burn Notice-related stories
Posted Nov 27th 2009 11:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free
You want to talk about holiday cheer and gifts that keep on giving, take a look at what we have to expect from TV starting in January. For instance,
Big Love is coming back to HBO on January 10.
But that's not all.
Leverage announced a return date this week, and there's also
Burn Notice and
The Closer, NBC has
Chuck. And
Breaking Bad is returning to AMC in March.
How great is all that TV – and I haven't even mentioned
Lost or
24! Advice to all television fans; if you don't already have the best equipment in your TV room, if you're hankering for HD or have been worried about your DVR, upgrade your stuff now – ask Santa Claus for what you want – and get ready for the new year bounty.
Continue reading Getting set for Big Love's return with a new promo video
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 4:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, The Closer, Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, Reality-Free, Mad Men, Burn Notice, Glee
Thanksgiving is coming and for many of us it's time to eat, drink and watch football. It's also a time to reflect on the things you're grateful for and since TV Squad is all about television, here's what I'm grateful for this holiday season, with regard to the tube.
Mad Men season finale
There was really nothing as satisfying in the entire year for me. Matt Weiner promised a game-changing episode and he delivered it with a whopper of a wrap up. Actually, nothing was really wrapped; it was more like the cards have been dealt and we're still waiting to see how the hands are played.
Continue reading What Allison is thankful for
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 1:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
The whole "Leno at 10PM" thing has been analyzed to death, so let's analyze it a little bit more!
Leno has an interview with Broadcasting & Cable and he says, among many other things, that if NBC asked him to go back to 11:35 for whatever reason, he'd do it, but it's not his decision to make.
It seems that Leno is definitely trying to make things work at 10, and he's always been a good network soldier and will happily do what they want him to do because he has nothing to prove. But at the same time it seems like he truly would have preferred staying on
The Tonight Show, and you get the sense that he's not 100% happy about how everything went down.
Continue reading Leno says he'd go back to 11:35 if NBC asked
Posted Oct 16th 2009 10:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
Tricia Helfer is a really, really good actress. Before she was killed on
Burn Notice, I wanted her dead for what she did to Michael. On
Battlestar Galactica, as Six, she was a stone cold Cylon killer. She's very good at convincing me that she's dangerous. But can she do comedy? Hmm ... I guess we're going to find out.
Tricia Helfer will guest on Two and a Half Men in an upcoming episode.
According to Michael Ausiello of EW.com, Tricia will be playing a good friend of Charlie's fiancee, Chelsea, who has recently ended a bad relationship. As an act of kindness, Chelsea asks her to come out to Malibu for a visit.
Continue reading Two and a Half Men meet Tricia Helfer
Posted Oct 9th 2009 11:35AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
Let me start by confessing that every morning, I watched Bravo's back-to-back episodes of
The West Wing. That means I get a dose of Bradley Whitford every weekday. Then, there's
Burn Notice, created by
Matt Nix. I don't miss any of those shows either.
So, the news that
Bradley Whitford is signed for Jack and Dan, Matt Nix's new series for Fox, was happy indeed. My reaction was enthusiastic optimism bordering on a reason to sing.
"Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day... "Continue reading Bradley Whitford teams with Burn Notice scribe Matt Nix
Posted Sep 10th 2009 10:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
Some have made the argument that actor Ted McGinley is the patron saint of all things television. I mean, sure Teddy-M.C. has a wide and varied career and holds the power to destroy entire series with his very presence.
Well Mr. McGinley, I've met Bruce Campbell (once, almost, it's a long story). I know Bruce Campbell (not really, but
Bob probably knows him better than I do). And you, sir, are no Bruce Campbell.
And just to prove it, let me pose a question: has anyone ever held a "Ted McGinley Watch" in his television honor? I didn't think so. Writer and blogger John Sellers has revived the annual TV tradition on his popular
True/Slant blog.
Continue reading Groovy! John Sellers brings Bruce Campbell Watch back from the dead
Posted Sep 4th 2009 1:05PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Utilizing the same international cost-cutting model that brought us
Mental and
Defying Gravity this summer,
FOX is moving forward with Jack and Dan, a comedic procedural from Matt Nix. Nix is best known for being the creator of
Burn Notice, a smoking hit for USA.
J&D is more a straight-up cop drama, telling the story of two partners on the street.
Jack is ambitious and follows the rules. Dan is a drunken lech who should have been fired years ago. Probably would have been, too, if it weren't for a heroic act earlier in his career. I have to say, lighter fare is a better direction for these lower budget direct-to-series projects than what we saw this summer.
Cable has it right. People want fun and sexy for summer. The shows under this model get a 13-episode commitment; so why not go all the way with it and try to compete directly with cable? After all, cable is winning summers right now.
Continue reading Burn Notice creator Nix bringing similar tone to FOX's Jack and Dan
Posted Aug 29th 2009 1:30PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
Summer Glau isn't the only
Terminator alum heading to a high-profile show next season. The cool and creepy Garrett Dillahunt has
landed a role on USA's Burn Notice. Dillahunt will play Simon, Michael's super smart new client, when the show returns in the winter.
It's unclear whether this is a guest stint or a recurring role, but chances are good that Dillahunt will be sticking around for a while. The actor has made memorable guest stints on
Life,
CSI,
and
Law & Order: SVU, and critics praised his recent big screen performance in
The Last House on the Left.
Continue reading Terminator's Garret Dillahunt lands role on Burn Notice
Posted Aug 28th 2009 9:29AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Ratings, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
Lost in all the news of the
major networks' summer decline and the struggles of the pay channels and the ongoing soap operas of the endless reality shows is the news that
Burn Notice is very quietly becoming a major ratings player on cable.
What originally looked like a silly, self-referential genre show tucked in after wrestling on the USA Network,
Burn Notice is one of the biggest hits on cable. It doesn't get the critical love of
Mad Men, but it has a lot of fans.
According to a USA press release, the show's August airings are burning down nine million viewers at a pop -- making it the period's most watch scripted episodic on cable.
It's now USA's most-watched original series ever with 9.1 million viewers during August episodes -- the first time a USA original series has broken the nine million viewers benchmark.
Continue reading Burn Notice quietly catches fire in the ratings
Posted Aug 27th 2009 9:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
What an interesting summer for television. In general, the claim that
television viewing reached an all-time high this summer doesn't really surprise me. After all, we're in what the media tells us is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. That means more people out of work and less money for everybody.
People out of work and unable to find work are going to be bored, so they're going to watch television. People with less money are going to stay home more often, so they're going to watch television. That part makes sense to me. The part that is a little surprising, but only a little, is that all of that record viewing went to the cable networks and not the big four.
There was not a single break-out summer success story on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX. Every single show they put on the air either crashed and burned, or barely stayed afloat. But the story is so very different on cable. Week after week we got new stories about original series breaking records on almost every network.
Continue reading TV just had its most-watched summer ever while the big four struggled
Posted Aug 26th 2009 10:00AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, CSI, House, Law and Order, Lost, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Burn Notice, The Mentalist
The fine art of interrogation may seem lost thanks to suspects lawyering up and the Miranda warning. Whatever happened to the days when a snarling cop could throw a perp against a brick wall to get him to squeal? Or a sly questioner could finagle a confession by laying on a guilt trip? Still, there are some very clever, brilliant interrogators plying their trade on these days. In fact, when you look at these eight interrogators, you'll probably agree that they know just how to get to the truth. Here are the eight top interrogators on TV today:
8. Captain James Brass, CSIBrass is the most "old school" of all these interrogators. He's like Andy Sipowicz from
NYPD Blue, only without the violence. Brass talks to suspects with a modicum of respect, but a healthy cynicism. He's seen it all and knows the truth is in there somewhere. He asks questions and waits for them to trip themselves up. When they do, he has them write it down. Despite the laconic attitude, Brass has the brass to get the job done.
Continue reading Eight of TV's toughest interrogators
Posted Aug 10th 2009 3:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Ratings, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
A lot of times, the news about ratings isn't good. Or not good enough, so shows that you care about have to hope for the kindness of TV executives to give that show more time to improve or find a new time slot or something ... just to survive. That's why it's such a pleasure that
Burn Notice did great in the ratings for the summer season finale last Thursday. According to the numbers, 7.6 million total viewers were glued to the set, the most eyeballs for any scripted TV shows that night.
Continue reading Great news for Burn Notice
Posted Aug 8th 2009 10:02AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
This is pretty neat because it's not one of the characters he plays, it's a doll of Campbell himself. Yeah, it's officially from
My Name is Bruce, but he played himself in that movie. I guess with that shirt it could pass for
Burn Notice's Sam, though I've always thought he's playing a version of himself there, too.
It comes with accessories and a cool box, too.
[via
Toy Whimsy]
Posted Aug 7th 2009 1:43AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
(S03E09) Wow! Talk about a powerful finale. There were a lot of plot points and emotional issues addressed, and if you had any question about Michael's true loyalty, this show answered it.
Burn Notice goes on hiatus -- is that what they call it? -- till the winter, and it's going to be a long rest of the summer and fall waiting for the story to resume. There was change in the air, what with Michael inching closer to a return to the CIA -- or so it seemed. More on all that and the blistering finale after the jump.
Continue reading Burn Notice: Long Way Back (summer finale)
Posted Aug 6th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Syfy has a Warehouse 13 marathon all night.- At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother.
- FOX has the two-hour season finale of So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack at 8.
- At 9, USA has the summer finale of Burn Notice, then a new Royal Pains.
- BBC America has the season premiere of Skins at 9.
- TLC has the series premiere of Police Women of Broward County at 9.
- Spike has a new TNA Impact at 9.
- At 10, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta.
- Food Network has a new Ace of Cakes at 10.
- There's a new Tosh.0 on Comedy Central at 10.
- Also at 10: Showtime has a new Penn & Teller's Bullshit.
- At 10:30, IFC has the series premiere of Bollywood Hero.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Big Brother, Ace of Cakes, Royal Pains
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