• I spy… RUBICON Boss making a cast for a second season.
• It pays to be mean, assuming of course your name is GLEE co-creator Ian Brennan.
• 3 Reasons to consider the switch to Starz, DOLLHOUSE, GREEK & ONE TREE HILL stars eye key roles in TORCHWOOD’s upcoming season.
• Girl power! SKINS releases a second trailer.
• Casting Couch: Lea Thompson, Keith Carradine, James Marsden, Judith Light and Robert Knepper all book new roles.
• Finding your inner Macaulay Culkin: 17-plus memorable TV Halloween costumes, and what they say about their wearers.
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TV Ratings: Friday October 22, 2010
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Medium | 6.52 | 1.4/55 |
ABC | No Ordinary Family (R) | 3.66 | 0.9/3 | |
NBC | School Pride | 2.76 | 0.7/3 | |
FOX | House (R) | 2.48 | 1.1/4 | |
CW | Smallville | 2.48 | 1.0/4 | |
9PM | CBS | CSI: NY | 10.26 | 1.9/6 |
NBC | Dateline | 3.94 | 0.9/3 | |
ABC | What Would You Do? (R) | 4.04 | 1.3/4 | |
FOX | The Good Guys | 2.58 | 0.6/2 | |
CW | Supernatural | 2.48 | 1.1/4 | |
10PM | CBS | Blue Bloods | 11,07 | 1.8/6 |
ABC | 20/20 | 5.21 | 1.5/5 | |
NBC | Dateline | 4.61 | 1.0/3 |
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: People Most Definitely Not Smarter Than a 5th Grader
The Parents Television Council (PTC)
In response to an upcoming issue of GQ which features a very revealing spread of GLEE stars Dianna Agron and Lea Michele in various states of undress, the PTC released a statement chastising the magazine for what they’re characterizing as “a disturbing spread… bordering on pedophilia.” Why they’re not smarter than a 5th grader: Because in the grand tradition of primetime television shows that take place in high school (see: Gabrielle Carteris, Ian Ziering and Luke Perry to name a few), the kids from GLEE aren’t actually teenagers! Memo to the PTC: It’s called acting! And in the same way in which Kevin McHale’s Artie isn’t really confined to a wheelchair and Cory Monteith sounds like a rock star with a little help from his friend called auto-tune, 24 year-olds Dianna Agron and Lea Michele are only pretending to play high school students.
TV Ratings: Wednesday October 20, 2010
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Survivor: Nicaragua | 12.03 | 3.5/11 |
FOX | NLCS Game 4: Phillies at Giants | 8.66 | 2.7/8 | |
ABC | The Middle | 8.54 | 2.6/8 | |
NBC | Undercovers | 5.87 | 1.5/5 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model | 3.03 | 1.3/4 | |
8:30PM | ABC | Better With You | 6.97 | 2.1/6 |
9PM | CBS | Criminal Minds | 14.30 | 3.6/10 |
ABC | Modern Family | 13.84 | 4.7/13 | |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 8.52 | 2.6/7 | |
FOX | NLCS Game 4: Phillies at Giants | 7.98 | 2.6/7 | |
CW | Hellcats (R) | 1.58 | 0.6/2 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Cougar Town | 7.49 | 3.1/9 |
10PM | CBS | The Defenders | 10.00 | 2.2/6 |
FOX | NLCS Game 4: Phillies at Giants | 8.39 | 2.8/8 | |
NBC | Law & Order: Los Angeles | 8.05 | 2.4/7 | |
ABC | The Whole Truth | 4.56 | 1.4/4 |
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Things You Didn’t Know About THE MIDDLE Star Eden Sher
Her life as a hollywood celebrity is no as exciting as you might think.
Despite what the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton might have you believe, the life of a young Hollywood starlet isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Turns out, when star Eden Sher is not busy shooting THE MIDDLE, she isn’t celebrating the sophomore success of the hit ABC comedy with weekend jaunts to Las Vegas or late nights out at the Viper Room. So just what is Sher doing in her downtime thanks to her newfound fame? Easy, “Sleep!” revealed Sher on a recent one-on-one interview. “On the weekend I just sleep most of the time because we’re working so hard on the show during the week.”
She is not as big a cross-country fan as the character she plays on TV.
Talk to any actor who has been asked to learn a skill (such as martial arts or guitar) for a role and you’ll invariably discover that they’ve fallen in love with their new found talent. Any actor that is except Eden Sher, who can’t quite muster Sue’s enthusiasm for cross-country. “I can of course relate to her in every episode because I play her, but I’m definitely not as ‘Sue-ish’,” explained Sher. “I never was on my school’s cross-country team and I actually have no intention of every doing it! Learning about it from Sue, well, it’s hard work and a very weird sport.”
TV Ratings: Tuesday October 19, 2010
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS | 19.08 | 4.2/12 |
ABC | No Ordinary Family | 7.41 | 2.2/6 | |
NBC | Biggest Loser | 6.71 | 2.3/7 | |
FOX | Glee (R) | 5.55 | 2.0/6 | |
CW | One Tree Hill | 1.91 | 1.0/3 | |
9PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 15.98 | 3.9/10 |
ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 15.27 | 3.1/8 | |
NBC | Biggest Loser | 7.32 | 2.7/7 | |
FOX | Raising Hope (R) | 4.35 | 1.7/4 | |
CW | Life Unexpected | 1.53 | 0.7/2 | |
9:30PM | CW | Running Wilde | 3.01 | 1.2/3 |
10PM | CBS | The Good Wife | 12.23 | 2.6/7 |
ABC | Detroit 1-8-7 | 8.29 | 1.9/5 | |
NBC | Parenthood | 4.89 | 1.9/5 |
Warning! You Must Be Over 21 to Read This Post (18 in Canada)
Move over “My Father’s Research,” inspired by tonight’s instalment of NO ORDINARY FAMILY theTVaddict.com is proud to present the latest craze in TV-related drinking games. The rules are simple: Every time a member of the Powell family utters the words “powers,” you take a drink. Rest assured, you will be smashed within minutes. Guaranteed.
Channel Surfing: OUTSOURCED, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, THE APPRENTICE & More!
It’s not often I admit to being wrong. This is not to say I’m never wrong, but rather that I rarely admit to it. However, where NBC’s freshman series OUTSOURCED is concerned, I feel the need to not only admit that my initial opinion was wrong, but heap a bit of praise upon the show. Sight unseen, I — and I suspect many others — rolled my eyes at what I assumed would be an offensive show playing upon every stereotype in the book. But in my rush to judgement, I forgot that some of the best television shows manage to play upon stereotypes (which are, in almost all cases, based on at least a nugget of truth) in a funny and often heartwarming way. ALL IN THE FAMILY managed to make us love a bigot, while WILL & GRACE taught us the difference between laughing with and laughing at people who embrace the very thing that makes them different. Likewise, OUTSOURCED proves itself to be a quirky, wildly-charming show populated by some of the most lovable folks currently occupying primetime. Whether the humor is mined from names — my personal favorite is Manmeet — or the culture clashes born of the stranger-in-a-strange-land premise, the laughs here are as hardy as they are heartfelt. While comparisons to THE OFFICE are perhaps inevitable, OUTSOURCED is quickly shaping up to be a far superior show if only for the lack of a character as annoying as Michael or Dwight (although Diedrich Bader’s borderline-psychotic Charlie comes pretty darn close).
I hate commercials. With a passion. So for me to actually stop fast-forwarding whatever I happen to be watching, a commercial has to really, really grab my attention. Yet that’s exactly what I do whenever the Allstate commercials featuring Dean Winters — aka OZ inmate Ryan O’Reailly and 30 ROCK’s “beeper king” Dennis Duffy — playing Mayhem (Posted Above). In fact, I think I might have to form some kind of support group for people who can’t get enough of insurance spokespeople. Whether it’s Winters, the Geiko gecko or Flo, the Progressive insurance gal (aka actress Stephanie Courtney), the industry currently seems to have cornered the market on cool spokesfolk.
After several cycles of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, it’s actually nice to have a real-people edition of the show. On the star-packed edition, nearly every challenge inevitably boils down to “who can get the most rich people to write big checks”, whereas the regular version actually relies, at least to some extent, on actual abilities. And let’s face it: Rare is the celeb who’s going to bring the train-wreck appeal of David, to whom every viewer can relate. He’s that guy in the next cubicle we all do everything in our power to avoid because, well, he’s an ass. And of course, every single quality that would make him a nightmarish co-worker happens to make for fantastic television.
As regular readers of this column know, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is one of those shows that I want better for. It has an incredible cast and a premise that should make it one of the most entertaining shows on the dial. Yet all too often, it falls short thanks to what I consider a fatal flaw: The inability — or perhaps unwillingness — of its writing staff to allow the sudsy drama to truly lather up. This season has, so far, been a bit of a mixed bag, although better than last. As usual the villain-of-the-year is as intriguing as he is underplayed. We get tiny snippets of Paul and his in-over-her-head bride, but have yet to see enough of his plot to be intrigued. And new-gal-on-the-block Renee (the always-phenomenal Vanessa Williams) is… well, a toothless Wilhelmina. Is she a maneater or a gal pal? Both, because she’s currently being written as a character who bends to the needs of that week’s script as opposed to one who has an actual purpose on the show. What should have been a wonderfully emotional story involving Gaby and Carlos dealing with a long-ago baby switch has all-too-quickly turned into a predictable mess. Surprisingly, Susan’s foray into soft-core porn has been one of the most compelling tales of the season. It’s nice to see a storyline which in the past would have been dealt with in a single episode for laughs actually turned into something with at least a few more teeth. In fact, it seems that this season. Lynette and Tom have been turned into the “plot-of-the-week” couple, with him developing “post-partum depression” and, a week later, Lynette turning pre-teen Penny into a junior nanny. It’s still a hit-or-miss show for me, but this season has, so far, been at least slightly more hit than miss.
Must Read TV: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, THE WALKING DEAD, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS & More!
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• A spoiler free gut-reaction… to the first two episodes of THE WALKING DEAD.
• Q&A: Simon Cowell talks THE X FACTOR.
• Important thing to know about Demitri Martin, CBS has signed him to a development deal following the cancelation of his Comedy Central series.
• How we met Jennifer Morrison, HIMYM creators talk Season 6 ambitions.
TV Ratings: Friday October 15, 2010 (Super Ratings for SMALLVILLE’s 200th)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Medium | 6.14 | 1.2/4 |
ABC | No Ordinary Family (R) | 4.11 | 1.0/4 | |
CW | Smallville | 3.18 | 1.3/5 | |
NBC | School Pride | 2.90 | 0.9/3 | |
FOX | House (R) | 2.67 | 0.8/3 | |
9PM | CBS | CSI: NY | 9.54 | 1.7/6 |
NBC | Dateline | 4.29 | 1.1/4 | |
ABC | 20/20 | 3.86 | 1.1/4 | |
CW | Supernatural | 2.80 | 1.2/4 | |
FOX | The Good Guys | 2.33 | 0.8/3 | |
10PM | CBS | Blue Bloods | 10.29 | 1.7/6 |
NBC | Dateline | 5.13 | 1.3/4 | |
ABC | 20/20 | 4.69 | 1.3/4 |