After months [or even years] of developing shows, shooting pilots and holding dozens [if not hundreds] of test screenings for focus groups, it all comes down to show time. Literally dozens of new shows await the approval of an audience – while many more dozens hope to keep the audience they’ve already built. So, when […]
Tag: Fox
Gleeks See Glee 3D Movie A Day Earlier Than Everyone Else and Get some Swag!
I know many of you probably expect me to hate on the idea of a Glee 3D Concert movie but I am a Gleek. There I said it. I had tickets for the show at Verizon Center in DC (not comped, out of my own pocket!) and couldn’t go because of my recent move to […]
Television: Terriers Gets Sent to the Cancellation Kennel – Lie To Me Gets Capped at 13 Episodes
FX has sent it’s fledging series Terriers to the cancellation Kennel. The quirky series, which averaged about 500,000 viewers per episode, starred Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as two best friends who take on the sometimes dangerous role of unlicensed private investigators in San Diego County. The series, which was created by Ted Griffin […]
We Have a Winner! Errr… Make That a Loser!!
For those of you who are into pools and keeping score, the 2010 Fall TV Season has its first casualty. Fox has cancelled its critically acclaimed ratings bomb, Lone Star. Other early contenders for the #2 spot include ABC’s The Whole Truth and My Generation, and NBC’s Outlaw and The Apprentice. I guess fans of […]
Ellen and Kara Booted from American Idol!
Ellen Degeneres made the announcement official, she is leaving American Idol. TMZ is reporting that Kara Dioguardi is also out (although that announcement isn’t official)? leaving the Dog Pound and Randy Jackson the last man standing. Yo, Dog, that’s hot! Not. Ellen said she had trouble criticizing the singers and in her official statement that […]
Jackie Earle Haley talks to Michelle and the Gags Gang about Human Target, Nightmare on Elm Street and more!
Hey boys and girls, I had the chance to sit down and have a quick talk with Jackie Earle Haley. The talk was primarily for Human Target, but I got in a couple of questions about Nightmare on Elm Street as well. Check out this 9 minute interview and if you notice he kept staring […]
American Idol Sucks the Life out of Michelle!
I had promised myself that I wasn’t going to talk about Idol this year because week after week, everyone yelled at me – “Adam Lambert is awesome you #@” “I dare you imply Adam is gay…” and I haven’t felt the need since our new writer Hank has been doing a fantastic job with the […]
New On DVD: Fringe – The Complete First Season
Available on DVD as of September 8, 2008 Synopsis: Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling series, co-created by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), combining the grit of the police procedural with the excitement of the unknown. The story revolves […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Bones – Murder, Psychics & Goofy Socks!
The fifth season premiere of Bones [Fox, Thursdays, 8/7C] finds things a bit off kilter for Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan [Emily Deschanel] and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth [David Boreanaz]. It’s six weeks since Booth has come out of his coma [see season four’s finale, The End in the Beginning] and he’s pretty certain he […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: 24: Season Seven Recap
Wow, how did 24 Season 7 end up like this? This was the first season in several years where I was really addicted to 24 and watched it weekly – normally, I’ll either DVR 10 episode blocks or wait for the DVDs but this season was rocking in the beginning until a disturbing pattern formed […]
TELEVISION: ABC Picks Up Eastwick; Fox Gives Bones Two-Year Extension!
Maria Elena Fernandez, TV writer for the Los Angeles Times is reporting that ABC has picked up Eastwick – the second TV series to be based on John Updike’s famous novel, The Witches of Eastwick – and that Fox has shown romantic comedy/procedural drama hybrid Bones two more years of love. For Bones, the deciding […]