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Eric Balfour Offers Special Insight into the Mysterious World of HAVEN

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When Stephen King first wrote the short story, “The Colorado Kid,” he probably never envisioned that it would inspire a modern day supernatural television series.  Syfy’s series HAVEN features not only a mysterious town with inhabitants that are stricken with abilities hat border on the supernatural and super-freaky, it offers a complex look at a trio of heroes caught up in the story of how to solve the puzzle of what brought these troubles to the little town of Haven.  During a recent press call, Eric Balfour shared what makes his character Duke Crocker tick and also provided a few key insights on the upcoming season of HAVEN. [Read more…]

Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Comic Con Gripes

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While there is no arguing about the magnitude of Comic Con, the annual event that sees hundreds of thousands of passionate pop culture addicts transform downtown San Diego into the world’s largest Cosplay arena, the facts are these: 120,000 attendees is a minuscule fraction of the internet audience as a whole. Which is why we constantly find ourselves scratching our head over various media outlets (Yes, you know who you are) continuous coverage leading up to the event. After-all, not only have all four days of the event already sold out months in advance making who-and-who-will-not be attending the convention a moot (or as FRIENDS’ Joey Tribbiani might put it, a “moo”) point, the media’s insistence on reporting all the big name stars who will be in attendance does little more than alienate the millions upon millions of readers who are not attending. We’re just sayin’

What’s the only thing more annoying than having to read about all the fantastic panels we won’t be attending at this summer’s Con? Listening to those covering the event take to Twitter to complain about it! Note to our brothers and sisters in arms. While we’re the first to acknowledge that you’re probably not making Matthew Weiner (MAD MEN) money covering television, it might behoove you to keep in mind that you are still getting paid to watch television and hobnob with actors for a living. Digging ditches, or flipping burgers you ain’t. [Read more…]

CW Announces Fall 2011 Premiere Dates

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Question: When is it never too early to get excited for the new Fall TV Season? Answer: When your network has just about thrown in the towel when it comes to a “Summer Programming Strategy.” Which is probably why it should come as little surprise that the CW Network was the first of the “Big 5” to announce their Fall 2011 Premiere dates. See for yourself after the jump. [Read more…]

Summer Scoop: Skyler Samuels and Amy Pietz, Grey Damon and Benjamin Stone Preview THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING

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On THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING, Skyler Samuels portrays Chloe King and Amy Pietz plays her mother, Meredith King.

How would you describe this show in comparisons to other shows?
Skyler: I don’t think I could compare CHLOE KING to any other TV show or movie. It’s kind of its own special package. In an hour, you get drama, you get romance, you’ll laugh. It’ll leave you on the edge of your seat. So it’s got a little bit of everything and it’s like the most perfect balance you could want.
Amy: I totally agree. I try to explain it to my friends using a little something more that they can relate to. Sometimes I use BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and there’s a little GILMORE GIRLS mixed in there. But Skyler’s right. It’s really balanced. It has romance and it has action — and the action is what really turned me on the most about the show — and it’s funny.
Skyler: It is fun watching the action sequences — not only because it is a girl kickin’ butt — but it’s very inspirational for women to watch and feel empowered. It’s funny too because Chloe always bites off more  than she can chew. She’ll say ‘oh, I can take you’ to the villain — only he’s like 200 pounds and who’s like 6’4” and I’m like this little scrawny girl whose got to fight the bad guy. It’s also funny because sometimes in the middle of things, Chloe will do funny things or she’ll make jokes. She’s always got that clever wit which kind of makes the action portion fun and funny to watch.
Amy: And I love how the female emphasis on the show is healthy. There is a good relationship between Chloe and her mother and Chloe and her best friends. They’re not talking about money and sex all the time – it’s not GOSSIP GIRL. It’s something I would allow my daughter to watch and be proud of it. I’m not embarrassed by it. It’s an ABC Family show. I am proud of this show.
Skyler: And it’s a very realistic portrayal of what a 16-year old girl would be experiencing and that might sound funny because there are all these supernatural elements, but that’s kind of what makes the show work. There’s this practical aspect. She’s trying to figure out who she is, how to talk to a boy, how to maintain a relationship with her two best friends, and how to talk to her mom. Dating or putting away laundry, all the usual things and at the same time she discovers that being a teenager just wasn’t enough. She’s got this added factor — these supernatural abilities that she has and because of that, it’s kind of a fantastical way to look at how a teenage girl lives — having to deal with all these things and becoming a young woman. [Read more…]

Your TV Addict Cheat Sheet: What’s Worth Watching on TV This Week!

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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:
PAIR OF KINGS returns (Monday, 8PM DisneyXD); KICKIN’ IT premieres (Monday, 8:30PM DisneyXD); PRETTY LITTLE LIARS returns (Tuesday, 8PM ABC Family); MEMPHIS BEAT returns (Tuesday, 9PM TNT); GENE SIMMONS’ FAMILY JEWELS returns (Tuesday, 9PM A&E); THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING premieres (Tuesday, 9PM ABC Family); HAWTHORNE returns (Tuesday, 10PM TNT); HOT IN CLEVELAND returns (Wednesday, 10PM TV Land); TODDLERS & TIARAS returns (Wednesday, 10PM TLC); HAPPILY DIVORCED premieres (Wednesday, 10:30PM TV Land); JON BENJAMIN HAS A VAN premieres (Wednesday, 10:30PM Comedy Central); COPS season finale (Saturday, 8PM FOX); AMERICA’S MOST WANTED season finale (Saturday, 9PM FOX); OUTCASTS premieres (Saturday, 9PM BBC America); THE INBETWEENERS premieres (Saturday, 11PM BBC America); THE 38th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS (Sunday, 8PM CBS); FALLING SKIES premieres (Sunday, 9PM TNT); THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS HONORING MORGAN FREEMAN (Sunday, 9PM TV Land); 2011 MISS USA PAGEANT (Sunday, 9PM NBC); DROP DEAD DIVA returns (Sunday, 9PM Lifetime); GAME OF THRONES season finale (Sunday, 9PM HBO, HBO Canada); THE KILLING season finale (Sunday, 10PM AMC); RYAN AND TATUM: THE O’NEALS (Sunday, 10PM OWN) [Read more…]

TV Ratings: Friday June 10, 2011

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Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions
TimeNetworkShowRating18-49
8PMCBSFlashpoint5.901.0/4
NBCNHL Stanley Cup Final Game 54.351.6/5
ABCShark Tank (R)3.901.0/4
FOXBones (R)3.100.8/3
CWSmallville (R)980,0000.4/2
9PMCBSCSI: NY (R)6.531.1/4
NBCNHL Stanley Cup Final Game 54.351.6/5
FOXLie to Me (R)2.600.7/2
ABCJamie Oliver’s Food Revolution2.590.8/3
CWSupernatural (R)940,0000.3/1
10PMCBSBlue Bloods (R)6.630.9/3
ABC20/205.171.2/4
NBCNHL Stanley Cup Final Game 54.351.6/5

The Lazy Days of Summer:  Why Summer TV Shows Are Like a Fine Wine

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Summer used to be a wasteland – it was when primetime shows aired repeats over the summer and failed TV shows were burnt-off.  However, ever since Fox successfully launched AMERICA IDOL during the so-called “dead” season nearly a decade ago, Summer has become a richer and more sought-after landscape of television.  It is the perfect time to launch shows that need more time to secure a stable audience and it allows networks to try out shows that may not typically appeal to viewers during the convoluted and congested Fall and Mid-Season.
 
For television connoisseurs and TV addicts, summer has become a long-awaited mecca as it began offering a rich palate of delectable treats.  Ranging from USA Network’s BURN NOTICE to Syfy’s EUREKA to TNT’s THE CLOSER to ABC Family’s PRETTY LITTLE LIARS to A&E’s THE GLADES to Lifetime’s DROP DEAD DIVA and finally to HBO’s TRUE BLOOD, there is something for everyone.  So much so that an unprecedented number of new scripted shows and reality TV shows are scheduled to launch this summer.  [Read more…]

On TV Tonight: Friday June 3, 2011

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NET8PM8:30PM9PM9:30PM10PM10:30PM
ABCShark Tank (R)Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (R)20/20
CBSFlashpointCSI: NY (R)Blue Bloods (R)
CWSmallville (R) Supernatural (R)
FOXBones (R)Lie to Me (R)
NBCFriday Night LightsDateline NBC
MISCReal Time with Bill Maher (HBO, HBO Canada)

Summer Scoop:  A few candid insights from writer/producer Jeff Davis and director Russell Mulcahy on MTV’s TEEN WOLF

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In MTV’s new supernatural series TEEN WOLF, the typical coming-of-age story is given a new twist — a teenage boy must not only navigate through high school, he must figure out the challenges of being a werewolf in the midst of the most heightened years of his life.  Writer and executive producer Jeff Davis and director Russell Mulcahy talked about what drew them to the TEEN WOLF series and teased a bit about what to expect as the show debuts.

Jeff Davis (Executive Producer/Writer)

How was the tone for the show established in choosing between campy vs. dark?
Jeff:  The tone was set right off-the-bat from the first meeting with MTV.  It was their idea to do the show.  I had a meeting with MTV . .. . [MTV] said they were attached to TEEN WOLF the series and asked would I be interested in writing it.  So I asked MTV at the meeting, I said, ‘How do you guys see adapting this for a TV series because the original is very much a comedy and, to me, it’s actually a basketball movie.’ . . . . So they said, ‘We want to do it a little different — a little darker, sexier’ and I said, ‘Well, what if we did it kind of like The Lost Boys?’  Which was an ’80’s movie that I still love to this day.  I mean, I love Teen Wolf very much.  But The Lost Boys just stuck in my head ’cause it is scary, it’s sexy, and it’s still funny — really funny, like Corey Feldman, the Frog Brothers. I mean, you always remember them.  So that’s really the paradigm we chose.  It’s The Lost Boys with a little bit of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer thrown in.  . . It’s funny.  We talk about this being a remake or reboot, and after talking with MTV a little while ago, I said, ‘Since it’s MTV, maybe we should call it a remix.’  We’ve taken an old classic and kind of given it a new beat.  How’s that for a sound bite?

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