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[2006, TV Show]

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Six strangers in New York gradually become acquainted through a series of seemingly random events.

Ask Matt | 9/14/2007
I just looked up Men in Trees on TV Guide's handy-dandy directory and was shocked and dismayed to find that it had been moved to Fridays at 10 pm/ET, the death row of the television world. Why? Any insight would be appreciated. I was really looking forward to Grey's Anatomy and Men in Trees together again. Wishful thinking, I suppose. read more
Big Deals: Nip/Tuck Raises, Bridget Loves ABC | Today's News: Our Take | 6/20/2007
Nip/Tuck stars Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon will receive seven-figure bonuses on top of their standard five-percent salary increases for the coming Season 5, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. The bump bolsters each actor's total compensation to about $125,000 for each of 22 episodes.... Once she pops out Tom Brady's progeny, Six Degrees stunner Bridget Moynahan has a deal set up at ABC wherein she will either get her own starring vehicle or be cast on one of the network's 2008-09 pilots,... read more
New Episode Available Online | Six Degrees Show Blog | 5/1/2007
Hi all. I've been checking ABC's website periodically to see when they might make a new episode available and I'm happy to report the wait it over. I'm not sure how they'll be rolling out the remaining episodes, but I'll keep you posted.If you have any comments please feel free to post them here. I'll add my two cents soon. read more
Grading My Fall 2006 Forecast: How Did I Do? | TV Matt'rs | 4/26/2007
Two of my first Trivial Matt'rs blogs were dedicated to my early thoughts on the 2006-07 TV season, and at long last I have a few minutes here to revisit that "forecast" and see how I did. This is literally the first time I have looked back at those blogs, so here we go.Brothers & SistersI said: "Expectations were modest" given "foreboding backstage shuffles," but "by the end I was pulled in." Outcome: Lotsa critical acclaim and an early Season 2 pickup by ABC!The ClassI said: "The cast... read more
ABC Calls Off Emergency, Streams Degrees | Today's News: Our Take | 4/13/2007
Poor In Case of Emergency. The ABC newbie had only one week left in its only recently extended run, but the network is yanking it on April 18 and putting a Lost repeat in its place. And speaking of dead series, the Alphabet net is adding to its website the first of the remaining five episodes of Six Degrees, on April 27. read more
Six Degrees News | Six Degrees Show Blog | 4/3/2007
You might have already heard here, but Six Degrees is off the schedule effective immediately. I'll let you know if I hear anything about plans to air the remaining episodes. read more
Mid-season Madness: Where Will It End? | Roush Dispatch | 4/3/2007
You could get whiplash trying to keep track of shows’ comings and goings during a network mid-season as chaotic and badly managed as this one is turning out to be. Some thoughts about the latest news, much of which surfaced in the trades and some of which has yet to be confirmed by the networks:First, the no-brainer: 7th Heaven is officially being laid to rest. Again. The family-friendly drama, which was brought back from cancellation a year ago when the new CW decided it needed to launch... read more
Wedding Called Off, Degrees Eighty-Sixed | Today's News: Our Take | 4/3/2007
I almost didn't use Monday's "Wedding Is Off" ratings headline out of concern that it'd better serve a cancellation announcement. But hey, I'm no cynic. Yet here we are, and Fox has indeed shut down production on David E. Kelley's The Wedding Bells after seven episodes. The show debuted strongly — then again, Supertrain would get 12 mil coming out of Idol — but saw its numbers plunge to 4.5 mil last Friday. "We've been pleased with the show creatively," Fox says in a statement. "[It]... read more
March 30, 2007: Missed Connections | Six Degrees Show Blog | 4/1/2007
Although the official name of this episode is "Get a Room," I think "Missed Connections" is more appropriate since everyone’s romantic life is out of whack. "730,000 apartments on 23 square miles of land" and everyone’s looking for love. And an apartment. Whitney, Carlos and even Steven are on the hunt for new digs. Whitney wants to get out of the place she shared with her scheming ex and “put down roots.” Carlos seems ready to have a place on his own, and Steven is... read more
Ratings: Brrr! Six Degrees Gets Cold Reception | Today's News: Our Take | 3/26/2007
A few ratings shout-outs from Friday and Sunday:• It is with a heavy heart that I report that the Friday return of ABC's Six Degrees was met by a fifth-place-worthy audience of just 4.6 million total viewers. That's compared to the 7.6 mil Degrees drew with its last fresh outing (on Thursday, Nov. 2) and the 5.63 mil a Wife Swap repeat reaped the previous Friday at 9 pm/ET.• Despite all the Tara Conner hooplah, Friday's Miss USA Pageant (7.37 million) was down a quarter mil from last... read more
March 23, 2007: Slings and Arrows | Six Degrees Show Blog | 3/25/2007
I am so happy this show is back on the air. I can remember when it aired after Grey’s Anatomy. Then Men in Trees took over that spot, and October Road is currently living there. All I can say is, I’m glad Six Degrees is back because I missed it. I’m happy to watch it whenever and wherever ABC wants to air it.If anyone is new to the show, you probably have questions. I’m going to try to summarize the show as simply and quickly as I can. There will probably be important things... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/23/2007
It was a long six months ago that Six Degrees debuted on ABC. Spinning the separate-yet-sometimes-intertwined stories of read more
Ask Matt | 3/23/2007
I've enjoyed Six Degrees and I'm glad, but very surprised, that it's coming back. Usually when a show is put on "hiatus, read more
Sports Night Alum Heats Up Six Degrees | Today's News: Our Take | 3/22/2007
Josh Charles, best known for his turns on Sports Night and in the film Dead Poet's Society, joins ABC's Six Degrees starting April 13, TVGuide.com has learned. Charles will play a man from Whitney's (Bridget Moynahan) past who will shake things up for the duration of the season, which resumes this Friday at 9 pm/ET. As part of a Six Degrees feature posting tomorrow, executive producer Stuart Zicherman describes Charles' character as "flawed, and you're not sure what he's up to," and says that... read more
ABC Uproots Trees, Reheats Six Degrees | Today's News: Our Take | 2/23/2007
To make room for October Road — a new drama about a celebrated author who returns to his hometown, and starring Bryan Greenberg, Laura Prepon and Tom Berenger — ABC is "sitting" Men in Trees effective Mar. 15, Variety reports. Trees is expected to then return in mid-April with new episodes.ABC has also announced that Six Degrees is returning, in a new, Fridays-at-9 time slot, starting Mar. 23. read more
Ask Ausiello | 1/17/2007
Is Six Degrees ever coming back? And when? read more
Lost in ABC's Serial Bowl | Roush Dispatch | 1/15/2007
So far, I’m on board with everything ABC is doing with and saying about Lost these days. As I’ve said before, I think the network is right to move the show to 10 pm/ET when it returns from hiatus on February 7—gets it out of the way of American Idol, provides a solid lead-in to the late local news, which the affiliates care about (although history tells us that many of the fans will ditch the TV to go straight to their message boards and fan sites), and keeps the network from... read more
Ask Matt | 12/4/2006
Has ABC pulled the plug on Six Degrees and The Nine? I thought they could at least give them some more time. I mean this read more
Ask Ausiello | 11/15/2006
I'm really upset Six Degrees was canceled. I actually liked that show. Well, that and Erika Christensen is hot. Is there read more
More ABC Comings and Goings | Roush Dispatch | 11/9/2006
My only question about ABC moving Men in Trees to Thursdays after Grey's Anatomy, starting Nov. 30: Why wait so long? The practical answer: ABC needs a little time to promote the move, and with Thanksgiving in the mix, it's probably more prudent to wait until after sweeps and the holiday to execute this change, which has been suggested for weeks by many an analyst (not to mention all those backseat amateur programmers who write into my "Ask Matt" mailbox). The upside: the likable romantic... read more
Ask Matt | 11/3/2006
In response to some talk in the 10/27 column regarding the post-Grey's Anatomy slot: It seems likely that ABC will want read more
Ask Matt | 10/27/2006
Since Six Degrees is tanking, why not have ABC put back Primetime at 10 pm/ET with Diane Sawyer and Chris Cuomo? This mi read more
The Back Nine: Any Other Keepers? | Roush Dispatch | 10/17/2006
ABC's Brothers & Sisters has joined the charmed, and so far rather tiny, circle of new fall series rewarded with what is known as "the back nine," as in a full-series renewal taking the original order of 13 episodes to 22 (sometimes expanded further for true breakthrough shows). At the moment, only three other shows have this honor: ABC's delightful Ugly Betty and two speculative fantasies that defied the odds to capture an early following: NBC's intriguing Heroes and, to the surprise of... read more
Ratings: Six Degrees Cools Off Further | Today's News: Our Take | 10/13/2006
The latest Thursday-night ratings race netted out the same as last week, with CBS' Survivor: Cook Islands (15.74 million viewers), ABC's Grey's Anatomy (22.82 mil) and NBC's ER (14.37 mil) topping their respective hours, and Ugly Betty (13.81 mil), CSI (21.58 mil) and Shark (14.14 mil) again proving to be formidable second-placers.The most noteworthy week-to-week movement came from Smallville (4.93 million, up 330,000) and Supernatural (3.7 mil, up 400,000), while Six Degrees, hampered yet... read more
Ask Matt | 10/9/2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is one of the best shows on TV right now, so shouldn't NBC consider moving it so it won't read more
New Season Fallout: Changes Everywhere | Roush Dispatch | 10/6/2006
Didn’t take long for the first shoes to drop this season, did it? Let’s analyze the moves network by network.CBS We start here because CBS has wielded the cancellation ax first, dropping the Sopranos-lite caper Smith immediately from the otherwise successful Tuesday lineup. Strike one for this season’s new wave of serialized dramas. Crime-drama repeats (what else?) will occupy its slot starting this Tuesday.I’m not terribly surprised. Though there was some buzz for the show... read more
A Lost Lost Opportunity for J.J. Abrams | Today's News: Our Take | 10/3/2006
Shepherding in one way or another not one (Lost) or two (Six Degrees) but three (What About Brian, returning Oct. 2) prime-time dramas this fall, J.J. Abrams' many TV obligations have caught up with him. As a result, he will not be directing the seventh episode of Lost — the first following the series' mid-season hiatus — as planned. "I was supposed to leave today for Hawaii to begin prep on an episode I was set to direct and I was dying to do — the story is just mind-blowing... read more
Ask Matt | 10/2/2006
I love your column and respect your opinion greatly. I believe you said a while ago that we are in a golden age of TV dr read more
Ask Matt | 9/29/2006
I love Men in Trees but find Six Degrees a real disappointment. Is there a chance that they will switch the time slots s read more
Ask Ausiello | 9/27/2006
I might be the last person on earth who still cares about ER ? and frankly, I'm not sure why I do ? but do you have any read more
A Gay Old Office Time | Roush Dispatch | 9/22/2006
OK, how overwhelming is Thursday-night TV? (It's only going to get worse next week when ABC's delightful Ugly Betty enters the mix.)Thanks to some preview screeners, I managed to see nearly everything that aired last night (except on Fox, which is oh-so-easy to ignore right now). And while Survivor was a snooze and ER so glum and ludicrously melodramatic that I'm once again considering throwing in the surgical towel for good (though I will check out John Stamos' arrival to see if the show will... read more
Ratings: CSI Is Taught an Anatomy Lesson | Today's News: Our Take | 9/22/2006
This is where the ratings get fun, folks. Cutting to the chase for a moment, Grey's Anatomy's new time slot (and those multiple video-playing online ads, I suppose) paid off big time, as the ABC drama bested 9 o'clock-hour stalwart CSI in their premieres' head-to-head clash. The overnight tally: Grey's 25.15 million total viewers, CSI 22 mil. Of note: CSI's most recent season finale drew 25.05 mil, whereas Grey's was watched by 20.9 mil. ABC can also claim bragging rights to the droolworthy... read more
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Betty: Part 2 | TV Matt'rs | 9/15/2006
Here now, the rest of mine own fall forecast:WednesdayThe Nine, ABC: A fun little cast of familiar faces (24's Audrey! Bailey Salinger! The shadowy Prison Break dude!) and a far-out premise make this serialized drama more than worthy of a long hard look. But the crux of the show ? What exactly happened to the nine people involved in a seemingly life-altering 52-hour bank hostage situation? ? could prove frustrating if the mad-cryptic flashbacks are only parceled out mere seconds at a time.... read more
Ask Matt | 8/21/2006
Question: Which are the top five new shows you would recommend this fall? From the previews I have read, I am mos read more
Ask Matt | 8/18/2006
Question: I am so glad to hear that Everwood creator Greg Berlanti is now collaborating with t read more
Ask Matt | 7/28/2006
I know it's still summer, but have the networks have announced tentative dates of their season premieres? As of now, the read more
Press Tour Diary: ABC Day 1 | Ausiello Report | 7/19/2006
Today's big news: I woke up to find a zit the size of a Vespa parked on my face. Good times....EXECUTIVE SESSION9:04 am: ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson is wearing blue jeans that scream "rock-star network executive!"9:06 am: McPherson announces that he's going to pressure the TV Academy to let us, the nation's top TV critics, decide next year's Emmy nominees. Hey, that was my idea! (And not to split hairs, but it's only supposed to be Matt Roush and me.)9:08 am: McPherson admits... read more
Ask Matt | 7/17/2006
I was reading about how Six Degrees is the first U.S. series to air in the U.K. during prime time in nine areas read more
Upfront Prattle: Lost, 24, Star Trek and More! | Ausiello Report | 5/17/2006
Here are some scoopy (and slightly-spoilerish) highlights from my recent Upfront adventures. At ABC's after party yesterday, a little birdie told me that there was a reason Lost baddie Michael Emerson (Henry Gale) made the trek to New York with the rest of the cast to shmooze with advertisers: He's returning next season as a series regular. 24's Kim Raver — now one of the stars of ABC's new drama The Nine — had this to say about Monday's two-hour finale: "It is unbelievable, and it... read more
Grey's to Thursday! ABC's Official Fall Sked! | Ausiello Report | 5/16/2006
ABC's official fall schedule just crossed the wires and those crazy kids over at the Alphabet net are moving Grey's Anatomy to Thursdays at 9 pm. The complete press release is below.ABC UNVEILS 2006-07 PRIMETIME SCHEDULESix New Comedies, Six New Dramas and Three New Alternative SeriesWill Join a Slate of Returning ShowsNew Series Include “Betty the Ugly,” “Big Day,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Day Break,” “Help Me Help You,” “In Case of... read more