CSIMiami-related stories
Posted Nov 10th 2009 3:04PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Game Show, Reality-Free
The term "adult video games" sounds admittedly dirty, so we'll steer clear of that and call CBS Consumer Products' upcoming line of TV series-based titles "grown up."
CBS announced in a press release that they're breaking out a line of games related to hit shows that aren't exactly on the kids' radars -- what with their rock n' roll and their Hula-Hoops and their "Beavis and Buttheads." You'd expect to see console or computer games based on
The Clone Wars or
Battlestar Galatica, but
Diagnosis: Murder and
Hollywood Squares? What would Paul Lynde say?
But, those latter two shows are on the list, with a PC & Mac game heading our way in 2010 for
Diagnosis and an iPod Touch and iPhone game of
Squares coming next year.
Continue reading CBS breaking out line of grown-up TV video games
Posted Oct 13th 2009 10:08PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, CSI, Ratings, Casting, Reality-Free
Generally speaking, the
CSI franchise has been a ratings juggernaut for CBS. Still, this season the original
CSI has been declining a bit. It started last season when
Laurence Fishburne took on the role of Dr. Ray Langston, becoming the main man on the show with William Petersen exiting.
Well, in an effort to perhaps pump up Fishburne's popularity, CBS is doing something unique. For the first time,
a CSI character -- Langston -- will crossover to the other two shows in the same week, all part of the same story.
Will it work? Probably. Crossover stunts are always fun and it'll give viewers who watch one of the
CSI's or two, to sample the other. That's not as weird as it sounds. I only watch
CSI, not NY or Miami.
Continue reading Laurence Fishburne to do three-part CSI crossover
Posted Oct 1st 2009 9:31AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
Oh, no. Please. CBS, please don't. I know it's tempting when you see the
NCIS: LA ratings -- number two for last week, topped only by
NCIS! -- but please, refrain. What am I talking about?
CBS is pushing a spinoff of Criminal Minds, asking the show's executive producer Ed Bernero and executive producer Chris Mundy to come up with a variation on
Criminal Minds. Hmm...
Criminal Minds 2.0?
Son of Criminal Minds?
Criminal Guts?
Continue reading No, no, please, not a Criminal Minds spinoff
Posted Sep 19th 2009 10:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have spoilers for:
24, Castle, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Dollhouse, Fringe, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order: CI, Lost, Smallville and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Aug 27th 2009 1:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: CSI, Nip/Tuck, Dexter, TV Squad Ten
A good show can keep you so entertained that you're willing to fight sleep to watch the rest of it. A great show physically keeps you awake.
It gets into your bloodstream and forces more adrenaline into your heart.
It turns the synapses in your brain into ferrets on espresso that dash back and forth between the lobes and fires your mind on all of its cylinders.
It is visual cocaine, which is much healthier than actual cocaine and doesn't require a frequent visitor punch card for an eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor.
These are the shows that assault all five of the senses or less depending on how good of a health plan you've got.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Most visceral shows
Posted Aug 8th 2009 5:04PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
Note that over the summer,
Spoilers Anonymous will be published every two weeks due to production hiatus for most TV series. Weekly columns will resume in August.
This week we have spoilers for:
90210, Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Chuck, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Greek, Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice, Heroes, Lost, Melrose Place, NCIS: Los Angeles, Scrubs, Smallville, and The Office. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Jul 24th 2009 5:37PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
Note that over the summer,
Spoilers Anonymous will be published every two weeks due to production hiatus for most TV series. Weekly columns will resume in August.
This week we have spoilers for:
90210, Brothers & Sisters, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, One Tree Hill, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory and The Mentalist. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Jul 11th 2009 10:05AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
Note that over the summer,
Spoilers Anonymous will be published every two weeks due to production hiatus for most TV series. Weekly columns will resume in August.
This week we have spoilers for:
Big Love, Brothers & Sisters, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Fringe, Glee, Gossip Girl, Heroes, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, One Tree Hill, and The Mentalist. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 5:27PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: CSI, Dexter, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
You see that palm tree beside Michael Westen? The blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background? Well, you can count on seeing all that Miami Beach ambiance on
Burn Notice from now on. You might think, "Wait a minute. Why would they even consider leaving South Florida?" Well, last week the
Miami commissioners threatened to demolish the Burn Notice studios.
Burn Notice is the only Miami set TV show that actually is filmed in Miami.
CSI: Miami and
Dexter, for example, fake it with Los Angeles locations. When you see South Beach on
Burn Notice, you're seeing the real thing, same with Coral Gables, Boca Raton and every other recognizable SoFla locale. So it's become an important element in the show.
Continue reading Burn Notice staying in Miami
Posted Feb 10th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Reality-Free
This is either a sign that the overpaid and overindulged of the world are finally getting some karmic retribution, or the global economy is one more flush away from total chaos.
I know it's the second one, but we all need a little hope.
Entertainment Weekly has learned that CBS told their big stars to not even bother asking for another raise this year. The salary freezes only affect shows produced by the network, such as
Numb3rs,
NCIS and all of the
CSIs.
Continue reading CBS canceling stars' raises
Posted Dec 2nd 2008 9:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Today's news that CBS ordered
five more episodes of Eleventh Hour is not a big surprise. A big surprise would have been if the network didn't give the freshman drama a re-order. The Jerry Bruckheimer production has been in the most-favored nation position at CBS -- meaning whatever Jerry wants, he usually gets.
The network enjoys a very fruitful/profitable relationship with the TV/filmmaker. Together, CBS and Jerry share
Cold Case, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without A Trace and
The Amazing Race. They're thinking of changing the initials CBS to Columbia Bruckheimer System. (Kidding!)
Continue reading CBS orders five more Eleventh Hour eps
Posted Nov 26th 2008 2:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, NCIS, Reality-Free
Considering the fact that
CSI has been the basis for two very, very successful CBS spin-offs --
CSI: Miami and
CSI: New York (in case you've been out of the loop for the past six years) -- it hardly comes as a shock that another CBS ratings powerhouse,
NCIS, is planning a spin-off. Maybe the only shock is that they've waited till now to really put thought into action.
EW's Michael Ausiello landed the exclusive and reports that the
NCIS spin-off will be like the other
CSI's in that they will not take a character from the show and make him/her the centerpiece of that new series. That means you don't have to worry about Ziva, Tony, Abs, McGee and Gibbs breaking up.
And after the fans' reaction at the end of last season, when the team was split up as the new director took over only to be reunited early this season, that's a major relief.
Continue reading NCIS planning a spin-off
Posted Sep 19th 2008 11:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Early Looks, Reality-Free
Sam Briggs is a schlemiel. Everything that can go wrong in his life, every dumb thing a guy can do while trying to do the right thing, happens to Sam.
The preview of
Worst Week (premiering Monday at 9:30 PM ET on CBS) has not changed dramatically from this ready-to-go pilot. The premise is simply this: can a good guy like Sam overcome all the stupid things he does and find happiness with the girl he loves and her family that loathes him?
For the pilot,
Worst Week works really well as broad farce. The situation of this situation comedy goes from bad to worse to worse still. It's funny. It's over the top. It's very, very outrageous. Whether or not they can sustain this level of silliness and maintain some semblance of believability week in and week out is the big question for
Worst Week.
Continue reading Worst Week -- An early look
Posted Jul 23rd 2008 12:03PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Casting, Reality-Free
Jesse Spano is coming back to TV. After guest appearances on
CSI: Miami and
Law & Order: Criminal Intent,
Elizabeth Berkley is ditching the procedurals and heading over to Showtime. The former
Saved by the Bell star will be joining
Jennifer Beals, her costar in the 2002 film
Roger Dodger, on Showtime's
The L-Word for a multi-episode arc.
Word is, Berkley's
L-Word character has a history with Jennifer Beals' Bette. The two went to college together and Berkley was the straight girl who got away. Perhaps Bette will have better luck the second time around.
My only hope for this pairing is that they can somehow manage to fit a
Flashdance: What a Feeling / I'm So Excited dance-off into the plot of the show, thus bringing together the high points of both of these women's careers and officially making this the best casting decision ever.
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 9:42AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Producers of CSI: Miami have found a new coroner. Starting this season,
The 4400's
Megalyn Echikunwoke will fill
the role vacated by Khandi Alexander. Alexander parted ways with the series after six years due to her alleged unhappiness with the show
*cough* David Caruso *cough.*There isn't much known about Echikunwoke's character, other than she'll be the new coroner. For instance, her affinity for the phrase "aw sugar" and her feelings on whether or not the victims on the table "left this world too soon" are, at this point, a mystery.
Continue reading CSI: Miami casts a new coroner
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