Posted Oct 7th 2008 1:09PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
This news totally makes me want to go re-watch old episodes of
Beverly Hills, 90210:
Shannon Doherty sorta hinted that she may have hooked up with Jason Priestley, who played her on-screen brother. Brenda and Brandon might've been getting in on, folks.
This isn't the only case of faux-incest on television. On
Brothers & Sisters, there's a whole storyline about Justin Walker falling for Rebecca, who he thought was his half-sister. The actors, Dave Annable and Emily VanCamp, got into a relationship off-screen. Then -- poof! -- it turned out she wasn't the Walkers' long-lost sibling and they started dating on-screen.
Continue reading Ten faux incestuous on/off-screen relationships
Posted Sep 30th 2008 5:04PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, The Closer, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
After the success of
The Closer, you can't blame TNT for going with a proven formula.
The cable network is close to
greenlighting two police drama pilots, a project from Jerry Bruckheimer about young undercover officers and
Bunker Hill starring Donnie Wahlberg (which actually already received an a pilot order).
TNT's certainly been a busy little bee, stacking up
new series left and right. Besides these two pilots, they've got
Time Heals, starring Jada Pinkett Smith as a hospital nursing director;
Night and Day, with William Fichtner playing an agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and
Men of a Certain Age, a dramedy featuring Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher.
Continue reading TNT making more cop dramas
Posted Sep 30th 2008 2:01PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, ER, House, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, The Office, TV Squad Lists, Casting, Reality-Free
The genius that was Amy Ryan's Holly beatboxing on
The Office last week got me thinking about other cast additions that have made shows better.
The first that came to mind was actually another Amy Ryan role -- Beadie on season two of
The Wire. It took awhile for me to get into the whole dockworkers storyline, but it was Beadie that helped me through.
If a show plans to stay on air for awhile, it needs fresh blood -- but the process of introducing new characters isn't easy (witness how reviled Maya was on
Heroes). The best new additions combine great actors with well-written characters.
Here are seven other (fairly recent) new characters that succeeded.
Continue reading Seven new characters that worked
Posted Sep 29th 2008 3:02PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
If you didn't watch
Swingtown this summer, you're not alone.
The CBS drama posted low ratings over the summer, despite buzz over its salacious topic. Still, the show gained some fans (including me), who have been waiting on word of its renewal or cancellation.
Now comes news that Bravo will air reruns of the show this fall.
The Hollywood Reporter says the deal "essentially closes the door" on the show, with CBS unlikely to produce new episodes and Bravo uninterested in doing so.
Continue reading Is there hope for Swingtown?
Posted Sep 29th 2008 2:03PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Industry, Project Runway
Heidi and Tim, hold on before you pack your bags.
Variety reports that a judge has blocked
Project Runway's network move from Bravo to Lifetime, putting the sixth season's January debut in limbo. The fifth season is currently airing on Bravo.
To recap: Lifetime signed a five-year, $150 million deal to steal away the hit reality series with its production house, The Weinstein Company. NBC Universal (which owns Bravo) filed suit, claiming that it had the right to match any offer made by another network.
Continue reading Project Runway on Lifetime auf'd?
Posted Sep 27th 2008 10:07AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Industry, Reality-Free
As everyone knows, there are no new ideas in Hollywood. So, it's no surprise TV is looking to the past for future new shows.
Variety reports that
The Partridge Family is getting a "tongue-in-cheek, modern-day" remake. A former Cashmere Mafia writer is on board and insiders say the project will be getting a network deal soon.
Meanwhile,
E! Online has scoop from former
Melrose Place star Lisa Rinna that the soapy drama might follow in
90210's footsteps at the CW, though that network denies the rumor.
Continue reading What's old is new again: Partridge Family, Melrose Place being remade?
Posted Sep 26th 2008 12:02PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cancellations, Reality-Free
Another new TV show bites the dust.
EW's Michael Ausiello reports that Fox has cancelled
Do Not Disturb. The network won't confirm anything, telling
TV Guide that the critically-panned sitcom is "pre-empted" next week.
This comes on the heels of the show's producers apologizing for
"perpetrating bad television," but asking critics and viewers for a second chance. Guess they'll never get it.
Continue reading Fox cancelling Do Not Disturb?
Posted Sep 25th 2008 5:03PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
Do you loathe
The Hills? Well, you're not alone. Even Oscar-winning actresses have a hate on for the hit MTV reality series.
Charlize Theron told
MTV News she didn't understand why the show is so popular. "Why is it so big? It's about nothing!" she wondered. "
The Hills is about nothing. I think the girls are beautiful and when they cry their mascara runs and that's real, but I don't get it!"
And she's not the only celebrity who's befuddled by
The Hills phenomenon, either. Singer
Juliana Hatfield blogged, "I hate the fact that I know Heidi Montag's name; that I know who she is; that she takes up any space at all in my consciousness."
Continue reading Everybody hates The Hills
Posted Sep 25th 2008 10:00AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Video, Friday Night Lights, Reality-Free
Is anyone else out there as excited about Season 3 of
Friday Night Lights, which premieres Oct. 1, as I am? Apparently, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning might be, since he's a
big fan of the show. (And if you're a
true Colts fan, you'd better watch too -- especially if you're a Nielsen viewer. Or else, um, you might jinx him and cause the team to lose the Super Bowl.)
As you may have heard,
FNL will air exclusively on DirecTV this fall (and repeat on NBC in early 2009. Yeah, it's a pain if you don't get DirecTV (like me), but subscribers will be happy to learn they'll be able to
watch commercial-free.Continue reading Let's get ready for some football ... on Friday Night Lights - VIDEO
Posted Sep 23rd 2008 3:04PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Reality-Free
Honesty in Hollywood is a rare commodity, so when producers confess their television show is not very good, you've got to give credit where credit's due.
According to
Variety, the team responsible for Fox's poorly-reviewed new comedy
Do Not Disturb sent a letter to select TV critics (uh, where's mine guys?) acknowledging the poor quality of the premiere episode.
But they try to defend themselves by giving those critics a DVD of the second episode, which they claim is the actual pilot and should have aired first.
Continue reading Do Not Disturb creators sorry for perpetrating bad television
Posted Sep 22nd 2008 7:02PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Ratings, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
In a surprise to nobody, ratings for last night's Emmys broadcast
flirted with all-time lows.An average of 12.2 million viewers tuned in, which the
L.A. Times says is the lowest number since at least 1990. That's down 6 percent from last year and, even worse, the show dropped 12 percent in adults 18-49 (the
Laugh In and
Dragnet bits didn't help, I'm sure).
Continue reading Emmy ratings plummet
Posted Sep 22nd 2008 3:19PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: ER, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
With this being the final season of
ER, the show naturally wants to bring back some of its old stars for cameos. George Clooney is the big fish to land, of course, and producers say they've got a
juicy storyline to lure him in.
Showrunner David Zabel told TV Guide, "We have a really good story line for every [major] character from the past to show [the actors] what we want to do."
Anthony Edwards is already on board to appear in flashbacks on the Nov. 13 episode (since his character, Dr. Greene, is dead), along with Paul McCrane (Dr. Romano) and Laura Innes (Dr. Weaver). Noah Wyle will guest star in four episodes, and Alex Kingston may show up as Dr. Corday.
Continue reading How ER plans to get George Clooney back
Posted Sep 21st 2008 10:06AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Celebrities, Project Runway, Casting
This season of
Project Runway lost some star power when Jennifer Lopez pulled out of judging the final runway shows due to a "foot injury" (which apparently didn't hamper her in a triathalon the next weekend).
But the reality show plans to make up for it.
Access Hollywood says that Lindsay Lohan will be the guest critic in the premiere of the sixth season, the first with
new producers and a new network in Lifetime.
Lohan's already in New York for her guest role on
Ugly Betty, and the cast can't believe the "mayhem" she incites everywhere she goes. Ana Ortiz told
ABC News Radio, "It really puts it into perspective the bubble that she has to live in ... people yelling at her and cussing at her. It's unbelievable."
Continue reading Lindsay Lohan brings mayhem to Betty, will guest judge Project Runway
Posted Sep 20th 2008 11:06AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl, 90210
It seems like if you're an actress in Hollywood, you're either too fat or too skinny.
A couple days ago,
EW's PopWatch reported that The CW asked the younger female stars of
90210 (Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup and AnnaLynne McCord) to address their "weight issues."
Sure, skeletal celebrities are nothing new (and almost seems like a requirement of fame), but even one of the stars of another CW teen drama,
Gossip Girl, thinks a line has been crossed. Penn Badgley (Dan) told
Popeater.com that he doesn't like "thin L.A. girls" and hopes "they eat a double cheeseburger or something."
Continue reading Are 90210 starlets too skinny?
Posted Jul 14th 2008 6:22PM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Desperate Housewives fans had a lot of questions after last season's shocking fast-forward finale (what the *$#@ happened to Mike, for one). Now, AOL TV is gathering those questions and will pose them to stars Felicity Huffman and Doug Savant as part of its upcoming "Outside the Box" video interview series.
In the season finale, Lynette and Tom sent his trouble daughter, Kayla, packing after she'd pushed their hell-raising sons into starting fires, jumping off roofs, etc. Can we expect to see a teenaged Kayla return to Wisteria Lane with a vengeance? This is your chance to ask Huffman and Savant.
Submit your questions in the comments below by Tuesday, July 15 and be sure to include your first name and city/state.
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