TV News, Previews, Spoilers and Reviews
Direct from last night’s Television Critics Association Press Tour party thrown by CBS/CW/Showtime comes 8 reasons why CW President Mark Pedowitz’s job (Pictured above with RINGER star Sarah Michelle Gellar) is — as the title of this post suggests — waaaaaaaay cooler than yours (and ours!). [Read more…]
• From Susan on SEINFELD to L.A. LAW’s Shaft: 11 bizarre or shocking TV deaths.
• Breaking Good News: BREAKING BAD eyeing two-season final run.
• ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE To Return To TV? Soaps Shopped To Cable Networks.
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Preview: Kal Penn’s Role, Barney’s Love Hexagon, Robin’s Act of Violence
• Good News: The CW has bumped the episode order of a handful of your favourite shows, including GOSSIP GIRL, 90210, SUPERNATURAL and NIKITA. Bad News: Notably absent from the list was THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, due to what sources are calling the show’s extensive post-production process.
Last year, a remarkable new television series debuted under the auspices of one of the most renown names in horror fiction: Stephen King. Despite the prestigious name associated with it, Syfy’s supernatural series HAVEN debuted quietly and snuck up on everyone. Perhaps because of its quiet introduction, it managed to do the impossible. It unveiled its first season with such a careful and methodical approach that viewers were lulled into a false sense of security. By the end of its first season, fans and viewers only knew one thing for certain – HAVEN was never going to be predictable. It had shattered and exceeded expectations time and time again over the course of its initial thirteen episodes. So much so, that no one knew exactly who the main character Audrey Parker really was in the end. Was she an FBI agent, a shape-shifter, an amnesiac, or something else entirely?
Based on the short story “The Colorado Kid,” by Stephen King, creators Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, expanded the King story to create a town inhabited by people afflicted with special abilities – or “troubles” as they like to call it. Whether a blessing or a curse – well, mostly a curse – the townsfolk of Haven, Maine sought only to live normal lives. But for some unknown reason, the “troubles” continued to plague them generation after generation. [Read more…]
| NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Shark Tank (R) | Primetime: What Would You Do? (R) | A Barbara Walters Special: Seven Going on Seventy (R) | |||
| CBS | Flashpoint | CSI: NY (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
| CW | Nikita (R) | Supernatural (R) | ||||
| FOX | Bones (R) | House (R) | ||||
| NBC | Who Do You Think You Are? (R) | Dateline NBC | ||||
| MISC | Thundercats (Cartoon) | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO/HBO Canada) Haven (Syfy) Torchwood: Miracle Day (Starz) | ||||
During an exclusive interview at Comic-Con, Greg Grunberg and Josh Cooke shared what their new webseries ISSUES is really about and why they think it is riding the wave of the digital era and offers a unique perspective on the tortured psyche of superheroes buckling under the weight of their responsibilities and insecurities.
So what is ISSUES about?
JOSH: It was created by myself and Matt Oates, and the concept of the show is that it’s about a therapist – a psychologist — whose clients are animated superheroes. So it’s a live action, real world with superheroes who have a lot of serious issues. Greg came into because he plays The Dark Kodiak, who is sort of our Batman arch-type character, but in a bear get-up, pretty much.
GREG: In a gay world, I’m a bear. So it fits perfectly!
JOSH: When I asked him, ‘Can you play a bear?’ His response was, ‘Grrrrr!’
GREG: And so the answer was ‘Yes!’ We had done a movie together called ‘Group Sex,’ so I was kind of returning the favor. I was thrilled when he asked, especially when I saw the sketches and since Josh was kind enough to come over to my house to do the pilot. It was easy. When I saw it, I was like, ‘Uh, can I stay on this show?’ [Read more…]
From the casting couch to the therapy couch, Mehcad Brooks analyzes what it takes to succeed both on screen and off screen. Starring as TK, the football quarterback with a hot temper and an unexpected heart of gold, and a soft-spot for his therapist’s family, Mehcad shared in a recent press call what he sees in TK’s soul.
Can you talk about how you became involved with the series NECESSARY ROUGHNESS?
MEHCAD: Yes, I was in Toronto and I got a phone call and a script and (my agent) said, ‘Listen, we’d like you to read this.’ I was really heartbroken after MY GENERATION was cancelled, and I just kind of sworn off television. But when I read the script I was like, ‘Wait a second. Maybe I spoke too soon.’ I was really drawn to the project because Terrence had so many levels to him. And I thought, you TK was really endearing; also flamboyant and boisterous, but at the same time, I thought, ‘I think he’s a really misunderstood kid.’ And that’s something I was wanting because that’s kind of what I consider myself a very child-like person, but not childish. So I understand that. But he hasn’t quite gotten to that level yet. But, I was kind of routing for him. So it really drew me to him. [Read more…]
Guest Stars, Premieres & Award Shows Oh My! Your weekly guide to what’s worth watching courtesy of this week’s TV Addict Cheat Sheet
PREMIERES & SPECIAL EVENTS:
Original BIONIC WOMAN Lindsay Wagner drops by WAREHOUSE 13 (Monday, 9PM Syfy); THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH AUNT DIANE unspools (Monday, 9PM HBO); Chi McBride checks into HAWTHORNE (Monday, 10PM TNT); DEADLIEST CATCH season finale (Tuesday, 10PM Discovery); James Van Der Beek drops by FRANKLIN & BASH (Wednesday, 9PM TNT); Snooki gets the E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY treatment (Wednesday, 10PM E!); PROJECT RUNWAY premieres (Thursday, 9PM Lifetime); Lauren Holly guests on ROOKIE BLUE (Thursday, 10PM ABC); Tracie Thoms SUITS up (Thursday, 10P USA); LA INK premieres (Thursday, 10PM TLC); THUNDERCATS gets the reboot treatment (Friday, 8PM Cartoon Network); Yuk it up with JON PINETTE: STILL HUNGRY (Friday, 11PM Comedy Central); WOLVERINE/IRON MAN gets the anime treatment (Friday, 11PM G4); THE CABIN unspools (Saturday, 8PM Hallmark); AGE OF DRAGONS unspools (Saturday, 9PM Syfy); THE BACHELORETTE: THE MEN TELL ALL (Sunday, 9PM ABC); AGAINST THE WALL premieres (Sunday, 10PM Lifetime); THE REAL L WORLD season finale (Sunday, 10PM Showtime) [Read more…]
With the multitude of new shows that debuted this summer, one that may have escaped your notice is the new ABC Family series THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING. With a unique blend of supernatural mythology embedded amongst the tumultuous lives of a group of young teenagers, the show may have slipped under your radar, but it should not have.
About to air its 6th episode on Tuesday, July 19th, entitled “Nothing Compares 2 U,” THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING offers a fun and intriguing look at how a young teenager finds out that she is the descendent of an ancient race and that she may be their long-awaited savior. [Read more…]
| NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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| ABC | Shark Tank (R) | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 20/20 | |||
| CBS | Flashpoint | CSI: NY (R) | Blue Bloods (R) | |||
| CW | Smallville (R) | Supernatural (R) | ||||
| FOX | Bones (R) | House (R) | ||||
| NBC | Friday Night Lights (Series Finale) | Dateline NBC | ||||
| MISC | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, HBO Canada) Torchwood: Miracle Day (Starz) | |||||