Question: When is the only time we approve of breaking TV news getting the way of actual TV watching? Answer: When it involves renewals of some of our favorite TV shows. Case in point, ABC’s announcement from mere moments ago that handed out some much-deserved renewal notices tp the likes of MODERN FAMILY, SUBURGATORY, THE MIDDLE, GREY’S ANATOMY, REVENGE, CASTLE and ONCE UPON A TIME. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2012
Good News, Bad News: Special NBC UpFront Edition [Updated]
Good News: Your very own TV Addict will not be forced to “Occupy NBC” thanks to today’s announcement that both PARENTHOOD and 30 ROCK will be back for fourth and seventh season respectively. Bad News: Both renewals come with strings attached in that PARENTHOOD’s order is for a mere 15 episodes (down from this season’s already shortened order of 18) while 30 ROCK’s seventh season will officially be its last. [Source] [Read more…]
ONCE UPON A TIME Season Finale First Look Video: Emma Discovers the Key to Saving Henry!?
In anticipation of what promises to be one helluva final chapter to ONCE UPON A TIME’s fantastic first season, co-creators Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz took some time out of their very busy schedule to chat about Sunday’s finale in addition to the upcoming premiere of Disney XD’s animated TRON: UPRISING series. See for yourself, after the jump. [Read more…]
REVENGE Season Finale First Look: “Reckoning”
Think you know what’s in store for poor Emily in what promises to be a shocking first season finale of REVENGE? Think again! Or at least that was our initial takeaway after getting a sneak peek at “Reckoning,” the hit ABC series’ May 23 swan song that sees Emily and Nolan in somewhat of a perilous predicament as they attempt to implement the final phase of their plan for revenge. But hey, don’t take our word for it, see for yourself after the jump. [Read more…]
Suspect Zero Scoop: Keith Carradine Dishes on His Mysterious MISSING Role
After last week’s jaw-dropping reveal that the criminal mastermind behind Michael’s abduction was his own godfather and former CIA director Martin Newman , it is hard to imagine what exactly Martin is up to. With only two episodes left this season, the series promises to keep up its break-neck pace and throw as many more curveballs out as possible. In an exclusive interview, co-star Keith Carradine took a few minutes to talk candidly about his surprising role and the fun he has had filming MISSING in the exotic locales of Eastern Europe. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Thursday May 10, 2012
It’s Official: TBS Takes Over COUGAR TOWN
In an effort to live up to its billing as the home for “veryfunny,” TBS has made it official. COUGAR TOWN, the critically acclaimed albeit ratings anemic cult comedy is moving to the house that Tyler Perry built for a 15-episode fourth season starting in early 2013. [Read more…]
Dispatches From the Couch: Reflections on Last Night’s MODERN FAMILY Great Escape
As a kid watching reruns of THE BRADY BUNCH, the one episode I was happy to watch over and over was the one in which the whole gang went to Kings Island amusement park. Other people wanted to see the mixed family hit the beach to watch Greg hang 10, but I was all about seeing them break every rule of theme park etiquette in their mad dash to get Mike’s sketches to the manager’s office before his butt could be fired. [Read more…]
TV Ratings: Wednesday May 9, 2012 (MODERN FAMILY, SUBURGATORY and DON’T TRUST THE B… Deliver Both Ratings and Laughs)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 | VS. |
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8PM | FOX | American Idol | 16.10 | 4.4/12 | |
CBS | Survivor: One World | 9.71 | 2.7/8 | ||
ABC | The Middle | 6.56 | 1.9/6 | ||
NBC | Betty White’s Off Their Rockers | 5.57 | 1.5/5 | ||
CW | America’s Next Top Model: British Invasion (R) | 920,000 | 0.3/1 | ||
8:30PM | ABC | Suburgatory | 5.98 | 2.1/6 | |
NBC | Betty White’s Off Their Rockers | 5.39 | 1.6/5 | ||
9PM | FOX | American Idol | 16.10 | 4.4/12 | |
CBS | Criminal Minds | 11.50 | 2.8/8 | ||
ABC | Modern Family | 10.38 | 4.3/12 | ||
NBC | Rock Center with Brian Williams | 3.64 | 0.8/2 | ||
CW | America’s Next Top Model: British Invasion | 1.05 | 0.4/1 | ||
9:30PM | ABC | Don’t Trust the B… | 7.11 | 2.3/6 | |
10PM | CBS | CSI | 10.60 | 2.4/6 | |
ABC | Revenge | 6.96 | 2.2/6 | ||
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 5.72 | 1.7/5 |
Preview: THE BIG BANG THEORY’s Fun-Filled 5th Season Finale
Because THE BIG BANG THEORY knows how to send its own show out with a big “bang,” for its 5th season finale it invited NASA astronaut Mike Massimino to make a special guest appearance. The timing was perfect. In the upcoming episode entitled “The Countdown Reflection,” Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) is given the chance of a lifetime — to go into space. Assisting, coaching and a times heckling Howard, Mike Massimino plays himself and clearly has a ball in the process. Being one of the few men privileged enough to travel into space, Mike knows that no man – even one on the verge of getting married – can resist the temptation of outer space. The finale wrestles with the conflict of Howard as he is torn between the call to venture beyond Earth’s borders, and his own personal happiness with his intended bride Bernadette (Melissa Rauch). The tug-of-war of heart and happiness over fame and glory is powerful. [Read more…]