Posts with tag CriminalMinds
Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:19AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Criminal Minds, Reality-Free
After the success of the
CSI franchise, it's only natural that CBS would look at other shows on its lineup for spinoff possibilities. Oddly enough, the lucky show isn't
World's Greatest Dog, but
Criminal Minds. According to Executive Producer Ed Bernero, talks between CBS and ABC studios, who produces
Minds, are currently underway, saying, "It's safe to say there will be something soon."
Because the
Criminal Minds spinoff is still in the discussion phase, there's no news on exactly what the new show will entail. But, since there are obviously many more specialties within the FBI besides criminal profiling, chances are the new series will focus on one of those. As is the case with most spinoffs nowadays, the new series will probably be introduced via a "backdoor pilot" in an upcoming
Criminal Minds episode.
Continue reading Could Criminal Minds be the next CSI?
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:41AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Medium, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E13) "Allison... close your eyes. I gotta get out of bed now and I'm not wearing any clothes." - Lee Scanlon
The opening voice over left me a bit unnerved. I'm used to Medium starting with some kind of disturbing vision. The only thing disturbing about Allison's narration was that it made me feel like I was watching Criminal Minds.
The pool of blood seeping from the head of Di Novi's dead friend was a little closer to what I've come to expect and I really liked the surrealistic way Scanlon and Di Novi repeated Allison's dream verbatim.
Continue reading Medium: A Cure For What Ails You - VIDEO
Posted Mar 26th 2008 10:20AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Grey's Anatomy, Casting
If you want great acting, she will come.
The Field of Dreams allusion is purposeful. The leading lady from that film,
Amy Madigan, is joining ABC's Grey's Anatomy. The actress who's a past Oscar-nominee for
Twice in a Lifetime will have a recurring role, becoming part of the Seattle Grace Hospital coterie on April 24 when the show returns with new episodes.
Last year, Amy was seen in Ben Affleck's
Gone Baby Gone, which interestingly came out soon after she appeared on CBS's
Criminal Minds for two shows. Going from features to television is clearly not a problem for the gifted actress. In fact, she won a Golden Globe for the TV movie
Roe vs. Wade in 1990.
Continue reading Amy Madigan cast on Grey's Anatomy
Posted Feb 15th 2008 4:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming, CSI, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Pickups and Renewals, Shark, Ratings, NCIS, Cane, Moonlight
Fans of the Tiffany network can do the happy dance.
CBS has renewed 11 scripted shows for the 2008-2009 TV season. The lucky 11 are:
CSI; CSI: Miami; CSI: New York; NCIS; Criminal Minds; Cold Case; Without a Trace; Ghost Whisperer; Numb3rs; Two and a Half Men; and
The Big Bang Theory.
There are not a lot of surprises in this bunch, although it's great news that
The Big Bang Theory, CBS's rookie Monday-night sitcom from Chuck Lorre's stable, made the cut. Still in limbo, however, are three other Monday-night comedies from the network:
How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, and
The New Adventures of Old Christine. The story speculates that
Mother will get the greenlight for a fourth season soon, but
Rules and
Christine seem to be in competition for the 9:30-10:00 half-hour slot.
Continue reading Update - CBS renews a slew of shows
Posted Aug 14th 2007 1:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Criminal Minds, Celebrities
This is becoming more of a soap opera than that whole "who is going to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View?" stuff.
We reported yesterday that Joe Mantegna is going to replace Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds (Patinkin didn't want to return to the show). Now Michael Ausiello over at TVGuide.com reports that Patinkin will in fact return to the show...for one epsiode, to explain what happened to his character.
Continue reading Patinkin returning to Criminal Minds, for a limited time only!
Posted May 16th 2007 10:48AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, Shark, Upfronts
CBS is on a good run, being the most watched network for the last five years, but they have taken a bit of heat for the formulaic way they have gone about doing it. Not arguing with success, the whole family of CSIs, and their crime based cousins, will be back, but the network is trying to branch out with some edgier programming. Most notably,
Swingtown, Viva Laughlin, and
Moonlight.Returning: The Amazing Race, Cold Case, 60 Minutes, How I Met Your Mother, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, CSI: Miami, NCIS, The Unit, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Survivor, CSI, Shark, Without A Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, 48 Hours Mystery.
New: Viva Laughlin, Swingtown, Moonlight, Cane, Big Bang Theory, Power of 10, Kid NationOut: King of Queens, Jericho, The Class, Close To HomeMoving: Without A Trace moves back to Thursday at 10.
Shark heads to Sunday at 10.
Continue reading The Upfronts: CBS
Posted Mar 28th 2007 10:41AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Ratings
Here are the weekly TV ratings, by number of viewers.
1. American Idol - Tues (FOX)
2. American Idol - Weds (FOX)
3. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
4. Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
5. CSI: Miami (CBS)
6. NCIS (CBS)
7. Criminal Minds (CBS)
8. 'Til Death (FOX)
9. Deal Or No Deal (NBC)
10. Cold Case (CBS)
11. CSI: NY (CBS)
12. Survivor (CBS)
13. Without A Trace (CBS)
14. 60 Minutes (CBS
15. Extreme Makeover (ABC)
16. Lost (ABC)
17. The Unit (CBS)
18. 24 (FOX)
19. Two and a Half Men (CBS)
20. October Road (ABC)
Posted Mar 21st 2007 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, FOX has a new Bones, then new episodes of American Idol and 'Til Death. - ABC has a new George Lopez at 8.
- CBS has new episodes of Survivor (special night), Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has a new Friday Night Lights at 8, then a new Crossing Jordan.
- There's a new America's Next Top Model on The CW at 8, then a new Pussycat Dolls Presents.
- At 9, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
- GSN has the special Gameshow Moments Gone Bananas. It's on at 9 too.
- At 9:30, ABC has a new In Case of Emergency, followed by a new Lost.
- At 10, Comedy Central has a new South Park, then a new Halfway Home.
- Bravo has a new Top Design at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Mar 20th 2007 5:25PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, News, 24, FX, Comedy Central
With the TV news networks dedicating major portions of their broadcasts this week to the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq, a
New York Times TV critic says that the war, as well as issues related to terrorism and torture, have become major themes on American television, ranging from dramas like
24, to comedies like
Saturday Night Live.
"Television shows process news events much faster than ever before but not much more directly than they did at the time of Hogan's Heroes, M*A*S*H or China Beach," critic Alessandra Stanley wrote, noting that a failed FX program, Over There about soldiers in Iraq "turned a war into entertainment as it was still being fought."
Continue reading New York Times: Iraq war's influence seen in many TV shows
Posted Mar 14th 2007 12:18PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll 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
917-421-9477 (NY) - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, The Shield, and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Feb 7th 2007 3:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Web, Friday Night Lights
I know what you are all thinking. Finally, it's Wednesday night and there is a new...
Friday Night Lights! Ok, so only a few of you are thinking that and the majority of you are anxiously awaiting more Idol, the conclusion of Dawson's
Criminal Minds adventure, or the return of
Lost. Just in case you need something to pass the time while you wait for your television program of choice, you might want to head on over to iTunes and
grab the pilot for
Friday Night Lights. Like a drug dealer who has gone straight and started slinging high school drama instead of rocks, the first one is free. If you haven't had a chance to give the Taylor's and the rest of Dillon, Texas a look, I urge you to give it a try. It really is a great show.
If you have had a look, and it's just not your cup of tea, fair enough. For you, the fine folks at Apple also have the premiere of
Top Design and the "
Guy Love" excerpt from the
Scrubs musical episode. All free for the downloading.
[thanks Justin]
Posted Jan 28th 2007 10:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming, Ratings
Remember way back last fall? ABC was knocking heads with the
Dancing with the Stars results show at 8 and
Lost at 9. Boy, how things have changed. The network has been getting kicked around by everyone since Emmit walked away with the big silver disco ball and
Lost went into hibernation.
This past Wednesday was rock bottom. The network found itself in fourth place both in total viewers and the 18-49 demo. Most disturbing was the performance of the new sit-coms
Knights of Prosperity and
In Case of Emergency. They managed to attract just 3.58 and 2.98 million viewers respectively. They were up against
American Idol, but still... Ouch.
ABC's answer?
Move Knights of Prosperity to 8:30 and let
According to Jim lead off that 9PM hour. Yeah, that should work. It is good news for fans of
Knights. Going up against
Bones is certainly an easier task than facing
Idol, so it would seem that they are at least trying to give the show a fighting chance. Things don't look good for
In Case of Emergency though.
Continue reading ABC shuffles Wednesday schedule, again
Posted Dec 6th 2006 3:24PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Industry, Programming, Watercooler Talk, Day Break
ABC unveiled their new Wednesday night schedule yesterday, as Anna
reported here. The big news is, of course,
Lost moving to 10PM to duck
American Idol and
Criminal Minds. Gideon wins the
Wednesday night slugfest by forfeit, I think. Crazy island adventure aside, aren't you wondering where
Day Break went?
When
Knights of Prosperity and
In Case Of Emergency kick off on January 3rd at 9PM there will still be five more episodes of Brett Hopper's bad day. Could it be that the
terrible ratings have finally caught up with the show and ABC is going to quit while they're behind? The other option is moving the show, but at this point I'm not sure the numbers will even allow them to do that.
They could stick a repeat
Grey's Anatomy in any of the slots and easily get twice the audience. Added to that, there are still episodes of
The Nine and
Six Degrees in the can that are just as, if not more, deserving of any open slot. Day Break may be destined for the internet, and a complete series DVD set.
[ via
Variety.com ]
Posted Nov 11th 2006 3:04PM by Brett Love
Filed under: ABC, Programming, Watercooler Talk
With the big Lost mini-season finale already out of the way and the Dancing with the Stars finals next week, I'm left wondering just what ABC is up to. With half of sweeps left to go they are going to be without three of the top ten shows on TV. That seems to fly in the face of traditional scheduling. Wouldn't it have made more sense to throw in a break for DWTS to push it two weeks later? And either extend the Lost mini-season or start it so the, self proclaimed, "Best Episode Of The Year" would end sweeps?
I haven't seen Day Break yet, but I've heard mixed reactions. Whichever way it goes, I think it's reasonable to expect it to fall somewhere short of Lost's performance. If they are counting on Lost fans to tune in just to catch the 30 second nuggets that they will be parceling out, I think they are in for a big YouTube flavored surprise. Add to that the fact that the Wednesday at 9 slot is going to be much tougher for Day Break than it was for Lost. They aren't going to have the luxury of a top 5 show as a lead in, but they'll still have to deal with the increasingly popular Criminal Minds. Show Me The Money should premiere with good numbers, just for the shatnerian curiosity factor, but will it match DWTS? It's all very curious.
Posted Nov 4th 2006 2:05PM by Brett Love
Filed under: FOX, Industry, Programming, Game Show
Did you watch the premiere of
The Rich List, hosted by Eamonn Holmes (pictured), on Fox this week? If you did, you may now be able to tell people that you saw every single episode of the show. I read over on
Digital Spy that Fox had pulled the show from the schedule. There hasn't been any official word from the network as to what their plans are for the future of the show. However, given the fact that it no longer appears in the list of shows on the official Fox site, and the page for the show has now disappeared, the chances of a return don't look very good.
The quick cancellation, if that's what it turns out to be, surprises me. Did anyone think the numbers were going to be huge when stepping into the middle of the
Criminal Minds vs.
Lost battle? I did see the show, and while it wasn't anything great, it was in the same ballpark as Deal Or No Deal and 1 vs. 100. I actually preferred the listing aspect to the random guessing of
Deal, or the multiple choice questions of
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