• Muppets Promos: Nathan Fillion Ogled by Miss Piggy, and More ABC Cameos
• Yes Please: Lee Daniels Wants Mariah Carey to Play Mariah Carey on ‘Empire’
• Super News: ‘True Blood’s Brit Morgan To Play DC Villain Livewire On ‘Supergirl’
• Deadwood is the best drama HBO has ever made – it must be revived
• Pilot Watch: CBS Has Landed The Pilot For Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Training Day’ Series
• Sad But True: Bryan Fuller opens up on Hannibal’s axing and plans for a season 4
• True Detective Season Two: Assessing the Damage to HBO’s Once-Promising Franchise
• Important: TLC To Air Child Sex Abuse Documentary in Response to 19 Kids Scandal
• Scoop: ‘The Flash’ Season 2 To Feature Female Doctor Light
• Tim Goodman’s Final TCA Journal: Nobody Escapes Unscathed
• Duh of the Day: This Is Why HBO Really Wants Sesame Street
• Heroes Reborn Creator on Why the Original Series Fizzled Out — Plus: Will There Be a Season 2?
• Analysis: How Mr. Robot Star Rami Malek Literally Bled to Bring You the Most Intense Performance of the Summer
• Funny Business: Humor (and Hard Work) Inside The Big Bang Theory’s Writer’s Room
• Who Knew? When Jon Hamm became Matt Weiner’s ‘Mad Men’ pitchman
• Scoop: Adam Baldwin returning in season 8 to Castle
• Trailer Park: LONGMIRE Season 4
Archives for August 2015
On TV Tonight: Friday August 14, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Shark Tank (R) | What Would You Do? | 20/20 | |||
CBS | Elementary (R) | Hawaii Five-0 (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
CW | Masters of Illusion | Whose Line is it… (R) | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R) | |||
FOX | Bones (R) | Bones (R) | ||||
NBC | America’s Got Talent (R) | Dateline NBC | ||||
Misc | Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters (Hulu) | Demetri Martin: Live (At the Time) (Netflix) | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Strike Back (Cinemax) Hit Record on TV (Pivot) | |||
Syfy | Defiance | Killjoys | Dark Matter |
Afternoon Static: DOWNTON ABBEY, THE ORIGINALS, NBC & More!
• The View: Nicolle Wallace learned of her ousting via the press
• Synergy: ‘Chicago’ Trilogy, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Four-Way Crossover to Air in February
• True Detective Season Two: Assessing the Damage to HBO’s Once-Promising Franchise
• Seconded: Connie Britton Was Really Moved by Amy Schumer’s Friday Night Lights Sketch’s Giant Wineglasses
• Season 6 of Downton Abbey Photos: Is That a Smile We See on Edith?
• Live From New York: Legendary Saturday Night Live Writer Paula Pell Picks Her 8 Most Important Sketches
• Celebrity Apprentice: Donald Trump Will ‘Absolutely Not’ Ever Return as Host, NBC Boss Makes Clear
• Pilot Watch: NBC Orders Pair of New Sitcoms from Mike Schur and Tina Fey
• Fresh Prince Reboot in Development, Will Smith on Board as Producer
• WHAAAAAT: ‘Sesame Street’ to Air First on HBO for Next 5 Seasons
• NBC Boss on ‘Xena’ Reboot: “We’re Looking for a Writer”
• The State and Future of Netflix v. HBO in 2015: An Analysis
• Nice Work if You Can Get It: The Zalkens Brothers, competing Canadian streaming powerhouses
• Is the ‘Deadwood’ movie finally happening? One star hears ‘credible rumors’
• Jimmy Fallon to Stick with NBC Through At Least 2021; NBC Developing New Tina Fey, Mike Schur Comedies
• Funny Business: Jay Leno on His TV Return, Trump Jokes and Why He Didn’t Do Dave
• Scoop: Claire Holt Is Returning to The Originals Alongside the Original Finn!
• Mark your Calendars: Syfy Reveals Premiere Dates for Childhood’s End and The Expanse
• Beam Me Up! William Shatner to headline ‘Star Trek’ cruise
• Awardsline: Snapchat Series ‘SnapperHero’ Leads Streamy Award Nominations
On TV Tonight: Thursday August 13, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Astronaut Wives Club | Mistresses | Rookie Blue | |||
CBS | Mom (R) | Mom (R) | Big Brother | Under the Dome | ||
CW | Beauty and the Beast | Dates | ||||
FOX | Boom! | Bones (R) | Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll/Married (FX) | |||
NBC | Food Fighters | Dateline NBC | ||||
MISC | The Seventies (CNN) | Rectify (Sundance) Review (Comedy) Maron/Comedy Bang Bang (IFC) Dominion (Syfy) | ||||
NBC | Complications (USA) | Graceland (USA) |
Was Last Night’s PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Season Finale Satisfying?
Spoilers upon spoilers upon spoilers below
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS finally revealed who A is last night after years and years of build up. Now, the question has to be asked if we are all satisfied with the reveal. I for one am pretty satisfied although I was hoping Wren would be the ultimate big bad. CeCe Drake was revealed as A or Charles as we have been calling him this whole season. Charles, the lost DiLaurentis sibling, was a transgendered child and transition to Charlotte in her teens and Charlotte later created the identity of CeCe. I didn’t see this plot twist coming and for that I’m a fan of it. PLL has for so long been somewhat predictable so a plot development catching me off guard was fun. [Read more…]
Afternoon Static: DOCTOR WHO, THE X FILES, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS & More!
• Scoop: Supergirl Casts True Blood Bad Girl as the Villainess Livewire
• Scoopier: ‘Arrow,’ ‘The Flash,’ ‘Legends of Tomorrow,’ ‘Supergirl’ Boss Spills 7 Teases
• Funny Business: ‘Rick And Morty’ Renewed For Season 3 By Adult Swim
• Newsworthy? Brian Williams’ Suspension Is Over
• Spoiler Alert: The “A” Reveal On “Pretty Little Liars” Was Outrageous
• Holla: 47 Questions “Pretty Little Liars” Still Needs To Answer
• Truth: Annabeth Gish Signs On for The X-Files Reboot
• USA Sets Premieres for Satisfaction Season 2, Josh Holloway’s Colony
• Olympics 2016: Ryan Seacrest to Host Late-Night Show, Live From Rio
• Paging JTT’s Agent! Lion King spin-off taps Rob Lowe as Simba, Gabrielle Union, James Earl Jones and more
• Still there for you: Will we ever tire of Friends, TV’s eternal comfort-watch?
• TCA: CW Boss Has ‘Supergirl’ Regret, Talks Possible Crossover, ‘Jane the Virgin’ Emmy Snub & ‘Supernatural’ End Date
• TCA: Showtime’s President Talks Twin Peaks Revival and ‘Good’ Versus ‘Great’ TV And why comedy is such a challenge
• TCA: ABC Family Boss Tom Ascheim Talks ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and Building a ‘Harry Potter’-Size Franchise
• The average age of a Big Brother houseguest, and how that’s changed
• Duh of the Day: We saw a fundamental shift in the way people watch TV this year
• Cool Beans: ‘Doctor Who’ Hypes Guest Maisie Williams in Season 9 Trailer
• Pilot Watch: Syfy Prepping Alien Drama ‘Gateway’ From ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Alum
On TV Tonight: Wednesday August 12, 2015
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) | Celebrity Wife Swap | |
CBS | Big Brother | Exant | Criminal Minds (R) | |||
CW | America’s Next Top Model | A Wicked Offer | ||||
FOX | MasterChef | Home Free | ||||
NBC | America’s Got Talent | Mr. Robinson | Last Comic Standing | |||
MISC | Kevin From Work (ABC Family) | Job or No Job (ABC Family) | Key & Peele (Comedy) The Game (BET) The Jim Gaffigan Show/Impastor (TVLAND) | |||
USA | Suits | Mr. Robot |
Morning Static: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, MOM ARROW & More!
• Shameless Plug: I’d love for you all to check out my brother’s new webseries “We Are Disorderly”
• Scoop: Matt Cohen Joins ‘How To Get Away With Murder’
• TCA: CBS’ Nina Tassler Weighs On ‘Good Wife’ CGI Controversy, Future Of ‘Dome’ & ‘POI’
• Vampire Diaries Season 7: Steroline’s ‘Curveball,’ Bonnie’s ‘Surprising’ New Romance and More Scoop
• Riiiiiiggggghhhhhttt: ‘Minority Report’ And ‘Lucifer’ Pilots ‘Leak’ Online And Everyone Totally Believes It
• Awwww Alert: Sarah Michelle Gellar remembers Robin Williams on anniversary of his death
• ‘Arrow’ Star Stephen Amell Jumped Into A WWE Ring On Raw, And Now He’s Wrestling At SummerSlam
• Funny Business: Mom Casts Ellen Burstyn in Pivotal Season 3 Guest Role
• Person of Interest: Sarah Shahi Confirmed for Full-Time Return
• Colbert Report: ‘Late Show’ Colbert May Be A Lot Like Comedy Central Colbert
• Seconded: Stephen Colbert ‘Prays’ Trump Stays In Presidential Race
• Scoop: Marg Helgenberger is ‘crazy about’ William Petersen in new behind-the-scenes set photo from CSI finale
• Change We Believe In: Seth Meyers ditches his monologue in Late Night format tweak
• Arrow casts Oliver’s new love interest… But there’s a twist!
• Mark Your Calendars: Well, la Dee Frickin’ Da! The Hilarious, Touching Story of a Comedy Legend is Explored in The Movie Network Original Documentary I AM CHRIS FARLEY, Premiering September 7
• Streaming News: Topher Grace Joins Brad Pitt In Netflix Black Comedy ‘War Machine’
• RIP: The Exes Cancelled at TV Land
• Finale Fallout: Fosters’ David Lambert on a Moment of Desire for ‘Brallie’
On TV Tonight: Tuesday August 11, 2015
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Fresh Off the Boat (R) | Black-ish (R) | Extreme Weight Loss | |||
CBS | NCIS (R) | Zoo | NCIS: New Orleans (R) | |||
CW | The Flash (R) | iZombie (R) | ||||
FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader | The Last Man on Earth (R) | Tyrant (FX) | |||
NBC | American’s Got Talent | Hollywood Game Night | ||||
MISC | Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | Rizzoli & Isles (TNT) | Playing House (USA Network) Proof (TNT) Scream (MTV) Clipped (TBS) Royal Pains (USA) Another Period (Comedy) |
Afternoon Static: SUPER GIRL, HULU, SENSE8 & More!
• Scoop: ‘Arrow’ Casts ‘True Blood’ Alum Rutina Wesley for Multi-Episode Arc
• Cannot Wait: See the first teaser for Amy Schumer’s one-hour stand-up special
• Supergirl Adds Three More DC Comics Characters — Is One of Them Superman?
• Seconded: This local news anchor has HAD IT with talking about the Kardashians
• Don’t Steal: Leaked ‘Minority Report’ Outpacing ‘Lucifer’ Among Thieves And Pirates
• CBS Boss Addresses Under the Dome’s Future, Defends Big Brother Casting
• “‘Girl’ Doesn’t Mean Young and Inconsequential”: CBS’ ‘Supergirl’ Producers on What to Expect From the Show
• Awwwww Alert: Daenerys and Daario’s body doubles from ‘Game of Thrones’ are dating
• Steven Moffat on why he hasn’t cast a female Doctor yet: “I think it would have been a disaster”
• TCA Journal No. 6: Welcome To the Platinum Age Of Television — And Good Luck With That
• There Isn’t “Too Much Television,” And It’s A Stupid Thing To Say
• Hulu Will Release Its New Series Weekly, Not All at Once You won’t be able to binge-watch The Mindy Project
• Note to Emmy Voters: ‘Empire’ Wins Program of the Year at TCA Awards
• Cool Beans: ‘Sense8’ gets a birthday renewal from Netflix
• Amazon Studios Chief Talks Woody Allen, Today’s New Pilots and Ratings Roy Price plots his streaming service’s future.
• Pander Alert: James Corden to film full episode in YouTube Space with stars like Tyler Oakley