TELEVISION NEWS: The CW Pick Ups

In no surprise to anyone, according to TV.com The CW picked up Melrose Place, Vampire Diaries, The Beautiful Life get thumbs up; Gossip Girl spinoff, Privileged dead. The addition of those three programs likely means the end for some others. Privileged, which had a shot at a second-season pickup, is almost certainly cancelled. The Gossip […]

TELEVISION: ABC Adds Eleven; Renews Seventeen!

ABC revealed its schedule for the 2009-10 season this morning.  New Series Include “Cougar Town,” “The Deep End,” “Eastwick,” “Flash Forward,” “The Forgotten,” “Hank,” “Happy Town,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family,” “Shark Tank” and “V.” “Better Off Ted,” “Castle,” “Scrubs” and “True Beauty” Join Previously Announced Returning Series “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & […]

TELEVISION: NBC 2009-10 Schedule Features More New Content; Shared Time Period Strategy!

“NBC has picked up more scripted shows than last season even with “The Jay Leno Show” at 10 p.m.,” said Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. The network also introduced what it called “shared time period strategy,” in which a fall series, say, Heroes, would run all original episodes leading into the Olympics […]