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CBS Renews 18 Shows – But What's Missing?

• Mar 13, 2014 02:00 PM ET
• by Liz Raftery

One day after ordering three more seasons of The Big Bang Theory, CBS has given early renewals to 18 more shows for the 2014-2015 season.

After Another Lackluster Season, Can the Network Sitcom Be Saved?

• Mar 13, 2014 10:02 AM ET
• by Michael Schneider

This was supposed to be the year that popular stars Michael J. Fox, Sean Hayes and Robin Williams triumphantly returned to television and saved the sitcom. But of these three, only Williams is still on the air — and his new show, CBS' The Crazy Ones, is more "solid" than "smash."

"It's hard to launch comedy even in the best of circumstances," says NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt. And network TV circa 2014 is not experiencing the best of circumstances. NBC pulled The Michael J. Fox Show and Sean Saves the World off the network's Thursday night lineup this winter after both shows attracted just around 3 million viewers a week. (Michael J. Fox's remaining episodes may still air.

CBS Renews The Big Bang Theory for Three More Seasons

• Mar 12, 2014 12:58 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

CBS has given The Big Bang Theory a three-season renewal, the network announced Wednesday.

The decision comes after Big Bang's current seventh season garnered its highest ratings to date, averaging 19.79 million viewers and a 6.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic.

Ask Matt: Cards Spoilers, Mom, Blacklist, NCIS's 250th and More

• Mar 3, 2014 09:24 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Question: When dealing with shows like House of Cards (in which an entire season is available at one time), what's your opinion on how spoilers should be discussed? Is every episode fair to be talked about as soon as the season comes out? Should no spoilers be talked about for, say, a week and then every episode is fair game? Or would you treat it more like a traditional series and discuss only one episode at a time? On the receiving end, do you just avoid all spoilers until you've finished watching the entire season? I'm mainly asking this because I'm only up to episode 6 of the new season of House of Cards and am avoiding any article with a spoiler alert, because I don't know just which episodes they may be spoiling. (Thankfully, so far the biggest spoiler I could have had ruined was a very shocking moment in the first episode. I don't gasp very often at a TV show, but I did then.) — Scott

Saturday Night Live: Colin Jost Makes His "Weekend Update" Debut

• Mar 2, 2014 11:19 AM ET
• by Liz Raftery

Saturday Night Live has been on hiatus for a month... and this is the best they could come up with?

The episode that marked the debut of Seth Meyers' replacement Colin Jost at the "Weekend Update" desk was disappointingly low on laughs, featuring one-joke sketches that went on too long (see: Aidy Bryant's hefty Tinkerbell stand-in "Tonkerbell"). Even Kate McKinnon's typically hilarious Ellen impersonation was a bit lackluster. As far as "Weekend Update," there are of course going to be some growing pains in that department but... we miss Seth already.