heather graham-related stories
Posted Jan 23rd 2006 9:16AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming
ABC put a lot of effort into promoting
Emily's Reasons Why Not, to turn around and cancel it after one airing (yes, it is officially canceled).
Network execs say they pushed the Heather Graham series big time without even seeing a script, and when the final
product did air, it wasn't what they wanted at all.
ABC pulled John Stamos'
Jake in Progress from
its schedule at the same time it pulled
Emily, leaving fans to wonder whether that show was over as well. Rest
assured, Jake fans, according to the LA Times, it will return to television. The president of ABC prime time
entertainment says he really likes
Jake in Progress and the show will eventually return.
And,
despite poor ratings for
Commander in Chief and
Invasion, ABC says it still believes in those series.
Posted Jan 17th 2006 6:08PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming
As Chris reported yesterday, many of you may have noticed
that at the very last minute, ABC pulled the new episodes of Emily's Reasons Why Not and Jake in
Progress last night. They aired a rerun of The Bachelor: Paris instead. Presumably, this was all done
because of the stiff competition that that was on last night including the Golden Globe awards and part two of 24's season premiere.
However, a lot has changed since last night. ABC has now announced that they are pulling the plug on production of the
Heather Graham comedy only a week after the series premiere. Apparently, the ratings for last week's premiere were
practically non-existent and that certainly should justify at least looking at/re-examining the show to see if it's
worth trying to save. Seems like ABC is doing just that but there's no news on if or when production will start again,
so don't get your hopes up.
Posted Jan 16th 2006 1:17PM by Chris Thilk
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming
I haven't watched the show so I don't know firsthand how good (or not) it was, but it seems ABC
does not have complete faith in
Emily's Reasons Why Not. The network has
pulled
tonight's episode and replaced it with a repeat of last week's The
Bacholer: Paris premiere. No explanation was
given for the move but the lead-in
Jake In Progress was also suddenly disappeared from the schedule. Both
shows are reportedly going to come back next week but it seems curious they would be pulled so suddenly. There's a bit
of speculation in the article that it may be so the shows don't have to go up against The Golden Globes, but I don't
buy that. It's not like the programming of the awards show has been a mystery up until just now so there was plenty of
time to warn viewers it would be two weeks instead of just one between episodes.
Posted Jan 10th 2006 1:15PM by Ryan j Budke
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, OpEd
I like the trend of bigger stars coming to
television and in a regular series, especially someone like Heather Graham. Of course she's pleasant on the eyes, but
she also seems to be one of the most approacable and genuinely "cute" actresses in Hollywood. She has that
air about her, where you can tell that's she probably very similar in real life to the characters she plays on film. I
personally am going to love seeing her week in and week out, because I think this show is going to last for a very long
time. They have an excellent start, and I can't wait to see where it grows from here. On with the show!
Continue reading Emily's Reasons Why Not: Pilot
Posted Jan 10th 2006 9:49AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Programming
On the cover:
NCIS, the show no one you know watches. - Matt Roush on the season premieres of 24 and
The Shield.
- In the print edition only: an interview with Heather Graham of Emily's Reason's Why Not, a behind the
scenes look of Wolfgang Puck's new Las Vegas restaurant, and a Q and A with Boston Legal's Julie
Bowen.
- An interview with John
Stamos about the return of Jake In Progress and why he really didn't want to join the cast
of ER.
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