Tis The Season For Cancellations
The networks aren’t waiting until the end of November sweeps to pull the plug on shows. Midway through sweeps, ABC has dumped Kelsey Grammer’s “Hank,” and the Hollywood Reporter says Fox has tossed out...
View ArticleUgly Betty Moving, Shark Tank Returns to ABC
Mount Lookout native Kevin Harrington and “Shark Tank” returns to ABC on Friday Jan. 8 (9 p.m., Chs 9, 22) when “Ugly Betty” moves to ABC’s Wednesday comedy block. Starting Jan. 6, “Ugly Betty” will...
View ArticleSupernanny Looking For Families Here
If the kids are driving you crazy, Johnny Beechler may be able to help. He’s a casting producer for ABC’s “Supernanny” show, with a direct line to star Jo Frost. Beechler will be in town next week to...
View ArticleLost Finds Another Half Hour
The “Lost” series finale will be bigger than expected. ABC says the last episode will be 2-1/2 hours on Sunday, May 23. It starts at 9 p.m., following a one-hour recap show. After local news, ABC will...
View ArticleDisney Kills SOAPnet for Disney Junior
First P&G pulls the plug on all its soaps, now Disney will kill off the SOAPnet channel to launch Disney Junior next year in 75 million homes. It will basically be a 24/7 version of the Playhouse...
View ArticleUpdate On TV Renewals, Goners, New Shows
Goners include The Event and V. Possibly coming back to life are CBS’ Jim Belushi’s The Defenders and #$%& My Dad Says. Here’s the latest TV news about your favorite TV shows from Deadline.com...
View ArticleABC Fall: Tim Allen, New Charlie’s Angels
But no more “V,” “Brothers & Sisters,” Matthew Perry’s “Mr. Sunshine,” “No Ordinary Family,” “Off the Map” or “Detroit 1-8-7″ on ABC this fall. ABC announced a new fall lineup this morning with...
View ArticleCougar Town moving from ABC to TBS
More TV news in advance of the networks’ fall TV lineups coming next week: TBS has annexed ”Cougar Town.” The Courteney Cox sitcom is moving to TBS, which is ordering a fourth season and buying the 61...
View ArticleBarbara Walters retiring next summer
Barbara Walters will announce on “The View” today (11 a.m., Channel 9) that she will retire next summer after 53 years in TV journalism. Walters, who turns 84 in September, will maintain her current...
View ArticleABC Fall: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Alice in Wonderland, John Riggi
This could be the most anticipated new fall show: Joss Wheden (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) brings Clark Gregg’s agent Phil Coulson to TV in “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”...
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