The Good: Rather than face the wrath of a legion of very angry TV Addicts, the CW, as we expected, renewed both LIFE UNEXPECTED and ONE TREE HILL for a second and eighth season respectively. And while there’s no official word on just how many episodes we’re getting, we imagine the consensus among fans is any being better than none! Also joining the CW this fall will be the much-anticipated NIKITA reboot (starring Mission Impossible III’s Maggie Q in the titular role as top secret government agency spy) and the Tom Welling produced HELLCATS, a coming-of-age drama about a pre-law student (Aly Michalka) whose world is turned upside-down when she loses her scholarship and has to join the college’s competitive cheerleading squad.
Archives for May 2010
An Open Letter From C.T. To ONE TREE HILL Creator Mark Schwahn
You brilliant, sappy, sadistic bastard.
Last night, you gave ONE TREE HILL fans a wonderful treat in which redemption was found, sanity was lost and a good time was had by all. You took us out of Tree Hill and put our favorites in a gorgeous mountain retreat so they could frolic in the snow and share emotional moments. You provided the cornyness we’ve come to expect (the owl), the emotional payoffs we demand (Julian’s proposal to Brooke) and, in what felt like a wonderful way for the series to end while still leaving us with the knowledge that life will go on in Tree Hill, another baby for Hayley and Nathan.
And then, you took it all away.
TV Ratings: Monday May 17, 2010 (Good thing the ink already dried on that CHUCK renewal!)
Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
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8PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 18.06 | 3.8/11 |
FOX | House | 10.89 | 4.2/12 | |
CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 7.69 | 3.1/9 | |
NBC | Chuck | 5.20 | 1.9/3 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Rules of Engagement | 7.71 | 2.9/8 |
9PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 20.30 | 4.5/12 |
CBS | Two and a Half Men | 13.17 | 4.4/11 | |
FOX | 24 | 8.98 | 3.0/8 | |
NBC | Law & Order (R) | 5.91 | 1.7/4 | |
CW | Gossip Girl | 1.99 | 1.1/3 | |
9:30PM | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 14.75 | 5.4/14 |
ABC | Romantically Challenged | 8.69 | 2.1/5 | |
10PM | CBS | CSI: Miami | 10.56 | 3.0/8 |
ABC | Castle | 10.09 | 2.4/7 | |
NBC | Law & Order | 6.24 | 1.8/5 |
CASTLE Season Finale: Now We Know How BONES Fans Feel!
How did BONES fans put up with five seasons of will-they-or-won’t-they?!
That’s the question we find ourselves asking after last night’s CASTLE season finale that culminated in a serious (albeit not-expected) detour on the road to Beckett and Castle’s happily-ever-after in the form of Castle’s ex-wife. An ex-wife who, as luck would have it, will be spending the summer “editing” Castle’s book in the Hamptons leaving poor Beckett back in New York too pick up the pieces of her shattered romantic life having just broken up with Detective Tom Demming upon finally realizing what everybody around her has known for two seasons now: Castle is the man for her. Yes, only on TV does it take a single girl two years to catch onto the awesomeness that is Nathan Fillion… but we digress.
ABC Unveils 2010-11 Primetime Schedule
Snap judgments, photos and video to come, but until then, enjoy this first look at ABC’s just announced 2010-11 Primetime Schedule — with new shows as per usual highlighted in orange — after the jump.
Must Read TV: TWO & A HALF MEN, WEEDS, FOX & More!
• In Review: An extraordinary TV season and the rules that shaped it.
• From the department of least surprising news ever… Charlie Sheen will not turn down 48 million dollars a season by agreeing to return to TWO AND A HALF MEN for two more seasons.
• Trailer Park: Get your first look at FOX’s Fall Slate.
• She’ll be back, Linda Hamilton joins WEEDS.
• The GLEE Effect: How the Hit Show Reminded Fox Not to Be Boring Next Season.
• The not-so-good associate: Matt Czuchry teases his character’s revenge starting on tonight’s GOOD WIFE.
How Michael Ausiello Ruined Our Weekend!
Watch, PVR, Pass: Monday May 17, 2010
Snap Judgments: LONESTAR, RUNNING WILDE, TERRA NOVA, RIDE-ALONG, MIXED SIGNALS, BOB’S BURGERS and RAISING HOPE
LONESTAR
According to the FOX official Description: LONESTAR, a sophisticated and provocative drama set against the sprawling backdrop of big Texas oil, will premiere this fall. From Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman (“Party of Five”), writer Kyle Killen and directed by Marc Webb (“(500) Days of Summer”), the compelling series stars newcomer James Wolk as a charismatic and brilliant schemer who has entangled himself in a deep, complex web from which he can’t break free. He’s caught between two very different lives and two very different women.
According to the TV Addict: “A sophisticated and provocative drama set against the sprawling backdrop of big Texas oil” is totally code for primetime soap. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
TV Ratings: Sunday May 16, 2010 (SURVIVOR Finale Heroic for CBS)
Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains | 12.81 | 3.8/12 |
ABC | Extreme Makeover: HE | 8.95 | 2.6/8 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 6.25 | 2.9/9 | |
NBC | 2010 Miss USA Pageant | 5.68 | 1.6/5 | |
8:30PM | FOX | Cleveland Show | 5.77 | 2.7/8 |
9PM | CBS | Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains | 13.61 | 4.3/11 |
ABC | Desperate Housewives | 12.97 | 4.1/10 | |
FOX | Family Guy | 7.58 | 3.8/10 | |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 6.26 | 2.4/6 | |
9:30PM | FOX | American Dad | 5.82 | 2.8/7 |
10PM | CBS | Survivor Reunion | 12.10 | 4.0/10 |
ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 10.07 | 3.0/8 | |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 6.10 | 2.4/7 |