Fox believes in reincarnation — or at least the idea of a mystery series incorporating the notion of past lives.With its official upfront presentation slated for Monday, Fox has picked up Past Life, its third new series order this week. Previously, the network greenlit the DC Comics-inspired Human Target and the comedy Sons of Tucson, as well as renewed Fringe and Lie to Me.Past Life revolves around ...
Lest anyone miss it, you are hereby reminded that CSI: NY's season finale airs this Thursday at 10 pm/ET, on CBS. Series star Melina Kanakaredes came by TVGuide.com to preview the season-ender, in which one team member breathes his or her final breath. "Listen, someone dies every episode," she says, "but it's not always that ...
Wednesday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETThe recently renewed Lie to Me's season finale led the hour with 8.36 million total viewers, dipping 320K week-to-week. CBS' sitcombo of Rules of Engagement (6.38 mil) and Old Christine (6.54 mil) placed second. Trailing the Lost clip show and Law & Order: CI, the America's Next Top Model finale drew 4.23 mil, up 410 thou. 9 pmAmerican Idol's reveal of the Top 2 drew 23.99 mil, inching up 420K. Criminal Minds copped second with 13.03 mil, down 8 percent. Lost's penultimate (sigh...) season finale averaged 9.31 million viewers over its two-hour run, marking a gain of 600K week-to-week and the series' best numbers since April 1. 10 pmCSI: NY was No. 1 with an audience of 12.18 mil, down 9 percent. (Reminder: The season finale airs tonight at 10!) Law & Order lagged behind Lost with 7.82 mil, slipping 320K.Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com. Also, follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Reaper may live to see another day — even though one of its lead actors has booked a new job, it stands as the CW's lowest-rated hour-long show, and the netlet is eyeing several sexed-up pilots (the new Melrose Place included) for the fall. Reaper, which wraps up its second season on May 26, could get plucked from the ashes if ABC Studios, which produces it, is able to ...
When it comes to promoting Grey's Anatomy's two-hour season finale (airing Thursday at 9 pm/ET, ABC), Chyler Leigh delivers... and then some. Not two weeks after welcoming her third child into the world, Leigh took to talking up the season-ender, in which big twists surely are ahead for the likes of Izzie and perhaps George, sure, but also Lexie and her sweet romance with Mark. After the jump, Leigh offers a glimpse at what's on tap this week, reflects on the romance that was not meant to be, and shares her take on two possible goodbyes.
"Lucifer Rising," the closer to Supernatural's penultimate season, is almost here. But until Thursday night rolls around, here are two more clips teasing what's to come. Whereas our previous video shared insight into Sam's reeling mind, these two previews focus on Dean. Make the jump and enjoy!
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol's Top 3 performed for 21.79 million total viewers, dipping 7 percent week-to-week. NCIS netted second for the hour, with 15.78 mil (down 6 percent). The Biggest Loser packed 'em in, averaging 11.76 mil over its bloated three-hour finale. That's a 29 percent surge from last week, and NBC's best Tuesday-night demo delivery, excluding the Olympics, since Dec. 6, 2005. Trailing ABC's According to Jims, Reaper inched up a bit to flirt with 2 mil. 9 pmThe Mentalist topped the hour with 16.11 mil, down 570K, followed by Dancing with the Stars' results show (13.75 mil, down 810 thou). Boosted by some (seemingly unavoidable) Idol overrun, the Fringe finale drew 11.22 mil (up 21 percent week-to-week). But to keep things in perspective, Fringe finished the hour with an audience of 8.9 mil. 90210 dialed up 2.05 mil, up 210K. 10 pmWithout a Trace (13.43 mil) was No. 1 in total viewers, surging 14 percent, while Biggest Loser (13.18 mil for the hour) dominated the demos. ABC's Cupid closer targeted 5.5 mil, up 7 percent. Maybe we'll get a second reboot in another 10 years?Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com. Also, follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Goodbye Leyton, hello .... Clayton? Less than 24 hours after word broke that neither Chad Michael Murray nor Hilarie Burton will be returning for One Tree Hill's seventh season, there is new intel on exactly who will be filling the void.Though early reports suggested that only two new faces would be arriving in Tree Hill, it looks like we might get three, based on casting call info obtained by Spoiler TV.For starters, there's ...
Fox, which is set to announce its complete fall plan at its May 18 "upfront" presentation and just recently renewed Fringe, has proactively filled in a few more blanks. The network on Tuesday ordered a second, 13-episode season of the midseason entry Lie to Me, starring Tim Roth and Kelli Williams. Lie to Me will undergo one change for its sophomore run ...
Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.I know you guys have some hints about Lost's finale. Don't hold out. — JosephTIM: ABC's promos spoil that Sawyer, Kate and Juliet return to the island, so we asked Patrick Fischler (aka the Dharma Initiative's Phil) what could possibly turn the sub around. "Let me see, how do I put this? Sawyer," he said. Fischler says Phil plays an "interesting part" in a season finale that answers lots of questions, but ends with a game-changing cliff-hanger. Might Phil face the music for belting Juliet last week? "I think Sawyer may have to have a little payback," says Fischler. Look for our full Q&A with the actor, whose credits also include Southland and Mad Men, next week. What can you spill about the Grey's Anatomy season finale? Are we definitely saying goodbye to George and T.R. Knight? — KellieMATT: Yes, there are rumors swirling that the finale not only paves the way for George's departure ...
The pieces are being moved into place as ABC's Lost tees up its two-hour season finale (Wednesday, starting at 9 pm/ET). While Jack and Sayid pal around with Jughead and submariner Sawyer and his ladies somehow manage an about-face, Ben has been left to join Locke on a journey to meet — and perhaps kill — the mysterious and mighty Jacob. Michael Emerson, who previously has described the season-ender as "explosive," shared a cryptic look at what exactly it beholds. TVGuide.com: We have two hours left in the season. Is it going to take Locke, Ben and Richard 119 minutes to get to Jacob?Michael Emerson: It's going to take a while. I mean, we've been making our way to Jacob for a long, long time. I think we can last a little bit longer. TVGuide.com: Is it safe to say we will meet him in this finale?Emerson: Jacob is certainly ...
Alanis Morissette will bring her alt-rock sensibility to Showtime's Weeds this season, playing Dr. Audra Kitson, a "no-nonsense obstetrician" who treats pregnant Nancy. Morissette will appear in at least ...
If you're a "Leyton" fan, pay close attention to next week's One Tree Hill season finale, because it may very well be the last you will ever see of your favorite brand-newlyweds. Following weeks of contract negotiations and publicly made hints that a shake-up was afoot, Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton will not ...
Monday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETDancing with the Stars averaged 18.3 million total viewers over its two-hour run, down 10 percent week-to-week. The House season finale placed second in the hour with 12.33 million, gaining 200K. Or so we think. (Who can be sure of anything anymore?) CBS' Big Bang Theory wrapped up its second season with 9.8 mil (its biggest audience since April 13), while lead-out How I Met Your Mother (8.7 mil) slipped 200 thou. Gossip Girl (2.33 mil) inched up 100K. 9 pmCBS' Two and a Half Men (12.9 mil) and Rules of Engagement (10.13 mil) dropped 8 and 10 percent, respectively, while 24 held steady at 10 mil. Medium's back-to-back episodes this time around averaged 6.77 mil, down 450K. One Tree Hill matched last week's 2.28 mil. (An aside: OTH recapper Robyn Ross, who is screening the season finale today, just IM'd me to say, "It rocks!" Crave elaboration? Email Mega Buzz.) 10 pmCSI: Miami topped the hour with an audience of 13.37 million (down 360K), while ABC's Castle closed the book on its freshman run with another increase — 550K — to deliver 10.55 mil. Does anyone else smell a renewal...?Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com.
With ABC, CBS, Fox and the CW holding their upfront presentations during the week of May 18 — and NBC set to reveal the rest of its own 2009-10 plan on May 19 — the pilots for a slew of prospective series are getting their final looks. Among the surprising let-downs? NBC took a pass on David E. Kelley's Legally Mad — and owes Warner Bros. TV a seven-figure penalty payment for doing so. It also turned down Dick Wolf's Lost & Found, a cop drama starring Katee Sackhoff. Though there has been talk in the trades that NBC might avoid the Legally Mad penalty by instead granting Warner Bros.' Chuck a pick-up, the action-comedy's creator ...
There are just two episodes to go in this season of CBS' NCIS, and playing a sizable role in them is Michael Rivkin, the Mossad agent who last week surfaced in bed alongside Ziva. This Tuesday, Tony finally gets some quality face time with Rivkin, and it's unlikely either gent will be smiling. Merik Tadros, who plays Rivkin, shared a look at what's to come. TVGuide.com: So, the elusive Michael Rivkin is now among us....Merik Tadros: [Laughs] Yes, apparently so. TVGuide.com: Did they tell you, back during [the Season 6 premiere] "Last Man Standing," that they had plans for you to return, but that you'd have to sit tight?Tadros: The way they set it up, I figured I would make some sort of comeback at one point, but I never knew when it was going to be. I had no idea. TVGuide.com: You have not exactly endeared yourself to fans landing in bed with Ziva.Tadros: Yeah, I had a sense that people would probably be angry ...
Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute: • As 24 stages another enjoyable showdown 'tween warring computer wonks Chloe and Janice, the question looms: Might Janeane Garofalo be kept around for next season? I've got Mary Lynn Rajskub's take on her real-life gal pal's possible encore. • If Cold Case gets picked up for seventh season, what new ordeals await Lilly Rush? Kathryn Morris shares a sneak peek. • And as Lost's two-hour season-ender nears, I have to wonder: Can Jacob even be killed, as Locke aspires to do? Michael Emerson shares his qualified (and always-entertaining) two cents. Watch and dicuss the new MMM after the jump!
Sunday's ratings snippets: 8 pm/ETAn audience of 10.43 million total viewers looked on as The Amazing Race crossed its latest finish line. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed with 8.2 mil (slipping 11 percent week-to-week). The three(!)-hour Celebrity Apprentice finale averaged 8.73 mil (on par with last week) but surged in the 10 o'clock hour to... well, you'll see what it accomplished a few seconds later in this story. 9 pmDesperate Housewives' penultimate episode of the season drew 12.13 mil, plunging 10 percent from last week. In second, Cold Case concluded its sixth cycle before an audience of 11.78 mil, dipping 680K. 10 pmThe final hour of the Apprentice finale played to 10.24 million viewers, besting the season enders for both The Unit (9.66 mil, down 300K) and Brothers & Sisters (8.84 mil, down 270K). That hissing sound you hear is the Donald's ego re-inflating.Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com. Also, follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg have come up with another gift that just keeps on giving. Having previously delivered the Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live digital short "D**k In a Box," the singer host and funnyman collaborated once again for this weekend's show. In "Motherlover," JT and Samberg's hirsute alter egos decide that, having forgotten to shop for Mother's Day, they'll "take care" of each other's moms. Yes, in that way. Suffice it to say, this viral clip contains barely bleeped obscenities and mature subject matter. Perhaps the best part? Playing said about-to-get-lucky moms are Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson. In his encore as guest host, Timberlake also brought back The Barry Gibb Talk Show (with a visiting Jimmy Fallon), reprised his singing street pitchman, and performed with musical guest Ciara (who sure knows how to do a split.)Watch "Motherlover" after the jump.
How Friday's fare fared: 8 pm/ET Ghost Whisperer topped the hour with 9.35 million total viewers, dipping 320K week-to-week. (Next week: Season finale!) Prison Break trailed ABC's Happy Feet to claimed third with 3.03 mil, down 5 percent. (Next week: Series finale!) 9 pm Flashpoint was first with 8.64 million viewers, down 10 percent. Finishing fourth, Dollhouse dropped 11 percent to wrap up its first (only?) season with a series-low audience of 2.76 mil. 10 pm Numbers was the night's most watched program, adding up 9.52 mil. (Next week: Season finale!)Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com.
For the few of you who have recovered from "When the Levee Breaks," it's time now to start prepping for Supernatural's Season 4 finale. And here is a sneak peek. Airing May 14, "Lucifer Rising" finds the brothers nearing the end of their long-dreaded (by fans) collision course. Here is the official logline for the season-ender: "Dealing with the aftermath of a newly created, crushing rift in their relationship, Sam and Dean each race down a different path to try to stop the impending apocalypse from happening. Guest stars include Jim Beaver as Bobby, Genevieve Cortese as Ruby, Misha Collins as Castiel, Katherine Boecher as Lilith, Kurt Fuller as Zachariah and Rob Benedict as Chuck. As reminded in this week's Mega Buzz, "Lucifer Rising" was written and directed by series creator Eric Kripke. Make the jump to watch a tormented Sam confabs with Ruby about what he "must do."
Marking its second fall season pick-up in as many days, ABC has granted a 13-episode order to Flash Forward, an action-drama based on Robert J. Sawyer's novel of the same name. Starring Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love), Flash Forward chronicles the aftermath of a global event in which everyone in the world blacks out for ...
