ABC Renews 14 Series for 2007/2008
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, The Bachelor, Renewals,
OK, TV fans… take a gander at these pick-ups for the 2007-2008 season on ABC. There are certain to be some of your faves being renewed. I’m thrilled to see Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty make the cut. For the most part, no huge surprises:
- Brothers & Sisters
- Ugly Betty
- Men in Trees
- The Bachelor
- Boston Legal
- Dancing with the Stars
- Desperate Housewives
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Lost
America’s Funniest Home Videos, Supernanny and Wife Swap previously got the greenlight for next season. ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson commented, “These shows provide us with a substantial foundation to make 07-08 our best schedule yet.”
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Jesse Metcalfe Enters Rehab
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Gossip, Rumors,
What is the deal with young Hollywood? I guess you can make an argument that celebs like Lindsay and Britney are at least getting help for their troubles. The next rehab candidate is former hottie gardener from Desperate Housewives, Jesse Metcalfe. According to reports, he started treatment at an undisclosed rehab facility on Monday to “deal with alcohol issues.” I guess the weekend tuckered him out—according to E! Online, Metcalfe was seen at four L.A. clubs on Saturday. He was also denied a hotel room at an L.A. hotel on Friday because of his drunken behavior. According to his rep, “He realized he had a problem and was anxious to deal with it immediately.” Of course, the rep also added the obligatory wish that he “hopes that the media will allow him the privacy to deal properly with his treatment.”
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Desperate Housewife Marcia Cross Delivers Twins
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Gossip,
Marcia Cross, of Desperate Housewives, welcomed twin girls into the world on Tuesday. Her rep told People magazine that “Mother and babies are all doing well.” Cross and husband, stockbroker Tom Mahoney, named the girls Eden and Savannah. These are the first children for both Cross and Mahoney. You may recall that Cross was put on bed rest in January, which caused but a mere wrinkle in production of the hit ABC drama. Producers for the show just brought cast and crew to Cross’s home to shoot her remaining episodes before maternity leave. The set folks transformed Cross’s bedroom into Bree Van De Kamp’s room and I don’t think viewers were any wiser about it. At the time, bed rest was recommended as a “precautionary measure,” a typical procedure for women carrying twins. No doubt her kids will be just as beautiful as their mama. I mean, she has the most amazing skin and beautiful eyes, don’t you think? At any rate, congratulations to Cross and company!
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Desperate Housewives Gets Extended Stay at Wisteria Lane
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Renewals,
Extra, Extra! Read all about it! Marc Cherry, creator of Desperate Housewives, just signed on for four more years of the series. The eight-figure deal puts Desperate Housewives on the tube through May 2011. For those of you keeping track, that’s seven seasons total. Oy. I don’t know if I can carry on that long. I mean, DH and I have had our ups and downs (down being the total of the second season), but I have hung in there through thick and thin. Hanging on through 2011 though? I don’t know if I have it in me, unless there are promises of exceptional storylines for years to come. At least the series has locked in Marc Cherry as the creative dude to carry out the next four years. The key cast members have also negotiated deals to stay on through 2011 too, although the details of that is a bit more hush-hush it seems. “The studio and the network and I all feel it’s best for me to stay glued to the set,” Cherry told Variety. “I’ve got my ship, and I’m gonna run it.” If you’re like me, fearing the continuation of the show beyond Cherry’s agreement, he has no plans to pass the torch, saying, “I think that, at the end of my deal, and after seven seasons, it will be a good time to call it quits. I don’t want anyone else to run the show, and I don’t want us to fade away.”
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The 2007 Golden Globe Awards
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, ABC, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, Syndication, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Talent, The Office, The Sopranos,
Ladies and Gents – I can’t tell you how excited I am about the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards tonight!! It’s been a whole five months since I’ve done minute-by-minute coverage of an awards show and I’ve been dying to unload. (And yes—I am ignoring the fact that the People’s Choice Awards even exist).
The Academy Awards may get the largest viewing audience, but the Golden Globes telecast is the only one I really love to watch. A cross between the insignificant People’s Choice and the stuffy Oscars, this show mixes credibility with spontaneous fun. Yes—the Miss Golden Globe tradition is beyond lame. And yes—separating Dramas from Musicals/Comedies is something I will never understand. But knowing that I may see a star slam down a drink after bitterly losing is exciting defined.
As for who I think should win? Well, Jennifer Hudson is an absolute given. (Though Rinko Kikuchi from Babel would be a nice surprise). And it would be great to see Forest Whitaker beat out both Leo nominations. But no matter what happens, I’m ready for the ride. So bring it on!
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Grease: You’re the One That I Want is a Ratings Winner
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, NBC, American Idol, Desperate Housewives, Ratings,
So, I could say the great ratings for NBC’s American Idol rip-off, Grease: You’re the One That I Want, surprises me. I mean, the show seems to really copy the formula of Idol—but hey, that’s what worked for Idol, so why shouldn’t it work here? And work, it did. The ratings were fantastic, as the show averaged 11.6 million viewers. Mainly viewed by young women and teenage girls, the debut proved that people are interested in just about any type of talent competition that the networks can throw at us. Americans love to root for their favorite, and this show has viewers voting the finalists all the way to the lead roles in a new Broadway production of Grease. The ratings were so stupendous, in fact, that the show earned NBC’s highest non-sports ratings for 18-49 year-olds during that timeslot since January 2004. It was also the highest rated show of the evening for women 18-34 and teenage girls, ages 12-17. Desperate Housewives came in and took a bite of the viewers, but Grease held on to its teenage demographic.
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Introducing Desperate Housewives Dolls
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Internet, Ratings,
What could have prompted doll maker Madame Alexander to create a line of Desperate Housewives dolls? The leading ladies—Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, and Nicollette Sheridan—will each have a likeness of themselves in 16-inch plastic. I ask you, who will these dolls be marketed to? Are they simply a novelty item, or does the doll maker actually expect these things to fly off of the shelves? We shall find out soon enough, as the line will be featured in the spring 2007 issue of Fashion Doll Quarterly. As action figures and dolls go, these hardly look like their real-life counterparts, except possibly for Bree Van de Kamp, whose red hair makes her the most recognizable. Even die-hard fans fail to see the marketing opportunity with the dolls. One posting on desperateblog.com said, “I can see crazy fans like myself getting them as keepsakes but I just don’t think the dolls will be all that popular.” You never know though, with 21.3 million viewers each week in their third season, maybe someone will be interested in playing with the ladies of Wisteria Lane. Er, um, playing with the dolls, that is.
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Golden Globe TV Nominations Announced
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, 24, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, The Office, Cable/Satellite,
The 64th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced today, with some decent shows and performances represented. Of course, as these things go, there are certain to be some of your personal faves left off of the list. It’s nice to see Weeds get some love though! The nominees are:
Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
- Desperate Housewives
- Entourage
- The Office
- Ugly Betty
- Weeds
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
- Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
- America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
- Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
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Brothers & Sisters Signed on for Full Season
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives, Ratings,
More good news for another freshman series—Brothers & Sisters has been given a full season order. ABC made the announcement today, citing the pairing with Desperate Housewives as a reason to keep the show going. According to Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment, “Brothers & Sisters is a great addition to our Sunday night lineup and has given us a strong complement to Desperate Housewives.” I have to agree. With Housewives seeming to be on the upswing this season in terms of storylines and Brothers & Sisters providing an interesting character drama, Sunday is a great night for chick TV. If you haven’t seen this drama, it stars Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Ron Rifkin, Rachel Griffiths and a large cast of characters. The story is about the Walker family, the differences among the siblings, and the company they must hold together following the death of the family patriarch. As the story unfolds, more is being discovered about the mess that their father left behind, adding to the drama among the family members. There is a lot to follow, but the storylines are interesting and for the most part, it’s very well done and believable. I’m just glad that another show I’ve devoted my time and attention to has been given a full season ride.
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Marcia Cross’ Pregnancy Will Not be Part of Storyline
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives,
If you caught Sunday night’s season premiere of Desperate Housewives, you probably noticed that it’s already off to a better start than any episode of season 2. With series’ creator Marc Cherry back in the saddle, here’s hoping that the rest of the season will not disappoint. If you wondered what would happen with Bree now that actress Marcia Cross is pregnant—wonder no more. Bree will not have a storyline involving a pregnancy, so get ready for lots of shots of Bree behind various obstacles to hide her burgeoning belly.
If you missed Sunday’s episode, Bree has just gotten engaged to Orson (Kyle MacLachlan), after we discover that he murdered his first wife and put Mike in a coma after hitting him with a car. We’ll have to see how this unfolds—for now, it’s safe to say that Bree is unlucky in love.
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