• ABC presses the pause button, FLASHFORWARD to temporarily shut down production.
• Fuhgeddabout! Drea de Matteo NOT fired from DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
• Probably not the mother, Amanda Peet signs on to guest on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.
• On a break! Regis to take a one month leave of absence from Kelly to recover from his upcoming hip surgery.
Archives for November 2009
What Are You Thankful For? [TV Edition]
With American Thanksgiving mere days away, we at theTVaddict.com thought now would be the perfect time to give you — our far smarter and better looking readers —the opportunity to post the obligatory “What You’re Thankful For…”
Of course, please keep in mind that this is theTVaddict.com, not your family dinner table. So while we’re sure you’re happy for continued health, family, friends, peace on earth, yadda, yadda yadda — we don’t care.
This TV Addict wants to hear about the superficial, absolutely pointless, TV-related things you’re thankful for. You know, the important stuff like how an apparent pre-requisite for being a “Visitor” is that you’re really hot. Or the fact that NBC is doing so poorly in the ratings that not only is CHUCK coming back sooner than originally planned, but COMMUNITY and PARKS AND RECREATION seem like sure-fire candidates for renewal.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Monday November 23, 2009
First Look: MODERN FAMILY Man Fred Willard
In what we nominate as one of the savviest casting moves of 2009 comes December 9th’s MODERN FAMILY — which will unwrap an early holiday gift for fan the form of special guest star Fred Willard — who (as first reported by Fancast’s Matt Webb Mitovich) will play Phil Dunphy’s (Ty Burrell) father. More first look photos of which can be found after the jump.
TV Ratings: Sunday November 22, 2009
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | 60 Minutes | 15.013 | 3.4/8 |
NBC | Football Night in America | 12.44 | 4.5/11 | |
ABC | 2009 American Music Awards | 11.99 | 4.3/11 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 7.03 | 3.3/8 | |
8:30PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 15.88 | 5.7/14 |
CBS | Amazing Race | 11.94 | 3.5/8 | |
FOX | Cleveland Show | 6.53 | 3.3/8 | |
9PM | ABC | 2009 American Music Awards | 15.44 | 5.9/14 |
NBC | Sunday Night Football | 15.39 | 5.5/13 | |
CBS | Amazing Race | 11.61 | 3.4/8 | |
FOX | Family Guy | 7.38 | 3.8/9 | |
9:30PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 15.55 | 5.9/14 |
CBS | Cold Case | 9.04 | 2.0/5 | |
FOX | American Dad | 5.52 | 2.8/7 | |
10PM | ABC | 2009 American Music Awards | 15.17 | 6.1/15 |
NBC | Sunday Night Football | 14.32 | 5.6/14 | |
CBS | Cold Case | 9.34 | 2.0/5 | |
10:30PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 14.22 | 5.5/15 |
ABC | 2009 American Music Awards | 13.03 | 5.3/14 | |
CBS | Three Rivers | 7.65 | 1.6/4 |
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: TV Turkeys!
Jeff Zucker
While the cynic in us is actually thankful for NBC/Universal President Jeff Zucker and his entire executive team — whose ability to continually top themselves with bad-idea-after-bad-idea has provided this TV Addict with an endless amount of fodder to fill keep this site chugging along — the TV lover in us can’t help but feel somewhat depressed as we watch first hand the once great National Broadcasting Company implode as it cedes five hours of primetime programming to failed experiment that is THE JAY LENO SHOW and attempt to pass-off a lacklustre fall schedule filled with been-there-done-thats as ‘Must See TV.’ Not to mention, we’re still kind of bitter that some NBC exec who clearly hates both the holidays and America robbed us of what surely would have been another GLEE-ful performance during Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
While there is no denying that the late night institution is still capable of the occasional glimpses of brilliance, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s continued penchant for wasting an hour and a half of our week has not only left us scratching our head as to how on earth a group of seemingly talented writers and performers can so consistently fail to come up with 10-12 funny sketches per week when THE DAILY SHOW and THE COLBERT REPORT manage to knock it out of the park on a nightly basis. But more interesting still, has us wondering what SNL might be like with someone new at the helm. Judd Apatow and his gang of merry jokesters, just imagine.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Sunday November 22, 2009
Your TV Quotes of the Week
TV Ratings: Friday November 20, 2009
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 8.43 | 2.0/7 |
NBC | Law & Order | 7.52 | 1.5/5 | |
ABC | Shrek the Third | 5.84 | 1.7/6 | |
FOX | House (R) | 3.34 | 1.0/4 | |
CW | Smallville | 2.45 | 1.1/4 | |
9PM | CBS | Medium | 7.80 | 1.9/6 |
NBC | Dateline NBC | 7.64 | 1.5/5 | |
ABC | Shrek the Third | 6.83 | 2.2/7 | |
FOX | Bones (R) | 3.66 | 1.0/3 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | 0.99 | 0.4/1 | |
10PM | ABC | 20/20 | 7.92 | 1.8/6 |
CBS | Numb3rs | 7.84 | 1.7/5 | |
NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 4.75 | 1.3/4 |