ABC Family has acquired the basic cable television rights to the Emmy® Award-winning television series “Friday Night Lights,” in a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Details from the press release follow the jump.
Category: Television
TELEVISION: Lost: It’s Really Over! Ruminations on The End!
I’ve got a lot of things to do, but I’ve spent most of the day [so far] watching the finale of Lost over and over again. The last half hour really gets to me – not that that first two hours didn’t. The more I watch it, the less I think about it – and […]
24 Series Finale Tonight
Who has the Monday blahs?! I don’t! I finally watched the last 11 hours of 24 yesterday, so I’m all caught up and ready for tonight. Jack’s gone off the deep end and no way does it end well for him tonight. But can we really name a season where the day ended well? Sure […]
Chuck Season Finale Tonight
Man is tonight going to be a big night TV watching. We have the Series finale of Law and Order at 10, a 2 hour series finale of 24 and a 2 hour season finale of Chuck. Somehow Chuck has managed to survive another season and will be back next year for a 13 episode […]
Law and Order Series Finale
I’ve always been a big fan of Law and Order: SVU and Criminal Intent, but I never watched Law and Order proper until I went on a set visit last fall. Now I watch it almost every day on TNTHD. I think the way NBC handled the cancellation is criminal. The show only needed one […]
Television: CW Network Goes For the Cheers & The Spy Action – Adds New Series Hell Cats and Nikita to Their Line UP
Wednesday night get pumped-up with the cheerleader drama “Hellcats”. Then on Thursday nights, get ready to delve into the new action-packed drama “Nikita.” On Thursday, May 20th 2010, Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, The CW Network, unveiled the schedule for the CW’s 2010-2011 season at a presentation for advertisers, affiliates and national media in the […]
Television: CW Upfront News- Supernatural to Move to Fridays For It’s 6th Season
Clark Kent Reunites with The Winchester Brothers When “Smallville” and “Supernatural” Team Up on Friday Nights At the Upfronts going on in New York City all this week, Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment for The CW Network announced that Supernatural will be moving to Friday nights at 9 PM EST for it’s 6th season […]
TELEVISION: CBS Makes Big Changes for 2010-11!
The news that CBS, long the most stable of networks for programming, had axed seven shows – including some that were doing well in their timeslots [Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, Cold Case] – came as a shock to fans of those shows. Now CBS is presenting a new schedule designed to give their five new fall […]
TELEVISION: American Idol Recap (05.19.10)
Last night was, without a doubt, Lee DeWyze’s night. Both of his performances were just spectacular. He proved he is in this competition to win it. His rivals, favorite Crystal Bowersox and some guy named Casey James. I refer to Casey that was because last night he was out of his league. He simply should not […]
TELEVISION: BBC America Co-Produces New Sci-Fi Drama – Outcasts!
The BBC America co-production, Outcasts, is a new sci-fi series about the remnants of humanity struggling to set up a new home on a distant planet. It explores humans’ drive for power, politics and sex in a new post-earth era. Production is now underway, in South Africa, with a cast that includes: Eric Mabius […]
TELLEVISION: Syfy Beats USA to the Punch: Primetime Series Eureka and Warehouse 13 Characters Crossover This Season!
If you enjoy the kind of quirky summer fare that basic cable does so well, you may have seen USA’s promo spots that feature crossovers between characters from, say, Burn Notice and White Collar. Syfy is going a step further thus summer – Eurkea’s brilliant but insecure scientist, Douglas Fargo [Neil Grayston], and Warehouse 13’s […]