Posts with tag gossip girl
Posted Oct 5th 2008 9:39AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Ratings, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
You know the one I'm talking about. After the writers strike ended last year in February, most of the networks made the interesting decision to just go ahead and shelve most of their freshmen series for the season, even if they'd picked up their "back nine" orders. Instead, they thought they'd launch the shows to big fanfare this fall, almost as if they were new again. Unfortunately, it looks like this plan backfired on them tremendously.
Across the board, those
sophomore series that went on hiatus for more than six months are way down in the ratings. Apparently, absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder when it comes to the television landscape. It makes the instant gratification generation forget you existed. And stop caring.
Continue reading The long hiatus is killing second-year shows, and some older ones
Posted Sep 25th 2008 6:15PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Gossip Girl, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, NCIS, One Tree Hill, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, The Office and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Sep 22nd 2008 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, NBC has the Heroes Countdown special at 8, followed by the two-hour Heroes season premiere.- ABC has the two-hour season premiere of Dancing with the Stars at 8, then the season premiere of Boston Legal.
- FOX has a new Sarah Connor Chronicles at 8, followed by a new Prison Break.
- CBS has the season premiere of Big Bang Theory at 8, then the season premieres of How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men, the series premiere of Worst Week, and the season premiere of CSI: Miami.
- The CW has new episodes of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
- E!'s Fashion Police discuss the Emmy dresses at 8.
- At 8:30, HGTV has a new Curb Appeal.
- Food Network has a new How'd That Get On My Plate at 8:30, then a new Unwrapped.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- At 10, TNT has a new Raising The Bar.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Dancing, Heroes, Worst Week, Letterman
Posted Sep 20th 2008 11:06AM by Kelly Woo
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl, 90210
It seems like if you're an actress in Hollywood, you're either too fat or too skinny.
A couple days ago,
EW's PopWatch reported that The CW asked the younger female stars of
90210 (Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup and AnnaLynne McCord) to address their "weight issues."
Sure, skeletal celebrities are nothing new (and almost seems like a requirement of fame), but even one of the stars of another CW teen drama,
Gossip Girl, thinks a line has been crossed. Penn Badgley (Dan) told
Popeater.com that he doesn't like "thin L.A. girls" and hopes "they eat a double cheeseburger or something."
Continue reading Are 90210 starlets too skinny?
Posted Sep 18th 2008 6:07PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Big Love, Bones, Desperate Housewives, Eli Stone, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Prison Break, Supernatural, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Office. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Sep 15th 2008 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, FOX has a new Sarah Connor Chronicles, followed by a new Prison Break.- NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal, then a new America's Toughest Jobs.
- The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
- TruTV has two new episodes of Surf & Rescue at 8.
- BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
- Also at 8: Nickelodeon has the series premiere of My Family's Got GUTS.
- At 8:30, ESPN has a new Monday Night Football, the Cowboys vs. the Eagles.
- Food Network has a new How'd That Get On My Plate at 8:30, followed by a new Unwrapped.
- At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
- TNT has the season finale of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
- At 10, Showtime has the season finale of Weeds.
- Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
- Discovery has a new Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, followed by a new Exiled.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Sep 8th 2008 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ESPN has the season premiere of Monday Night Football, with the Vikings vs. the Packers, followed by the Broncos vs. the Raiders.
- At 8, ABC has the season finale of High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by the CMA Music Festival.
- NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, followed by a new America's Toughest Jobs.
- FOX has the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at 8, then a new Prison Break.
- The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, then a new One Tree Hill.
- Nickelodeon has a new Wonder Pets at 8.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
- At 9, PBS has a new History's Detectives.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
- There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
- At 10, MTV has a new episode of The Hills.
- Discovery has a new Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein at 10.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
- At 10:15, TCM has Dr. Strangelove.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Sep 7th 2008 11:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Dexter, WGA Strike, Reality-Free
I'm always fascinated by the ad campaigns that the networks come up with to sell or promote TV shows. I remember in 2004 when Fox debuted
House, they created a magazine insert DVD of the pilot. It was a great way to get TV fans to try the show, and I -- for one -- bought
Entertainment Weekly and watched the show.
Giveaways are one way to drive awareness -- and sample the product -- but another is with a print ad campaign. Recently,
Gossip Girl came up with a savvy set of posters and advertisements to call attention to the naughtiness of the show.
Now comes a
new, original campaign for Showtime's Dexter in which the Michael C. Hall's character is imagined on the cover of magazines. Dexter on
Esquire,
The New Yorker, GQ, Wired; high-profile magazines that have a distinctive look, reconfigured for serial killer hiding in plain sight, Dexter Morgan. The ads look amazing and will be seen in all variety of magazines and plastered up as posters all over the place.
Continue reading Showtime's inspired Dexter promotion
Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:24AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
If I didn't love this news so much, I'd be worried that
30 Rock was turning into
The Love Boat or
Will and Grace. After all, it seems as though there's news of a new guest star every few days. First
Will Arnett signed on to reprise his role as the delightfully evil Devon Banks, then ex-
Friend,
Jennifer Aniston, decided to return to television in order to stalk Jack Donaghy. After that came news that
Oprah was scheduled to play herself on an upcoming episode.
That's a lot of guest stars to pack into one season, but now we have news of two more. Everybody's favorite
Gossip Girls, Blair and Serena, AKA
Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, are coming to 30 Rock. What on earth could bring these Upper East Siders to Midtown? Are they trying to overthrow Liz Lemon as queen bee of
TGS with Tracy Jordan? Are they starring in a movie with Tracy Jordan? There's more info on their storyline after the jump.
Continue reading Liz Lemon was a Gossip Girl?
Posted Sep 4th 2008 5:21PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, America's Next Top Model, Ratings, 90210
I feel as though I've done nothing the entire week except watch The CW. When I close my eyes, I just see images of highlights, dangerously low BMIs and huge, blinding teeth. Apparently, I'm not alone. When
Gossip Girl's second season premiered on Monday night, it grabbed record ratings for the show that, up until then, has never been
quite popular enough to live up to its buzz. On Wednesday night, even more people tuned into the
premiere of 90210, which garnered huge ratings for The CW, with 4.9 million viewers. It seemed as though people were finally flocking to the fledgling network. However,
Wednesday's premiere of America's Next Top Model didn't exactly keep the streak alive.
Top Model, which began its 11th cycle, but not, as Tyra said, it's "second
decade," didn't have viewers glued to their TVs.
The two-hour premiere only nabbed 3.5 million viewers, with 1.7 million of those in the coveted 18-49 demographic. This is down 11% from cycle 10, which premiered in February of this year, and down 32% from last September's cycle 9.
Continue reading Good thing 90210 is saving The CW, because Top Model sure isn't
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 2:24PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
I was really bitter towards CW for canceling
Veronica Mars, so I was planning on not watching
Gossip Girl out of spite. However, as a fan of (at least the first few seasons) of
The O.C., the idea of another
Josh Schwartz show intrigued me. Okay, that, and the fact that I loved
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (shut up), and the realization that my one-woman boycott wasn't going to bring
VM back, all led me to the show.
When I tuned in, I really thought it would be
The O.C. East, but Schwartz and the rest of the writers did a good job of making it its own show, I'm sure in no small part due to the fact that they had a series of books to work with. In fact, last night's
90210 premiere reminded me more of
The O.C. than
Gossip Girl ever has. So when I read that an
O.C. alum was making her way to the Upper East Side, I wasn't exactly thrilled.
Casting spoilers ahead.Continue reading Gossip Girl casting news: Is this The O.C. East?
Posted Sep 1st 2008 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
The news channels and CSPAN have coverage of the Republican National Convention all night (the major networks join in at 10).- Hallmark Channel has a Murder, She Wrote marathon all night.
- At 7, USA has more U.S. Open (switches to CNBC and Tennis Channel at 9).
- At 8, FOX has the two hour season premiere of Prison Break.
- ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture at 8.
- There's a new Deal Or No Deal on NBC at 8, followed by a new America's Toughest Jobs.
- The CW has the season premiere of Gossip Girl at 8, then the season premiere of One Tree Hill.
- At 8:30, Food Network has a new How'd That Get On My Plate?, then a new Unwrapped.
- At 9, TNT has a new episode of The Closer, followed by the series premiere of Raising the Bar.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- At 10, ABC Family has a new episode of The Middleman.
- Discovery has a new Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Sep 1st 2008 8:05AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.
1. Season Premieres. Prison Break (tonight at 8pm on FOX),
Gossip Girl (tonight at 8pm on The CW),
One Tree Hill (tonight at 9pm on The CW),
The Shield (Tuesday at 10pm on FX),
Bones (Wednesday at 8pm on FOX),
America's Next Top Model (Wednesday at 8pm on The CW),
Top Design (Wednesday at 10pm on Bravo),
Kitchen Nightmares (Thursday at 8 on FOX),
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Friday at 8pm on FOX),
Cops (Saturday at 8pm on FOX),
Football Night in America and
Sunday Night Football (Sunday at 7pm on NBC), and
Entourage (Sunday at 10pm on HBO).
2. Series Premieres. Raising The Bar (tonight at 10pm on TNT),
90210 (Tuesday at 8pm on The CW),
Privileged (Tuesday at 9pm on The CW),
Sons of Anarchy (Wednesday at 10pm on FX),
Hole in the Wall (Sunday at 8 on FOX), and
True Blood (Sunday at 9pm on HBO.)
3. Republican National Convention. Important for the usual reasons, but also because Hurricane Gustav might affect what goes on at the convention and who shows up. (All week on the cable news channels and CSPAN and Monday-Thursday at 10pm on the networks.)
4. Stand Up To Cancer. ABC, CBS, and NBC (though not FOX or The CW) join forces on one night to raise money. (Friday at 8pm.)
5. Swingtown season finale. Or is that the series finale? (Friday at 10pm on CBS)
6. U.S. Open Finals. Will it be Federer vs. Nadal again? We know it won't be a Williams/Williams women's final because they're in the same half. (Women's Final: Saturday at 8pm on CBS. Men's Final: Sunday at 4pm - or whenever football gets over - on CBS.)
Posted Aug 28th 2008 10:42AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, One Tree Hill, Smallville and The Office. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Aug 25th 2008 1:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479 - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
Starting next week, Spoilers Anonymous will be published every Thursday. Because I was unable to publish the column in the past weeks due to vacation and a faulty Internet connection, this special edition of the column is slightly longer than usual and filled with spoilers released since
the last column was published.
This week we have:
24, Big Love, Bones, Brothers & Sisters, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lost, NCIS, Prison Break, Private Practice, Smallville and The Office. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
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