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Posted Aug 4th 2009 8:28PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
The CW's TCA panels today were full of beautiful people. It seemed like all the shows were about young pretty things in scandalous situations. Even the highly-anticipated
Vampire Diaries didn't look much different, except some of the over-sexed high schoolers were vampires. But one show shined through the pretty clutter in the CW's new slate. Too bad we won't see it until early 2010.
That show is
Life Unexpected, which CW programming head Dawn Ostroff described as "
Juno meets
Gilmore Girls." After seeing the pilot, I can agree with that description. It's sweet, warm, even a little bit hokey. In fact, it feels like a show that would have been on the old WB network. What the heck is it doing on the CW?
Continue reading CW wrap-up: Vampire Diaries, Melrose Place, Life Unexpected - TCA Report
Posted Feb 13th 2009 1:32AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S02E16) "I'm not pathetic. I'm a man. A man with asthma." - SamThe second hour of the
Private Practice/Grey's Anatomy crossover was as action-packed as the first hour (read the review
here)! Was Archer going to make it? Why was Jen having troubles breathing? Was Sam having asthma attacks because he couldn't let go of Naomi? What were Pete, Violet, Dell, and Cooper up to back at Oceanside?
Answers and my two cents about the episode coming up!
Continue reading Private Practice: Ex-Life
Posted Feb 13th 2009 1:03AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E15) "I need you to be a God." - Addison to DerekThe
Private Practice/Grey's Anatomy crossover reached its peak this week with a two-hour event. Both episodes were so action packed, thanks to patients Jen and Archer who were part of the two episodes, that this week you not only get a review for the
Grey's Anatomy installment but also one for the
Private Practice episode.
So let's get to it, shall we?
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy: Before and After
Posted Aug 6th 2008 12:20PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Casting, Private Practice, Reality-Free
First he
shaves the porn 'stache and now
Grant Show has signed up to guest star on Private Practice. Is there something Show isn't telling us about the fate of
Swingtown?
Well, hopefully not. Despite the fact that
Swingtown's rapidly disappearing audience does not bode well for the fate of the series, Show's extracurriculars don't mean that anything is definite. As of now, Show is only signed on to appear in one episode of
Private Practice early on in the season. He plays a flirtatious doctor who has ties to a series regular's past.
I've recently become a big fan on
Swingtown, so even though the odds are against it, I'm really pulling for its return. However, if it doesn't work out, I definitely wouldn't mind him coming to
Private Practice on a more regular basis. For me, that show's first season was super weak and quite frankly, it could use all the help it can get. Grant Show wouldn't even have to grow the mustache back--although it would be pretty awesome if he did.
Posted Aug 4th 2008 3:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
I can't believe it's gone. I've been watching for weeks now and the damn thing has grown on me, not to mention the polyester pants and paisley shirts. Are you lost? I'm talking about
Swingtown. There are but two episodes left of the series and unless there's a dramatic spurt in the ratings, I don't think CBS is going to re-up the show. Add to that the fact that Grant Show has shaved his moustache. That could be a signal that
Swingtown is not coming back.
Grant actually named the Fu-Manchu moustache, Sebastian. "[It'd] gotten out of control. The moment they called wrap on the last episode,
I shaved it off," he told the New York Times. "I feel like myself again. People who didn't know me looked at me like, 'What the hell are you doing?' I was at a restaurant the other day, and a woman asked me if I was a porn star."
Continue reading Grant Show and the porno moustache
Posted Mar 13th 2008 8:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Ratings
Schools in! For 11 seasons,
Beverly Hills 90210, was a ratings hit and trend-setting youth soap opera for Fox. Now, a mere eight years later,
the CW will spin-off Beverly Hills 90210, coming up with a contemporary version of the well-loved, if corny, teen drama.
The original, executive produced by the late Aaron Spelling, and created by
Darren Star (
Cashmere Mafia). The new CW version is not connected to Star. Rob Thomas, who created
Veronica Mars, has been approached to take on the project.
Continue reading 90210 getting a spin-off
Posted Mar 5th 2008 3:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Pickups and Renewals, WGA Strike
Way back in July 2007, TV Squad wrote about
a bunch of shows CBS previewed and were slating for the upcoming season, including
Swingtown. It was supposed to premiere in mid-season, but then mid-season came and it was nowhere to be found. The network will announce today their plans for the serial drama;
it's going to run this summer. Instead of taking that move as a lack of faith in the show, executive producer Carol Barbee told
The Hollywood Reporter that a summer run creatively suits the project. "A summer launch is perfect for
Swingtown since the pilot takes place on the Bicentennial Fourth of July," Barbee said. Barbee has most recently been working on
Jericho.Continue reading CBS gives Swingtown a whirl
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 Feb 10th 2007 3:03PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, CBS, Industry, Celebrities
I mentioned the other day that
Harold Perrineau had joined the CBS pilot
Demons. They've now cast the main character, Gus, and the winner is Ron Eldard. If you were paying attention, you might have seen him in the short-lived
Men Behaving Badly or
Blind Justice. Otherwise, think of him as the paramedic with issues that was dating Carol early in the
ER run. It's not the best piece of casting I've ever seen. Eldard has never proven that he can be the dramatic lead for a show, but stranger things have happened.
Meanwhile, over at CBS, Hugh Jackman (
Wolverine!) is producing something called
Viva Laughlin. Lloyd Owen (
Miss Potter) will star as a family man trying to open a casino in Laughlin, NV. Word is that Jackman will appear in the pilot and may have a recurring role on the series. Given just that bit of knowledge, I'm intrigued by the possibilities.
Continue reading ABC and CBS reveal more pilot casting news
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