Archive for February, 2008

Scrubs to move to ABC

Friday, February 29th, 2008

NBC hasn’t treated “Scrubs” well over the last couple years. It looked like back in 2006 that it was going to be canceled. It appears that NBC has finally gotten rid of scrubs, and ABC has picked it up. Ausiello at TVGuide.com reports:

Sources are confirming a story in The Hollywood Reporter that […]

Kate Walsh Returns to “Grey’s Anatomy”

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Addison will be spending some time at Seattle Grace this spring thanks to the strike-imposed hiatus of Private Practice. The Hollywood Insider has:

The redhead is back at Seattle Grace! ABC has confirmed that Kate Walsh, whose freshman show Private Practice is on hiatus until fall, will return to Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Addison Montgomery […]

“Family Guy” Spin-off in the works

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Laid back, easygoing Cleveland of “Family Guy” fame currently has his own show in development. News from Reuters Canada has:

The project, tentatively titled “Cleveland,” is being written by “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry — a writer/producer who voices Cleveland — and Rich Appel, an executive producer on MacFarlane’s other Fox cartoon, […]

Paley Festival in the Moonlight

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The Paley Festival has just added 11 new shows for their 2008 lineup, which starts on March 28. According to TVGuide.com:
Moonlight…are just a few of the hit shows who now will participate in the spring season 
Hopefully, “Moonlight” being included in this festival will help to convince CBS that they need to renew the show for a […]

Lost and Time-Travel

Friday, February 29th, 2008

After last nights Lost, “The Constant”, questions on how time-travel fits into the show are definitely on the minds of viewers. In this weeks Official Lost Podast, the producers attempt to tackle the questions before they are asked:

Lindelof: We are very paradox averse. When characters are time traveling, nothing that they do […]

Fox Borrowing from the BBC

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I was starting to get excited about North American channels importing directly from BBC. But, in the spirit of The Office, Fox is going to be adapting two British series. Variety has:

Fox Entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly, who found success at NBC adapting the Britcom “The Office” for U.S. auds, is looking to do […]

Emeril Lands On Discovery

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Emeril is one of the more entertaining chefs on television who actually knows his stuff. I was a little sad when I learned he was splitting with Food Network, but I figured he’d end up back on TV somehow. Slashfood is reporting Emeril’s debut on Discovery:

The Discovery Channel has announced that Emeril Lagasse […]

ABC Keeps It Real

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Not wasting any time, ABC is pushing forward with most of its signature reality series. Variety has:

Five of ABC’s signature reality skeins have been given the greenlight for next season.
Back for another round are “Dancing With the Stars,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Supernanny” and “Wife Swap.”

Several other reality-style series are […]

More from the Dollhouse

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

The Dollhouse news is starting to rush in. Over at TVGuide.com Ausiello has the scoop on the current list of principal characters:

ADELLE DEWITT
The fortyish iceberg who runs the Dollhouse where the human Etch-a-Sketches reside
PAUL BALLARD
The thirtysomething G-man who is slated to become an offbeat love interest for Dushku’s “impressionable” Echo
BOYD LANGTON
Echo’s handler and father […]

Whedon Hires Former “Murder Club” Creators

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Joss Whedon’s new drama, Dollhouse (starring Eliza Dushku) is moving forward a full steam. He’s recently hired the newly unemployed creators of “Women’s Murder Club”. The TV Barn has the story:

I knew it wouldn’t take long for Sarah Fain and Liz Craft, the Pembroke Hill grads who created “Women’s Murder Club” for ABC, […]

Oscars ratings bomb

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The Oscars were Sunday, but apparently nobody really cared to tune in. The Hollywood Reporter says:

Following the lowest-rated Emmys since 1990, the strike-hindered ratings performance of a severely truncated version of the Golden Globes and a nonstruck airing of the Grammys that nonetheless disappointed, Sunday night’s presentation of the 80th Annual Academy Awards on […]

Bruckheimer to import Brit mini series

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Jerry Bruckheimer is helming another American remake of a British show, according to
C21 media:

Hollywood über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI) will re-version UK sci-fi miniseries Eleventh Hour for US terrestrial network CBS, and has signed a British actor to star.
Bruckheimer has signed Rufus Sewell to play a role originally played by Patrick Stewart.
While the series looks interesting […]

Parents group calling for Dexter’s removal

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Dexter is thriving on CBS, airing to amazingly high ratings. But that is exactly the problem for one group, according to Defamer:

Just after adorable homocidal[sic] freak Dexter made his debut on CBS to triumphant ratings, the Parents Television Council is trying to take the show off the air (or at least back to Showtime, […]

Serenity 2 Campaign

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I am a heartfelt and passionate closet Browncoat. If you don’t know what that is, then you are missing out. One of the most bitter cancellations in TV history was Firefly, and due to fan response and begging for closure to the series we got the feature film Serenity. But ever since […]

Tennant and Tate on BBC4 Radio

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Catherine Tate, Doctor Who’s new companion Donna, interviewed David Tennant on BBC 4 radio yesterday.

The talk show with a twist begins with Catherine Tate playing host to interview - or mercilessly tease David Tennant about growing up a science fiction fan, his love of acting and his success as Dr. Who.

Tate is extremely […]

The Office starts filming March 3rd

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

On her blog, Jenna Fischer gives up information about what to expect when The Office returns. She says:

We start back to work on The Office the week of March 3rd. We are doing 6 episodes. The sixth will be an hour long finale. Our first episode back is The Dinner Party. […]

NBC: New shows year round

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

NBC has decided that the long held tradition of premiering new shows in the fall is at it’s end. The New York Times reports:

NBC Universal took a big step toward undoing one of the television industry’s oldest traditions by announcing Tuesday that it would move to a year-round schedule of staggered program introductions. The […]

Friday Night Lights to move networks?

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

NBC is trying to find a way to save Friday Night Lights, according to Variety:

NBC Universal execs have decided they want to go the extra yard to ensure the drama returns for a third season. To make sure that happens, conglom is having serious conversations with several networks about a plan to carve out multiple […]

The remote, or how commercials changed everything

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

You have to agree that the remote control completely changed the way we watch television. It is one single invention that has had a huge impact on our lives, even though it really only performs a small function. But according to io9 it wasn’t created to help us be lazy:

Television was a new […]

Lost Producers Fill in Some Information

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Many critics and fans alike have complained about Lost and it’s lack of “answers”. I’m in the minority where I don’t need “answers” to big mysteries every week. I watch Lost for the character development, I’m in it for the journey. But, there are those who need the “answers”, and for those […]