Posts with tag TonyShalhoub
Posted Mar 27th 2008 12:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, House, Law and Order, Cable/Satellite, Interviews, Psych, Upfronts
Last night, USA Network invited some of their favorite advertisers -- and a few reporters -- to their upfront presentation, held at The Modern, a sleek restaurant and lounge located at New York's Museum of Modern Art. It was an opportunity for USA and NBC Universal executives to crow about the network's continued success as well as let advertisers know what's coming up in 2008 and how they can combine their advertising message with the unique "characters" that USA offers.
All that's well and good -- be ready for more product placement and ad pods that other networks have recently adopted -- but the best part about an upfront presentation are the stars that the network drags out to schmooze and booze with those advertisers. And USA brought the big guns, including Tony Shalhoub from
Monk, Debra Messing from
The Starter Wife, Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Campbell from
Burn Notice, Dulé Hill, James Roday, and Corbin Bernsen from
Psych, Kathryn Erbe and Chris Noth from
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the WWE's Triple H and Shawn Michaels, and Mary McCormack from the network's new show
In Plain Sight. I got to speak to a few of them; audio of those interviews is after the jump.
Continue reading USA Network upfront: old characters, and a few new ones - AUDIO
Posted Feb 20th 2008 11:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Monk, Psych, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings
Monk will be back for a seventh season. It isn't an even number, a fact that would irritate the OCD detective to no end, but it is a lucky one.
USA Network has ordered 16 new episodes of the idiosyncratic mystery series which has turned character actor Tony Shalhoub into an Emmy-winning star. USA has plans to run eight of the new episodes in July and August; then the other eight in January and February.
Before then, you can catch up with
Monk, and USA's other whimsical detective series
, Psych, when they air on
NBC in March. Although it has not be announced as yet, USA will likely pick up
Psych, too, and they will continue running in tandem.
Continue reading Monk returning for seventh season
Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:21PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, Monk, Psych
Many of us expected to see the names of a few cable series when the major networks released their updated winter schedules because not only would it help fill the void but also give those series a chance at getting a new audience. Sadly, it wasn't the case. However,
NBC announced today that the upcoming seasons of USA Network's
Psych and
Monk would air on NBC in March.
Continue reading Monk and Psych are coming to NBC
Posted Aug 2nd 2006 10:26AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, USA, Psych
USA Network is so proud of its new comedy Psych that it has decided to order up three more episodes for its freshman season. Including the 90-minute pilot that would make a total of 15 episodes for the series. In addition, AOL Entertainment News reports that the show is expected to be picked up for a second season in the near future.
The premiere of Psych drew 6.1 million viewers, a record for a cable series debut this year. Since then it has retained most of the audience of its lead-in program Monk. That series, which stars Tony Shalhoub as a compulsively obsessive detective, is averaging about four million viewers a week. Psych is averaging about 3.9 million per week.
Psych, which stars James Roday as a detective who dupes the police and the public into believing his keen observation skills are actually psychic powers, will most likely follow the split-season pattern of Monk. This means that new shows will run until month's end and then return with new episodes back in January.
The Upfronts: FOX
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The Upfronts: CBS
