• Showrunning 101: How to tell if a TV show is really canceled
• Desperate Times Means Desperate Measures: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Returning to Fox Lineup
• Mark Your Calendars: HBO Sets Girls and Looking Return Date, Duplass Bros. Comedy Premiere
• Woo-Hoo! ‘Downton Abbey’ renewed for Season 6
• ‘Sports Night’: An oral history, starring Aaron Sorkin and his cast
• Scoop: Law & Order: SVU Casts Harry Hamlin as Rollins’ Former Boss
• Analysis: Will 2014 Be the Year of the TV Latina?
• CBS Launches ALL ACCESS: Over 6,500 Episodes on Demand
• ‘Simpsons’-‘Futurama’ crossover sneak peek: Homer and Bender toy with Bart
• Fox’s challenge: Fixing a rough start
• Stocking Stuffer Alert! Save HUGE on FRIENDS THE COMPLETE SERIES on Blu-ray via Amazon.
Archives for November 2014
MOM Recap: No Money, Mo’ Problems
Season 2 | Episode 2 | “Figgy Pudding and the Rapture” | Aired Nov 6, 2014
They say money can’t buy happiness. At this point, the Plunketts could use a little bit of both.
Last week, Christy’s gambling problem forced the family to abandon their home when she could no longer afford the rent. This week, matters only got worse as an exploding meth lab forced the family out of their motel, and onto Marjorie’s pullout couch. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Friday November 7, 2014
Morning Static: ROYAL PAINS, NCIS, MARRY ME & More!
• Funny Business: NBC Orders More ‘Marry Me’
• Sad But True: Fisting, Anal Sex, Penis Pictures: Broadcast TV’s Ratings Grab Gets Raunchy
• About a Gir: Minnie Driver Joins NBC’s ‘Peter Pan Live’
• The Business of Show: ‘Royal Pains’ gets orders for two more seasons.
• NCIS Scoop: Who’s Playing Gibbs’ Fourth Ex-Wife?
• OC Alum Alert: Adam Brody to Star in Neil LaBute Stepsibling Romance Drama for DirecTV
• AFM: Can TV Save the Indie Film Business?
• CBS Unveils Digital Moves: Streaming News Programs and Sony OTT Pact
• Microsoft’s Marketing Totally Backfired When CNN Used Its Devices as iPad Stands, Not quite ready for its close-up.
• The State of TBS and TNT: What Kevin Reilly Will Have to Tackle
On TV Tonight: Thursday November 6, 2014
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM | ||
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ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | Scandal | How to Get Away with Murder | |||||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | Mom | Two and a Half Men | The McCarthys | Elementary | |||
CW | The Vampire Diaries | Reign | ||||||
FOX | Bones | Gracepoint | ||||||
NBC | The Biggest Loser: Glory Days | Bad Judge | A to Z | Parenthood | ||||
MISC | White Collar (USA) Project Runway (Lifetime) | No Reservations (Travel) |
Mark Your Calendars: ABC Announces Premiere Dates for GALAVANT and AGENT CARTER
Press Release: ABC announces premiere dates for two of its highly anticipated new midseason shows – “Galavant,” a comedy extravaganza and “Marvel’s Agent Carter,” the second action packed series from the creative minds at Marvel, inspired by the feature films “Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger” and “Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” along with the short “Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.” “Galavant” will premiere on SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) and will run two episodes in the one-hour block each week, and “Marvel’s Agent Carter” premieres on TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET).
“Once Upon a Time” will return on Sunday, March 1 and “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” will return on Tuesday, March 3 in their regular time periods with all-new episodes.
The hit TGIT Thursday night dramas, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” and “How to Get Away with Murder,” return Thursday, January 29. [Read more…]
Recapper’s Lament: THE ORIGINALS “Red Door”
I’ve spent the day reading reviews and reactions to THE ORIGINALS episode that aired last night and I have a question for you TV Addicts: Am I the only one that didn’t really like it?
I thought there were some great moments but overall not the best episode, especially when compared to last week’s episode which was fantastic. The epic battle between Klaus and Mikael was almost identical to the fight from last week expect this time Klaus lost but that ended up not mean anything. Another plot of this episode was wrapped around Davina, who is officially becoming one of the most annoying characters on television. And lastly, the Elijah story with flashbacks … I wasn’t impressed (although I was very much impressed that the episode began with a shirtless Elijah) and I know that this story will obviously become important when Kalus learns that Elijah killed Tatia but as of right now, not much was gained. In fact, not much was gained at all from this episode. Did anyone actually believe that the writers were going to let Klaus get staked and die thereby killing almost every character on THE ORIGINALS and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES..? [Read more…]
BENCHED Recap: Nina Versus the Jagbags of Shitsmanship
Season 1 | Episode 2 | “Downsizing” | Aired Nov 4, 2014
Nina Whitley isn’t keen on downsizing. In episode two of “Benched,” she did everything in her power to avoid it.
Sucking up to Debbie Matheson and succumbing to blackmail was a nonissue. For Nina, accepting that Trent had obviously been cheating on her with his current fiancée was the real deal breaker. It was a case of Nina versus the Jagbags of Shitsmanship, and the Jagbags left practically unscathed.
Nina, on the other hand, will never work in corporate law again. [Read more…]
Morning Static: SCANDAL, ONCE UPON A TIME, MOM & More!
• Casting Coup: Marcia Gay Harden Joins ‘How to Get Away With Murder’
• Storybrooke Scoop: ‘Once Upon a Time’ casts ‘Dracula’ alum as iconic character
• Mama Pope lives: Khandi Alexander to return to ‘Scandal’
• Ouch! Witches of East End Cancelled
• The Business of Show: Kevin Reilly Heads to TBS and TNT
• Funny Business: Allison Janney, Anna Faris to host People’s Choice Awards
• Mark Your Calendars: Hart of Dixie Season 4 Premiere Date (Finally) Revealed by The CW
• Interesting: Why We’re Just Now Getting the 1960s Batman TV Show on DVD.
• Stocking Stuffer Alert! Save HUGE on FRIENDS THE COMPLETE SERIES on Blu-ray via Amazon.
On TV Tonight: Wednesday November 5, 2014
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | 48th Annual CMA Awards | |||||
CBS | Survivor: San Juan del Sur | Criminal Minds | Stalker | |||
CW | Arrow | The 100 | ||||
FOX | Hell’s Kitchen | Red Band Society | American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) | |||
NBC | The Mysteries of Laura | Law & Order: SVU (R) | Chicago PD (R) | |||
Misc | Kingdom (DirecTV) | The League (FXX) South Park/Key & Peele (Comedy) |