Posts with tag TheNine
Posted Aug 14th 2007 10:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Programming, Cancellations
ABC
has yanked The Knights of Prosperity and
The Nine off its schedule... again. Both series performed poorly in the ratings last season and were
officially canceled in the spring. But, ABC was taking the opportunity to burn off the final episodes during this summer. Apparently even that wasn't garnering enough ratings for the network, because they've been replaced by reruns of
According to Jim and
NASCAR in Primetime.
There are still four episodes of
The Nine that have not aired and two episodes of
Knights that never aired. No word from ABC on whether they will ever see the light of day, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Posted Aug 6th 2007 10:20AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Casting
Poor Tim Daly. Ever since Wings ended back in 1997 he hasn't had much luck in the television world. Sure, he's had a number of successful guest appearances, and he did have a good run as the voice of Clark Kent/Superman on the WB's Superman: The Animated Series, but those don't really count. Where his luck has been failing is on series where he has had a leading role.
It's not like the shows themselves were bad. Quite the contrary, all three shows that Daly starred in were decent critical successes. In addition, Tim himself was credited by professional and fan alike as having a strong performance in all these shows. The problem was either the fan base wasn't strong enough to keep the shows on the air or the networks just decided they had a more successful show to fill the spot.
Continue reading Here's hoping fourth time's the charm for Tim Daly
Posted Aug 3rd 2007 4:22PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Heroes, Casting
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the already large cast of
Heroes is balooning ballooning toward ginormous -- which is now
officially a word, FYI. NBC confirmed that Jessica Collins, formerly of ABC's
The Nine, will be playing Sophie, a new super-powered female.
The article describes her as a mysterious woman who works at the organization tracking all the heroes, which I assume is Primatech Paper Company -- unless there is a new organization to be introduced.
In addition to Collins, Dania Ramirez, Dana Davis, David Anders, and
Lyndsy Fonseca are all expected to join the cast in the second season.
Continue reading Heroes adds Jessica Collins to cast
Posted Aug 1st 2007 5:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance, then a new Don't Forget The Lyrics. - BBC America has a new Footballer's Wives at 8.
- TCM has the movie A Place in the Sun at 8.
- At 9, ABC has a new American Inventor, then a new episode of The Nine (yes, The Nine!).
- NBC has a new Last Comic Standing at 9, followed by a new Dateline.
- CNBC has a new Fast Money MBA Challenge at 9.
- There are two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne starting at 9 on TBS.
- History Channel has a new Modern Marvels at 9.
- ESPN2 has a new installment of The Bronx is Burning at 9.
- Also at 9: The Travel Channel has a new World Poker Tour.
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
- If you get NESN in your area, Sox Appeal, the new Red Sox dating show from the makers of Queer Eye, debuts at 10 (or after the Sox/Orioles game).
- Remember chef Rocco DiSpirito from The Restaurant? He's on tonight's new Top Chef, on Bravo at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 6th 2007 8:01AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Short-Lived Shows
Fans of ABC's canceled-too-soon series
The Nine will be happy to know that the six unaired episodes of the series will see the light of the small screen this summer.
The series, starring actors such as Tim Daly, Chi McBride, John, Billingsley, and Kim Raver, will return to ABC in its old 10 p.m. ET on Wednesdays timeslot starting August 1.
Continue reading The Nine is resurrected for six episodes
Posted Jun 7th 2007 8:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Traveler
(
S01E03) I don't know that any of us can ever really understand the machinations that go into making the network schedule. After watching the first three episodes of
Traveler though, I'm left scratching my head wondering just what it was that kept this one tucked away for so long. I'll give in where
The Nine is concerned, because the pilot was very good. But how this one got passed over for
Six Degrees, Men In Trees, and the collection of little sit-coms that couldn't is beyond me.
Continue reading Traveler: New Haven
Posted May 23rd 2007 1:23PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: OpEd, Cancellations
There has been an awful lot of talk about CBS canceling Jericho. Over at Observer-reporter.com, they've taken a hard line and decided the fault lays squarely at the feet of the network itself.
Jericho was one of the few new dramas that finished out the season. Heavy duty serials like The Nine, Vanished and Kidnapped were all cut short before reaching their finale. I, myself, was a fan of Jericho, but even I knew it's chances of renewal were slim. Personally, I feel that if the show had revealed some of it's secrets a little earlier, more viewers may have stuck around.
Continue reading Jericho cancellation the fault of CBS?
Posted Feb 27th 2007 10:45AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, Industry
It's that time of the year. People are being cast in pilots left and right and some interesting stuff has
been announced. At ABC, Christopher Titus (
Titus) has landed one of the lead roles in an untitled project from Warner Bros. The show focuses on CEOs and also stars Dylan McDermott (
The Practice) and Michael Vartan (
Alias). McDermott and Vartan as CEOs is an easy sell. But Christopher Titus, Senior VP Harvard graduate? That's different, and something I look forward to checking out.
Carrie-Anne Moss (
The Matrix) is set to star in ABC's
Suspect. The show is a procedural that will solve crimes by tracking suspects through a lineup. She's joined by Eric Palladino (
ER) and Kathleen Munroe (
Beautiful People). The ABC track record for procedurals is less than impressive, but the addition of Guy Ritchie (
Snatch) as director is intriguing enough to give this one a look.
Continue reading Casting News: Christopher Titus, Carrie Ann Moss, Billy Baldwin, more
Posted Dec 31st 2006 10:20AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Festivus
The Best:Dexter -- Hands down the best new show of the year. Hell, this was the best show of the year, standing up against new
and old. If you have Showtime, find it on repeats and catch up before the 2nd season comes next year. If you don't have Showtime, grab the DVDs next year. But for God's sake don't miss out on this show.
Battlestar Galactica -- What can I say that I haven't already said? I had this on
my list last year, and here it is again. Guilty as charged. This show still keeps things happening and is one of the most talked about shows on the 'net, and for good reason.
Continue reading Best and Worst of 2006: Keith's list
Posted Dec 30th 2006 2:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Festivus
If you had told me a year ago that the top three shows on my "Best of" list would be on NBC, I would have said you were crazy. Then I would have asked you how you knew this. Are you psychic? Can you see into the future? You're the devil I say, the devil!
But that's what happened. Below is my list for the 5 best shows of the year and the 5 worst, along with various odd and ends. Yeah, let me have it in the comments about what I got wrong.
Update: After a few days of thinking about it, I've changed one of my "worst" picks. I'm sure you'll see why.
Continue reading Best and Worst of 2006: Bob's list
Posted Dec 21st 2006 4:21PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, PVR Wire, Music and Variety, The CW, Ratings
Lost Remote has a bunch of year end lists from the folks at Nielsen covering TV, movies, music, and books. The one I found really interesting is the top time-shifted shows of the year. It seems that this is really not a list that you would want to show up on. NBC places
Studio 60 (#1),
Friday Night Lights (#5),
30 Rock (#5), and
Kidnapped (#9), all of which are having well publicized struggles with ratings.
ABC's lone entry on the list is
The Nine (#7), and we all know how that turned out. Surprisingly, the CW ties NBC as the most time-shifted network with
Gilmore Girls (#3),
Next Top Model (#4),
Supernatural (#7),
One Tree Hill (#9), and
Smallville (#9) making the list. The only top time-shifted show that has been able to translate that into ratings success is
Heroes (#2).
If nothing else, I think this adds to the case that the current ratings system is broken. For so many low rated shows to show up on this list, something is getting lost in the numbers.
Posted Dec 16th 2006 10:02AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Cancellations, Ratings, Day Break
Sadly, that's the case over at ABC. Try as they might, and for reasons I don't quite get, people just don't want to watch this show. I've posted about the
slide in the ratings before, and it continued this week. After garnering their lowest 18-49 numbers yet, ABC has
pulled the show, with plans for the remaining episodes to be shown on ABC.com. Or, on DVD for those of you that are going to be screwed by that whole geography thing. To add insult to injury, the Wednesday schedule will be filled with repeats of
George Lopez and
According to Jim until the new schedule starts in January.
I think this has to signal a change at the networks. The big serial drama experiment is now officially a failure. With
Surface and
Invasion failing to get a second season, and now
Smith, Kidnapped, The Nine, Six Degrees, and
Day Break all failing to finish one, I think we can look for the networks to try something different next season. And hey, if Diggs really wants to be on a hit show, they're still casting for the next
Dancing with the Stars, right?... Too soon?
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 22nd 2006 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, ABC has a new Show Me The Money, followed by new episodes of Day Break and The Nine. - CBS has a a new Jericho at 8, followed by new episodes of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
- NBC has Madonna: The Confessions Tour at 8, followed by a new Medium.
- Cheaper By The Dozen airs on FOX at 8.
- There's a new America's Next Top Model at 8, then a new One Tree Hill.
- The History Channel has a new American Eats at 8, featuring "Holiday Food."
- Food Network repeats the "Ultimate Thanksgiving Feast" episode of Challenge at 8, followed by the repeat of their All-Star Thanksgiving special.
- At 9, The Travel Channel has a new Professional Poker Tour.
- Good episode of The Andy Griffith Show on TV Land at 9, the one where Ellie comes to town.
- At 10, Bravo has a new ep of Top Chef.
Posted Nov 9th 2006 10:05AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Programming
Ok, cancelled may be a little strong. Maybe changed to a limited run would be better. I ask because, if you watched
Lost last night, you must have caught the
Daybreak previews. There was an interesting bit at the end of the first one. "Every question will have an answer. And in 13 weeks, the mystery will be solved." Given the complaints about answers with
Lost, and the performance of
The Nine, I can understand why the network would want to assure viewers that they are not about to be jerked around and strung along again. But you could also take it that they are going to tell this story in 13 episodes and be done with it, moving on to whatever next season's hot formula is.
That's all just speculation, of course. If it turns out to be the case though, I like it. Some ideas are just not compatible with an open ended, we don't know how long it's going to go, format. There's something to be said for knowing how much story you have to tell, getting to it, and stopping when you're done.
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