Full House's Danny Tanner might be calling ABC home once again. According to Variety, the Alphabet network is in talks to save Surviving Suburbia, a comedy that was originally developed for the CW's Sunday-night lineup but as of late has been without a home. Starring Bob Saget, Cynthia Stevenson and Jere Burns, Suburbia was to premiere ...
Feel like you're sufficiently getting Lost? Here to help you each week is TVGuide.com's new "Getting Lost" video series. This latest installment finds executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof addressing three hot topics coming out of the Jan. 28 "Jughead" episode (spoiler-ish alert): In light of the shocking "introduction" made at the end of "Jughead," might the time-tripping castaways run into other (albeit younger) familiar faces? Exactly who is gun-toting tough-gal Ellie? Going against the popular consensus (which I find just a bit too pat/obvious), I run my own theory by Team Darlton. And speaking of mystery women, who is this comatose Theresa? And how big a role will she play in future episodes? Watch and discuss the Lost bosses' comments, after the jump.
'Tis the season for comedies to be casting on-screen parental units, 'twould seem. On the heels of Big Bang Theory tapping Christine Baranski to mother Leonard, My Name Is Earl recruiting Danny Glover to call Crab Man "son," Scott Bakula making a leap as Chuck's pop, and 30 Rock calling on Patti Lupone to give Frank some coddling (per EW), How I Met Your Mother has ventured forth to find the woman who gave unto the world... Barney. And it's a darn good get — Frances Conroy, of Six Feet Under fame. Get more details — including the casting of Barney's "wife"! — after the jump.
On One Tree Hill, it's almost time for production to start on the Dawson-directed movie adaptation of Lucas' book. But before a single camera starts rolling, Lucas, Peyton, Brooke, Haley and Nathan must meet ... "Lucas," "Peyton," "Brooke," "Haley" and "Nathan" — the young, CW-friendly actors who have been cast as Tree Hill's fab five. Here now, rounded up in their entirety and exclusively for TVGuide.com, is the who's who (or, more like "Who? Who? Who? Who? And who?") of the real-life actors filling those choice roles. Check 'em out, after the jump.
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETAmerican Idol led the night with 25.2 million total viewers, a 12-percent increase over last week's Obama-cized setback. NCIS placed a strong second with 19 mil, up 500K. The Biggest Loser gained eight percent, weighing in with an audience of 11 mil. 9 pmA Mentalist repeat won the hour, copping 15.13 million viewers. Placing third (behind Biggest Loser) was Fringe, which matched last week's 12.1 mil. Scrubs surged 13 percent, averaging 5.08 mil across back-to-back episodes. ("What is Elmo, a seal?") 10 pmWithout a Trace topped the hour with 12.8 million viewers, up 400K. An SVU repeat (7.1 mil) bested ABC's What Would You Do? thingamabob (6.3 mil).
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Monday's ratings, at a glance: 8 pm/ETHouse repeated as champ, delivering a new season high of 15.56 million total viewers (up 800K week-to-week). And next week's episode? Wow. Very powerful stuff. The Bachelor similarly enjoyed a season's best — 10.58 mil, up 670 thousand. NBC's Superstars of Dance placed fourth (behind CBS comedy repeats) with 6.7 mil (up 260K). 9 pm24 inched up a bit to best nearly all comers (save for a Two and a Half Men repeat) with an audience of 12.13 million. (That President Taylor gives a damn fine pep talk, doesn't she? Top Moment, I say!) Part 2 of NBC's The Last Templar miniseries dug up 8.27 million viewers, down 16 percent from its Sunday premiere. 10 pmTrailing both a CSI: Miami repeat and The Last Templar, ABC's True Beauty attracted seven million viewers (up 18 percent).
Now playing in the Mitovich Mega Minute: • How the big Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice crossover will affect one of Seattle Grace's hottest couples. • Will NCIS revisit one of McGee's old storylines? • Casting scoop for Desperate Housewives and One Tree Hill (Hint: I'm kinda hot for teacher!)Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump!
What happens when freshly minted SAG Award winners collide? To hear the New York Daily News' gossip column tell it, NBC's acclaimed 30 Rock came away with an Oscar-winning guest star in Meryl Streep. The real story, however, has proven to be different. Get the latest update, after the jump.
Nominations for the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced on Tuesday, and Gus Van Sant's Milk — which chronicles the life of gay-rights crusader Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn) — will vie for Outstanding Film honors. Joining the Oscar-nommed biopic in that race are Brideshead Revisited, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, RocknRolla and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Among the TV contenders, ABC leads the pack with six total nods, though Grey's Anatomy and its revolving door of gay/bi-curious femmes is nowhere to be seen. Instead, the Outstanding Drama race pits Brothers & Sisters against ...
Supernatural executive producer and director Kim Manners passed away Sunday night in Los Angeles, following a battle with cancer. "Everyone at Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated," series creator Eric Kripke says in a statement. "Kim was a brilliant director ...
This Sunday's ratings highlights: 7 pm/ET60 Minutes dominated with an audience of 14.16 million, kicking off the Eye's Sunday sweep in total viewers. ABC, however, led each hour in the 18-49 demo. 8 pmAn early airing of Cold Case topped the pack with 13.33 million viewers (up eight percent from its last fresh outing). Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's mission to makeover an entire town averaged 11.6 mil over its two-hour run. 9 pmThe battle of the TV-movies pitted CBS/Hallmark's Loving Leah against the first half of NBC's The Last Templar mini. With both trailing Extreme Makeover, Leah claimed second with 11.7 million viewers. Templar took third with 9.85 mil. 10 pmA repeat of Housewives' moving 100th episode drew 6.6 mil, and bested both Leah and Last Templar in demos.
Recently and repeatedly bumped by bloated editions of The Bachelor, the amnesiac Samantha Who? will say farewell to her familiar Monday confines and pair with In the Motherhood to form a new Thursday comedy block for ABC. Starting March 26, Samantha will air Thursdays at 8, where it will lead into In the Motherhood, a new comedy starring Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) and ...
In this premiere of a new recurring video series, TVGuide.com's Matt Mitovich (aka me) will get answers to the burning questions coming out of each week's episode of ABC's Lost. Here in Episode 1, I ask executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse if the time-tripping remaining castaways are at risk of running into their "younger selves." The answer? "The characters are trying to avoid [that]," says Cuse, "but they may encounter other iterations of themselves." Cuse goes on to say that Lost hopes to avoid the obvious clichés of such storytelling, pointing out that "the big problem with time travel is that if you can create multiple futures, the future doesn't have any stakes. So we're approaching [it] a little differently ... than you've seen on other shows." [CoughHeroescough] Other questions answered in this "Getting Lost": • If Jack can't get "all" of the Oceanic 6 back to the island, might the island cut him some slack? • Will some sort of wild new "frozen donkey wheel" apparatus/setpiece be involved in getting the 6 back to the island? Watch the video after the jump!
Are you buying what Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack are selling this Monday at 10 pm/ET? In the new TNT dramedy Trust Me, TV's former Ed Stevens and Will Truman play Connor and Mason, creative partners at a (modern day, ahem) ad agency. As the series kicks off, the buds' professional and personal bonds are tested by the departure of a cold body and the arrival of a hot blonde. Can TV's newest ad men draw eyeballs? Cavanagh gave us a sneak peek. TVGuide.com: I think you and I last talked during your Love Monkey days.Tom Cavanagh: That show [about an indie music label] was a massive success. [Laughs] But thank you for your support! TVGuide.com: Better to have a show go off the air and have a few people saying, "Darn it," than...Cavanagh: Yeah, we got that a lot. We shot it in New York, and ...
Molly Ringwald is pregnant with twins — one boy, one girl — and due in August, the actress tells People. This double delivery will mark the first son and second daughter for Ringwald and husband Panio Gianopoulos, who have a 5-year-old named Mathilda. A spokesperson for ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager — on which Ringwald plays Anne Juergens, the harried mother of a pregnant 15-year-old — tells People the actress' pregnancy ...
How Friday's fare fared: 8 pm/ETGhost Whisperer was the night's most watched program, delivering 11.27 million total viewers — a seven percent week-to-week increase and the series' best numbers since Nov. 22. Howie Do It dropped to third (behind 5th Grader) with 5.54 mil, and is now down 28 percent from its series premiere. 9 pmFlashpoint easily won the hour with 10.2 million viewers, matching last week's audience. Lyrics (six mil) surged 24 percent to claim second. Friday Night Lights slipped to third, dropping 11 percent from its premiere to just under four mil. 10 pmNumbers held steady with 10.86 mil, followed by 20/20 (5.57 mil) and Dateline (5.04 mil)
And let's hope for her sake, it all nets out better than the short-lived NBC reboot did! Michelle Ryan, who of course starred as EastEnders' Zoe before attempting to fill Jaime Sommers' shoes stateside, has been tapped to guest-star on a Doctor Who special premiering this spring on BBC One. In the Easter special, which is (perhaps ironically?) titled "Planet of the Dead," Ryan will play ...
Thursday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETBones made its new time-slot debut to nearly 10 million total viewers, which was plenty to top the hour. Placing third (behind an NCIS repeat) was Ugly Betty (7.54 mil). NBC's Earl did 6.5 mil (slipping 600K), while Kath & Kim fell shy of five mil. Smallville (3.8 mil) dropped 470 thou from last week's impressive return. 9 pmCSI said goodbye to 23 percent of the audience who tuned in for Grissom's goodbye, delivering 17.53 million viewers. Grey's Anatomy placed second (and topped the demos) with 14.25 mil, up 1.25 mil. NBC's The Office (8.74 mil) was up 400K, but 30 Rock (6.43 mil) dipped a bit. In fourth was a second new hour of Bones (7.52 mil). Supernatural, at 3.04 mil, was up a hair from last week. Next week: Gym shorts! 10 pmEleventh Hour (12.31 million viewers) dropped 20 percent week-to-week, while Private Practice (9.64 mil) gained a mil. ER (7.7 mil) saw a 700-thou increase.
A napkin which served as the catalyst for one of TV's funniest moments in years is being auctioned off to benefit charity. And odds are, it will make a big bang as far as bidding goes. In the Dec. 15 holiday episode of CBS' The Big Bang Theory, Penny almost literally knocked Sheldon out of his sneakers by gifting him with a Cheesecake Factory napkin autographed by Leonard Nimoy. Upon learning that the Star Trek icon also wiped his mouth with the napkin, Sheldon effuses ...
If you need an intense local sheriff to help Gibbs & Co. work a case, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better fit for the meaty role than Lance Henriksen. Awesomely, that's precisely who NCIS has nabbed to guest-star on the hit series later this season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Specifically, the star of TV's Millennium and the guy also known to sci-fi enthusiasts as Alien's Bishop will play ...
Hilary Duff, who last spring took a pass on playing 90210's Annie, truly is embracing the TV actress inside of her these days. Just weeks after being announced as the lead in Barely Legal, a new NBC comedy about the world's youngest lawyer, Duff has signed on to guest star on an upcoming episode of Ghost Whisperer. According to a rep for CBS' hit Friday-night drama, Duff will play ...
