CsiNy-related stories
Posted Nov 10th 2009 10:18PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
If you're an
Ugly Betty fan, you might be wondering why ABC has been treating the show like a stepchild lately. I know I've wondered why the Peabody-award winning, Emmy-winning, universally hailed, feel-good show was getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Instead of a big, splashy Season 4 premiere,
Ugly Betty was sort plunked onto the schedule on Friday night at 9 p.m. in mid-October. There was little fanfare and the ratings were underwhelming.
Well, things might be changing for the better for
Betty -- like her gradual on screen makeover. With the
cancellation of Eastwick, ABC has confirmed to AfterElton.com that
Ugly Betty will move to Wednesday at 10 p.m. It won't happen right away, but if ABC is smart, the sooner they can shift
Eastwick out of that slot and hand it over the
Betty, the better.
Continue reading Things are looking up for Ugly Betty... perhaps
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 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 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 3rd 2008 11:26AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: CSI, Casting, Reality-Free
Question: Is
Craig T. Nelson being cast on CSI: NY just another big star guest turn or could it be something more important? We don't know the answer yet, but I suspect that booking the Emmy-award winning TV star for three episodes could be a lot more significant than just pumping up the ratings during February sweeps with a meaty story arc.
What we do know is that the popular actor will be on
CSI: NY as an antagonist to Gary Sinise's character. Nelson will play Robert Parker, a high profile, powerful publisher who has an ax to grind with Mac Taylor.
To say they're going to butt heads is an educated guess, but I think that's the direction they're going. You can see Parker using his media outlets to attack Mac and his department, you know, those great New York tabloid headlines.
Continue reading Craig T. Nelson to guest on CSI: NY
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 Jul 9th 2008 2:03PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Early Looks, Reality-Free
As I started watching the premiere episode of this season of Burn Notice, I was reminded of one of the things I really love about the show...the scenery. Unlike CSI:Miami, BN is actually shot in Miami and while it's hard to put your finger on why it makes a difference, it's undeniable that a difference is made. It's the same difference you see when you watch Law & Order and CSI: New York back to back.
At the end of last season it seemed like Michael was on the verge of finding out who burned him and why. Now, most of the time that would mean that the series is one step closer to coming to an end, but fans of the show know better.
Continue reading Burn Notice season two -- An early look
Posted Mar 18th 2008 7:35AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Episode Reviews, New Amsterdam
(S01E04) I was never a fan of the other shows like New Amsterdam. Highlander, Forever Knight and shows of that kind never really appealed to me. Which is why it's so puzzling that I enjoy this show. Case in point...since our dreams are a manifestation of the way our subconscious reacts to our life experiences, a dude who has been alive for over 400 years must have some pretty crazy-ass dreams. That's kind of cool to me.
When this show premiered, I wondered if there was ever going to be some real New York style crimes featured. I guess I have my answer.
Continue reading New Amsterdam: Honor
Posted Aug 3rd 2007 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI: New York
That's the finding of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, ruling against the producers of CSI: NY who claimed that the show could be considered "a critically-acclaimed look at forensic policing in post-9/11 New York City."
The show has been airing on Canada's History Television channel and the commission says that the producers (Alliance Atlantis) have to take it off the air by January 1 (the producers have to take it off the air? Can't the channel just not show it?)
In other news, Pussycat Dolls Presents is not educational television, and Weeds is not a health and exercise show.
Posted Feb 26th 2007 1:01PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Web, Watercooler Talk
There is an interesting article over at
The Register about how long Australian TV fans have to wait to get programming from the US. A recent survey of some 119 shows reveals that the average delay for the programs is 16.7 months. As if they are putting videotapes on a rowboat and paddling them across the pond.
To be fair, that 16.7 months number is skewed a little bit by the inclusion of
Antiques Roadshow which wrecked the curve with an 11 year delay in being broadcast. Still, there are many more popular shows that still have long delays once they leave their country of origin. Some of the average delays listed are: CSI: NY (9.3 months), Grey's Anatomy (4.9 months), Heroes (4.2 months), House (5 months), and Third Watch (22.1 months).
Continue reading Waiting for your overseas TV
Posted Feb 20th 2007 11:59AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Spike
Because there just aren't enough versions of
CSI, Spike is adding a reality show to the crime solving mix. The channel has
ordered ten episodes of a new show called
Murder from Bunim-Murray Productions. They are best known for
The Real World, Road Rules, and
The Simple Life.
The new show will find two teams of contestants investigating a replica of an actual crime scene under the watchful eye of Detective Tommy Le Noir, a 20 year veteran of law enforcement. The teams have 48 hours to complete their investigation before making their final presentation to Le Noir. The team that makes the best case will have a donation made in their names to charity.
The idea makes sense for Spike, given that they already run
CSI and
CSI: NY. Scheduling
Murder in alongside those is a good fit. On the other hand, I can't help thinking that this show was already done with
Murder In Small Town X. And just going on what we have here, it sounds like it was done better then.
Posted Nov 29th 2006 5:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, ABC has a new Show Me The Money, followed by new episodes of Day Break and 20/20. - CBS has a new Jericho at 8, followed by new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
- NBC has the Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree lighting, then new eps of The Biggest Loser and Medium.
- There's a new Bones at 8 on FOX, followed by a repeat.
- The CW has new eps of America's Next Top Model and One Tree Hill.
- TCM has Lucille Ball and Dick Powell in Meet The People at 8, then Stage Door, with Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
- ABC Family has Mr. St. Nick at 8, with Kelsey Grammer and Charles Durning.
- Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new Pokemon: Battle Frontier.
- At 9, Food Network has a new Challenge, with cooks trying to build the best gingerbread house.
- PBS has a new Great Performances at 9, with a tribute to James Taylor.
- The Travel Channel has a new Professional Poker Tour at 9.
- There's a new Mythbusters on Discovery at 9.
- At 10, HBO has a new Inside The NFL.
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