With the Network’s traditional May UpFronts just around the corner, theTVaddict.com thought now might be as good a time as any to take a closer look at the potential fates of your favorite shows. ALCATRAZ You Take the Good: If four seasons of saving FRINGE from the brink of cancelation has taught this TV Addict
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  Shows with deep mythology and strong serialized storytelling are rare these days.  But undaunted, the creators and writers of Fox’s mid-season series ALCATRAZ chose to jump right in and brought to screen a murky and mysterious story about how in 1963, the remaining 302 inmates and guards of Alcatraz suddenly disappeared.  Then one day,
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Your recent interview with HART OF DIXIE creator Leila Gerstein zapped this Zoe/Wade shipper of pretty much all hope for a season ending hook-up. Is there anything at all you can tell me to make me feel better? — Lisa The TV Addict: Not really! What’s more, if you didn’t enjoy our recent one-on-one with
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Any scoop on Sunday’s episode of THE GOOD WIFE? The TV Addict: Having recently had the pleasure of sneaking a peek at Sunday’s episode (And yes, we’re well aware how awesome our job can be!) we can assure you that this weekends much-anticipated return of hit CBS series is sooooooo worth the wait. And while
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Good News: After months of anticipation and speculation, ABC has finally awarded COUGAR TOWN with a spot on its schedule. Bad News: Well, aside from the February 14th Valentine’s Day premiere that all but guarantees much of the show’s core 18-49 demographic will be otherwise occupied for the evening and a completely incompatible lead-in that
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Perfectly timed to coincide with tonight’s series premiere of ALCATRAZ on Fox (CityTV in Canada) comes theTVaddict.com’s latest edition of “Advertising Anarchy,” our continuous series in which we offer Hollywood some unsolicited advice on how they might wish to promote their wares to an increasingly skeptical audience. You’re welcome.

You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve heard the hype. Now there’s only one thing you want to know: Which of these new midseason shows are worth watching and which should be avoided at all costs? In this continuing series, we give you the scoop on some of the most highly-anticipated shows of 2012, with today’s subject
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When you think Alcatraz it brings to mind the infamous names of Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud “The Birdman of Alcatraz.”  It is also a term synonymous with violence, mystery, and the “worst of the worst.”  It gives the sense of being unattainable, yet still visible as a majestic island right inside
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10:22AM: Once thought of as a dumping ground or burning off point for shows that simply weren’t good enough for the Fall schedule, ALCATAZ’s January premiere may have been the best thing to happen to the series since the casting of Jorge Garcia. Explained Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, “One of the advantages of being a
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