Still going through the fall schedule day by day, we’re now up to Wednesday. Wednesdays are always pretty busy, and this isn’t going to chance. But, between Monday’s CBS comedy night and Thursday’s NBC comedy line up, now there’s another day that wants to make us laugh : Wednesday. At least that’s what CBS hopes, but if they fail I’m sure we’ll have plenty of great laughs from our favorite pie maker, and/or our favorite forensic anthropologist and her FBI agent.
First, a look at what’s to come…
* At 8.00 on Fox this is the new home for Bones, back tonight in a special two-hour season premiere; on NBC we have the return of the talking car in the new Knight Rider, back September 24th; and as promised on CBS it’s a new comedy night, starting with New Adventures Of Old Christine, premiering September 24th; finally it’s the return of the pie maker and all his friends with the sophomore season of Pushing Daisies on ABC, starting October 1st
* At 8.30 it’s CBS new comedy, and probable miss, Gary Unmarried, premiering September 24th of course
* At 9.00 on Fox will no be found Til Death, starting September 10th; CBS hit-drama Criminal Minds will be back, starting September 24th; and on ABC Private Practice will be back, starting October 1st
* At 9.30 the comedy continues (or does it?) with new series Do Not Disturb, making its debut on September 10th
* At 10.00 we have new series Sons Of Anarchy, debuting tonight on FX; on CBS it’s the good old cops of CSI: New-York that we’ll find there, starting September 24th; on NBC after the boys and their talking cars, it’s time for the girls and whatever it is that’s good in Lipstick Jungle (if anything), back September 24th; and finally on ABC the new season of Dirty Sexy Money, premiering October 1st
The facts were these, last season many new shows could not grow into a full season because of a terrible and unfortunate strike. And now, as the strike is behind us and the end of summer (already) approaches, it’s time to think of those returning series.
After Fox and their So Fresh campaign, time for ABC to take the promo cards out, and for their returning series what best than some nice little “starter kits” allowing anyone who maybe have forgotten about missed the shows to quickly get a taste of it, and either know enough to dive into a new season, or need to get their hands on the DVDs of the first season.
And when it comes to Pushing Daisies, you really should go for the second option, because it’s a really lovely show :
Sophomore season of Pushing Daisies premieres on Wednesday, October 1st at 8.00 on ABC.
Jesus, this network is really not exciting at all. I’m not sure what it is they are trying to accomplish at CBS, become the most-watched network again, get more young viewers, I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t working for me. Like, at all.
The Eye is already filled with (almost) nothing but cop-dramas all over the place, with dozens of CSI’s and then plenty of other cop shows, with or without a “twist”, so you could think maybe they have enough of it already, especially when it’s been going on for so long, you’d think maybe they’d want to try new things, pull out the creativity card and try new things, but alas, no.
Well, truth be told sometimes it looks like they do, but whenever they put such a show on the air, and regardless of its quality, they cancel it within the year. It’s like they wanna look like they’re trying, but all they really care about, are cop shows…
Seriously, I don’t like it, except maybe for the Pushing Daisies part it just looks (and sounds) pretty awful, that song is annoying as Hell to me, and is it me or is there some ongoing annoying sound all he way through, like the ship is drowning or something…
At this point we have the fall schedule and premiere dates for all the main networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW) so now the only thing that remains is for you to search for the information concerning the shows you love/are interested in.
To make things easier for everyone, I took back the complete new fall schedule compiled before premiere dates were known and updated it. You will find here the complete 2008 fall schedule day by day, with all shows on their slot with their premiere dates included. That way you can see how [insert day here] will be, try to see what you’ll watch and what you’ll have set on your DVR, and when things will be back.
And because sometimes you want to know things the other way around, know what will be on at a given time, I’ve also included the list of all premieres dates ordered by date. With all that, hopefully you should have all the information you need to get ready for next fall.
Yesterday the Television Critics Association revealed their picks for outstanding achievements this year on television. As always the TCA Awards are known to give out awards to shows usually “snubbed” by other wards like the Emmys, as the critics tend to be more inclined to reward quality shows from cable even if they aren’t a popular hit.
I’m not sure if this is still true this year though, because there wasn’t really any surprise coming from the TCA Awards, which rewarded Mad Men a lot, the new series from AMC which just happens to have received no less than 16 Emmy nominations, a pretty amazing performance which would already be fantastic for either a new series, or a series from AMC.
Now, maybe it’s because I personally do not love Mad Men that much, but while I have no problem to recognize that there’s quality on that show and it does deserve many praises, I’m actually really getting a bit sick of it now.
The facts were these, last season on ABC a new series came to life. Some called it poetry, others called it a fantasy, all agreed it was unique and sweet; and October 1st at 8.00 Pushing Daisies will be back, on ABC.
Here’s a little teaser, spoiler-free :
Another one, still without spoilers, after the jump.
There’s been much talk and then some about those nominations, as the top10 finalists lists have been made public, or find a way to the public eyes. But now speculations are over as the official nominees were announced by Patrick Harris and Kristen Chenoweth - both nominated by the way.
What to say ? Not many surprises, even with things that went wrong and the misses here and there. Not much love for The Wire, I think more was expected, but it’s a general trend : cable networks are kicking in with style (AMC, FX, etc) and HBO is really lacking some great hits nowadays. Sure, The Wire is still around, and Entourage hasn’t been forgotten despite being away for so long, plus the “experimental” In Treatment was noticed, but it’s not like they had a The Sopranos or Sex And The City anyways…
ABC just released their fall premiere dates, and if on some networks new episodes kick in as soon as early September, on ABC you’ll have to wait a bit longer to get your latest fix. Boston Legal is the first script series to come back, and that won’t happen until September 22 !!
Yep, that late. Could be worse though, imagine you were a fan of, say, Pushing Daisies or Dirty Sexy Money, then September won’t be easy on you, because they’re not returning to the air before October ! Though they do kick on on the first day of the month, if that’s any comfort… If you’re waiting for Samantha Who? or Eli Stone on the other hand, you don’t even get such comfort, as they will return respectively on October 6, and October 14 !
ABC new series are Opportunity Knocks, premiering on September 23; and Life On Mars, coming in much later, on October 9.
Interested in a full listing, followed by a complete listing of all shows premiere dates (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) ? It’s all after the jump !
Always more lists of candidates for a nominations for an Emmy are being released, one way or another, and so here’s the latest. Starting with guest actress in comedy series, and - Thank God! - no sign of Spears or the likes. Surprisingly though, the delightful Sarah Chalke isn’t on the list, which I believe is a real shame. It’s not new, How I Met Your Mother always gets snubbed, sadly.
Funny thing though : Sarah Silverman is already on the list for Best Comedy Actress, and she’s also here for her guest appearance on Monk. I didn’t find her performance here to be that good, but then again I find Monk to be really not a very good show…
This season 30 Rock proved to be quite good when it comes to guest stars, and it shows : on the list of 11 possible nominees, we find no less than 3 names from the sitcom, same as Desperate Housewives, except that - at least according to me - the ones from 30 Rock should be amongst the five official nominees.
By fred | September 3, 2008 
Jesus, this network is really not exciting at all. I’m not sure what it is they are trying to accomplish at CBS, become the most-watched network again, get more young viewers, I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t working for me. Like, at all.
At this point we have the fall schedule and premiere dates for all the main networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW) so now the only thing that remains is for you to search for the information concerning the shows you love/are interested in.
Yesterday the Television Critics Association revealed their picks for outstanding achievements this year on television. As always the TCA Awards are known to give out awards to shows usually “snubbed” by other wards like the Emmys, as the critics tend to be more inclined to reward quality shows from cable even if they aren’t a popular hit.
There’s been much talk and then some about those nominations, as the top10 finalists lists have been made public, or find a way to the public eyes. But now speculations are over as the official nominees were announced by Patrick Harris and Kristen Chenoweth - both nominated by the way.
Always more lists of candidates for a nominations for an Emmy are being released, one way or another, and so here’s the latest. Starting with guest actress in comedy series, and - Thank God! - no sign of Spears or the likes. Surprisingly though, the delightful Sarah Chalke isn’t on the list, which I believe is a real shame. It’s not new, How I Met Your Mother always gets snubbed, sadly.