Posts with tag tv guide
Posted Jul 16th 2008 9:41AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: The Closer, Reality-Free

Is that music coming from
The Closer production?
"Going to the chapel and we're gonna get married,
going to the chapel and we're gonna get married,
gee I really love you and we're gonna get married.
Going to the chapel of love!"
The Closer's Executive Producer James Duff, told
TV Guide -- exclusively -- that
a wedding may be in the works. Could Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson, a woman who's great at her job but a neurotic mess in her personal life, get it together to actually marry the love of her life, FBI agent Fritz Howard? Could it happen this season?
Continue reading The Closer nuptials? It looks good for Brenda and Fritzie
Posted Jul 16th 2008 8:32AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free, Army Wives

If there's one thing about success in the entertainment business it's this: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. That means if something is working on another show, steal/borrow the idea. As I've pointed out before,
the soaps are inspired by movies and TV shows all the time, including
Ugly Betty and
The Devil Wears Prada and
24 and anything else that the daytime dramas can adapt into the soap opera format.
The latest form of flattery will be on
All My Children with the introduction of Beth Ehlers as a new character in Pine Valley, Lieutenant Taylor McBride, a U.S. Army vet who has recently been deployed in Iraq.
Continue reading TV Squad Soap Report: Beth Ehlers reporting for duty to All My Children
Posted Jul 16th 2008 8:02AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Simpsons, Animation, Stargate, The Office, Children, Eureka, Kyle XY, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Saturday -- a time of rest and relaxation. A time to put your feet up, grab a lemonade, open a book, and let the cool, summer breezes gently rock your hammock as a lazy July day passes. Of course, that's if you aren't attending the San Diego Comic-Con. Then, it's out of your bed, quick shower (if any), breakfast-on-the-go, and right back into the queues to see your particular favorites talking about their television shows.
Like Friday, Saturday at Comic-Con will be packed with television goodness. This is the day that many of the big guns come to play. Shows like The Office, Lost, Battlestar Galactica will be making appearances. They will be joined by newcomers Chuck, Dollhouse, and Pushing Daisies. There will even be an appearance by the recently single Sarah Silverman. There's also a good bit of television animation being featured, particularly by Nicktoons and B.E.T. Animation.
In order to make sure you get the most out of the money you paid to get into the convention, we here at TV Squad are providing you with a complete list of television-related panels for that day. If you are interested in seeing what else is going on July 25th you can review the official full schedule at the Comic-Con website. Remember, times and appearances are subject to change and seating in all event rooms is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Continue reading Comic-Con Countdown: Saturday, July 26th
Posted Jul 15th 2008 3:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free
I think that would be called Holding Hands in the City.
Hannah Montana herself tells TV Guide that she wants to make a younger, cleaner version of the HBO hit show (and now movie hit, too) Sex and the City. Not sure if she's ever seen the show, but sex was a rather big, important part of the lives of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha. It's even the first word in the title of the show. Maybe she actually meant to say that she wants to remake Saved by the Bell: The College Years.
Other words of wisdom from Cyrus: her most important things in the world include her mommy (no word on daddy?), her black Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers, grilled cheese sandwiches and the Bible. I'm kind of the same way when it comes to those last two, only I'd change them to pizza and Esquire magazine.
[via TV Tattle]
Posted Jun 26th 2008 8:21AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, 24, Reality-Free

There's been some scuttlebutt stirred up to suggest that next season's
two-hour 24 prequel TV movie will be considered part of the 24 hours in Day 7, therefore leading some to think that there'll only be 22 episodes. But how could there only be 22 hours in a day, right? Well, TV being what it is, I'm sure they'd find a way to do two hours in one -- other shows do! -- but that won't be the case. There will be 24 hours, 24 episodes in the 2009 season of
24.
Part of the reason for all this confusion is an interview that actor
Robert Carlyle (
The Full Monty) gave to Premiere.com. Carlyle,
who will be playing someone who'd been a mentor to Jack, said that the
24 TV movie, which is meant to cover what's happened since the end of Day 6 with the new Day 7, would apply to the Fox episode commitment. He told Premiere.com, "This is two hours in real time, and there'll then be 22 episodes."
Continue reading Contrary to rumors, 24 will be 24 episodes next season
Posted Jun 23rd 2008 1:06PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: News, Ask TV Squad, Celebrities, Reality-Free
I'd like to begin this week's offering by adding my thoughts on the untimely death of Tim Russert. I didn't know him personally, so anything I could say about the man would pale in comparison to all the nice things his friends and co-workers have already said.
What I will say is that the irony of Russert dying on Father's Day weekend so soon after writing his book, Big Russ and Me (which chronicled his life with his father as well as his son Luke), is so thick that twenty years from now, it will be hard to believe that it happened the way that it did.
As a guy who rarely watches the news and gets most of my information from The Daily Show, I appreciated Russert's informative and entertaining style of reporting.
Continue reading Stump the King: Tim Russert
Posted Jun 11th 2008 3:02PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Industry, PVR Wire, Web
TidalTV is a web-based video service. But it doesn't look anything like YouTube,
Joost, or even
Hulu. If anything, it looks like the service you get from your cable or satellite provider.
The TidalTV display is laid out like an electronic program guide with a video window in the corner. You can click on the video to bring up a full screen version. Or you can click on the program guide to flip channels. There's also an on-demand section if you don't want to watch the scheduled programming stream.
Continue reading TidalTV launches TV-like online video service
Posted Jun 10th 2008 8:40AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Psych, Casting, Reality-Free

Shawn Spencer's family is growing. First, there's his mother, Madeline, coming to Santa Barbara for a visit, in the personage of
Cybill Shepherd. And now comes news that another major television star is coming on board for a guest role.
Steven Weber will be appearing in an episode of Psych as Shawn's Uncle Jack. Jack is Henry's brother, although I don't see a big resemblance between Corbin Bernsen and Steven Weber. However, if the character is more like Shawn, that will give Weber a chance to play it wild and wacky. Maybe he'll be like his Brian Hackett incarnation on
Wings.
According the
TV Guide, this
Psych episode sounds sort of like a
Raiders of the Lost Ark/National Treasure adventure. Uncle Jack comes to town in search of a treasure. He has a map to a hidden Spanish cache of goodies and enlists Shawn and Gus in his search. Now you just know that James Roday will be pulling out a bullwhip and Fedora.
Weber, by the way, is expected back on
Brothers and Sisters next season as Sarah's part-time lover. When the show wrapped, their romance was still humming.
Posted May 30th 2008 3:38PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Reality-Free
You have to give Harold Perrineau points for being brutally honest.
The Lost star, who (spoiler!) blew up last night in the season finale of the show, can't believe that he came back to the show only to be killed off. In fact, his exact words about the decision to kill off Michael are "...what the hell? I came back for that?!"
Perrineau didn't know he was getting killed off until he got a phone call from the producers right before he received the script for the season finale. He's also unhappy that they didn't give Michael and Walt a happy ending. But perhaps the most interesting part of the interview with TV Guide's (but not for long) Michael Ausiello is where Perrineau says the show doesn't know how to treat black characters...
Continue reading Harold Perrineau not happy about his stint on Lost
Posted May 28th 2008 4:20PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free

We've been hearing rumblings, published and otherwise, that
TV Guide was in trouble, especially the venerable print edition. Earlier this month, for instance, the title's new owner, Macrovision, took over and immediately announced its plans to keep the
online version of the magazine and
either sell or shutter the print version, which has been published since 1953.
So the following news might not be much of a surprise: Michael Ausiello,
TVG's scoop and spoiler maven, is taking his perky writing style and massive Rolodex to
Entertainment Weekly, where he'll write for the TV sections of both the magazine and
website starting July 2.
Oh, and how did we find this out? Mike sent us (and probably hundreds of others) the press release announcing his arrival. Never said the guy wasn't good at self-promotion.
Continue reading Michael Ausiello leaves TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly
Posted May 22nd 2008 6:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: CSI, Casting, Reality-Free

When Sara left
CSI, driving out of Las Vegas on her way to who knows what, he left behind a brokenhearted Gil Grissom. The producers of
CSI were wise to keep the door open for the character to return, and that's just what's happening -- at least for one show.
According to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, Jorja Fox will be in the season premiere of CSI. Oh, and she won't be the only former cast mate on the show; so will Gary Dourdan as Warrick.
I know, I know -- I can hear you now, how is that possible? Didn't he die in the
CSI finale? When we last saw Warrick, he'd been shot twice and left to die in his car. Could the CSI have survived a bullet through the neck? He was slumped over the steering wheel, so he looked dead. And the sheriff shot him a second time -- presumably a death shot to the head since it was an execution.
Continue reading CSI bringing Jorja Fox back for fall premiere
Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free

It's with a big sigh of relief that I report that Michael Logan at
TV Guide has confirmed that
CBS has booked Guiding Light for one more year. That'll make it 72 years of continuous broadcasting -- radio and television. No program can match
Guiding Light's longevity, and I would hate to see CBS cancel a show with this kind of legacy.
That said,
Guiding Light needs to have a better year going forth than they've had looking back. In fact, since tying with
The Young and the Restless last June as Outstanding Daytime Drama at the Emmys, the show has been going through major transitions.
The new style of filming, shooting on locations in a New Jersey town that's being used as the fictional Springfield, began on February 29, and it hasn't been welcomed by the critics or viewers.
Continue reading CBS renews Guiding Light for another year
Posted Apr 17th 2008 3:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Last month, Anna told you which shows were on the bubble, the shows that were might not be coming back. Now TV Guide's Michael Ausiello has an updated list of which shows are in trouble. He gives a 1-10 rating for each show, 10 meaning the show is definitely coming back and 0 meaning the stars should start looking for work right now.
Continue reading Update: Which shows might not be coming back next season?
Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Reality-Free

The waiting goes on. Kind of like that spinning planet that symbolizes
As the World Turns. TV Squad reported
recently that many fans of the soap are anxious to see the two gay lovers
, Noah (Jake Silbermann) and Luke (Van Hansis), smooch on screen. There are web sites with a clock ticking, waiting for the next on screen kiss from the fellas. Now comes news that
TV Guide's Michael Logan questioned Barbara Bloom, head of CBS Daytime, to find out if the show, the sponsor or the network is afraid to depict a homosexual teen love story in the same way they do a heterosexual one?
Continue reading CBS daytime head is all for gay love story on As the World Turns
Posted Mar 20th 2008 4:22PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Casting

For the past two decades, give or take a year here and there, actress Martha Byrne has played the character of Lily Snyder on
As the World Turns. That all ends next month. According the executive producer Christopher Goutman, "We made Martha an incredibly generous offer in hopes that she would remain. Unfortunately, Martha has decided to leave despite our best efforts to keep her." That's the show's side of the story. Michael Logan spoke with Martha Byrne
to hear her side of the story.Continue reading Martha Byrne dishes about leaving As the World Turns
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