• Finally! Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr not returning to GOSSIP GIRL next season.
• Interesting: Why Rob Lowe is the new Heather Locklear.
• Change We Can Believe In: Cable Networks placing a priority on original shows over reality.
• Spotlight: Jerry Seinfeld
• Taking HOUSE off life support, Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps sign on for another season.
• Q&A: THE WALKING DEAD’s Robert Kirkman.
• Killer Scoop, Colin Hanks joins the cast of DEXTER for a major season 6 arc.
Archives for May 2011
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: New Rules For TV Networks and Shows
New Rule: If Hart Hanson isn’t prepared to allow Booth and Brennan to go you know where during the upcoming sixth season finale of BONES appropriately titled “The Change in the Game,” he better have a really good reason as to why not. What’s more, said reason must not involve another person of the opposite sex getting in between them… again.
New Rule: GENERAL HOSPITAL can’t put another child in jeopardy for at least six months. Jake being run down and killed, Brenda’s son going missing. Soaps are a genre aimed at women, and no mother wants to be “entertained” by tales involving kidnapped children.
New Rule: If Network bean counters are going to insist on continuing to counter the proliferation of household DVR/PVR’s — complete with their very helpful fast-forwarding capabilities — with intrusive and not the least bit subtle in-show product placements, the very least they could do is reward viewers who are forced to endure them. Think about it, what’s the one thing that might make it somewhat bearable to sit through Mr. Matthews explaining to Naomi all the incredible features (!) of the latest Verizon video gizmo on last week’s 90210? By running a coupon [at the end of the episode] for “X” amount of dollars off one!
On TV Tonight: Monday May 9, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Dancing with the Stars | Castle | ||||
CBS | How I Met Your Mother | Mad Love | Two and a Half Men (R) | Mike & Molly | Hawaii Five-0 | |
CW | 90210 | Gossip Girl | ||||
FOX | House | The Chicago Code | ||||
NBC | Chuck | The Event | Law & Order: LA | |||
MISC | The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family) | Make It or Break It (ABC Family) Stargate Universe (Syfy) | Nurse Jackie (SHO, TMN in Canada) | United States of Tara (SHO, TMN in Canada) |
TV Ratings: Sunday May 8, 2011 (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES FTW!)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Amazing Race: Unfinished Business | 9.16 | 2.4/7 |
ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 7.99 | 2.1/6 | NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 5.60 | 1.8/6 |
FOX | The Simpsons | 5.48 | 2.5/8 | |
8:30PM | FOX | Bob’s Burgers | 4.18 | 2.0/6 |
9PM | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 9.67 | 2.8/7 |
CBS | Amazing Race: Unfinished Business | 8.39 | 2.4/6 | |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 7.25 | 2.4/6 | |
FOX | Family Guy | 6.52 | 3.2/8 | |
9:30PM | FOX | The Cleveland Show | 4.76 | 2.2/5 |
10PM | CBS | CSI: Miami | 9.69 | 2.0/5 |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 7.73 | 2.6/7 | |
ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 7.18 | 2.0/5 |
Your TV Addict Cheat Sheet: What’s Worth Watching on TV This Week!
Guest Stars, Premieres & Award Shows Oh My! Your weekly guide to what’s worth watching courtesy of this week’s TV Addict Cheat Sheet
GUEST STARS:
Jennifer Morrison officially gets removed from the running on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (Monday, 8PM CBS); Michael McKean finds himself under suspicion on CASTLE (Monday, 10PM ABC); Jonathan Groff returns to GLEE (Tuesday, 8PM FOX); Claire Forlani lends a hand on NCIS (Tuesday, 8PM CBS); Jaime Pressly and Ethan Suplee reunite with EARL creator Greg Garcia on RAISING HOPE (Tuesday, 9PM FOX); Joanna Cassidy stirs up family drama on BODY OF PROOF (Tuesday, 10PM ABC); Sarah Silverman lightens up THE GOOD WIFE (Tuesday, 10PM CBS); Edward Herrmann helps BETTER WITH YOU close out the season (Wednesday, 8:30PM ABC); Lin-Manuel Miranda leaves the heights for MODERN FAMILY (Wednesday, 9PM ABC); Ian Gomez’s better half Nia Vardalos drops by COUGAR TOWN (Wednesday, 9:30PM ABC); LOST’s Sterling Beaumon gets found on LAW & ORDER: SVU (Wednesday, 10PM NBC); Kathy Bates is back at THE OFFICE (Thursday, 9PM NBC); Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack and Annette O’Toole return to SMALLVILLE for the series finale (Friday, 8PM CW); Ed Helms hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Saturday, 11:30PM NBC); UGLY BETTY’s Tony Plana steps out of the shadows on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (Sunday, 9PM ABC); Jennifer Tilly gets animated on FAMILY GUY (Sunday, 9PM FOX); Emily Deschanel, Katee Sackhoff, Eliza Dushku, Danny Trejo and Robert Rodriguez lend their voices to THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Sunday, 9:30PM FOX)
First Look: Emily Deschanel, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff Lend Their Voices to THE CLEVELAND SHOW
This Sunday, THE CLEVELAND SHOW will end its sophomore season with a trip to a Comic Convention where Donna will confront a horrified Robert Rodriguez after discovering that the auteur is going to screen a film (“Hot Cocoa Bang Bang”) that she starred in when she was younger. But before you bemoan the fact that a TV series taking their act to “Comic Con” is quickly becoming #6 on our list of “Very Special Episodes” every show eventually does, you should probably be aware of the fact that said adventure allows for guest voice appearances by BONES’ Emily Deschanel, DOLLHOUSE’s Eliza Dushku and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s Katee Sackhoff. More first look photos wf which can be found after the jump.
Morning Static: DEXTER, THE X FACTOR, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER & More!
• Killer Tease: DEXTER Season 6
• Together again, officially: Paula Abdul joins SImon Cowell at the judges table on THE X FACTOR.
• Live Funny or Die Hard? Website on a mission to live large.
• Here today, gone tomorrow: Meredith Viera announces TODAY SHOW exit.
• Not a happy Mother’s Day for Jennifer Morrison who says, Ted and Zoey’s Breakup is “Very Bittersweet.”
On TV Tonight: Sunday May 8, 2011
Your Favorite TV Quotes of the Week
TV Ratings: Friday May 6, 2011 (FRINGE Finale Falls)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Flashpoint | 6.89 | 1.1/4 |
ABC | Shark Tank | 4.48 | 1.2/5 | FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.66 | 1.6/6 |
NBC | Friday Night Lights | 2.72 | 0.8/3 | |
CW | Smallville | 2.00 | 0.8/3 | |
9PM | CBS | CSI: NY | 9.31 | 1.5/5 |
NBC | Dateline NBC | 5.20 | 1.4/4 | |
ABC | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 4.04 | 1.2/4 | |
FOX | Fringe | 3.30 | 1.2/4 | |
CW | Supernatural | 2.08 | 0.9/3 | |
10PM | CBS | Blue Bloods | 10.12 | 1.5/4 |
NBC | Dateline NBC | 6.57 | 1.9/6 | |
ABC | 20/20 | 6.09 | 1.7/5 |