• Missing: William Thomas Compton.
• Scoop: Megan Mullaly to return to PARKS AND RECREATION.
• Go down the rabbit hole, with LOSTerminds Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse who explain all.
• Mark your calendars: TNT sets premieres for THE CLOSER and RIZZOLI & ISLES.
• ABC continues to supersize its LOST finale weekend, announces plans tore-air the show’s two-hour pilot on Saturday May 22 from 8-10PM.
Archives for April 2010
This Just In: Bad News for ONE TREE HILL and LIFE UNEXPECTED Fans?
With apologies in advance to ONE TREE HILL and LIFE UNEXPECTED fans who most certainly don’t need another reason to fret about the future of their favorite shows as we inch closer to the CW’s Annual UpFront presentation in New York City, we couldn’t help but notice something peculiar about this “Save the Date” email (above) members of the media just received mere moments ago from the CW network. Namely, what shows are conspicuously absent from the photo collage of 90210, THE VAMPIRE DAIRES, SUPERNATURAL, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, GOSSIP GIRL and SMALLVILLE. Coincidence? Probably not.
Your TV Tech Fix: Why Are You Still Using Your Cable Company’s DVR?
While common US vernacular would have you believe otherwise, the fact of the matter is that most cable subscribers use a generic DVR (or PVR in Canada) provided by their cable company. TiVo, the stand-alone boxes that pioneered the time-shifting category make up a small relatively small fraction of the installed DVR base today.
How can it be that pretty much everyone agrees TiVo DVRs are significantly better (are easier to use, offer more innovative features, give you more spacious hard drives, and even now integrate with things like HP MediaSmart Servers for expansion), yet STILL opt for the craptastic box from the cable company?
Let’s find out what’s holding everyone back, shall we?
Watch, PVR, Pass: Thursday April 22, 2010
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Networks In Desperate Need Of A Name Change
There’s been a lot of talk amongst TV lovers who think that COUGAR TOWN, having developed into a show that is far more than it’s title implies, is in need of a new name. But why stop with the changing of a show name? Why not address a bigger problem that exists out there… namely, that some networks are suffering from multiple-personality disorder thanks to their genre-specific names having nothing to do with the programming their pushing! With that in mind, we offer up five networks in need of some rebranding!
SOAPnet
Over the past few years, this channel has been doing everything in its power to distance itself from daytime dramas. They’ve run and rerun episodes of ONE TREE HILL and GILMORE GIRLS into the ground, and Sunday nights — when they should be helping fans catch up with their soaps in preparation for Monday — the channel instead runs movies. And not just movies, but bad ones with little or no soap connection!
Fox News Channel
In a recent Forbes article, Glenn Beck — one of the most popular (and insane) personalities on the supposed news network admitted he didn’t give “a flying crap” about the political process he slams on a nightly basis and admitted he is part of “an entertainment company.” Throw in right-wingers Sarah Palin, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity (because, let’s face it, nobody watches this network when these stars of the conservative/teabag movement aren’t on) and the network is many things, but one it is not is a “news” organization.
First Look: Your Favorite [MODERN] FAMILY Goes to Hawaii
Still bummed about last night’s back-to-back repeats of MODERN FAMILY? Well, say “Ahola” to these first look photos of the Dunphey/Pritchett clan’s much-anticipated May 12th Hawaiian vacation that we guarantee will turn that frown upside-down. More first look photos of which can be found after the jump.
TV Ratings: Wednesday April 21, 2010 (IDOL gives… FOX an easy ratings win)
Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
---|---|---|---|---|
8PM | FOX | American Idol: Idol Gives Back | 15.73 | 5.0/16 |
CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 5.29 | 1.5/5 | |
NBC | Mercy | 5.01 | 1.2/4 | |
ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.44 | 1.4/4 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model | 2.96 | 1.4/4 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 5.33 | 1.6/5 |
ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.84 | 1.6/5 | |
9PM | FOX | American Idol: Idol Gives Back | 19.58 | 6.1/17 |
CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 8.07 | 1.8/5 | |
ABC | Modern Family (R) | 5.49 | 2.2/6 | |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 5.26 | 1.4/4 | |
CW | High Society | 886,000 | 0.4/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Modern Family (R) | 4.95 | 2.0/5 |
CW | Fly Girls | 965,000 | 0.4/1 | |
10PM | NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 8.74 | 2.7/8 |
CBS | CSI: NY (R) | 6.89 | 1.4/4 | |
ABC | Cougar Town (R) | 3.17 | 1.3/4 | |
10:30PM | ABC | Cougar Town (R) | 3.09 | 1.2/3 |
FRINGE Shocker! Why Lance Reddick Calls May’s Season Finale “Crazy”
Worried that this upcoming second season finale of FRINGE can’t possibly top last May’s Oh-no-they-didn’t just reveal that Olivia and William Bell were perched atop a very-much-still-intact World Trade Center in the alternate universe jaw dropper? Don’t be.
“It blew my mind when I read it,” revealed Lance Reddick of this May’s upcoming two-part season ender during a conversation with the TV Addict on a recent visit to the set of FRINGE. “On the second-to-last page I was shocked and when I got to the last page, I was floored! I was like, ‘No… to the point where I was like please no, please no, don’t you have that be it'”
Must Read TV: Maura Tierney, Hulu, Ricky Gervais & More!
• This just in: NBC to butcher another iconic British series.
• Your Maura Tierney update, she’s back!
• Fox sends Captain Jack packing, deciding not to develop a US version of the UK hit TORCHWOOD.
• Hulu jumps the shark, announces plans to roll out a subscription services as soon as May 24.
• From the department of best news ever, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant announce plans for a new BBC sitcom revolving around 3ft 6in tall Warwick Davis called LIFE’S TOO SHORT..
• Bryan Greenberg will get another season to MAKE IT IN AMERICA, with HBO renewing the rookie comedy series for a second season.
AMERICAN IDOL Season 9 Results: Who Went Home
Dying to know which contestants America sent packing tonight, but not enough to actually sit through the commercial-filled, over-produced, hour-long borefest that was tonight’s AMERICAN IDOL results show? No problem, that’s what theTVaddict.com is here for!