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A First Look At “Fringe”

Friday, May 16th, 2008

JJ Abrams’ latest project is Fox’s “Fringe”. Variety has information on the series. Also, some sneak peeks have been released.

“Fringe” mixes elements of “The X-Files” and Paddy Chayefsky’s “Altered States” with what Abrams calls “a slight ‘Twilight Zone’ vibe.” It will focus on brilliant but possibly crazy research scientist Walter Bishop, his estranged […]

Fox intends to Revolutionize TV Commercials

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Fox may get a lot of criticisms for some of the things they do, but this for once is a postive step.
Fox is hoping to change the face of TV Commercials with their new “Remote Free TV” model. And what better chance to try this model than with two of your most anticipated new […]

Donnie Wahlberg Headlines New Series on TNT

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Remember Donnie Wahlberg? The “new kid on the block.” Or is it now “the old guy down the street?” Well, Marky Mark’s older brother is going to be starring in a new TNT Drama. Reuters has the story.
Donnie Wahlberg and director/producer Jon Avnet have teamed up with cable network TNT to develop a crime […]

Moonlight Undead Again?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The final nail may not be in the Moonlight coffin yet.
In Nikki Finke’s Deadline Daily, potential news has surfaced that Moonlight could move to Sunday nights on the CW. An insider told Finke:

Media Rights Capital, which will be programming Sunday’s two hours on the CW “may elect to take Moonlight as one of those […]

Stoltz Joins Caprica Cast

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Hot off the wire - more Caprica casting news!
SciFi Wire announced the addition of Eric Stoltz as:

“Daniel Graystone, a wealthy computer engineer who, after an emotionally crippling family tragedy, uses his technological wizardry to forever change the future of Caprica.”
This news is beyond exciting for me! Stoltz has been one of my favourite actors […]

Can Macgyver make a movie out of old gum and a credit card?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

One of the best television shows ever is coming to the big screen, Gizmodo reveals:

Zlotoff mentioned he somehow ended up with the movie rights years ago (extremely uncommon), giving him full control over the film. While few specifics were mentioned, and no formal announcement has been made, its extremely promising that the man with the […]

The future of TV: the strike’s indelible marks

Monday, May 5th, 2008

The Writer’s Strike did more than change the landscape of tv for a few months as we all waited through reality programming for the return of our favorites. It’s changed the way television is made, Variety says.

In profound and permanent ways, the television business has changed since the writers declared pencils down. Network and […]

TMZ declared “news”

Monday, May 5th, 2008

In what might be a sign of the apocalypse, TMZ on TV has been declared a news broadcast by the FCC. Variety reports:

The Federal Communications Commission has ruled as such in the cases of Fox’s “TMZ” and the Christian Broadcast Network’s “The 700 Club,” declaring Friday that each show meets the test for “a […]

Jimmy Fallon to take over Late Night?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Jimmy Fallon may not have had the most stellar Movie career, but he was one of the funnier members on Saturday Night Live to me. Some things just don’t translate well I guess.
Now it is looking like Jimmy Fallon may be stepping into the gig Conan O’Brien will be leaving behind on […]

Shepherd to appear on Psych

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

It turns out that Shawn from Psych has an even nicer pedigree than just having Corbin Bernsen for a dad. His mom will be played by Cybill Shepherd according to TV Guide:

Shepherd will appear in at least two episodes, beginning with the third-
I’m not sure how thrilled I am with the casting. […]

Possibility of Further X-Files Series

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The X-Files gang recently dropped in for a Q&A at New York’s Comic Con this past weekend, and while they were being coy about the most recent film, the future of the X-Files was brought up. AICN has the transcript.

Host: Would you want to continue the X-Files on another network?Chris: It won’t be the without […]

Vampire Blood Drive

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Moonlight hasn’t been renewed for a second season yet, and its band of devoted fans have come up with a cleaver plan to change this fact. According to TVGuide.com, Moonlight fans have started an online pledge drive for a blood drive in an effort to get CBS to renew the show. TVGuide.com reports that:
YouChoose.net, a […]

Lost Lovers say What?

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Sometimes on Lost, the show generates more questions than answers. If they answer anything, then it is just so they can open up a bigger mystery.
Sometimes people on that show are driven to say “What?”

It starts to get annoying, but watch it all the way to the end.

Monk’s Shrink passes away

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Stanley Kamel, the actor who played Monk’s psychiatrist Dr. Charles Kroger, has passed away at age 65. Access Hollywood quotes a statement from a USA Network representative:

USA is deeply saddened by the news of Stanley Kamel’s passing. Stanley was an amazingly talented and extremely kind man, and an important member of the USA family. […]

How Will Episode Availability on the Net Affect Television?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In the most recent years, the (official) availability of tv shows have grown on the internet. Well d’uh!
Recently, South Park Studios started offering every single on of the series episodes for free viewing. Hulu.com is still growing and could end up becoming the YouTube for tv shows and movies. Once again, free!
Unlike the original televised […]

What I Want For the Star Wars TV Series

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

I’ve been really wanting to chime in on the Star Wars television series, but I haven’t really had the chance since there’s only so many nuggets being delivered at a time, and I’m usually too late. Truth be told, I only know so much about this series, and probably even less than the usual Star […]

Christopher Walken Returns to Host SNL For His Seventh Time

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

The Great Christopher Walken joins the Seventh Timers Club tonight as he is once again set to host Saturday Night Live. About.com reports.
SNL is back in April with two new shows. Christopher Walken returns to host for the seventh time on April 5th with musical guest Panic At The Disco. You probably remember Walken […]

10 Simple Things Commercials Can Teach Us

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

We all commercials. You know, the things that get longer and longer each year, causing our favorite shows to shorter and shorter each year, and the things that absolutely nobody loves and have absolutely nothing to do with the stuff they are selling. Yeah! Those things! Well, it turns out they do something after all. […]

Digging South Park’s New Season

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I’m loving this new season. I mean, LOVING! I guess I’m bias on that, since I have always loved South Park, and there have been very little episodes that I have disliked, most of them coming from more recent seasons.
First we got Jimmy Buffet singing about AIDS. Then there was the Britney Spears-Children of the […]

Court shows to get Emmy category

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

It started decades ago, but court television shows have finally hit their peak and gotten an Emmy category. Variety reports:

“It wasn’t really a talkshow or a reality show or a soap opera,” [Michael Rourke] says. “It had elements of all of those things. The genre was an orphan. It’s great they’re acknowledging it as […]