Weekly TV: Stylish storytelling comes at higher cost -- According to the pre-upfront chatter, the fall 2009 TV season was supposed to be themed "Revenge of the Multicam." But ABC's Wednesday slate illustrates how single-cam's seductive allure won't go away so easily.
… Big Day, Carpoolers, Notes From the Underbelly, In Case of Emergency, Emily's Reasons Why Not — the list of one-camera, vaguely absurdist ABC bombs doesn't have to be exhaustive to be exhausting. And now we get what may be the worst of them all: In the Motherhood, a show so bad that it threatens to take the only potentially viable example of the ABC format, Samantha Who?, down with it....
I’m happy to announce a winner to our last How Did You Know? trivia hunt. First-timer Natt Supab was the first of dozens who had all the correct answers. Congrats Natt! I’ll post her pic and bio below, and her answers after the jump. Our Random Winner this month is Meaghin Burke, who turned in [...]
I’m guessing that unless you live in Tennessee or are a Titans fan, you have no idea who Chuck Cecil is. But don’t worry, I do and I’m willing to tell you - he’s the Titans defensive backs coach. Now as an assistant coach on a pro football team, you’re constantly in danger of getting [...]
Christina Moore cast in 'Time Heals'; Nadia Dajani to TBS TNT and TBS have taken dips into the pilot-casting pool, adding several actors to three different projects.
Mere weeks before the fall TV season is to begin, ABC has finally announced its midseason replacement series. A couple are cop shows. Nathan Fillion ("Firefly," "Drive" and a story arc on "Desperate Housewives") will star as a horror novelist...
I reluctantly admit that I have a problem: I watch horrible reality shows like Rock of Love and Tila Tequila. I know. But it could be worse - at least I didn't tune in to these debacles… The Quick 10: 10 T.V. Shows Canceled After One Episode 1. Heil Honey I’m Home! - Can [...]
Sometimes a television show fails so spectacularly that it gets canceled after just one airing. This shameful group contains such forgettable embarrassments as Quarterlife, Emily's Reasons Why Not, Anchorwoman, and The Will. We can now add one more series to...
John O'Hurley will host, with Debbie Reynolds, Brian McKnight and Gavin Polone judging CBS has found the perfect man to present the "Secret Talents of the Stars" and the perfect trio to judge those talents once they're no longer actually secrets.
That was quick. After pulling just over 3 million viewers in its initial runs, quarterlife is no more at NBC. The network pulled it after just one of the six episodes ordered, tying it with Emily's Reasons Why Not as...
Promo pics of Emily's Reasons Why Not. Let's hope so b/c her last attempt to make a comeback didn't go too well. It appears as if Heather Graham wasn't pleasing the right execs @ ABC in early 2006. They totally jacked her by canceling her new show days after it premiered on the network. Heather [...]