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If the other networks are moving away from sitcoms and into reality, CBS -- a key pioneer in the unscripted genre with "Survivor" and "Big Brother" way back in 2000 -- is going in the other direction this fall, adding an hour of sitcoms.
Among CBS’ new shows, the one I’m keenest to look a is “The Ex-List.” It was created by Diane Ruggiero, whose name is on the teleplays of a lot of great “Veronica Mars” episodes.
Look! Press release!
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Don’t bother with talkback on this one; this post will vanish within 24 hours, just like the sale.
Monday it was “Lost” and Tuesday it was “The King of Queens.” It's upfront week, and it looks like Amazon might be celebrating by offering 24-hour series-set deals all this week. Up for today and today only:
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When CBS announces its 2008-2009 schedule on Wednesday, its vampire private investigator drama “Moonlight” will not be on it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The same story indicates that sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” will be CBS’ only sophomore series in the coming season. “Cane,” “Welcome to the Captain,” “Kid Nation” and “Viva Laughlin” were CBS series that didn't get beyond season one.
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ABC is only adding two new shows this fall, and another two at midseason (if one doesn’t count NBC refugee “Scrubs”).
Two of the four new series are reality shows from Ashton Kutcher (“Punk’d,” “Beauty and the Geek”)!
The two new scripted shows are “The Goode Family,” an animated sitcom from Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill”), and “Life on Mars,” which, unfortunately, will now be overseen by the team behind ABC’s terrible (and just-cancelled) “October Road.”
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Zap2It has pilot script reviews for “Fringe,” the new J.J. Abrams sci-fi pilot starring Joshua Jackson and “Dollhouse,” the new Joss Whedon sci-fi pilot starring Eliza Dushku. Both are going to series next season on Fox.
Says the site:
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The Sesame Workshop is bringing back PBS’ “The Electric Company” to help 6- to 9-year-olds read (and, presumably, post in AICN talkback).
The original, which starred Rita Morena (“Cane”) and Morgan Freeman (“The Dark Knight”) and maybe Spider-Man, ran new episodes between 1971 and 1977 and repeats until 1985.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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But we know you guys only care about The CW ordering 13 more episodes of “Reaper” for next season.
Read all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on that matter here.
ABC announces its autumn schedule Tuesday afternoon.
The CW announces its autumn schedule Tuesday evening.
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ABC doesn’t announce its fall slate until Tuesday afternoon, but its star reveals on his MySpace page today what pretty much every fan of the show assumed long ago: NBC has passed on renewing “Scrubs” and ABC has picked it up for next season.
Zach Braff refers to the coming season as the show’s last:
Dear friends,
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CBS doesn’t announce its fall schedule till Wednesday afternoon, but it has already greenlit six projects to series for 2008-2009:
HOURLONGS:
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Merrick here...
Peter Fonda has joined the cast of the Sci Fi Channel's REVOLUTION.
Oscar nominee Fonda plays the patriarch grandfather of the Hart family, which has taken over "New America," a planet 50 light years from Earth.
...says THIS ARTICLE at SciFi.com.
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ABC is off the bubble with “Boston Legal,” greenlighting David E. Kelley’s “The Practice” sequel for a fifth season.
Variety says the time-travel cop show “Life On Mars,” whose American TV rights are owned by Kelley’s company, may have played a role in the renewal.
Read all of Variety’s story on these matters here.
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Fox doesn’t announce its fall slate until Thursday, but producers of “Fringe,” “Sit Down, Shut Up” and “The Inn” have apparently already learned the netlet is taking their pilots to series.
“Fringe,” from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot (“Alias,” “Lost”), is about a hot FBI girl who teams with a troubled scientist to investigate a growing wave of paranormal activity.
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Jennie Garth will reprise her role as Kelly Taylor in the CW’s coming sequel to “Beverly Hills 90210.” Taylor will pop up in a recurring role as West Beverly Hills High’s guidance counselor.
Garth is the first member of the original cast to find herself in the sequel series developed by “Veronica Mars” mastermind Rob Thomas. “Freaks and Geeks” vets Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah re-wrote the pilot and may serve as series showrunners.
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Hey folks, Harry here... Sergio over at TVweek.Com sent over this - proof of a third season of HEROES - for us to look at. Now sure... as every diehard HEROES freak knew... of course we were getting a 3rd season - we've been obsessing after a truncated, slightly misfiring 2nd season... but now we're eager and hungry for more. It doesn't really tell us much, but what it does tell us - is that perhaps this season will be dealing with a hero, in their attempts to do the right thing... could they cause a greater harm...
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The SciFi Channel says:
The cancer-stricken President Laura Roslin and hotheaded pilot Kara Thrace both must make difficult leaps of faith in order to accept an uneasy alliance with the Cylons.
* Nana Visitor, who worked with Ron Moore on “Deep Space Nine,” may turn up this week as Roslin’s fellow cancer victim “Emily Kowlski,” who turns out to be a big Gaius Baltar fan.
* Starbuck and Athena will pay a visit to a basestar.
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Alexander Payne, who masterminded “Election,” “About Schmidt” and “Sideways,” has signed on to direct the HBO pilot “Hung,” about a high-school coach with a massive schlong.
The series was created by two writers from “The Riches” -- Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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“Lost” lost two hours of its fourth season thanks to the writers’ strike, but will get those two hours back over the show’s 5th and 6th seasons, according to producers.
The original plan was to have “Lost’s” 4th, 5th and 6th seasons run 16 hours each. The plan now:
Season Four: 14 hours.
Season Five: 17 hours.
Season Six: 17 hours.
Season six will continue to be the series’ last.
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Allison Mack, who plays Lois Lane’s news-hen cousin Chloe Sullivan, may be leaving “Smallville” at the end of this season over money issues, according to TV Guide’s Mike Ausiello.
Aside from Tom Welling (who plays Clark Kent) and Michael Rosenbaum (who plays Lex Luthor), Mack is the only actor who’s appeared in every “Smallville” episode.
Rosenbaum has announced he is leaving the series after the current season.
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