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Morning Static: THE OFFICE, THE CARRIE DIARIES, ARROW & More!

theTVaddict — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:28 +0000

• As the World Turns: Slower Schedule for Soaps as Web-Based Series.
• The Business of Show: WAREHOUSE 13 Renewed for Fifth and Final Season.
• Laugh Break: MODERN FAMILY gets cable makeover for USA Network launch.
• Awwwww Alert: BIG BANG THEORY’s Kunal Nayyar, Kaley Cuoco on Raj’s Big Moment.
• Sad But True: A Not Exactly Fond Farewell to THE OFFICE.
• Must Read TV: Why the upfronts are still important (But probably won’t be forever).
• Report: Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis ‘Probably’ Leaving SNL.
• Trailer Park: CBS’ UNDER THE DOME.
• ARROW Finale Post-mortem: Marc Guggenheim talks about the explosive (and deadly!) fall-out.
• Pilot Watch: ‘Tricky’ WONDER WOMAN Pilot Still In Development at The CW; No Third Chance for THE SELECTION.
• THE CARRIE DIARIES Scoop: SEX AND THE CITY’s [Spoiler] to be added to the Upcoming second season.
• Deal of the Day: Save 58% on numerous seasons of NCIS via Amazon.

Morning Static: MODERN FAMILY, TRUE BLOOD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT & More!

theTVaddict — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:58:38 +0000

• Farewell to THE OFFICE: Brian Baumgartner talks 10 memorable episodes.
• First Look: The TRUE BLOOD season 6 official poster.
• ACLU to MODERN FAMILY: Cam and Mitchell should marry!
• Pilot Watch: TNT and TBS developing shows with Spielberg, Stallone, Carell, Foxx and more.
• Streaming Scoop: Amazon Studios Nears Series Pickups.
• Pilot Watch II: USA picks up comedy series SIRENS and PLAYING HOUSE, Orders half-hour pilot.
• HANNIBAL Update: Show sees outside interest while awaiting renewal decision at NBC.
• Duh of the Day: You’d Be A Fool To Buy An Ultra HD TV Right Now.
• YES! THE MINDY PROJECT finally gets it just right.
• YES! YES! YES! Why STAR TREK has to come back to television as the cable show it was always meant to be.
• Blue Your Mind: An interactive visualization of running jokes in ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.
• Jack’s Really Back: 24 Aims to Reunite the Original Writing Staff and Cast.
• Deal of the Day: Save 58% on numerous seasons of NCIS via Amazon.

Morning Static: ONCE UPON A TIME, DOWNTON ABBEY, AGENTS OF SHIELD & More!

theTVaddict — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:23 +0000

• Snark Alert! Tim Goodman on ABC’s Upfront.
• NEW GIRL Redux: Creator Liz Meriwether on Nick and Jess, Schmidt’s choice, and the fun of season 2.
• Pilot Watch: HBO Orders Gay-Themed Jonathan Groff Series.
• ONCE UPON A TIME Scoop: Michael Raymond-James gets upped to series regular for season 3.
• SHIELD Scoop: Clark Gregg on how Agent Coulson lives.
• NCIS Season Finale Post-Mortem: Gary Glasberg answers burning questions!
• Q&A: HANNIBAL and the consequences of violence.
• 10 Shocking Pilot Season Rejects: Why they didn’t make it.
• Mark Your Calendars: DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4 Premiere Date Set.
• You Be the Critic: Fox premieres the GOODWIN GAMES early online.
• Deal of the Day: SEX & THE CITY THE COMPLETE COLLECTION is on sale today only for 57% off via Amazon.

Morning Static: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, THE VOICE, COVERT AFFAIRS & More!

theTVaddict — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:16 +0000

• RIP: SNL’s Stefon.
• BUFFY Reunion: Joss Whedon’s Surprising Response to Young Female Fans.
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Unveils the Mother! The creators answer your burning questions.
• More On That Mother: How Cristin Milioti got the mother of all roles.
• Bad News for BACKSTROM? CBS Hits Pause On Pre-Upfront Pickups.
• THE VOICE Update: Cee Lo Green Nears Deal to Join Christina Aguilera on Season 5.
• Up For Grabs: Where stars of canceled TV shows should head next.
• Pilot Watch: CRIMINAL JUSTICE starring James Gandolfini Greenlighted at HBO as Limited Series.
• Must Read TV: STAR TREK’s Damon Lindelof on Brad Pitt, Having Power as a Writer and His Agony Over LOST.
• The Business of Show: Will ABC’s BODY OF PROOF find cable home?
• Homeland’s Casting Directors on… How They Found Their Five Main Stars, Including a Sexy Saul.
• Quick Take: Tim Goodman on NBC’s Upfront.
• Intel: COVERT AFFAIRS Books Bionic Woman’s Michelle Ryan.
• Deal of the Day: Save 58% on numerous seasons of NCIS via Amazon.

Morning Static: 24, ONCE UPON A TIME, NEW GIRL & More!

theTVaddict — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:51:22 +0000

• Jack’s Back! Kiefer Sutherland signs on for more 24.
• From the Mind of M. Night Shyamalan: Matt Dillon to star in Fox Event series WAYWARD PINES.
• The View From the Top: Barbara Walters to retire from TV journalism.
• TV Upfronts: 5 Lessons from the 2012-13 TV Season.
• The Business of Show: SNL’s Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon On LATE NIGHT.
• ONCE UPON A TIME Redux: Showrunners Kitsis & Horowitz talk season 2 — and what’s next.
• Ouch! Sophomore Slump Afflicts Once-Promising TV Shows.
• The Future is Now! ABC to Live-Stream Its Shows via App
• Mark Your Calendars: NEW GIRL and New Comedy Series To Air After The Super Bowl On Fox.
• THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC: Season 6 salary dispute nearly over, conversations with cast moving toward deal.
• James Van Der Beek sitcom saved, CBS gives series order.
• It Doesn’t Get Better! Network Axes Fall Hard on Gay Characters.
• Deal of the Day: Save 58% on numerous seasons of NCIS via Amazon.

Morning Static: CRIMINAL MINDS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, BUNHEADS & More!

theTVaddict — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:58 +0000

• ABC’s Bubble Freshmen: Who will make it?
• “Who Is Kickstarter For?”: Crowdfunding Site’s Founders Go On The Offensive.
• Jack’s Back?! Fox mulls 24 return.
• OMG! HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER promo teases the ‘mother of all secrets.’
• CRIMINAL MINDS Stars Close Deals To Return, Series renewed for ninth season.
• Network TV Is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?
• BUNHEADS Creator On Show’s Limbo: “It’s A Little Heartbreaking To Me.”
• Must Read TV: The NEW GIRL showrunners on wrangling season two’s first five episodes.
• Randy Jackson: I’m leaving AMERICAN IDOL.
• Woo-Hoo! Enrico Colantoni set for VERONICA MARS Movie.
• Fall TV Scoop: NBC Orders J.J. Abrams’ Believe, Jason Katims’ About a Boy, Sean Hayes Comedy.
• Deal of the Day: Save 68% on various seasons of TRUE BLOOD via Amazon.

Morning Static: CASTLE, THE OFFICE, AMERICAN IDOL & More!

theTVaddict — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:41:22 +0000

• RIP: Y&R’s Jeanne Cooper.
• News You Can’t Use: 10 things you didn’t know about THE OFFICE.
• UpFront Watch: Fox announces new series pickups for 2013-14 season.
• Rumor Patrol: Primetime Pilot Panic!!!
• IDOL Chatter: AMERICAN IDOL to axe all 4 judges as part of massive makeover.
• Sad But True: BUNHEADS and its painful limbo.
• NBC Pilot Update: Projects that are not going forward get notified.
• I Want To Go There: Netflix sends ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT banana stand on the road.
• Trailer Park: ABC Family’s THE FOSTERS.
• Pilot Watch: TNT orders Howard Gordon spy drama LEGENDS.
• The Business of Show: How SCANDAL’s Shonda Rhimes became Disney’s Primetime Savior.
• Superhero stories have racked up the biggest box office numbers in history… So why haven’t they worked on TV?
• Woo-Hoo! ABC’s CASTLE eyes two-season pickup.
• Woo-Hoo II! This 17-Year-Old Coder is saving Twitter from TV Spoilers.
• Deal of the Day: Save 68% on various seasons of TRUE BLOOD via Amazon.

Morning Static: THE KILLING, BUNHEADS, THE OFFICE & More!

theTVaddict — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:04:02 +0000

• Trailer Park: THE KILLING Season 3.
• News You Probably Can’t Use! Your 2013 TV Upfronts Schedule and Party List.
• Duh of the Day: Chuck Lorre’s CBS Pilot ‘Mom’ To Get Series Order Tomorrow.
• Laugh Break: It’s Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy in “The Challenge”
• Pilot Season: The Rise Of Limited Series.
• Showrunning 101: THE AMERICANS’ producers walk us through their first season storylines.
• Seconded: Why We Need To Save BUNHEADS.
• For Canadian Eyes Only: CTV unveils summer lineup including THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and MISTRESSES.
• Must Read TV: On the impossibility of enjoying TV episodes.
• Pilot Watch: TNT Greenlights the LAST SHIP.
• Supersized! NBC Expands THE OFFICE Series Finale.
• Deal of the Day: Save 68% on various seasons of TRUE BLOOD via Amazon.

Morning Static: THE GOOD WIFE, FALLING SKIES, THE OFFICE & More!

theTVaddict — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:55:54 +0000

• Duh of the Day: Reports swirl over a possible Steve Carell appearance in THE OFFICE series finale.
• The Business of Show: Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna near deals to return to CRIMINAL MINDS while Kirsten Vangsness and A.J. Cook hold out for pay parity.
• THE GOOD WIFE Season 5 Scoop: Show’s creators preview ‘New Dimension’ to Will/Alicia/Peter Triangle, fresh love interest for [Spoiler].
• Upfronts Pregame Analysis: NBC Is Out of Fourth Place But Not Out of Trouble.
• RAVENSWOOD Rumors: Meet the show’s mysterious twins Abel & Olivia.
• EW’s CapeTown Film Festival: FALLING SKIES cast talks Spielberg, love triangles.
• Is The TV Musical Dead? Discuss.
• MENTALIST Creator Teases Season 6: Is the Red John list legit?
• Pilot Watch: Michael C. Hall Adapting Matthew Specktor’s ‘American Dream Machine’ for Showtime.
• The Best of Streaming: What Should You Watch on Netflix, Hulu, and Other Sites.
• Deal of the Day: Save 68% on various seasons of TRUE BLOOD via Amazon.

Morning Static: TRUE BLOOD, REVENGE, DEXTER & More!

theTVaddict — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:47:17 +0000

• Full-length TRUE BLOOD Trailer: Summer is coming.
• DEXTER Final Season Poster: Does Dex die?
• The Business of Show: USA Network to explore sitcoms and reality shows.
• According to Insiders: These TV Pilots look like sure bets for fall.
• Complete Coverage: Thoughts on the Big 4 prior to upfront.
• Really?! YouTube close to announcing paid subscription plan.
• Awwwww Alert! Scranton says Goodbye to THE OFFICE.
• It’s Official: REVENGE EP Sunil Nayar to succeed Mike Kelley as Showrunner.
• Deal of the Day: Save 68% on various seasons of TRUE BLOOD via Amazon.