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OFFICE, HEROES, SVU & EARL Get Full Orders For Next Season!!

FIRST by Animus	Jan 17th, 2007 04:45:01 PM
Heroes FTW.
Crossing Jordan by vivavitalogy	Jan 17th, 2007 04:47:13 PM
ENOUGH ALREADY. LAMEST. SHOW. ON. TELEVISION.
why do they have to do ("This") by mrgreentheplant	Jan 17th, 2007 04:51:53 PM
this is nothing more than a minor pet peeve of mine, but phyllis smith and brian baumgartner were each in ONE episode of arrested development each in tiny parts. there's no need to act like they were the stars of the show. they perfectly hold their own on the office and need no previous "cred" to be legit. hereos and earl are both also amazing
So I take it Rashida Jones won't be back... by Heckles	Jan 17th, 2007 04:53:32 PM
Didn't think Jim's new flame Karen (Rashida Jones) would stick around. She's a hottie though, damn shame. Guess it's back to Ross & Rachel- er, Jim and Pam.
or ed helms! by mrgreentheplant	Jan 17th, 2007 04:54:07 PM
dammit! karma's a bitch, ain't it andy?
Keeping my fingers crossed for 30 Rock by DynamixRo	Jan 17th, 2007 04:56:32 PM
Because it really is a great show. I hope that Alec Baldwin's Golden Globe win sealed the deal for a second season. And someone put an end to Studio 60 already. Sorkin could learn a thing or two from 30 Rock.
No big suprises here. Also, NBC GOTTA EAT... by Wldmk	Jan 17th, 2007 05:00:57 PM
Meh, had to type it ;) Captboulder, i'm with you in hope so - i find myself actually liking it more than i originally expected to, and the ironic part being that it was promoed like hell as the really big show to expect prior to its release, switching so fast and so early to being on the bubble. The last few episodes were really good IMO, and i believe that by a second season it may reach very high. Additionally, Heroes and Earl totally rule...
Alright, and the coveted 10th place is mine ;) by Wldmk	Jan 17th, 2007 05:02:34 PM
10th is the new first...
I think S60 will be by Neuron	Jan 17th, 2007 05:08:46 PM
I think S60 will be canceled. As much as it pains me to say this (being the huge Sorkin fan that I am)... it's just not a very good TV show.
I think S60 will be by Neuron	Jan 17th, 2007 05:08:48 PM
I think S60 will be canceled. As much as it pains me to say this (being the huge Sorkin fan that I am)... it's just not a very good TV show.
the problem with studio 60 by slappy jones	Jan 17th, 2007 05:11:55 PM
is that nobody is going to find a sketch writer having trouble with a joke that rivetting....well most people anyway...they have this dramatic music play because the joke "just isn't right goddamn it" and it is hard to get to caught up..they take it all a bit too seriously....30 rock similar premise much better show.
Season 2 for Heroes!! by nemesisdarkside	Jan 17th, 2007 05:24:31 PM
w00t!!
heroes s02? yay! by RaveX	Jan 17th, 2007 05:30:08 PM
now frakkin' renew BSG for s04. and trow in s05 as well. and a movie. and caprica. and a col. tigh spin-off sitcom.
I wish 30 Rock was funny! by snowpuff	Jan 17th, 2007 06:23:21 PM
The cast is superb and incredibly talented. But let's face it - the show is not... funny! Tina, please bring back Paul Simms ("Newsradio") out of retirement or wherever he is to help you with this show. All the ingredients are there. The show begs to be funny. I want it to be so funny so badly. There's just something missing. I don't know what is. I think you skip some steps in establishing and fleshing out the characters. Sometimes the show has the feel of the fourth season of a series and that's not a good thing in this case.
I'm shocked by this turn of events. by Novaman5000	Jan 17th, 2007 06:38:09 PM
Actually I'm not at all. Heroes is NBC's biggest hit this season, while office has blown up recently as well. SVU always delivers solidly for the net, as does Earl.
Law & Order, especially SVU... by Nodwick	Jan 17th, 2007 06:50:20 PM
...need to go away. So does CSI. They've run out of ways to kill people without a "ripped from the headlines" angle. How many more effed -up ways to mess with DNA evidence can these shows revisit before even the die-hard viewers switch it off? "The Wire" is much better fare. I hope it gets as many seasons as L&O and its clones recieved.
You Call that News? by Onyx390	Jan 17th, 2007 06:53:35 PM
I could see everyone of them being renewed. Give me something meaningful like a new season of BSG or Veronica Mars. Especially, Veronica Mars.
30 Rock IS funny, and getting funnier as everyone gels. by Flim Springfield	Jan 17th, 2007 07:03:16 PM
Hopefully it will be back next year.
NADINE VELAZQUEZ GOTTA EAT... by El Mario	Jan 17th, 2007 07:42:22 PM
something off my body. perferably something sticky and hot. oh, and am i the only person that thinks these flash ads are just appaling? especially the ace of cakes one, because, lets face it, if i can't the whole thing, then it's not a fucking cake. it's a woodshop project that's been frosted. ace of cakes? no my friend, more like the ace of douchebaggery. i need some juice. my blood sugar is a little low.
30 Rock is like a train wreck... by Sledge Hammer	Jan 17th, 2007 07:48:53 PM
...that for some inexplicable reason I can't quite turn away from. It's rarely funny, the characters aren't particularly developed beyond being deliberately 'quirky', and the episodes have all the weight of a feather and all the originality of a studio whore for hire, but I still watch it. I'm really not sure why. And if I never saw another episode I honestly wouldn't give a rats ass, but yet here I am, continuing to watch the damn thing.
Great news...now how about a damn Office talkback? by GrandMuffTarkin	Jan 17th, 2007 08:18:34 PM
Tomorrow, would be nice....
KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY by SaluteYourShorts	Jan 17th, 2007 08:35:05 PM
What does everyone think of 'The Knights of Prosperity'?
the silence about S60 and FNL doesn't speak volumes by Freakemovie	Jan 17th, 2007 08:53:12 PM
(...as a previous poster said.) This was just the big "we're renewing our really successful shows" press release. They're holding off on everything else, and naturally that includes the two shows that are struggling most in the ratings. The spring ratings will make or break both of those series. I'd say Studio 60 has a decent shot thanks to it's upscale audience (which advertisers like) and the fact that it's ratings go up substantially when you look at Neilsen's viewed-within-a-week-of-air-ti me statistic (measures DVR and Tivo). Friday Night Lights is sketchier. I can't really see it improving in the ratings, especially since the actual high school football season is over, if that matters.
Yeah, none of this is a surprise... by DanielKurland	Jan 17th, 2007 09:32:18 PM
They're all very successful shows. It would be foolish for them to announce whether Studio 60 is renewed or it not at this point, as they not too long ago announced it'd be getting a full season. They'll need to look at upcoming ratings. Unfortunately, I also feel it will not get a second season, which is a damn shame, because although people may have had problems with it originally, the last episodes have been wonderful. Particularly the last one, and this will hopefully continue. The problem is getting back viewers that have already decided that they hated it. It IS the number one Tivo'd show though. Here's hoping.
Sweeeet by Hamtaro_Hentai	Jan 17th, 2007 09:33:07 PM
The Office successfully filled the hole in me that was left when Arrested Development was cancelled. Intelligent and laugh-out-loud funny. Earl is great too, this season it almost seems like it's experimenting with its format. Heroes is like crack, It's my favorite TV show on currently. SVU.....never seen an entire episode. I can't even tell all those clones apart. Oh well. Hopefully Studio 60 will get renewed, it was improving. And Scrubs, but I think they're ending the show after this year? Anybody know?
Re- scrubs by Freakemovie	Jan 17th, 2007 10:52:31 PM
Zach Braff's contract is up this year and he's pretty much said he's leaving. Donald Faison (Turk) mentioned the possibility of doing it without him, which I wouldn't be totally opposed to, except that structurally I don't know how it would work. It probably depends on whether or not 30 Rock also comes back, because they especially won't bother trying to keep it if it doesn't have a partner for the hour.
Heroes is keen! by Tin Snoman	Jan 17th, 2007 11:36:47 PM
The Office too! Yay!
Scrubs Will Be Back by snowpuff	Jan 17th, 2007 11:59:13 PM
The creator of Scrubs said there will be a seventh season and he thinks he'll get Braff to do it. He also said he won't do it without Braff.
18-49 living in homes with $100,000-plus incomes by Amy Chasing	Jan 18th, 2007 12:04:09 AM
slightly interesting that it gets high ratings, because that demographic sure is a minority.
30 Rock not funny because by snowpuff	Jan 18th, 2007 12:07:56 AM
Now that I think about it, I think the problem with 30 Rock is that there is just absolutely no conflict on the show. It's too smooth and without any edges. When you think of shows like Newsradio and Larry Sanders, there was a tremendous amount of conflict between the characters. That seems to be a necessary ingredient for sitcoms. The only time 30 Rock started to get its footing was with the Dennis character and they didn't keep that story going.
S60, 30 Rock, FNL, Apprentice.... by chromedome	Jan 18th, 2007 12:29:08 AM
from http://tinyurl.com/3atu 9v NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly.... He credited the success of several shows for the network's rebound this fall, most notably workplace satire "The Office," blue-collar comedy "My Name Is Earl," crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and freshman serial thriller "Heroes." Reilly said all four would be renewed for next season. And he vowed to "stick with quality" freshman programs that have struggled to find an audience, including football drama "Friday Night Lights," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "30 Rock." And while NBC has a deal with real estate tycoon Donald Trump to renew his reality series "The Apprentice" again next season, Reilly said that show's return depends on its ratings performance this year, which has so far been disappointing.
that should read: http://tinyurl.com/3atu9v by chromedome	Jan 18th, 2007 12:31:43 AM
don't know how the space got in there above...
ARE YOU ON THE LIST??? by wackybantha	Jan 18th, 2007 01:38:00 AM
YES, I AM !!! AND WHAT OF IT???
Scrubs without JD wouldn't work ... by Itchy	Jan 18th, 2007 08:34:46 AM
unless they made it all about "The Todd". Now that guy could hold his own show. As could Elizabeth "I'm going to put my bike in your trunk" Banks.
30 Rock IS funny, because by scratcher	Jan 18th, 2007 08:52:20 AM
of great writing, and an amazing cast. Alec Baldwin is the funniest human (not that winning the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy series means anything, but it's obvious), Tracy Morgan plays a crazy celeb like it's typecasting, and Fey is the perfect sitcom heroine - she serves as a logical center in the world of insanity that is network television. Like Jason Bateman in Arrested. Have you watched the show?? I've been watching the Office, Scrubs and Earl since they began, and I look forward to 30 Rock more than all of them.
30 Rock Rocks by sirbroiler	Jan 18th, 2007 10:49:20 AM
No doubt 30 Rock is funny and getting better with each passing episode. Quirky characters aside, Alec Baldwin is a master of dialogue, punctuation and character. Cast is gellin' like Magellan and writing keeps getting better and better. Every episode has a "huh? moment - but most shows have 100 of them. So they're ahead of the curve. They gave shite-storm Joey a second chance - so SAVE 30 ROCK!
Sorkin's latest comments on Studio 60.. by DanielKurland	Jan 18th, 2007 11:50:10 AM
Focusing less on sketch comedy, and more on relationship comedy. I think this is pretty much what most people wanted to hear, how the characters and relationships will be the focus, and it was pretty evident things were headed that direction by the last episodes. I just hope that NBC actually airs the final 4 episodes once The Black Donnellys takes over, and doesn't do some lame thing like having them only available online.
I just read the press release posted on the page... by DanielKurland	Jan 18th, 2007 11:53:52 AM
and it's pretty funny that for Kevin and Phyllis' previous work credits, they list "Arrested Development", where they just sat in board meetings and didn't even say anything. I suppose it IS accurate, they were in the show. But pretty much just doing extra-work.
scrubs/studio 60 by Krangelus	Jan 18th, 2007 01:03:48 PM
both need to be picked up! Somebody make it happen!
HEROES renewed? YATAA! We did it! by SpyGuy	Jan 18th, 2007 01:40:32 PM
Sorry, too much geeking there. Glad to see THE OFFICE and EARL getting picked up again as well. I honestly wouldn't miss STUDIO 60, 30 ROCK or FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, though.
30 Rock and Studio 60 by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Jan 18th, 2007 01:55:03 PM
both suck. There, I said it. Mean Girls was overrated, SNL only got better after Fey left. Don't get me wrong, I'd still throw it to her like nobody's business, but methinks if she looked like Garofalo, she would be seen as a poor man's Garofalo, and that's not a fate I would wish upon anyone. And Studio 60 is just boring. You've got the single most underrated comedien on there, you have to make an effort to be as uninteresting as you are. Well done, Sorkin. Maybe you should get back on the crack.
"Do you like Phil Collins?" by minderbinder	Jan 18th, 2007 04:49:27 PM
"Do I have two ears and a heart"? Although 30 Rock is silly and featherweight, it still has plenty of stuff that is hilarious. Kenneth is a fucking riot as well. I hope they keep the whole block of four shows for next year.
Sorry, but 100k per household isn't all that uncommon by zekmoe	Jan 18th, 2007 09:24:05 PM
Sure, it's more than the average, but not more than the average college educated couple earn. It's really not that much in 2007 USA dollars. We (wife and I) earn well past than and are really only middle class, if that.
How was your gay-cation? by TheTagger	Jan 18th, 2007 10:26:24 PM
I totally thought of that like two seconds after you left.
Christopher Eccleston on Heroes on 1/22 by lynxpro	Jan 19th, 2007 02:15:25 AM
...and he's going to have a very interesting super power. Still a shame that our favorite 9th Doctor (from Doctor Who for the unwashed masses) was not cast for the role of The Joker in the upcoming Batman sequel...
30 Rock, Office DVDs, and DOCTOR WHO! by INWOsuxRED	Jan 19th, 2007 10:45:39 AM
Add me to the list of 30 Rock IS funny. I really wanted to hate it too, but I just can't. I can hate scrubs though. Scrubs is just terrible, but if it is doing okay on Comedy Central and other syndication outlets it probably will find a way back, because new episodes are practically profitable before they air. I wish it would go away and get replaced by something I like. Two straight hours of sitcoms I like on a real network is something I never expected would happen, but NBC is very close. Even though the Office isn't syndicated yet, I noticed the DVDs were selling out over Christmas and they had trouble keeping them in stock around here, it is also a popular download show, so that show is money in the bank too. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE DOCTOR WHO ON HEROS! NBC is so good now, I can almost forgive them for airing Friends.
Knights of Prosperity by Shakes	Jan 19th, 2007 02:12:22 PM
As for Tina Fey, I loved Mean Girls, didn't think she was great at all on snl, and studio 60 took a few weeks to warm up to me, but now I look forward to it each week as much as earl and office. Office, this season has been kind of dull, I don't know, I guess maybe the whole storyline thing is kind of a drag. Still funny, but a step down from last season. Oh and Knights of Prosperity, I definitely dig it, It's got that same kind of goofiness as 30 Rock. Isn't it great to live in an age when all these non-laugh track sitcoms are popping up. Only 3 years ago Arrested Development showed up, if it were to premeire now, it'd probably have a better chance.
I wanted to hate 30 Rock too, because she ruined SNL... by iamnicksaicnsn	Jan 19th, 2007 02:34:30 PM
but it's hilarious, especially of course because of Alec Baldwin. It's a great cast in general though, and here's hoping it'll come back for a few more years at least. Oh, and Knights of Prosperity is entertaining as well, but I think it needs to gel more. I'm really glad that the big black guy is in it though, his voice is so bad-ass.
30 ROCK is HILARIOUS! If you don't like it, you crazy, by SnapT	Jan 19th, 2007 11:00:45 PM
That is all.

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