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The Emmys: A Dramatic Shift Toward Cable | Roush Dispatch | 7/17/2008
If you heard someone momentarily flatlining in the audience at the reading of the Emmy nominations Thursday morning, that was me. They were announcing the best drama series candidates and I was mostly on board as I checked my list in the back of the TV Academy theater. Damages. Yay! House. OK. Boston Legal. I don’t approve, but I’m no longer surprised. Lost. OMG! Dexter. OM-Freaking-G! Wait. That’s five. Surely they didn’t leave out . . . And they didn’t. AMC’s... read more
Exclusive: ABC Courting Old Christine | Ausiello Report | 4/3/2008
ABC may exhibit questionable judgment when it comes to its own half-hour comedies (i.e., Caveman, Carpoolers, According to Jim, etc.), but the network sure has impeccable taste when it concerns its competitors' sitcoms. Case in point: On the heels of the Alphabet's (almost official) acquisition of NBC's brilliant-but-nearly canceled Scrubs, sources are telling me that the net is making a play for Julia Louis-Dreyfus' hilarious Seinfeld-curse-busting comeback vehicle, The New Adventures of Old... read more
Jeers: Seems Like Old Times? | Cheers & Jeers | 4/1/2008
Jeers to The New Adventures of Old Christine for blowing a Seinfeld reunion. It was great to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander together again — but if you blinked, you could've missed it. The ex-costars had only two brief scenes together, at the beginning and end of the CBS sitcom's third-season finale. Couldn't they have written a better (or at least bigger) role for Alexander than Louis-Dreyfus' gynecologist? I hate to say it, but this bit of stunt-casting was much ado about... read more
Ask Matt | 2/25/2008
Q: First off, let me begin by saying that I absolutely love The New Adventures of Old Christine. I think it is one of the best sitcoms (if not the best) on TV right now. And lately it has really hit its stride. However, my question to you is: Does its shortened eight-episode run hurt its chances for renewal for a fourth season? Personally, I was a little concerned when CBS saved it for midseason and decided to air David Spade's run-of-the-mill, unoriginal Rules of Engagement instead! And ... read more
Cheers: Everything Old Is New Again | Cheers & Jeers | 2/5/2008
Cheers to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for surrounding herself with a Seinfeld-worthy ensemble on The New Adventures of Old Christine. Her CBS sitcom was designed as a star vehicle, and she's won most of the attention, as well as a richly deserved Emmy, for it. But the ex-Elaine Benes is smart enough to share the laughs with a talented cast, including Hamish Linklater (as her slacker brother), Wanda Sykes (as her sassy pal), Clark Gregg (as her deadpan ex-husband) and Emily Rutherfurd (as his befuddled... read more
New Adventures of Old Christine: The Complete First Season — Review | DVD News and Reviews | 1/14/2008
Everyone knew Christine Campbell (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) as "Christine," but that changed when her ex-husband started dating a much younger woman named Christine. Christine, the ex-wife, became "Old Christine," and the younger Christine became "New Christine." Christine struggles as she adjusts to her new nickname, deals with the meanie moms at her son's private school, and gets back into the dating game. This 2-disc set includes all 13 episodes from the first season, plus interviews with the... read more
SAG Goes Mad for Men | Roush Dispatch | 12/20/2007
I suppose I could dwell on the fact that a major Hollywood guild has once again ignored the very existence of TV's finest acting ensemble, Friday Night Lights — in favor of the mugging and posturing on Boston Legal. As they'd say on another SAG favorite, Grey's Anatomy: Seriously? Is it wrong to want to form our own picket line?Also: What's up with snubbing Pushing Daisies and its fantastical cast?And yet the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, announced Thursday morning, did shower... read more
List of Emmy Presenters Begins to Rock | Today's News: Our Take | 8/30/2007
30 Rockers Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick are among the latest adds to the list of presenters for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 16 on Fox. Per the Reporter, other newly announced presenters include Marcia Cross, Ellen DeGeneres and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Related: Emmy Presenters Include Office Boss and Jack Bauer read more
Complete Seinfeld DVD Set... Yada, Yada, Yada... $284 | Today's News: Our Take | 8/22/2007
On Nov. 6, as the final batch of Seinfeld arrives on DVD, so will a boxed set boasting all nine seasons. Seinfeld: The Complete Series delivers 180 episodes on 32 discs, all for a suggested list price of $283.95 — not that there's anything wrong with that. After all, the set includes a 226-page coffee-table book filled with photos, quotes, trivia and personal reflections from Jerry Seinfeld, a compilation previously only shared by him with his cast mates. The book, in turn, contains a DVD... read more
Ask Matt | 6/22/2007
I have become more and more a fan of The New Adventures of Old Christine. I understand that CBS renewed this series, giv read more
CBS Announces Its Fall Lineup | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/16/2007
CBS announced today its 2007-2008 Fall Prime-time lineup, featuring five new series: one comedy, three dramas and one reality program. These freshman series will join the 17 returning programs on the current CBS lineup, which helped the network win the 2006-2007 season in viewers and adults 25-54, continuing its multi-year winning streak. The five new series feature bold and creative concepts, including Viva Laughlin, where drama is accented by iconic music; Cane, starring Jimmy Smits as the... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/7/2007
The New Adventures of Old Christine may be a comedy, but the season finale (airing tonight at 8:30 pm/ET) promises plent read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 4/9/2007
Combining a caustic tongue with knockabout (and knockout) vulnerability, Julia Louis-Dreyfus struck TV gold again — read more
Ask Ausiello | 3/28/2007
Is your blind item about The New Adventures of Old Christine? read more
Short Cuts: SNL, Keith Partridge, Hot Kisses and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/28/2007
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will host Saturday Night Live on March 17. Snow Patrol is musical guest.... A David Cassidy memoir in which the Partridge Family heartthrob recalls his drug use and wild romps and discusses his "oft-complimented endowment" will only be released in Britian, says the New York Daily News, as it doesn’t have a U.S. publisher.... ABC's World News with Charles Gibson was the top-rated evening newscast last week.... Naomi Watts and longtime beau Liev Schreiber are expecting... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/5/2007
If you have a 9:30 date with CBS tonight, there's bad news and good news. The New Adventures of Old Christine is still o read more
January 15, 2007: Endless Shrimp, Endless Night | New Adventures of Old Christine | 1/16/2007
I love Hamish Linklater and find him irresistibly adorable, so any time he’s on screen is a joy. Tonight’s episode was particularly enjoyable for me (and fellow Matthew fans), because we got to see him outside of Christine’s world and in his own social environment. We also got to see Christine in Matthew’s social environment. The result was a fresh look at this quirky brother-sister relationship, and Christine’s epiphany that maybe she didn’t focus enough on her... read more
January 8, 2007: Ritchie Scores | New Adventures of Old Christine | 1/9/2007
OK, so I’m a huge fan of Christine getting with Ritchie’s teacher, Mr. Harris, and it has to happen soon. I know it can’t happen right away and I like how they’re dragging it out, but I’m very excited to see what happens when they actually get together. They’ve had a lot of those almost-moments, and you know those moments are building up to something. There’s a lot of chemistry between them, which is well-played between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Blair Underwood.... read more
Acting Up on the Awards Circuit | Roush Dispatch | 1/4/2007
I guess actors don’t watch The Wire, either. Today’s announcement of the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were a bit, well, “SAG”-gy with usual suspects (not to beat up on a woman whose talk show just got mercifully canceled, but one last nod for Megan Mullally for Will & Grace seems like such ancient history). The most aggravating snub, as it has been in the list of Producers Guild and Writers Guild nominations, is a complete shut-out for HBO’s The Wire. Tied... read more
January 1, 2007: Supertramp | New Adventures of Old Christine | 1/2/2007
In tonight’s repeat of a first-season episode, we return to the arrival of Andy Richter’s Stan, nicknamed Sad Dad by the Mean Mommies. Stan was a nice enough guy, but the air of desperation he put off made me cringe. He was really very sad and just a little bit too eager. But he was also sweet, making her a mixed tape of her favorite band and complimenting her hair. So he wasn’t the hottest man that Christine could’ve picked for her first sexual partner in three years. But... read more