Direct from San Diego Comic Con 2012 comes a whole slew of reasons why we are seriously regretting or decision to forgo the festivities in lieu of attending next week’s Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles. [Read more…]
Archives for July 2012
BIG BROTHER! PERCEPTION! AMERICAN IDOL! BREAKING BAD! The TV Addict Week in Rewind
Worst Kept Secret: Hey, CBS, you know what the problem with live feeds are? People watching them reveal things you don’t want them to know! Thus, only two days before BIG BROTHER was to debut, this season’s “big twist” was revealed as folks watching them found out — and quickly told anyone with a Twitter feed — who the four returning mentors were.
Smartest Move: Since AMC and Dish satellite network have been unable to reach an agreement, subscribers to the service will soon be cut off from shows like BREAKING BAD. Which is why AMC will be offering said subscribers a chance to watch the show’s season premiere via streaming video. Brilliant. Your move, Dish!
Most Boring Recaps: Sure, Gawker scored a coup in landing Dan Rather’s weekly recapping of NEWSROOM… except for the fact that they’re about as fun to read as an obit.
Worst Mash-up: Eric McCormack and TNT’s PERCEPTION are the worst fit since Sarah Michelle Gellar in RINGER. [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Friday July 13, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Shark Tank (R) | 20/20 | ||||
CBS | Undercover Boss (R) | CSI: NY (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
CW | Nikita (R) | Supernatural (R) | ||||
FOX | House (R) | Bones (R) | ||||
NBC | Whitney | Community | Dateline NBC | |||
MISC | A.N.T. Farm (Disney) | Jessie (Disney) | Fish Hooks/ Gravity Falls (Disney) XIII (Reelz) Whale Wars (Animal Planet) | Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC) | Bunk (IFC) | |
USA | Common Law |
Red Carpet Redux: Debrah Farentino Reflects on Her Time Spent in EUREKA
On Monday July 9th, The Paley Center for Media celebrated the upcoming series finale of EUREKA with a preview screening and a panel discussion with the show’s cast and creative team. Thankfully for fans of the beloved Sci-Fi Syfy series, theTVaddict.com’s very own Senior West Coast Correspondent extraordinaire Tiffany Vogt was on hand to snag a little one-on-one time with some of your favorites. Favorites like Debrah Farentino, who marvelled at her character’s longevity, revealed what she’ll miss most about the show and teased the upcoming July 16th series finale. [Read more…]
Morning Static: DAMAGES, TEEN WOLF, NIKITA & More!
• Trailer Park: THE MINDY PROJECT.
• Character Studies: Patty Hewes, DAMAGES.
• Casting Coup: ALCATRAZ alum is headed to NIKITA.
• Rumor Patrol: Jennifer Lopez negotiations are “Complicated and Fluid” in terms of AMERICAN IDOL Season 12.
• TEEN WOLF Gets Super-Sized, Renewed for a 24 episode third season.
• Must Read TV: Bryan Cranston picks his 13 favorite BREAKING BAD moments.
Direct From San Diego Comic Con 2012: The First Two Minutes of DEXTER Season 7
This Just In: Steven Tyler Has Decided to Depart His Role as Judge on AMERICAN IDOL
PRESS RELEASE: Steven Tyler has decided to depart his role as a judge on AMERICAN IDOL. Tyler served as a judge during the 10th and 11th seasons of IDOL. [Read more…]
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Questions with THE MIDDLE and ANGER MANAGEMENT Star Katlin Mastandrea
While the name Katlin Mastandrea may not be a household one just yet, odds are “Weird Ashley” certainly is. As Sue Heck’s scene-stealing sidekick on THE MIDDLE, Mastandrea has parlayed her hilarious recurring character into what we have a feeling will be an equally funny one on ANGER MANAGEMENT. So just what is it like working alongside Charlie Sheen and did she ever expect to end up where she is? We recently caught up with Mastandrea to find out just that. [Read more…]
Channel Surfing: THE L.A. COMPLEX, BIG BROTHER, GENERAL HOSPITAL & More!
For years now, networks have been content to fill their summer schedules with reruns and reality, assuming everyone will come flocking back when they finally grace us with original programming again in the fall. And although an ever-shrinking return rate would seem to indicate that’s not the most awesome idea ever, networks continue to do it. But if the best they can offer in the summer months is crap like The CW’s REMODELED, I’d like to suggest they just opt for test patterns instead. Even in a sea of God-awful programs, REMODELED stands out. This is a show that’s so bad it’s bad, redefining train wreck as we laugh at, not with, everyone involved. The show features Paul Fisher, a “modeling industry veteran” who never met a word he couldn’t punctuate with a silly hand gesture and his ridiculously goth assistant traveling to such modeling Mecca’s Minneapolis to deal with problems in agencies. It combines the “let’s fix this flawed business” approach of TABITHA’S SALON MAKEOVER with the hissy-fit-throwing style of Gordon Ramsay, but does neither convincingly. The biggest problem is Fisher himself, who comes off both wildly fake and pathetically inept, blasting one agency because there aren’t copies of GQ and Vogue on the desks of employees. At various points, you can see the people he’s ranting at literally attempting not to laugh. Which is too bad, because at least then viewers would get the sense that they aren’t the only ones in on the joke.
Having spent the entire last item trashing The CW’s latest “reality” offering, I want to offer a little balance by praising them in advance for bringing one of my favorite guilty pleasures back. Next Tuesday, they’ll begin airing the second season of Canadian import THE L.A. COMPLEX, which is everything that summer programming should be but rarely is: fun, addictive, sexy and scandalous. Had the failed MELROSE PLACE reboot been half this good, it might still be around. Ratings weren’t great when The CW aired the first season a few months ago, but give this another look… if only to encourage networks to give us scripted programming instead of trash like REMODELED. (And yes, I just had to get in one more shot at that show’s expense. It’s really that awful.) [Read more…]
On TV Tonight: Thursday July 12, 2012
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Duets | Wipeout | Rookie Blue | |||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | The Big Bang Theory (R) | Big Brother | Person of Interest (R) | ||
CW | The Vampire Diaries (R) | The Vampire Diaries (R) | ||||
FOX | Take Me Out | The Choice | ||||
NBC | The Office (R) | Parks and Recreation (R) | Saving Hope | Rock Center with Brian Williams | ||
MISC | Tron: Uprising (Disney XD) | Indoors Out (DIY) | Men at Work (TBS) Kathy (Bravo) Awkward (10:30PM MTV, MuchMusic in Canada) The Real L Word (Showtime) | |||
FX | Anger Management | Wilfred | Louie | |||
USA | Burn Notice | Necessary Roughness |