (R) | 5.24 | 1.3/4 | |
ABC | OUAT Wonderland | 4.34 | 1.1/4 | |
CW | The Vampire Diaries | 2.50 | 1.1/3 | |
8:30PM | CBS | The Millers | 10.88 | 2.8/8 |
9PM | FOX | MLB World Series Game 2 | 12.67 | 3.4/10 |
CBS | The Crazy Ones | 8.77 | 2.3/7 | |
ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | 8.53 | 2.8/8 | |
NBC | Sean Saves the World | 4.03 | 1.1/3 | |
CW | Reign | 1.84 | 0.6/2 | |
9:30PM | NBC | The Michael J. Fox Show | 3.74 | 1.2/3 |
CBS | Two and a Half Men | 8.42 | 2.3/6 | |
10PM | FOX | MLB World Series Game 2 | 12.67 | 3.4/10 |
ABC | Scandal | 8.65 | 3.0/8 | |
CBS | Elementary | 8.59 | 1.8/5 | |
NBC | Parenthood | 3.96 | 1.3/4 |
Dispatches From The Couch: GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL, MASTERS OF SEX & More!
Anybody else feel like, between GREY’S ANATOMY and SCANDAL, it wasn’t a particularly thrilling week in Shondaland? Granted, even at their worst, both shows are better than a good 90 percent of what’s on television, but this week… well, let’s discuss those shows and a few other things, shall we? [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Friday October 25, 2013
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | The Neighbors | Shark Tank | 20/20 | ||
CBS | Undercover Boss | Hawaii Five-0 | Blue Bloods | |||
CW | The Carrie Diaries | The IHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry | ||||
FOX | MasterChef Junior | The Simpsons (R) | ||||
NBC | Dateline NBC | Grimm | Dracula | |||
MISC | Styled to Rock (Bravo) | Ghost Adventures (Travel) What Not to Wear (TLC) | Strike Back (Cinemax) Haven (Syfy) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Cracked (Reelz) Strike Back (Cinemax) Comedy Bang! Bang!/The Birthday Boys (IFC) Hello Ross (E!) Best Week Ever (VH1) |
Morning Static: FAMILY GUY, THE CARRIE DIARIES, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT & More!
• FAMILY GUY: Details on Cleveland’s return.
• ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Development: Ron Howard says ‘everybody wants to do more’.
• Pilot Watch: 12 Years a Slave Screenwriter to Pen AMERICAN CRIME Drama for ABC.
• THE CARRIE DIARIES: Meet the New Samantha Jones!
• Is Nothing Sacred?! NBC To Reboot MURDER, SHE WROTE with Octavia Spencer.
• Scandalous News: Contentious SCANDAL Fan Blogger Exposed as ABC Sales Director.
• The Business of Show: SUITS renewed for fourth season.
• Deal of the Day: Save 55% on THE MUNSTERS: THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD via Amazon.
Dispatches From The Couch: AMERICAN HORROR STORY COVEN, TROPHY WIFE, THE ORIGINALS & More!
Forget the pithy intro I usually start these columns with, because I wanna get right into this week’s edition by talking about the freaktasticness that was this week’s COVEN. Ready? Let’s go… [Read more…]