Archive: January 2011 (157-169 of 323)

Jan 16 2011 11:01 PM ET

5 biggest Golden Globes surprises in TV categories

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Categories: Television, TV Biz

UPDATED: Carlos? Sagal? Buscemi? In the TV categories, the Golden Globes provided one shocker after another. Here’s the five biggest surprises of the night:

– Katey Sagal wins best actress in a drama. Sagal certainly deserved the award for her riveting portrayal as a motorcycle mama on FX’s Sons of Anarchy, but few expected the statue-deprived underdog series to bring home any gold. Sagal’s husband and Sons creator Kurt Sutter looked cool and calm during Sagal’s speech, but quickly Tweeted: “F— Me!!! We Won.”

– HBO loses best movie/miniseries. When the winner of this category was announced, audiences were united by a single thought: “What the hell is Carlos?” HBO typically dominates long-form and its $200 million-plus The Pacific along with Emmy favorite Temple Grandin got beat by a French-made terrorism mini that aired on little ol’ Sundance Channel. Even at Globes after-parties, industry insiders confessed they had never even heard of Carlos. Not that HBO was too broken up about the loss since…

– Boardwalk Empire overthrew Mad Men (and Dexter and The Good Wife and The Walking Dead). Just when we finally began to accept that nothing could possibly beat Mad Men, something beat Mad Men. The Prohibition potboiler busted the AMC drama’s streak and helped put HBO back in the drama series driver’s seat. Just as surprising … READ FULL STORY »

Jan 16 2011 05:34 AM ET

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan crowned Miss America

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Categories: Miss America

Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan was named Miss America during the annual pageant, which aired on ABC on Saturday evening. The 17-year-old showcased a talent for playing piano and spoke about eating disorders. Scanlan plans to attend law school to become a judge and eventually a politician. The other four finalists were Emoly West of Oklahoma, Jacquie Brown of Washington, Jalee Fuselier of Hawaii, and Alyse Eady of Arkansas.

Jan 15 2011 04:13 PM ET

FX blames 'Teen Mom' for 'Lights Out' ratings; Wood talks 'Hobbit' role

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Categories: Television, TV Biz

FX hopes ratings for boxing series Lights Out improves and the network’s president has interesting reasons why not many viewers watched the show.

At TCA press tour, John Landgraf cited huge ratings for cable network rivals such as Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, BET’s The Game and MTV’s Teen Mom 2.

“Maybe we should have made a series about a zombie or a sexy vampire who was trying to regain the heavyweight title,” he said.

My thoughts on this and a tiny bit of Hobbit news after the jump… READ FULL STORY »

Jan 15 2011 12:29 PM ET

Ratings: 'Human Target' shot down, 'CSI: NY' tops

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Categories: Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

Don’t panic, Human Target fans. Just because Fox moved a couple episodes to Friday, doesn’t mean the adventure series is permanently going into the network’s so-called Death Slot.

The episodes were originally planned for Wednesday, but were preempted by the president’s speech, so Fox aired them last night. Still, the results are interesting, especially since Target made our list of endangered shows.

Target dropped 24% at 8 p.m. compared to its most recent Wednesday performance, and then down a little further for a second episode at 9 p.m. (despite the episode being titled “Cool Hand Guerrero”). Across two hours, Target averaged 4.7 million viewers and a 1.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. Each rating point equals 1.3 million viewers.

The thing is, for Fox on a Friday, these numbers aren’t that bad. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 15 2011 12:11 PM ET

'Hawaii Five-0' exclusive video: First Look at the special tsunami episode

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Categories: First Look, Hawaii Five-O, Television, TV Scoop

Alex-O-LoughlinImage Credit: Mario Perez/CBSAs we promised in yesterday’s edition of Spoiler Room, here’s an exclusive First Look at the special Jan. 23 episode of Hawaii Five-0, which airs on a Sunday following the AFC Championship game on CBS.

In the episode, called “Tidal Wave,” the team goes up against one of their most terrifying foes ever: a tsunami. And it becomes a race against the clock in more ways than one when the head of the Tsunami Warning Center goes missing.

Check out the EW exclusive video below:

Jan 15 2011 11:06 AM ET

'Castle' teaser: Watch Castle, Beckett seal the deal

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Categories: Castle, Television

castleImage Credit: Michael Desmond/ABCAs Stana Katic teased to EW in November, Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Katic) are finally going to seal the deal this month. “They are going to get super close,” she told us. “Closer than they’ve ever gotten before.” Well, the moment has finally arrived, my friends:  TVLine has a pretty hot snippet of the smooch that fans have been waiting for – though the way Beckett darts her eyes while laying a wet one on Castle suggests that maybe her heart (or her mind) isn’t fully invested in the moment. What’s going on, woman?

For her part, Katic keeps saying to anyone who will listen that these two belong together. “They are meant to be. I think they can be a couple and still be spicy and funny,” she told EW. “Everyone else is like, ‘Oh no we can’t do that. That will ruin it. That will kill the show.’ [A Moonlighting] curse has come up. But no way, man. Don’t believe in it at all.”

The episode airs Jan. 24. Meanwhile, Castle has already received a full season pickup for 2011-12.

Jan 14 2011 10:46 PM ET

CBS orders pilot starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Categories: Buffy, TV Pilots

CBS picked up two drama pilots today, one of which could mark the long-awaited comeback of Sarah Michelle Gellar to primetime if picked up to series. Ringer is from writers Eric Carmelo and Nicole Snyder and is about a troubled young woman on the run who hides out by living the life of her wealthy twin sister, until she learns her sibling’s life has a bounty on it as well. It stars Buffy the Vampire Slayer – er, Gellar.

The other pilot is an untitled drama from writer Susannah Grant (The Soloist). It focuses on an ultra-competitive surgeon whose life is changed forever when his ex-wife dies and begins teaching him about life from the hereafter.

For more about fall 2011-12 development: Will remakes of The Munsters and True Lies become great hits? Are you ready for a new take on Sherlock Holmes?

Jan 14 2011 10:27 PM ET

'Lost' alum Michael Emerson to guest star on 'Parenthood' -- EXCLUSIVE

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Categories: Lost, Parenthood, Scoop, Television

Michael-EmersonImage Credit: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.comMichael Emerson, who made a name for himself as the manipulative, creepy Benjamin Linus on Lost, has lined up his next quirky TV role: EW has learned exclusively that he’ll guest star as a bug specialist on the NBC drama Parenthood. In the episode, which airs in March, Emerson plays Amazing Andy (of Amazing Andy’s Wonderful World of Bugs), a smart-yet-socially-awkward man who’s hired to entertain the children at a birthday party for Max (Max Burkholder). Like Max, the son of Kristina (Monica Potter) and Adam (Peter Krause), Andy has Asperger’s syndrome. Emerson also will star with former Lost castmate Terry O’Quinn in J.J. Abrams’ NBC drama pilot Odd Jobs.

Jan 14 2011 09:22 PM ET

CW plans 'Nikita' changes

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Categories: Television, TV Biz

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When Nikita gets back in action on The CW later this month, expect some changes…

As part of plan to improve the show’s ratings performance, Lyndsy Fonseca’s mole Alex is going to get out of the Division and secretly team with Nikita in the field.

“The show shifts quite a bit,” Fonseca said at TCA press tour. “After graduation she’s out on her own for the first time. The show changes for the better.” In addition…. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 14 2011 08:23 PM ET

Jane Krakowski's pregnancy will not be written into '30 Rock' -- EXCLUSIVE

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Categories: 30 Rock, EW Exclusive, Television, TV Biz

30-rockWhen Jane Krakowski announced the happy news that she and fiancé Robert Godley are expecting a child, 30 Rock fans cried in unison, “By the hammer of Thor! What does this mean for Jenna? Will Jane’s pregnancy be written into the show?” At long last, the suspense is over. Tina Fey and exec producer Robert Carlock tell EW in an exclusive statement, “At this time, we plan to shoot around Jane’s pregnancy, because no child should have Jenna Maroney for a mother.” While our hopes for a clandestine Jenna-Kenneth tryst have been dashed, I do think the 30 Rock team has made a wise choice. How about you?

Jan 14 2011 08:22 PM ET

'Charlie's Angels' scoop: Robert Wagner speaks about playing Charlie in ABC's planned reboot

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Categories: Casting, Remakes, TV Biz, TV Scoop

Robert-WagnerImage Credit: John M. Heller/Getty ImagesVeteran actor Robert Wagner confirms to EW that he’ll be replacing the late John Forsythe as the voice of Charlie in ABC’s planned reboot of Charlie’s Angels. The 80-year-old star says he was approached by original series’ exec producer Leonard Goldberg and quickly signed on for the gig, which will be set in Miami. Will he speak to the new still-to-be-cast Angels via speakerphone as Forsythe did? “I would imagine it will probably be quite different because the technology is quite different. I would imagine it would be on cell phones wherever these gals are,” says Wagner, who hasn’t seen any scripts yet. “I could be tweeting them, I could be doing a lot of things with them, you know.”

Jan 14 2011 06:13 PM ET

'Californication' renewed; won't end like 'Lost'

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Categories: Californication, Television, TV Biz

Jordin Althaus/Showtime

UPDATED: Hank Moody is getting a fifth season.

Showtime has picked up Californication for another round, and don’t expect producers to put the brakes on the show anytime soon. Asked by a critic at TCA if he’s tempted to set a series end date like Lost, executive producer Tom Kapinos said “no way.”

“I’m riding this to the bitter end,” he said. “I believe in sticking with something until we’ve squeezed every drop out of it.”

That said, the rather dramatic upcoming fourth season finale of the show was written as if, just in case, the show wasn’t renewed. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 14 2011 05:12 PM ET

'Jersey Shore' ratings: Yup, they did it again

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Categories: Television, TV Biz, TV Ratings

MTV

Again. Again. Again. Jersey Shore has, again, set an all-time MTV series record.

Ready? The show delivered 8.6 million viewers and a 4.4 in the adults 18-49 demo last night.

Now those numbers are off the map. (And bigger than Grey’s Anatomy last night too). They’re up slightly from last week’s eye-popping season three premiere number.

We’re running out of ways to headline Jersey Shore record ratings stories. Any suggestions?

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