• ‘Survivor: Worlds Apart’: Jeff Probst gives exclusive intel on NEXT season
• ‘Girls’ Season 4: Ana Gasteyer & Anthony Edwards to Play Shoshanna’s Parents
• Trend Watch: HBO to Stop Issuing Overnight TV Ratings in Favor of Live Plus 7
• Scoop: Manu Bennett joins cast of MTV’s ‘Shannara’
• Funny Business: Fox’s ADHD Cartoons Find New Home on FXX
• Winning: Charlie Sheen to Reprise His Iconic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Role on The Goldbergs.
• Must Read TV: What Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Showtime and the rest of TV need to resolve to do in 2015
• An up and down year for broadcast: Grading the Big Five networks, plus Univision and Telemundo
• Goodbye, Nation. Goodbye, Blowhard Self. Stephen Colbert Prepares Final ‘Colbert Report’
• ‘Game of Thrones’: See Arya’s radical new costume design.
• The 100 Post Mortem: Star Eliza Taylor Defends ‘Brilliant,’ Heartbreaking Twist
• ‘The 100’ Fall Finale Twist: Insider Details On What’s Next For The Shocked Survivors
Archives for December 2014
On TV Tonight: Thursday December 18, 2014
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Taste | How to Get Away with Murder (R) | ||||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | Mom | Two and a Half Men | The McCarthys | Elementary | |
CW | The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014 | |||||
FOX | Bones | |||||
NBC | The Biggest Loser: Glory Days | The People Magazine Awards | ||||
MISC | White Collar (USA) | Covert Affairs (USA) Conan To Go (TBS) |
Exclusive: Sadie Calvano Dishes on Continued MOM Drama, and Violet’s Unspoken Fear
Sobriety, cancer, and teenage pregnancy. Those were just a few of the issues tackled on season one of “Mom.”
In season two of the hit CBS sitcom (Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c), things aren’t getting any less complicated as Violet and Christy work through their strained mother-daughter relationship. In tomorrow night’s fall finale, Christy and Bonnie join Violet in therapy, and family secrets are revealed.
Earlier this week, I spoke exclusively with the 17-year-old Sadie Calvano about her role as Violet, and what it’s like to play a flawed person in a series dependent on the limitations of its characters. We also spoke about some of her favorite on-set moments, and the dream it has been to perform in front of a live studio audience. [Read more…]
Morning Static: THE SIMPSONS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, COLBERT REPORT & More!
• ‘The Simpsons’ at 25: Still going strong and rolling in the d’oh
• Much Adieu About Something: 49 Stars, Musicians, Authors, and Other Celebrities Say Farewell to Stephen Colbert
• ‘B.S. Report’: Larry David on the Future of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and the ‘Seinfeld’ Finale
• And You Thought Traffic Was Bad Now! Walking Dead Spinoff Setting Revealed.
• This Week in Tech: NBC to Live Stream Network Shows
• The Business of Show: Coca-Cola Ends Sponsorship Of ‘American Idol’
• WATCH: Comedy Central Promos ‘The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore’
• The year in comic book TV: Go small or go home?
• Funny Business: After decades, NBC scraps Thursday night comedies
On TV Tonight: Wednesday December 17, 2014
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle (R) | The Goldbergs (R) | Modern Family (R) | blackish (R) | blackish (R) | blackish (R) |
CBS | Survivor: San Juan del Sur | |||||
CW | Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown | The 100 | ||||
FOX | Hell’s Kitchen | American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) | ||||
NBC | Michael Bublé’s Christmas in new York | The Sing-Off | ||||
MISC | WWE Tribute to the Troops (USA) | Ascension (Syfy) | Top Chef (Bravo) Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) |
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Podcasts for Any TV Aficionado
Podcasts are all the rage these days, and they’ve gotten particularly good for obsessive TV junkies. As everyone else is busy compiling their year-end best of lists, we thought it’d be a good time to reflect on the best podcasts available for the ultimate TV aficionado. The following list is in no particular order. [Read more…]
Morning Static: GLEE, ARROW, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER & More!
• Super News: Marc Singer joins ‘Arrow’
• The year late-night got it right… and dodged another meltdown
• Scoop: Cicely Tyson lands mystery role on ‘How to Get Away with Murder’
• Gracepoint: No Season 2 for Fox’s Mystery-Drama
• Casting Coup: Christina Hendricks Joins Roadies in Cameron Crowe’s Showtime Pilot
• Yes Please: Study Shows That Consumers Want a TV Guide
• This fall’s real TV winner: The DVR
• Prepare to Let It Go: Your First Look at the Final Season of GLEE.
• Cannot Wait. BETTER CALL SAUL Poster Revealed.
• Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: 25 Best ‘Stephen Colbert’ Moments
On TV Tonight: Tuesday December 16, 2014
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Charlie Brown Christmas | Disney’s Prep & Landing | Forever (R) | |||
CBS | NCIS | NCIS: New Orleans | Person of Interest | |||
CW | The Flash (R) | Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (R) | ||||
FOX | MasterChef Junior | New Girl (R) | The Mindy Project (R) | Sons of Anarchy (FX) | ||
NBC | Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas | The Voice | ||||
MISC | Girlfriends Guide to Divorce (Bravo) Benched (USA) |
The Cast of ASCENSION Convinces Me to Tune Into Tonight’s Premiere
By: Rae Hanson, Special to theTVaddict.com
ASCENSION premiere’s tonight at 9/8c on Syfy and, back in October, I met the cast. Let’s just get that humble brag out of the way first thing. I kid, I kid. Also, I didn’t so much meet the cast as I was in their vicinity for two days. Well, I did share a bowling lane with Andrea Roth and she did call me her bowling guru on Twitter. And she’s sweet and kind of great so I’m good with bragging about that part. But, now that the legitimate humble brag is out of the way, let’s get to my point.
Before listening to the cast talk about it in person, I had no interest in ASCENSION. Not even an inkling. Odd, since I’m addicted to THE 100 and I’d be all over a show about life on the Ark. Which is basically what ASCENSION sounds like, no? Sure their reasons for leaving Earth are different and more historically based but the premise is practically identical. And, frankly, that thought is one of the reasons I will be tuning into the three night event. [Read more…]
The Top 10 TV Shows of 2014
Though each year presents itself with more misses than hits, television seems to get better and better. Narrowing down a list of 10 shows that represent the best a year had to offer is damn near impossible, not just because there are far more than 10 fantastic television shows, but because it’s absurd to think it’s possible for any one person to watch everything. Alas, here are my top 10 picks for 2014. [Read more…]