Jennifer Love Hewitt Will ‘Talk’ To Fans On Air
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: CBS, Talent, News,
The Ghost Whisperer certainly knows how to appeal to viewers’ interests. From conducting online séances to answering fans’ e-mail, the highly-rated show continues to cater to its audience. In the latest move, the show’s star, Jennifer Love Hewitt, will now answer fan’s questions on air, during the CBS daytime line-up. (Check your local listings for times and dates.) The Ghost Whisperer follows the adventure of Hewitt’s character, Melinda, a young wife and antiques dealer who can communicate with the dead. Each week, Melinda helps the dearly departed complete unfinished business, so that they can rest in peace.
“We’ve been really excited that people have responded to the show the way they have,” the friendly Hewitt says, “and it just means making sure we work harder than we did on the episode before, so that they continue to watch. It’s been an adjustment, just knowing how to keep your energy up and making sure you stay healthy and rested, but it’s been a welcome adjustment in my life.”
Responding to audience queries in front of a camera also is new for Hewitt. “What we’ve tried to do with our show,” she reasons, “is to involve viewers as much as possible, and to make it a fun experience to learn about ghosts and what they can do. We want viewers to know that we realize how hard it is to get faithful viewers who come back and watch. We know what that means and how special that is, and we don’t take it for granted.” Questions can be sent to the e-mail address ghostwhisperercbs.com.
“The subject matter, what Melinda does every day, initially was hard for me to grasp,” the actress admits. “I was a person who was very afraid of death when we started the show, so to talk about it every day was intense and difficult for me. Now I’ve been able to find a different place for it. I realize the show is not about death, it’s about living better and making sure you don’t have unfinished business ... so that you don’t have to meet Melinda Gordon one day.”
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The Oh-So Amazing Race Returns
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
AMAZING RACE FANS, LISTEN UP: That annoying blonde blur of a team is history and the gazebos of South Carolina have been demolished. If you’re suffering from cabin fever and been itching to see other countries again—you are in luck. The Amazing Race is ditching that ‘family edition’ experiment of last season and allowing the teams of two to use their passports once again. Hallelujah! No more falling children to worry about—the adults can finally visit the Middle East! Forget the forced family interaction—now we can get back to seeing dating couples on the verge of a breakup!
For many fans, last season’s disappoinment was a bit hard to swallow…regardless of Phil Keoghan’s endless charm. While die-hard fans managed to stick it out, CBS lost an average of 2 million viewers per episode with their fuzzy family fiasco. But there’s always a time to forgive and forget—and when it comes to one of my favorite series, I am willing to hold my head high and move on. So bring it on Phil—I’ve got my calendar marked on Feb. 28th just for you…
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Haul out the amp and practice those riffs: here’s your chance to be a rock star. CBS is bringing back the popular Rock Star: INXS, an American Idol-esque competition where would-be rockers perform and then are eliminated one by one, until one metal god is left standing. The title will be slightly changed, since INXS already claimed its lead singer last season. CBS is still searching for the band that the contestants will audition for. Visit the Rock Star site through the ‘Read More’ to learn more and apply.
Rock on.
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Glowing from the success of NCIS, CBS is launching another military-themed show next month: The Unit. The show will star green-eyed Felicity heartthrob Scott Foley as a neophyte member of a special forces team that fights crime around the world. With its mix of hardcore storylines and talented leads, The Unit may be a sure bet. But will a lousy time slot hold it back?
CBS is hoping some of the success of its naval-cops drama “NCIS” will rub off on another show set in the military—“The Unit.”
The network says “The Unit,” a drama about special-forces soldiers and their families from David Mamet (“Glengarry Glen Ross”) and Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”), will premiere at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 7. Although it will face a formidable competitor in FOX’s “House” in that time period, the new show will also get as its lead-in “NCIS,” which has a compatible theme and an audience of better than 15 million viewers per week.
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Andrea Anders Will Abandon Joey To Star On Another Show
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, CBS, NBC, Talent,
Even Joey’s own stars are weary of the tepid comedy, which NBC is already considering for cancellation. Andrea Anders, who plays Joey’s neighbor on the NBC show, is not waiting for her walking papers. She has already ran over to a different network. She will star in the CBS comedy Class, which will follow the adventures of seven adults who reunite after years of separation following their childhood friendships. Class is already garnering decent buzz, which may mean Anders has made the right choice.
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Alexis Denisof Joins Sweetheart On How I Met Your Mother
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, CBS, Talent, News,
It’s a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion of sorts: Alexis Denisof, who played watcher Wesley first on Buffy and then on Angel, will guest star on the comedy hit How I Met Your Mother. Denisof has been married to Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow on Buffy and now stars on How I Met, since 2003.
Both the actors and the fans are looking forward to this delightful pairing.
“He actually just did an episode of our show. It was so much fun,” Hannigan told reporters last week during interviews for her film “Date Movie,” which opens Friday, Feb. 17. She won’t reveal who Denisof is playing on the show, but does allow that “it’s very funny and actually, he’s coming back for the next episode as well.”
“How I Met Your Mother,” which airs Monday nights on CBS, is also Hannigan’s first regular role in a TV comedy, although most of her movie work has been comedic. She says she’s enjoying the camaraderie she shares with the cast, which also includes Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris.
“I was actively looking for a half-hour [show] because of the family aspect of television, going to work with the same people for the majority of the year and getting to do what I love to do,” she says.
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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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Alert to Fox: You may have the market cornered on aspiring pop stars, but CBS is hoping to make a name for themselves in the ROCK star division. Following the relative success of their first attempt, CBS is ready to start the audition process for the 2nd season of their show, Rock Star. Those who saw J.D. Fortune become INXS’s lead singer last season—replacing the deceased Michael Hutchence—know that the band has had a slight resurgence, and almost sold-out tour, since the show ended. So is it possible that success can strike twice? Who knows? As things stand right now, it is not even known which band contestants will be vying to be part of.
For those who want to chance their luck: Auditions begin March 1 in Austin, Texas, and will be held throughout March in Boston, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
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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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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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