This Week on TV (11/1-11/7)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, NBC, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live,
(Make sure to check out TV Envy's Programming Schedule.)
MONDAY (11/1)
- Rules of Engagement (CBS, 8:30 p.m.): "Jeff and Adam invent a game involving the heads of mannequins." The episode will feature special appearances by Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall.
- The Women of SNL (NBC, 9 p.m.): "The spotlight shines on the female performers of Saturday Night Live in a showcase that features memorable past sketches and original skits." Shouldn't Lorne Michaels be focused on making one show a week good?
- Mario Lopez: Saved by the Baby (VH1, 10:30 p.m.): Series premiere. "Mario's girfriend Courtney Mazza is pregnant, and the couple prepare for parenthood. In the opener, the baby is three months away, and Mario hasn't quite grasped becoming a daddy." He's still trying to figure out that moment when he slipped up.
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Get an Early Preview of Conan O’Brien’s New Show
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Late Night, Talk Shows, Cable, Internet, Video,
Earlier this month, Team Coco provided us with 24-hour live streaming from their offices. This Monday, we'll get even more behind-the-scenes action.
On November 1 at 11 p.m. Eastern/ 8 p.m. Pacific, host Conan O'Brien -- with help from Andy Richter and a few special celebrity guests -- will get fans warmed with a special sneak peek. The event, titled "Team Zero," will be broadcast on Facebook, YouTube and TeamCoco.com.
The actual premiere of Conan will happen just over a week later on November 8. Names booked for the program's first week include Seth Rogen, Jack White, Tom Hanks, Soundgarden, Jon Hamm, Michael Cera and Julie Bowen.
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Big Love Coming to a Big End
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Cable, HBO, Cancellations,
Let’s hope TLC brings back the Sister Wives action, because it’s soon going to end on HBO. It was just announced that Big Love's upcoming fifth season will also double as its last.
According to the show’s producers, the decision to end the program was simply storyline-dictated.
“When we created Big Love in 2002, we had a strong conception of the journey the Henrickson family would make over the course of the series, of the story we had to tell,” creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer said in a statement. “While we were in the writers’ room this year shaping our fifth season, we discovered that we were approaching the culmination of that story.”
Mark and Will did offer fans some good news to help offset the disappoinment. “This coming January, we look forward to presenting our audience with the most vibrant and satisfying final season of a television series that we can produce,” the duo promised.
Big Love will begin its farewell on January 16.
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South Park’s Mystery Deepens with Second Coon Episode
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, Cable, Gossip, Video,
Since the introduction of Mysterion to South Park in Season 13, the fan community has speculated on the “real” identity of the character.
Mysterion appeared in “The Coon,” a Dark Knight parody starring Eric Cartman as the superhero title character. Cartman’s dreams of glory were foiled when another superhero turned up suddenly ... with a cooler costume and a much more secret identity.
And the superhero’s haunting tagline, “Who is Mysterion?” has sparked debate among fans ever since. Wednesday night revealed the second chapter in the ongoing South Park superhero society (aptly named Coon and Friends) … yet, we still don’t have an answer to the burning question.
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VIDEO: President Obama on The Daily Show
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The President of the United States of America appeared on Comedy Central’s Daily Show Wednesday night … but if you thought Barack Obama was going to spend his time trading quips with host Jon Stewart, you were wrong.
Stewart, as usual, set the tone for the interview immediately: serious but fun. He solemnly addressed the President and shook his hand before presenting him with Mug Force One -- a classic Daily Show cup, embellished in celebration of the occasion.
The two got down to hard-hitting issues right away. Stewart opened up the floor to talk about health care, Congress -- Obama’s entire administration.
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TV Talk: Justin Bieber Eyes X Factor, Atlanta Housewives Make a Move
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX,
-Could we see Simon Cowell working alongside Justin Bieber? According to The X Factor creator, the teen pop star has already expressed interest in guest judging a few of the episodes.
-Starting Nov. 7, Bravo TV will spread ithe programming wealth to Sundays. The Real Housewives of Atlanta -- currently airing on Mondays -- will make its move to weekends starting that evening.
-Former Food Network host Juan-Carlos Cruz has pleaded no contest in the death of his wife. The "Calorie Commando" -- who was accused of hiring two homeless men to kill Jennifer Campbell -- will be sentenced on December 13.
-CBS has ordered a pilot based on life swapping. The Same Name would see stars temporarily trading lives with non-celebs who happen to share -- you guessed it -- the same name.
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Jon Stewart Most Influential of 2010 ... Just AskMen
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A poll from AskMen.com has named Daily Show host Jon Stewart as the most influential person of 2010, beating Kanye West (#5), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (#3) and President Barack Obama (#21).
More than 500,000 participated in the poll, the fifth annual such poll of its kind.
Last year’s most influential winner? Don Draper, a character on AMC’s Mad Men.
You can check out the "Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2010" list here.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (10/27)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, The CW, Medium, Cancellations, Renewals,
UPDATE: CBS has cut down Medium's order from 22 episodes to 13 episodes.
Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:
EXTENSIONS
- Better With You (ABC) – Full season order
- Blue Bloods (CBS) – Full season order
- Brothers & Sisters (ABC) – Four more episodes ordered
- The Defenders (CBS) – Full season order
- Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC) – Five more episodes ordered
- Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) – Full season order
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South Park Creators Apologize for Copying Original Content
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Although South Park's creators are known for producing controversial content, they don't usually say sorry for it.
Late last week, Trey Parker and Matt Stone apologized to the writers of a CollegeHumor.com video after they accidentally copied original content. Although the episode ("Insheeption") incorporated several lines from a clip called "Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception," Stone and Parker said they didn't know what they had done.
In an attempt to do an Inception-based episode, Matt and Trey tried to watch the movie for themselves -- unfortunately, they struck out finding a theater showing or a copy of the film. That is when they came across the College Humor clip (which can be seen after the jump).
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TV on DVD: October 26, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Late Night, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- CSI: NY (Season 6)
- Hetalia: Axis Powers (Season 2)
- Holiday Switch (TV Movie)
- Home for Christmas (TV Movie)
- Law & Order: UK (Season 1)
- Man v. Food (Season 2)
- Poldark (Series 2)
- Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (TV Movie)
- Road to Christmas (TV Movie)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Season 2)
- Tonight (4 Decades of the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson)
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