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By fred | October 28, 2008
That will be the match on Wednesday, and I’m not so sure how it will turn out for the pie maker and his friends.
The facts are these, over two weeks ago Obama’s campaign approached all the broadcast networks (except for The CW) about purchasing half an hour of primetime. The idea was to air the same ad on all networks at the same time, leaving no choice to people but to watch it, whatever the network. If CBS and NBC agreed rapidly (reportedly selling the half-hour for around $1 million each), Fox had to check with the Major League Baseball, which eventually agreed to postpone the game by about 15 minutes, thus allowing the net to join in.
Only ABC had yet to agree on the deal, but the Alphabet wasn’t too happy as their Wednesday line-up is already struggling, and by the time they finally agreed to it, Obama’s campaign wasn’t interested anymore, saying the funds had been allocated elsewhere.
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Shows: Pushing Daisies
By fred | October 28, 2008
Here’s a news that will probably get Moonlight fans to laugh at CBS even more, though in the end it’s kinda depressing to see that this was, obviously, a failure, and yet that won’t get us Mick St. John back…
CBS announced unsurprisingly that, after poor performances - last Friday the show had only 5.3 million viewers and 1.5 on the demo - The Ex List was taken off the air. Effective this Friday the show will be replaced by reruns of The Eye’s ratings-hit NCIS.
Too bad they don’t have some kind of deal with Alex O’Loughlin and 8 millions of avid fans craving to get their favorite bloody romance on the air… (Don’t dream though, it won’t happen, and I’m sure if asked, Tassler would still reiterate all her non-sense excuses that Moonlight wasn’t good, successful, loved, or whatever lies she goes by these days.)
Anyways, only four episodes aired and it remains unclear whether the others - production of episode 11 was ongoing at the time of the announcement - will ever be seen. Although, really, when a show can’t make it on a Friday night, the networks’ graveyard, it pretty much settles it I’d say.
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Shows: Moonlight, The Ex List
By fred | October 26, 2008
One of the most exciting new series of the new season won’t premiere until 2009, and is no other than genius Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Of course, while there’s obviously excitement at the idea of a new TV series by Whedon, as well as a reunion with Eliza Dushku, one can’t help but remember the last time he tried to do a sci-fi show for Fox….
When it was announced the original pilot wouldn’t air first, people had terrible Firefly-flashbacks. Everyone tried to remain calm and positive about everything, but then recently the craziest rumors started to spread as production was shut down and scripts being rewritten again… Was the studio messing with the show again ? Had Fox changed since last time, or were the execs already thinking of canceling the show months before the first episode even airs ??
Taking a moment away from the show, master Joss Whedon took a moment to address the fans…
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Shows: Dollhouse
By fred | October 25, 2008
Well, here’s some good news. After sending their greatest drama in a long long time to die on Friday nights, NBC might be willing to give it a real try. Although after having to suffer from a very poor lead-in last season, namely Bionic Woman, the show will now have to deal with Knight Rider, which is even worse quality-wise, and I’m guessing might be falling down in the ratings soon enough.
Anyways, beginning November 5th, Life is moving to Wednesdays at 9.00 after Knight Rider, which stays put, and leading out to Law & Order, coming back sooner than expected. Previous resident Lipstick Jungle is sent to Life’s old slot, Fridays at 10.00 (i.e. the show is dead), starting October 31st.
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Shows: Law & Order, Life, Lipstick Jungle
By fred | October 22, 2008
It’s the big mystery about CBS hit-sitcom How I Met Your Mother, the question everyone is asking and only future Ted knows the answer, but he’s got the terrible thing of really flavoring the short version. But who is the mother ?
Some thought it was Stella, some said she’s got a yellow umbrella, others don’t think it’s a mystery at all and couldn’t care less! But if you really want to find out, we have the answer for you. You probably have any idea, you may have spotted clues given on past episodes, but if you want the answer, just click away…
And the mother is…
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Shows: How I Met Your Mother
By fred | October 21, 2008
* Jesus Christ, doesn’t anyone at NBC have a brain ?
Of sure, for some reason some people are indeed watching the new Knight Rider on Wednesdays, but my guess is they do because it sucks so much it becomes “funny”, and they all are curious as to how low NBC can sink… And here’s your answer : the Peacock gave a back-nine order for the show, bringing Knight rider to a full 22-episode season !
That’s right, this piece of crap which is probably the worst of all new series NBC brought up this season has been picked up, meanwhile a truly brilliant series like Life continues to struggle on Friday nights, with no support, no promotion, and network messing up the show… God I hate NBC.
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Shows: Dollhouse, Knight Rider, Privileged
By fred | October 18, 2008
I got some excellent news for the future of the human race!
Recently there’s been talk about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles being in trouble at Fox, as the results might have been disappointing, and are down from last season. But after ordering 2 additional scripts not long ago, Fox is proving there’s not the network they once were :
Fox has just given a full-season order to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the sophomore season of the show will have its full 22 episodes ! Yay!!
The back-nine order was far from certain as the show has been struggling on Monday nights, some even reporting that production would stop and not all produced episodes might even air as Fox thought it was also affecting the performance of lead-out Prison Break. But apparently Fox believes in the show - which is a great show by the way - and is committed to do give it time.
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Shows: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
By fred | October 15, 2008
Took them long enough, as The Eye had only ordered more scripts of the new series starring Simon Baker so far.
But after another win, as last night’s episode won its slot beating Dancing With The Stars both in total viewers as well as on the demo, The Mentalist is averaging over 16 million viewers, and it’s clear it is a hit.
Logically, CBS announced a back-nine order for the show, bringing it to a full 22-episode season order. Other series to have been picked-up for a full season order so far include Chuck (NBC), 90210 (The CW), and Fringe (Fox).
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Shows: The Mentalist
By fred | October 15, 2008
There was once plenty of legal dramas all around, and a few of them had no other than Kelley behind the wheel. These days however the genre has become rarer, and the last representative of the genre on broadcast network is Boston Legal, now in its last season on ABC.
But next season might see another series taking over. After a 22-year relationship with 20th Century Fox, David E. Kelley recently signed a new deal with Warner Bros, and under this deal has created a new series for which NBC made a series commitment already, continuing the “successful” trend of pilot-less series order the Peacock seems so fond of — they’d much rather commit and then simply go over a few showrunners as was the case with My Own Worst Enemy or The Philanthropist. Not that this should be needed, Kelley having quite a few successes behind him (Doogie Howser, Ally McBeal, The Practice, …).
The new and still untitled series should be an hour-long dramedy (more of the comedy side) focusing on a father and his daughter, both lawyers of course.
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By fred | October 14, 2008
* Matthew Perry will be back on television. As mentioned previously Perry has been working on a new project, The End Of Steve, a dark comedy produced and written by Matthew Perry and Peter Tolan, starring Perry as lead, an egomaniacal local talk show host who is on a reluctant path to redemption, as well as looking for love with the station’s morning show host.
And the pilot must have been good, as the show was picked up by Showtime.
* Do you watch The Daily Show With Jon Stewart ? Do you like correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee ? Well, enjoy them while you still can, because they might be following Steve Carell’s path and leave the show. Married Jones and Bee have signed on to co-create and co-write a script for a sitcom for The Eye, in which they’ll both star, about the behind-the-scenes world of a celebrity chef (Jones) and the two women who help him run his empire (one of whom being played by Bee). The couple are working on the project as part of a new, for which they also sealed separate talent holding pacts with CBS and sister studio CBS Paramount Network TV.
* The Sunday nights on The CW haven’t really been doing too well, and MRC has halted production on both Valentine and Easy Money. Both shows will be shut down for about four to six weeks, although Media Rights Capital insist that there’s no cancellation in the air and this is part of a pre-planned hiatus, and all 13 ordered episodes will be produced for both series.
Of course, if the ratings continue to go down in the coming weeks, MRC is likely not to resume production. Not that anyone cares, I mean, does anyone watch any of those shows ? I tried, but they both suck…
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Shows: Easy Money, The End Of Steve, Valentine Inc
