house-related stories
Posted Jun 27th 2009 9:03AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we 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.
Note that over the summer,
Spoilers Anonymous will be published every two weeks due to production hiatus for most TV series. Weekly columns will resume in August.
This week we have spoilers for:
90210, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Greek, Grey's Anatomy, House, NCIS: Los Angeles, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, Smallville, The Office and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!) Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted May 25th 2009 10:00AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Early Looks, Reality-Free
During the pilot episode of the new FOX drama
Mental, Annabella Sciorra's Dr. Nora Skoff tells Chris Vance's Dr. Jack Gallagher that his recent decision to strip down butt-naked to help a patient deserves some of her Harvard business school advice - ask for royalties because the video of it is sure to be more popular than Paris Hilton's sex tape. To that, I offer some insight from a Syracuse University TV production graduate - there's a reason FOX held off on premiering
Mental until the summer. It's not very good.
Continue reading Mental -- An early look
Posted May 18th 2009 4:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Music and Variety, Reality-Free
When you write about the television business, one of the little perks is
receiving the press kit for a new or returning program. Occasionally, some little trinket will be included -- Kona got a whistle for
Sit Down, Shut Up, there was a tee-shirt with
My Boys -- but for the most part, the thing you remember about a press kit ultimately is the show.
When the press kit for
Glee arrived, it made me laugh. The package was like a long, CD box (remember those?), all in red and looking like a typical high school locker. It even had a combination lock, which gave me the willies as I recalled the apprehension I had that first day in school when I wasn't sure I'd remember the combination in time to make it to home room! There was also a small mirror on the left side -- which I guess qualifies as a trinket -- and it caught my smile in its reflection.
Continue reading Press Kits Unwrapped: Glee
Posted May 18th 2009 12:59PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Programming, 24, House, The Simpsons, Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fringe, Dollhouse
Fox showed some surprising stability in its schedule (our network is growing up) for the 2009-2010 season. But they are bringing in four new comedies, two dramas and a late night Saturday show.
Returning Summer: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, So You Think You Can Dance Returning Fall/Winter: 24, American Dad, American Idol, Bones, Dollhouse,, Family Guy, Fringe, House, Kitchen Nightmares, Lie to Me, The Simpsons, 'Til Death (for some reason),
So You Think You Can Dance (yeah, two separate seasons summer and fall)
Gone: Do Not Disturb, King of the Hill (though there's still episodes in the can which will air sometime next year),
Prison Break (a 2-hour film is being produced that may air next year),
Sit Down Shut Up, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles New: Brothers, The Cleveland Show, Glee (sneak peek tomorrow),
Human Target, Past Life, Sons of Tucson, The Wanda Sykes Show (late night Saturdays)
The schedule and some details on the new shows after the jump.
Continue reading The Upfronts: Fox
Posted May 12th 2009 5:31PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Last night, Carl Reiner provided a bit of comedy relief on the season finale of
House. He was only in a few scenes, but had some surefire material to work with (pooh is always funny). Reiner is one of the chief architects of funny, going back to his days with Sid Caesar on
Your Show of Shows and
Caesar's Hour, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and later on with Steve Martin in films like
The Jerk and
The Man With Two Brains.
The Three Haircuts: This is the musical parody sketch that created the blueprint for all musical parody sketches to follow. Just pure, wonderful madness. And watch Reiner's face as he's leaping in the air during the dance solo in "Flippin' Over You." Pick up the Sid Caesar Collection DVD of this to see it on a regular screen with better resolution.
Continue reading Carl Reiner's best TV moments
Posted May 12th 2009 12:08AM by Hemal Jhaveri
Filed under: House, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E24) If you've been watching
House for any serious length of time, you know that things are never what they seem. And, moreover, if you've seen any of the previous season finales of the show, you know that there are major fireworks in store. Going off the precedent set by last season's gut wrenching two-parter, "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart", I was expecting a killer episode. So, for the first 30 minutes, I kept wondering when we were getting to the good stuff. After the final 10 minutes? Well, I reserve the right to change my mind, but after first viewing, it feels like a rotten bait and switch. Follow me after the jump for the big reveal.
Continue reading House: Both Sides Now (season finale)
Posted May 11th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TNT has Basketball Playoffs all night.- WE has a Golden Girls marathon all night.
- At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, then the season finale of Castle.
- CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- FOX has the season finale of House at 8, then a new 24..
- NBC has a new Deal Or No Deal at 8, followed by a new, two-hour Medium.
- The CW has new episodes of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
- ABC Family has a new Greek at 8.
- PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new American Experience.
- MyNetwork TV has a new Masters of Illusion at 8, followed by a new Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.
- TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
- Also at 10: E! has a new The Soup Presents.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Basketball Playoffs, House, Greek, RAW, Medium
Posted May 7th 2009 6:12PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, House, 30 Rock, NCIS, Reality-Free
Then vote for him/her to win in the
Badass TV Character Bracket.
The bracket, by the good folks at Awesomeopolis, pits some of TV's more awesome current characters against each other to determine who is more badass. Readers are asked to vote on the finalists.
So far, it looks like Dr. Gregory House is beating
30 Rock's Jack Donaghy. I'm not sure I agree with that one. I think Jack could have House killed with one phone call. Here's one poll I do agree with: MacGuyver is way more badass than Jethro Gibbs from
NCIS. Even if Mac didn't know how to turn my iPod into a jet, his hair alone puts him way over the top.
Continue reading Is your favorite TV character a badass?
Posted May 4th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TNT has Basketball Playoffs all night.- Sci-Fi has a Star Trek: TNG marathon all night.
- At 7, ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game.
- Bravo has a new Inside The Actor's Studio (with Denis Leary) at 7.
- At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
- CBS has a new Big Bang Theory, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has a new Deal or No Deal, followed by a new, two-hour Medium.
- FOX has a new House at 8, then a new 24.
- The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, then a new One Tree Hill.
- There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8, followed by a new American Experience.
- ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then four new episodes of Roommates.
- MyNetwork TV has a new Masters of Illusion at 8, then a new Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
- At 9, HBO has three new episodes of In Treatment.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
- A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Gossip Girl, Good Eats, In Treatment, Medium
Posted May 4th 2009 11:03AM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: House, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Apparently, if you are a fan of
House, and you want to see House and Cuddy get together, you are a "Huddy" fan. Not sure if this actually came from fans or from Fox marketing, but tonight's episode is being marketed specifically to the Huddy crew. There's even a
promo spot on the Fox site that addresses that crowd by name, and shows titillating images of House and Cuddy together at the doorstep, Cuddy asking, "You want to kiss me, don't you?" House replies, "I always want to kiss you." This is cut with images of House and Cuddy shedding some clothing and pawing at each other.
Considering how much tension this kind of storyline brings up (think of how many people still remember
Moonlighting for that reason alone, and even bring the show up whenever there is sexual or romantic tension between characters), you'd be expecting a lot to think that Lisa Edelstein (who plays Cuddy), on a conference call with reporters Friday, would give away too much. In fact, given all of the twists and turns this season has given us, you might expect her to have a little misdirection handy for when the inevitable questions come up.
Continue reading House: Cuddy dodges the relationship question
Posted May 3rd 2009 2:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Chuck, Reality-Free
To me, this should be a no-brainer. NBC should renew
Chuck for a third season, even if it only commits to 12 episodes, it should bring the show back. However, I'm not one of the geniuses in
Jeff Zucker's world; you know, those mental giants that have committed five hours of prime time to Jay Leno starting next fall and recently signed up for more
Donald Trump celebrity/reality BS. No, I'm just a loyal
Chuck viewer who has seen a show improve from week to week culminating with a superb final two episodes in 2009.
Well, there were rumors that on Monday at NBC's "infront" -- a preview for the "upfront" -- that
Chuck would get a pick up.
TV Guide says that's not the case. On Friday,
Chuck star Zachary Levi told a reporter that Josh Schwartz, the
Chuck exec producer, had emailed him that
NBC's decision about Chuck was on hold. The pick up, if it comes, won't be for a couple of weeks.
Continue reading Renewal for Chuck? Not just yet...
Posted May 1st 2009 7:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we 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 are doing things a bit differently and offering a run down of what will happen during May for the series listed after the semi colon; note that some spoilers may have been posted in previous columns:
24, 30 Rock, 90210, Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Desperate Housewives, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, NCIS, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Smallville, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, The Office and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous: May Sweeps Edition
Posted Apr 28th 2009 12:53PM by Hemal Jhaveri
Filed under: House, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E22) So, what's going on inside House's head? We left off last week with House getting a surprise visit from a very dead Amber and she's still around this week, running rampant and unchecked through his life, an eerie hallucination from House's subconscious. For a while it looks like House is onto something good, he has a direct link to the inner workings of his mind, which helps him solve cases and plan bachelor parties. But, that all comes crashing down when the Cut-Throat Bitch (as she was affectionately nicknamed) tries to kill Chase.
Continue reading House: House Divided
Posted Apr 27th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by new episodes of Surviving Suburbia and Castle.- CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has the season finales of Chuck and Heroes, then a new Medium.
- FOX has a new House at 8, then a new 24.
- The CW has a new Gossip Girl, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
- There's a new Antiques Roadshow on PBS at 8, then a new American Experience.
- ABC Family has a new Greek at 8, then four new episodes of Roommates.
- MyNetwork TV has a new Masters of Illusion at 8, followed by a new Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.
- TCM has The Blue Dahlia at 8, followed by The Dark Corner.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
- A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Chuck, Gossip Girl, Roommates, Castle
Posted Apr 25th 2009 9:18AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Reality-Free
EW.com's Michael Ausiello
posted this blind item yesterday: "A major female character on a popular and highly rated hour-long drama series will learn that she's pregnant next month."
Other tidbits: The expectant character isn't thrilled to be pregnant. The timing, both personally and professionally, is really bad. The baby daddy's going through some stuff. And the bun in her oven may have company.
Ok, let's speculate here. My first thought is that it's Meredith Grey on
Grey's Anatomy, since her real-life alter-ego Ellen Pompeo actually IS pregnant. But the timing isn't all that bad. She and Derek are getting married. They can use a distraction with Izzie's cancer taking center stage. And although he's had some issues, Derek seems to have pulled it together.
Continue reading Who's the "major female character" that's pregnant?
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