ABC Comedy ‘Underbelly’ Delayed
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, American Idol, Grey’s Anatomy, Ratings,
Seems the news that American Idol will extend its results shows has hurt the premiere date of a new ABC comedy, Notes From the Underbelly. The pregnancy sitcom was supposed to begin on April 11th at 9:30 p.m., which would have cleared it from any Idol interference—until they announced that Idol would begin having longer results shows on April 11th. So, Notes from the Underbelly has been bumped to Thursdays, starting April 12, with two back-to-back episodes at 10:00 p.m. Who knows if anyone will tune in that late for a fluff comedy, but the show will get the boost of viewers who may stick around after Grey’s Anatomy. For now, that displaces Men in Trees—no word on when that will return, but if Underbelly sinks, you can bet Men in Trees will be back in its old time slot.
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American Idol: Season 6 Finals - Week Three
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
Tonight the finalists will be welcomed into the world of pop music by Miss Hollaback Girl herself—Gwen Stefani. In the next few weeks, we will also be seeing Jenny from the Block, aka Jennifer Lopez. Am the only one who is wondering what these two singers will have to offer outside of fashion and stage presence advice? If you’re as curious as I am… read on!
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Ugh. Just when I was beginning to enjoy the rapid pace of the half hour American Idol results shows, they’ve gone and changed things up. Beginning April 11th, the Wednesday shows will run an hour and continue that way through May. Now, wouldn’t you think that as the pool of contestants gets smaller, the need for an hour-long show is less necessary too? Ah, no one knows needless filler like American Idol—more dramatic Seacrest pauses, more Ryan/Simon insults, more cheesy group performances. The change apparently comes at the producers’ request, since the eliminated contestants haven’t had enough time to give their final performances. Again though, as the final numbers dwindle, there should be more than enough time to get in that last song.
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American Idol Goes Long to Compete With ‘Dancing’
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, FOX, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
American Idol, in an effort to steal Dancing with the Stars’ thunder, will add seven minutes to Tuesday’s show. How does this impact Dancing? Idol will potentially pull viewers from the first seven minutes of Dancing with the Stars—pretty sneaky, huh. Why go to these lengths? Is it to better showcase the Top 10 and guest Gwen Stefani? Or just a nanny-nanny-boo-boo move? I’m sure they need those extra seven minutes because typically these Tuesday night shows have been running two hours. And that’s just too dang much! We’ll have to see how ratings fare because both shows are immensely popular right now. House, by the way, will follow Idol at 9:08. I know that’s screwy, but as an Idol watcher (can’t say fan, really), those two hour shows are brutal!
(You can find all the American Idol 6 posts here.)
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Prison Break Renewed for Third Season
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Prime Time, FOX, Prison Break, Ratings, Renewals,
I’ll admit it. I loved Prison Break during the first season, but have steadily lost interest this year. The start of season two, I’d watch the show while doing something else… the last few weeks, I just haven’t watched it at all. I do get second-hand info from my husband and recaps, and it does sound like things are picking up again. But a third season? Honestly, what are they going to do for a third year? You just know it was more exciting when they were locked up, so maybe season three will have them back in the slammer? Creator/executive producer Paul Scheuring said, “It’s going to return to the fundamental conceit, to the roots of what the show was about.” Yep, sounds like they might be back behind bars after all. “They got scattered in the winds—their stories became separate and defused,” Scheuring said. “They will come back together again, (and) their conflicts and interactions will return.” Ratings are still going pretty well, with an average of 9.1 million tuning in each week.
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American Idol: Season 6 Finals - Week Two
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol,
Brandon down, 10 more to go..
We’re now moving on from the Motown era for tonight’s new theme: The British Invasion. Were the contestants able to make as big of an impact on the American audience? Read on for the details!
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‘Strangers With Candy’ Creator Directs New Fox Comedy
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, Cable, FOX, Cable/Satellite,
If you’re a Strangers with Candy fan, no doubt you are a fan of Paul Dinello. He co-wrote, directed and starred in the Comedy Central show. His role as art teacher Geoffry Jellineck, and his scenes with Stephen Colbert in particular, were too funny. The good news is that he’s directing a pilot for FOX.. the bad news is that he won’t be appearing in this comedy. No worries—Me & Lee? sounds like just the quirky little show that’s right up his alley. Strangely enough, it’s about a man who discovers “bionic” back surgery in his search for back pain relief. The “Lee” part comes into play with the Bionic Man, Lee Majors, who runs the bionic back surgery operation. So far, no news on casting, but we’re guessing the part of Lee Majors will be played by… Lee Majors. Oh please, just play that cheesy bionic sound effect—that’ll be a great hook to keep the viewers coming back for more! And cast Amy Sedaris. Pretty please?
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Idol’s Cowell and Seacrest Exhange Insults
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip,
Am I the only one who thinks that Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell should just can it on the insults already? I mean, how long have they been exchanging stupid digs now? If you watched last night, you got the latest gay-innuendo-themed exchange. Ryan questioned contestant Melinda Doolittle about the hardest part of the competition, to which she answered the dresses and high heels. Seacrest took the opportunity to get a dig in to Simon, asking if he had “any advice on the high heels.” Back and forth they go from there…
- Simon: “You should know, Ryan.”
- Ryan: “Stay out of my closet, Simon.”
- Simon: “Well, come out.”
- Ryan: “This is about the Top 12, okay? Not your wishes.”
I guess it’s an attempt to interject some humor into the sweat-inducing competition, but it’s getting really old. Really fast.
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American Idol: Season 6 Finals - Week One
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
Okay – am I the only who thinks that Diana Ross is getting a lot of free publicity thanks to Dreamgirls? The Oscars have already come and gone…yet thanks to American Idol, we’ll still be talking about her after tonight’s ‘theme’ show.
Yes, yes, yes…Diana Ross and The Supremes were a great group. But are we really prepared to hear male interpretations of their songs? And more importantly, we will have to endure Sanjaya singing Baby Love?
As always, Week 1 tends to start off a shaky note. Read on to see if Season 6 was the exception:
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Bells Ringing for FOX?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Editorial, Gossip,
David E. Kelley is an ace for FOX network, among others. Hit shows like Ally McBeal, The Practice, L.A. Law, and Boston Legal have made him a true television writing star. Almost every script he touches turns to gold – a veritable King Midas of network TV. His dialogue is often funny, edgy, and true to life. So when the announcement was made that he had a new, funny FOX series in the works, almost twenty million viewers tuned in after American Idol to see the results. After all, the man who brought us Ally McBeal knows how to write a great, funny show, right?
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