Posts with tag cw
Posted Jul 19th 2008 8:35PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Smallville, Supernatural, America's Next Top Model, Pickups and Renewals, Reaper, Gossip Girl
When you're a ratings-challenged fledgling network like the
CW, you're going to do anything you can to get a leg up on the competition. Releasing
sex-filled advertisements for your most high-profile show is a good start, but that alone won't get the job done. To that end, the CW has just announced that it's moving its fall premiere dates up to September 1st, well ahead of the beginning of the traditional broadcast season.
The idea behind the move is that you're already going to be hooked on
Gossip Girl and
Top Model by the time the other networks get around to premiering their fall shows, sometime around mid-to-late September. The season isn't the only thing the CW is starting early, however. Starting in November, they're also extending prime time, with original programming beginning at 6:30 on Sunday nights.
Check out CW's full premiere schedule after the jump.
Continue reading CW announces an early Fall premiere schedule
Posted Jul 14th 2008 3:03PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Don't expect to see Brandon Walsh hanging out with the rest of the gang at
The Peach Pit when
the new 90210 debuts this fall. Jason Priestly, who played Brandon throughout
90210's original incarnation has revealed that he has in fact been approached by CW execs about reprising his role--but that he has turned them down.
Priestley, who is currently promoting a one episode directing stint on
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, seems to be more interested in taking a seat behind the camera than donning his acid-washed jeans in front of it. While Walsh appeared in nearly 250 episodes of the teen soap, he also directed 18 of them. Despite turning down the CW's original offer, he seems quite interested in taking a seat on the director's chair.
Continue reading Jason Priestly says he "did his time" on 90210
Posted Jul 4th 2008 6:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
So
Shannen may be coming to the new 90210, and Jennie is definitely in the cast, and Tori will miss the first few episodes because she just had a baby, but generally speaking, there's been lots of buzz and interest in the upcoming, 2008 version of
Beverly Hills 90210.
While CW gears up for the new, SOAPNet is happy to celebrate the old.
On Saturday, July 26th, SOAPNet will glory in the 50 hottest moments of the original Fox series. From 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., ET/PT, three beach-oriented episodes of the show will be shown back-to-back-to-back, with six interstitials that will reveal from 1-50, the hottest "moments" in
BH 90210 history.
Continue reading SOAPNet plans Beverly Hills 90210 beach marathon
Posted Jun 25th 2008 8:39AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Anne Archer has joined the cast of the new CW series
Privileged. She'll be replacing Marsha Mason in the role of Laurel Limoges, a wealthy Palm Beach resident raising her orphaned granddaughters. Mason appeared in the drama's pilot episode.
Privileged is the series' newest title. At different stages it was called
How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls and, in
the network's recent upfront,
Surviving the Filthy Rich.
The drama begins with twentysomething Megan Smith (played by Joanna Garcia) unexpectedly getting hired by Laurel Limoges to tutor the woman's teen granddaughters. Laurel is a widow whose fortune comes from a successful cosmetics empire.
Continue reading Anne Archer taking over Privileged role
Posted May 19th 2008 10:32AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Vs., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reaper, Reality-Free
I've confessed before -- or should I say shouted from the rooftops -- that I am a
Joss Whedon fan.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my all-time favorite shows and I still mourn its loss (the comic books just don't give me my
Buffy fix).
This season, I was hopeful when
Reaper arrived on the scene. It seemed to have some of the same elements that I liked about
Buffy: demon lore, a Scooby gang, a story arc, and a lighthearted, humorous side to a subject that could be very dark.
So how does
Reaper measure up to
Buffy? When I actually did the breakdown, I was pleasantly surprised. A very interesting outcome, indeed....
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Reaper
Posted May 14th 2008 9:21AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Moonlight
Moonlight is not going to just go away quietly and join that long list of one-and-done shows. People keep saying it's over, but apparently not everyone is listening. The latest rumor, from Nikki Finke's blog, has the show landing at the CW. And how would that work, considering that the CW has already made their schedule? I'm glad you asked.
You may recall a post from a few days ago about the network throwing in the towel on Sunday nights. That has now been confirmed with their upfront announcements. Sundays have now been outsourced. Moonlight comes back into the picture as a possibility to fill one of those two hours for Media Rights Capital, the new programmers for Sunday nights. If they could get even 60 to 70 percent of the show's viewers to make the move with them, it could be the most watched show on the network. Something that sounds very plausible given the loyal following the show has developed. It's still firmly in long-shot territory, but has the makings of quite a story.
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 9:22AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Will it be the magic again? You've gotta hope so... According to
Watch with Kristin on E!online, there's a good chance that the
Veronica Mars team of
Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas will be working together again.
In a recent chat with Kristin, Kristen (that's Ms. Bell -- check the spelling) has been talking with Rob about the possibility of another series. It would be great if they were talking about bringing
Veronica back, but that's apparently not meant to be. Only fans like us, we see that that is what we'd want most of all, but it ain't happening.
Continue reading Will Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas reunite on new project?
Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals
Is that a throne Rob Thomas is sitting on? Seems like he's quickly becoming King of TV! The prolific scribe is quite literally sitting in the catbird seat.
ABC has just greenlit another Rob Thomas pilot, that's his third -- but who's counting? It follows
ABC's resurrection of Cupid and a
Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff for the CW. The latest Rob Thomas opus is an import based on the New Zealand TV series
Outrageous Fortune.
Outrageous Fortune is a one-hour dramedy is about a family of criminals. When the father is jailed for four years, the matriarch declares that it's time for the family to go straight. Thomas has written the pilot and will act as executive producer, along with John Barnett, Michael Larkin, Michael Goldstein, Bruce Cervi and John Lansing.
Continue reading Rob Thomas gets yet another pilot pickup
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 10th 2008 3:24PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Web, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The coffee at Luke's Diner is perking again. Well, sort of.
The WB television network is being resurrected it as a new web site. The WB, tentatively called wb.com, will offer free streaming episodes of
Gilmore Girls, Everwood and
What I Like About You, to start.
Those are all shows that were WB-produced during 1995-2006, before the WB merged with UPN to become the CW. It has yet to be determined if other series, including
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Felicity and
Dawson's Creek are slated for the wb.com stream. Like other online streaming venues that allow people to watch for free, the shows will be paid for by ads. In addition to the shows, the site is also going to create new, short (approximately five minute) vignettes targeting the old WB audience, primarily women 12-34.
Continue reading WB coming back on the web
Posted Mar 3rd 2008 5:24PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Smallville, Supernatural, America's Next Top Model, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings, Reaper, Gossip Girl
Early pickups are always happy news -- especially if your favorite TV shows are among those getting the renewal. So, today's announcement that
Smallville, Supernatural, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, America's Next Top Model and the sitcom
Everybody Hates Chris are all returning to the CW next season is a reason to smile.
Tyra Banks, star hostess of
America's Next Top Model, will be back for cycles 11 and 12.
One Tree Hill will be back for a sixth season; and
Gossip Girl will start season two. Women, that all important 18-34 demographic, are faithful viewers for these three shows.
Continue reading CW announces early pickups
Posted Feb 21st 2008 8:36PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Friday Night Lights
It's not the first time an Internet campaign has saved a show. This time,
Friday Night Lights, on the brink of cancellation due to poor ratings,
might be returning.
NBC is in talks with a number of other networks including the CW and TNT to discuss the possibility of having
FNL appear on more than one network in the same week. Naturally, it would be broadcast on NBC first and then would be re-broadcast elsewhere.
Continue reading Friday Night Lights to return?
Posted Feb 15th 2008 2:20PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Smallville, Supernatural, Cancellations, Reaper, WGA Strike
The CW decided to hop on the bandwagon and send out a list of when its veteran shows are scheduled to return, and how many episodes each show will have left. The list is after the jump.
The "big" return week will begin on April 21, with the return of
Gossip Girl, Reaper and
Supernatural. The interesting part of this announcement is that the network was beginning to air new episodes of some of their shows; the eps were shot before the strike and it looked like the network wasn't going to hold them back and air them after the walkout was over. Now, it looks like they are. So, those of you who were starting to get used to the idea of new
Smallville and
Supernatural episodes, for instance, are going to have to watch some more reruns for a while.
By the way, if you're wondering where the network's longest-running show,
Girlfriends, is on this list,
the network decided to cancel it.Continue reading The CW announces when its shows will return
Posted Feb 8th 2008 11:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cancellations
Never fear all you wrestlemaniacs.
While WWE has abandoned renegotiations with The CW to bring
Smackdown back to the network, it has announced that it is already in negotiations with other networks to carry the long-running Friday night staple.
Smackdown has delivered solid ratings for The CW (and UPN before it) since 1999, but has at times been an awkward fit for the demographics and perception the network has wanted to put out there.
Continue reading The CW gets out of the ring with WWE
Posted Dec 11th 2007 3:44PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Web
Considering the dearth of new scripted programs, I can't help but wonder why the networks aren't streaming more episodes of their shows online. Why just the last three to five episodes? With a prolonged break between new episodes inevitable, wouldn't it make sense to have more of the existing episodes available online. Especially for shows like
Journeyman and
Bionic Woman, who haven't exactly lit up the ratings but haven't officially been canceled yet.
But NBC.com has up the last four to five episodes of each. And considering the linear nature of some aspects of the show, especially
Journeyman, why not give bored TV fans the opportunity to watch the entire series online? You've already proven you're going to fill up the airwaves with reality dreck.
Continue reading Why aren't networks streaming more episodes?
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