Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets in Prime Time For Friday, 2-10-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, NBC,
It’s an exciting night for Arrested Development fans! A four-episode marathon completes the beloved series.
Arrested Development, 8pm, FOX. Catch the final four episodes of this cherished comedy.
Dancing With the Stars, 8pm, ABC. Learn the results of the latest dance-off.
The Olympics, 8pm, NBC. The ceremonies start with much fanfare tonight. Say hello to thrilling action and athleticism; say goodbye to your favorite shows that will sink to repeats to avoid competing against the games. EndScore will have coverage.
In Justice, 9pm, NBC. We can’t decide what’s worse: the hokey title, or Kyle’s hideous haircut.
Obviously, a less than thrilling night for television, with all the repeats and the heralding in of tepid weekend entertainment. Unless you’re an Arrested Development fan, of course.
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Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets in Prime Time For Wednesday, 2-8-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, FOX, NBC,
Tonight’s choices are decent, though nothing to shout about. (Unless you’re on American Idol.)
The Grammy Awards, 8pm, CBS. Crooners glitter it up on music’s biggest night.
American Idol, 8pm, FOX. The hopefuls finally make it to Hollywood, where dreams will dissolve and ears will bleed.
The Biggest Loser, 8pm, NBC. Husband and wife teams lose big to win big.
Bones, 9pm, FOX. This all new episode pits the beautiful partners against murderers and mysteries.
Lost, 9pm, ABC. Fans will surely find delight in this all new Lost.
Law & Order, 10pm, NBC. Television’s longest-running crime serial tackles all new crime tonight.
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Another Dose of Grey’s Anatomy
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy,
We all knew that a plush spot right after the Superbowl would help raise Grey’s Anatomy’s exposure—but who would have thought that it would do so well? Not only did the show bring in 38 million viewers—it was the best performance for a post-Superbowl show in 5 years. It was also the 3rd-highest rating for that slot in 18 years. We all knew that Grey’s was hot (and last Sunday’s thriller was no exception), but it’s nice to see that a new audience may now be discovering that out for themselves.
If you would like the opportunity to watch that tense episode for the the first time (or just re-watch that shower scene sans the beer goggles)—you will have another opportunity. ABC will milk that show for all its worth and re-air it this Thursday from 9:30-10:30pm right after Dancing with the Stars.
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Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Daytime, Talk Shows, ABC, General Hospital,
The nominations for the Daytime Emmys were announced on Wednesday and The Young and the Restless rose to the top of the pack. The CBS soap opera received 18 nominations and will compete for Best Soap Opera against 8-time winner General Hospital. Other expected nominations went out to Ellen DeGeneres for Best Talk Show Host (one of 11 nominations overall) and to Alex Trebek for Best Game Show Host. A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Carol Spinney—the long-time voice behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
The Daytime Emmys will air on April 28 on ABC.
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Rejected Series Given A Second Chance By Television Networks
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC,
Dashed dreams are given a chance of rejuvenation as major networks give the go ahead to previously rejected pilots. This move has been successful in the past, such as when CBS first rejected Numb3rs, but then gave it a chance to air and watched it become a hit show. Will other shows be as lucky?
The mix of second chance pilots offers a bit of everything: drama, comedy, and adventure, and producers hope that viewers will be receptive.
With a staggering amount of new material pitched every development season, the resurrection odds for an older script that already has been passed on are minimal. But there are a few factors that can increase a show’s chances.
“The key word is passion,” Fox executive vice president of programming Craig Erwich says. “Somebody—it can be the writer, an agent or an executive—has to not allow the project to die. In the back of their minds, all executives carry about 10 projects they wish they’d made.”
For eight years after CBS passed on his drama The Truth About Joey Ice Cream, writer Paul Haggis tried to get the project, about four young Irish brothers in New York, made. Finally, NBC last summer picked up the script to a pilot and later to series titled The Black Donnellys. It didn’t hurt that in the meantime, Haggis had become one of the hottest filmmakers in Hollywood after garnering critical acclaim for writing Million Dollar Baby and for co-writing and directing Crash.
Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC’s red-hot drama Grey’s Anatomy, also is a writer whose previous work is being revisited after she made it big. Rhimes is writing a new journalism-themed drama pilot for ABC for midseason 2006-07 consideration. In reality, that project was developed a year earlier than Grey’s and now is being reworked.
We’re hopeful that we’ll find some diamonds in this so-called ‘junk pile.’ Sometimes a second chance is just what a quality show needs.
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Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets in Prime Time For Monday, 1-6-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Prime Time, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC,
Let’s start off the week with some great—and all new—TV!
Surface, 8pm, NBC. Dive into the depths of the season finale tonight.
Skating With Celebrities, 8pm, FOX. This so-bad-it’s-good reality show glides on towards another elimination tonight. With sequins, lots of sequins.
Wife Swap, 8pm, ABC. Are we the only ones who can’t help giggling at the title of this show? How did they get it past the censors? Tonight’s swapping is brand new.
The Bachelor, 9pm, ABC. Women put on fancy dresses and embarrass themselves in hopes of catching a man. New episode, same old story.
24, 9pm, FOX. Jack’s battling all new evil tonight. For an hour.
Medium, 10pm, NBC. An all-new episode pits our favorite psychic soccer mom against ghostly baddies.
Rollergirls, 10pm, A&E. We admit it. We love these hard-skating bad girls. Of course, Medium is the best thing on at 10pm, so we recommend you catch the 1am repeat of this reality treat.
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ABC Shakes It Up With Major Midseason Rescheduling And Additions
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, News,
ABC is in a frenzy of moving popular shows around, eliminating the clunkers, and adding new series in hopes of raising the network’s ratings. It may not work, but it will certainly be exciting.
You may want to take notes.
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Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets In Prime Time For Thursday, 2-02-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, WB,
Wow! After Wednesday night’s dearth, you’ll enjoy a mind-blowing array of TV options tonight!
Survivor Panama: Exile Island, 8pm, CBS. The most anticipated reality show premiere of the TV season invades your TV screen tonight. Tune in to see underwear model types frolic, flirt, and fight in the steamy underbelly of the jungle.
Will & Grace, 8pm, NBC. The end is nearing for this fan favorite, so don’t miss this all-new episode.
That 70s Show, 8pm, FOX. The once beloved comedy limps towards a tarnished end.
Smallville, 8pm, the WB. Clark and company deal with repercussions from last week’s emotionally devastating episode.
CSI, 9pm, CBS. Grissom and crew hunt down the bad guys, completely ignoring the law, as usual.
My Name Is Earl, 9pm, NBC. The lovable barfly continues to make things right.
The O.C., 9pm, FOX. Uh-oh, little sisters can be trouble! Especially when they arrive out of the blue for no other reason than to be a plot device!
Beauty and the Geek, 9pm, the WB. Oh, how we love this show! Our biggest wish is that Chris and Cher would somehow be forced to pair up, then get eliminated!
Without A Trace, 10pm, CBS. Here’s betting the crack team will find plenty of traces.
ER, 10pm, NBC. Can you believe this show is still on?
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Prime Cuts: Your Best Bets In Prime Time For Wednesday, 2-01-06
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, NBC, UPN, WB,
American Idol, 8pm, FOX. Tune in for some ear-bending auditions. Will the show ever get to the Hollywood phase?
E-Ring, 8pm, NBC. In a 24-esque episode, JT and the gang must travel to Spain to rescue a comrade before the terrorists get them.
Bones, 9pm, FOX. The two hot leads continue to investigate dead stuff while ignoring the romantic beatings of their own hearts.
Biggest Loser, 9pm, NBC. More adventures of Incredibly Shrinking People.
Veronica Mars, 9pm, UPN. Our favorite sweetheart detective is on the case.
MTV Cribs, 10pm, MTV. Undeserving rich people rub it in.
CSI:NY, 10pm, CBS. The weakest CSI franchise does its thing.
Project Runway, 10pm, Bravo. Divas continue to make fashion even more flamboyant.
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The surprise hit of last summer, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, delighted fans of all ages. It didn’t hurt that the leads were especially delectable. ABC just announced that they will be developing a television series based on the film, which followed the adventures of a husband and wife who were both assassins, unbeknownst to each other. The pilot is expected to air in the 2006-2007 TV season. Could this be a new trend, mining the big screen instead of thinking up original ideas? Ah, well. As long as the result is entertaining!
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