Dish Network Drops Lifetime Channels
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, Cable/Satellite, News,
Dish Network customers received a blow on New Year’s Eve - the company suddenly pulled two channels from its lineup. Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network were axed reportedly due to cost, though Lifetime counters that argument. Now where are viewers supposed to get their fix of woman-in-peril movies? Where will Dish Network-subscribing stalkers pick up ideas? It’s certainly a sad day for many people.
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Scrubs Is Returning: Stat!
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, NBC, Scrubs,
Finally! The beloved comedy is coming back on Tuesday, January 3rd. The NBC smash hit has been sorely missed, and viewers are thrilled with its return. Never before has “mid-season premiere” sounded so good. If that weren’t exciting enough, rumors abound that this season will be even wilder and wackier, with all sorts of new developments and top-notch guest stars, including Mandy Moore and Jason Bateman.
When “Scrubs” returns for its fifth season on Tuesday, Jan. 3, viewers are going to see a slightly different show. Unlike series where people stay in high school for 12 years, the characters on “Scrubs” are getting on with their lives. For example, Turk and Carla finally are going to live alone, as a married couple should. J.D. and Elliot live together, not with any sexual tension but as friends, so the show can explore how close you can get to someone of the opposite sex. And the young doctors are now going to become teachers and leave the student role behind.
“I think this fifth season is even more amped up than it ever was because there was a little bit of the attitude, ‘Who knows if anybody will see this, so let’s have fun,’” says Zach. “We wrote and acted what we thought was funny, so we are pretty excited about the season.”
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Fans Applaud Return of Dancing With The Stars
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Talent,
The surprise smash hit of last season, ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, returns Thursday, January 5th, at 8pm. Nearly obsessed with the controversy over the winners chosen last season and the subsequent “dance-off,” fans are no doubt ready for some fireworks this time around. This season will feature a diverse mix of celebrities, including the always-tan George Hamilton and the always-dramatic Tatum O’Neal. ABC gives some hints about new developments for the second season, saying “This season of Dancing with the Stars sees 10 couples taking to the floor on the first show—and one will be knocked out in the very first week! There’ll be more dancing, more well-loved classic tunes and lots more rhinestones.”
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Do you need a New Year’s Resolution? Forget the gym, or cutting out the junk food. That’s no fun! Instead, here’s a resolution no one should have trouble keeping: watch more TV! Lucky for us, 2006 will be the year to do it. Although 2005 released more television shows on DVD than any other year, 2006 is shaping up to be even more massive: 128 shows will reportedly be released! Whether it’s reliving old favorites or catching up on missed series, 2006 is a couch potato’s dream.
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Adam Brody To Develop Vampire Pilot
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: NBC, Talent, The O.C.,
So he’s more than just a pretty face: fan favorite Adam Brody—Seth on The O.C.—is developing his own project. The pilot, which would air on NBC, follows the misadventures of a rookie cop who must fight vampire crime in a city infested with bloodsuckers. It certainly sounds intriguing; no doubt fans will anxiously await the result. Though it’s Brody’s first time behind the scenes of a television series, he already has film experience, as co-producer of the remake of the 1980s beloved comedy, Revenge of the Nerds.
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Desperate Housewives Reveals A Juicy Storyline
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Desperate Housewives,
Poor Bree. A philandering, then murdered, husband. An evil, revenge-driven son. A distant daughter. An insane stalker. And then, taking part in a murder (sort of) herself. Her life sure hasn’t been easy. But of course, it’s much more fun for the viewers that way! And it’s not over yet - it was recently announced that Bree, once the ‘perfect’ housewife and mother, will begin another battle…with the bottle.
The ABC show’s creator, Marc Cherry, says Marcia Cross’ character — who became a widow following her husband’s poisoning and then watched her flipped-out fiance die of an overdose — isn’t reacting well to changes.
“We’re starting her descent into alcoholism,” Cherry tells TV Guide in its Jan. 2 issue, on newsstands Thursday. He says there are some alcohol-fueled moments with her fellow housewives where “it gets pretty ugly.”
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Janice Dickinson To Star In Her Own Reality Show
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Reality, Cable, America’s Next Top Model, Talent,
Janice Dickinson, self-proclaimed “first supermodel” and the judge everyone loved to hate on America’s Next Top Model, has scored her own reality show. On her new show, which will air on Oxygen, Janice will start her own modeling agency, slashing 500 hopeful models down to five. Should be a bloodbath…no doubt viewers will love it.
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What’s the worst thing about the holiday season? The stress? The expense? The fruitcake? No, it’s lousy TV. Surpassing even the weekends as the black hole of television choices, the holiday season seems to provide nothing but endless repeats and hiatuses. Forget about watching your favorite shows in November. Or December. And sometimes January. It’s just not going to happen. Seriously, does anyone need to see ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ again? Give me a fresh House, M.D. or Gilmore Girls episode over that schlock any time! At least this travesty is drawing to a close…maybe if we support each other, we can hang in until mid-January, when the networks regain their sense, and the viewers regain their precious TV.
Salma Hayek’s Betty La Fea Gets Third Chance To Shine
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Comedy, ABC, NBC,
The hit Colombian telenovela Betty La Fea (“Ugly Betty”) is getting a third chance to be made into an American television series. Previously stalled at both NBC and ABC, this third attempt will likely succeed at ABC. The series revolves around ‘unattractive’ fashion assistant Betty, who carries a torch for her handsome boss. Salma Hayek has signed on as a producer, and reports of the series’ progress are hopeful.
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Commander In Chief Joins iTunes Line-Up
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: ABC, Commander In Chief, Internet, News,
ABC recently announced that it has added its hit show Commander In Chief to the list of television series available through your iPod. Episodes will be available after the day they originally appear on television, and will cost 1.99 each to download. Commander In Chief joins fellow network shows Lost and Desperate Housewives in this iTunes service.
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