Posted Jun 11th 2009 12:02PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Casting, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
Brian Austin Green won't be fighting Skynet or returning to prime time soaps next fall.
Last week,
we reported that the former
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star was in talks to join the The CW teen drama
One Tree Hill. Nerds like me, who came to love Green as
TSCC's badass, cyborg-killing Derek Reese, were crushed. But it's time for those nerd hearts to heal. It turns out Green's reps didn't make a deal, and he won't be moving to
One Tree Hill.
Instead,
OTH has
turned to Lipstick Jungle's Robert Buckley, who recently showed up on the network's much-praised but still canceled drama
Privileged. Buckley will play the young, sexy sports agent role that was offered to Green.
Continue reading Brian Austin Green isn't joining One Tree Hill
Posted Jun 10th 2009 6:05PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Industry, Programming, News and Gossip, Reality-Free
The long Hollywood labor nightmare that began in November of last year officially ended yesterday when the Screen Actors Guild overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with the studios.
Guild members voted 78% in favor of the new agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), despite calls by hard-line union members who urged actors to vote "no" and force continued negotiations.
It's clear that two huge factors in the SAG approval were general labor strife fatigue and the struggling economy.
Continue reading SAG ratifies new contract to avoid yet another Hollywood strike
Posted Jun 10th 2009 10:00AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Dancing With The Stars, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
ABC will kick off its
upcoming fall season in earnest Sept. 21 with three nights of
Dancing With the Stars. The hit show – that continues to gain viewers no matter how much I wish it would die and stay dead -- will lead off the network's prime time schedule on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays before being reduced to two nights a week to make room for a pair new comedies.
There's still no word on exactly when
Lost will return, but the new mystery drama
Flash Forward will bow Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., right before the season premiere of
Grey's Anatomy.
The new seasons of
Ugly Betty and
Supernanny will debut in October with several new and renewed shows – like
Scrubs,
Brothers & Sisters,
Eastwick and
Private Practice – expected to show up on the network schedule later.
Click through for the sked:
Continue reading We've got ABC's new fall schedule right here
Posted Jun 9th 2009 12:04PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, TV on DVD, Reality-Free, Comic-Con, Dollhouse
Fox is
releasing an exclusive, limited-edition Dollhouse DVD set for this July's Comic-Con in San Diego. The full details about the Comic-Con set still haven't leaked, but you can pre-order a similar limited-edition DVD or Blu-ray Season One set from
FoxStore.com starting July 6.
Those sets will only be on sale through July 20. Fox is making 5,000 of the numbered sets, which will include a special Comic-Con faceplate and a "lenticular letter" by show creator Joss Whedon. The sets available at Comic-Con will most likely feature some extra goodies.
If you're a
Dollhouse fan heading to the big show in July, I highly recommend picking one of these up and hanging around the hot dog vendors in the late afternoon. That's where I spotted Mr. Whedon during last year's Comic-Con. The man is very fan-friendly. He was nice enough to chat with me for a bit and even pose for a picture. Unfortunately, I went home without an autograph. I didn't have any copies of his
Buffy or
X-Men comics for him to sign, and I was too timid to ask him to sign my man breast. (Ah, opportunities lost.)
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 4:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, TV Squad Polls, Reality-Free
Breaking News: Bravo is changing their slogan. For the past several years the tag line has been "Watch What Happens," but
the network is giving an overhaul to its brand and now the new slogan will be "By Bravo." That's going to take some getting used to, if you're the type of person who watches Bravo and has to get used to things.
Here are some other slogan ideas Bravo could have used.
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 2:38PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Celebrities, Reality-Free
You gotta love the ol' rumor mill. It sleeps less than Amy Winehouse.
Conan O'Brien hasn't even finished his first week as the new host of
The Tonight Show and the insiders are already churning out rumblings about Jay Leno's new show.
Some sources close to the network and
The Jay Leno Show told
Kim Masters of The Daily Beast that Leno is slowly growing unhappy with his new time slot and the changes that are being made to the new show by the network. There are even concerns that the stress of the situation is starting to take a toll on the host's health.
Continue reading Some 'uh-ohs' bubble up behind the scenes of The Jay Leno Show
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 1:29PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Will Forte is hilarious. Last night, he stole the show from Jimmy Fallon on
Late Night, which admittedly doesn't seem very hard to do, with non-stop jokes and a mini rock opera. He might not be the most popular comedic actor on
Saturday Night Live, but he's definitely one of the funniest. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to his
MacGruber movie.
Yup, a
MacGruber movie. Forte told Fallon about a script he wrote for a feature film based on the
SNL sketch. "John Solomon, Jorma Taccone, and I just finished writing it. We're gonna make it in Albuquerque. It's me and Kristen Wiig and cast to be determined," he said. Video after the jump.
Continue reading Will Forte talks about the MacGruber movie
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 11:02AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, Casting, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
Beverly Hills 90210 alum Brian Austin Green earned a number of new fans playing the tough, militaristic Derek Reese on
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Now, with
TSCC officially canceled, Green is heading back to the world of prime time soaps. The actor is currently in talks to
join the cast of The CW's One Tree Hill.
According to
Variety, Green will potentially play a sports agent who is "enjoying the spoils that come from being a wealthy, handsome single guy" on the veteran drama.
It looks like One
Tree Hill might be looking to Green to fill a void left by the departures of stars Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton. Green certainly has Murray beat in the charisma department, and I'm sure the show's fans -- I assume they are mostly young women -- will welcome him with open arms. But I can't help but feel disappointed by this news.
Continue reading Brian Austin Green in talks to join The CW's One Tree Hill
Posted Jun 1st 2009 2:27PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming, Reality-Free
ABC has
given an air date to
Samantha Who?'s swan song. The network will begin burning off the seven remaining episodes of the show Thursdays at 8 p.m. starting June 25.
As we mentioned last week, even a
petition set up by star Christina Applegate couldn't save
Samantha Who? from the axe. It's a shame. Applegate has turned into such a magnetic and charming comedic actor. Here's hoping she gets another shot at her own show or, like Jason
already suggested, a long-running guest stint on
HIMYM or maybe
The Big Bang Theory.
ABC is also making room on its summer schedule for the final eps of
Cupid and
In the Motherhood. The sole remaining ep of
Cupid, which shared the same fate as the 1998 show it was based on, will air June 16 -- if the NBA Finals don't make it to Game 6! (That's another slap in the face from the network to
Cupid creator Rob Thomas).
In the Motherhood's final three eps will begin airing June 25 at 8:30 p.m.
Posted May 31st 2009 7:05PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Battlestar Galactica, Reality-Free
Weeks ago,
we reported that Fox would air the two-hour pilot for Ron Moore's
Virtuality on July 4 -- the day everyone in America will be eating barbecue, drinking beer and not watching TV. We obviously saw this as a bad sign for the
Battlestar Galactia creator's new sci-fi series. Why would the network dump the premiere of a high-concept sci-fi show on a holiday? Probably because they don't believe in the project.
Virtuality, the series, is not on Fox's schedule for the upcoming fall season, and rumors about its death have been swirling for weeks.
Our pals at Airlock Alpha recently
gave us hope about the series getting be picked up. This weekend, they pointed us to a
blog post by Doug Drexler, the CG supervisor for the
Virtuality pilot. Here's what Drexler posted:
Continue reading Still no series order for Battlestar creator's Virtuality
Posted May 29th 2009 7:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Video, Reality-Free
When I first saw this I thought to myself, Jeff, a show like
Seinfeld actually
would survive if you stuck with it and didn't cancel it, just like NBC did back then. You don't have to cancel shows even today just because they don't get great ratings after two episodes.
This is a clip of NBC boss Jeff Zucker being interviewed at the All Things D conference. He talks about Hulu, iTunes, NBC's woes, and how the industry has changed over the years. (This is highlights from the interview -
full report here.)
Posted May 28th 2009 7:05PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, Celebrities
Some things in life are just inevitable. Your hair will turn gray, you'll have to pay taxes, and Jessica Simpson will always try to shove her particular brand of stupid in your face.
The former
Newlyweds star is reportedly
shopping around a reality TV show called
The Price of Beauty. Here's the concept, according to a
US Weekly source: "She and a friend set off on a road trip around the world in search of what people find beautiful and why."
Reports describe the show as an exploration on society's outlook of women's bodies ... with a bit of
Fear Factor thrown in! I'm not kidding. The source continued, saying that Simpson will do "shocking things that women do to make themselves beautiful. Picture
Fear Factor."
Continue reading Jessica Simpson finds a new way to embarrass herself on TV
Posted May 28th 2009 12:24PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Casting, Reality-Free
The networks are in the process of
recasting some of their new shows before the fall season starts. Some of the shows getting new cast members include ABC's
The Forgotten, CBS'
NCIS: Los Angeles, and
Three Rivers, also from CBS.
Don't worry Alex O'Loughlin fans.
Three Rivers' hunky vamp turned transplant surgeon isn't going anywhere. But his lead co-star, Julia Ormond, has been shown the door. CBS has yet to announce who will replace Ormond on the show. If they're smart, the network will try to nab O'Loughlin's former
Moonlight co-star, Sophia Myles, to replace Ormond.
Our coverage of
Moonlight and our
recent interview with O'Loughlin taught us a few things: There are tons of
Moonlight fans out there. They love O'Loughlin, and they'll watch anything he does. O'Loughlin fans also love Sophia Myles. They couldn't get enough of Mick and Beth's season-long love story on
Moonlight.
Continue reading There might be hope for a Moonlight reunion on Three Rivers
Posted May 25th 2009 5:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Reality-Free
I know the Internet has been harsh on Twitter lately, what with Oprah signing up for an account and that stupid Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN thing. But it's time to prepare yourself for a whole new world of online Twitter bashing.
Why? Because
Twitter is coming to TV.
Creating a show based on the popular Web service isn't necessarily a bad idea. I'm sure someone could do something creative with it. But the people developing the upcoming Twitter TV show have other ideas. According to the AP, "The show would harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities in an interactive, competitive format."
Ugh.
Really? Twitter is bringing us a celebrity stalking game show?
Continue reading Now Twitter has really jumped the shark
Posted May 25th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Web, Reality-Free
A lot of readers outside of the United States regularly express their disgust with us over our use of Hulu's videos on some of our posts.
Well, I've got some good news ... for 1/100ths of the rest of the world.
Hulu could be coming to the United Kingdom and include more programming than what's available in the States. So if you Brits have been hankering for some
Facts of Life but don't feel like the necessary humiliation of having people see you buy it at the local video store, you're in luck.
Continue reading Could the rest of the world get Hulu... or at least the U.K.?
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