What About Bob? Saget's Show May Survive Away from CW
matt.mitovich
24 VIDEO: How Many Bad Days Does Kiefer Have Left in Him?
Though the start of Jack Bauer's next day-long odyssey is still a couple of months away, the clock will resume ticking this Sunday at 8 pm/ET, when Fox airs 24: Redemption, a TV-movie that bridges the gap between Seasons 6 and 7 (which was delayed a year by the WGA strike). Filmed largely in South Africa, the flick finds Jack compelled to save a group of young orphans from being recruited as soldiers into a guerilla army, all the while dodging a subpoena to appear before the U.S. Senate. Yes, all events occur in real time. But is it nearing time for Kiefer Sutherland to call it a day? Get his answer to that question, in the video appearing after the jump.
Ratings: Big Turnout for Smallville Wedding
Thursday, by the numbers: 8 pm/ETSurvivor topped the hour with 12.6 million total viewers, slipping 400K week-to-week. Ugly Betty followed with 8.3 mil (dropping 10 percent). NBC's Earl (6.75 mil) dipped 250 thou, but Kath & Kim (5.47 mil) claimed 470K extra heads. Stealing fourth place from Kitchen Nightmares, Smallville's thoroughly crashed wedding saw 4.77 million people RSVP, quite possibly setting a new season high. (This Thursday's CW ratings "asterisk"comes to us courtesy of the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh NFL game.) Update: Smallville's final audience is 4.18 mil. 9 pmBusiness as usual: CSI (18.4 million viewers, down 570 thou) drew the biggest audience, Grey's Anatomy (15.74 mil, its best numbers since the season-opener) dominated the demos. In third, The Office (8.4) inched up 220K from last week's season low, while 30 Rock (7.3 mil) lost another 210 thou. Supernatural, at 4.03 mil, appears to be up a bit over last week. (Update: Supernatural's final audience is 3.34 mil.) Reminder: No new Smallville or Supe' until Jan. 15. 10 pmEleventh Hour dropped nine percent but still bested ER for the No. 1 spot — 10.67 mil to 9.15 mil. Life on Mars, which just got an additional episode order and is moving to Wednesdays in 2009, fell 11 percent, to a smidge under eight mil.
ABC Scrubs in on Tuesdays, Mars and Addison Get Moved
Not all of the scheduling moves ABC made on Thursday carried the taint of gloom and doom. (See: "Dirty Sexy, Daisies and Eli All Goners.") The Alphabet net has announced a Tuesday, Jan. 6, premiere for Scrubs, which until now had aired on NBC. J.D., Turk and the gang will air double-episodes Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET for two weeks, before settling into a Tuesdays-at-9:30 home. In other ABC scheduling news, Life on Mars is getting moved to Wednesdays at 10 — where it will lead out of Lost (starting Jan. 28, Mars' next fresh outing). In doing so, the Thursdays-at-10 slot will be freed up for Private Practice, which will air immediately after its mother show, Grey's Anatomy starting Jan. 8. Life on Mars also has received an order for four additional Season 1 scripts, for a total of 17 thus far.
ABC, 1-2-3: Dirty Sexy, Daisies and Eli All Goners
Pop, pop, pop go all three sophomore bubbles shows at ABC. Sources tell TVGuide.com that the network has taken a pass on greenlighting any additional episodes of Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money, and that all three series will come to an end when ...
Documentary Preview: Britney Admits, "I Totally Lost My Way"
"No conversation was censored. No topic was off limits." Those words set the table for Britney: For the Record, the documentary airing exclusively on MTV and Logo Sunday, Nov. 30. Based on the first 30 minutes (screened for reporters on Thursday), those attests would seem to be true. What starts out with a folksy "day in the life" moment — dad Jamie prepares for Britney some cheese grits, which he dubs the "breakfast of champions" for Southern girls — soon segues into a series of candid close-up chats with the rollercoaster-riding pop star. From the start, no punches are pulled. Asked point blank if she "knows" that her life is "weird," Britney shakes her head and responds, "It's all I've ever known. I don't see it as being weird." "I've been through a lot the past two to three years," she goes on to say. And during that testing time, she admits.... More, after the jump.
Smallville Casting Scoop: Doomsday Scenario Brings "Legion" Heroes to Town
Think of them as FEMA, only with spandex and kicky boots. In the devastating wake of what happens at the end of this week's Smallville episode — let's just say that Davis isn't feeling like himself and Chloe is due for a helluva honeymoon — Clark's hometown is going to need a super clean-up crew. Cue the arrival of Saturn Girl (aka Imra Ardeen), Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz) and Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), all of whom travel far to tackle this task — specifically, from the 31st century.Find out who's playing the three Legionnaires, after the jump.
Ratings: Christine and Gary Fly High, Daisies Disappoints
This Wednesday's ratings rundown: 8 pm/ETBones won the hour and topped the demos, delivering 10.73 million total viewers (dipping 150K from last week's season high). Securing second was CBS' sitcombo of Old Christine (8.09 mil, +18 percent) and Gary Unmarried (8.14 mil, +21 percent), both of which surged to season highs. Knight Rider rode third with 5.12 mil. Here's where it gets sad. Despite a wave of well-wishes from its fans, Pushing Daisies mustered a mere 4.86 mil, fumbling 27 percent of its most recent audience — which, yes, was inflated by the Obamamercial — but also plunging 14 percent from the outing prior to that. Sources had been saying that the series is kaput; sources would now seem to be right. Top Model's season-ender delivered the series' best audience in nearly a year — 4.8 million viewers. 9 pmCriminal Minds soared 11 percent to win the hour with 16.38 million viewers. Private Practice (7.14 mil) dropped wildly from its last outing — which, mind you, had a DWTS results show for a lead-in — while Life (5.32 mil) slid 510 thousand. Stylista (2.16 mil) gained 430K. 10 pmCSI: NY's big Mac attack flirted with 14 million viewers (up 20 percent week-to-week), while Law & Order (7.58 mil) dipped 320K. ABC's other Wednesday bubble show, Dirty Sexy Money (5.63 mil), dipped 10 percent.
Grey's Anatomy's Kevin McKidd: Love and War Haunt Hunt
Call him the Comeback McKidd. After seeing his unsung turn in last season's underappreciated Journeyman get cut short, Scotsman Kevin McKidd got snatched up by no less than one of TV's hottest shows, ABC's Grey's Anatomy. As Dr. Owen Hunt, a now shell-shocked Iraq war veteran, McKidd has in short order rocked Cristina Yang's world and demonstrated to McDreamy and McSteamy that there's a new McSheriff in town — and you have a feeling he's just getting started. McKidd shared with TVGuide.com a look at what's ahead for Hunt, as well as reflected on time-tripping newsman Dan Vasser's truncated journey. TVGuide.com: Congratulations on being quickly promoted to a series regular on Grey's.Kevin McKidd: Oh, thank you very much. I'm very pleased and excited. TVGuide.com: Was it originally presented to you that Owen would be introduced in the season premiere, disappear for a bit, and then return a rather different man? McKidd: Yes, that was always intended, to let some time pass and ...
VIDEO: Erica Durance on Lana's Smallville Return: "You Can't Take Away Clark's First Love"
This week on the CW's Smallville (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET), Lana Lang (played by Kristen Kreuk) walks back into Clark's life, and at a most inopportune time — at least as far as Lois is concerned. "[Lois and Clark] are both discovering how and what they feel," Erica Durance previews in this video. "There is a moment when you think that they may actually admit that to each other... and then Lana comes back."What happens then? Watch Durance's new video after the jump for a preview.
Supernatural's Ruby: "I Feel Like, Deep Down, She's In Love with Sam"
Now that she's got nine episodes of Supernatural (Thursdays at 9 pm/ET, the CW) under her belt and Ruby's complicated story is beginning to be fleshed out, TVGuide.com felt the time was right to talk to former Wildfire star Genevieve Cortese about playing the double-agent demon. Might Ruby actually be in love with Sam? What sort of surprises might this week's midseason finale have in store? And what's it like shooting a love scene with Jared Padalecki? Let's find out....
Ratings: House Parties, Stone Sinks
This Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETNCIS dropped 10 percent from last week's all-time high to win the hour with 17.98 million total viewers. Though House placed second in the time slot in viewers (drawing thirteen million ... Thirteen, heh), the medical drama dominated all Tuesday programming in the demos. Dancing with the Stars' recap show delivered 11.8 mil, enjoying 13 percent growth week-to-week. Behind Biggest Loser (7.84 mil), 90210 saw a gain of 210 thousand, hitting 2.94 mil. 9 pmDancing with the Stars' penultimate results show drew 17.5 million viewers, a surge of 1.1 mil. The Mentalist placed second with 15.83 mil, dipping 630K from last week's series high. Fringe claimed third with 9.36 mil (up 480K), but topped the hour in the demos. Poor Privileged shed 290 thou, dropping to 1.58 mil. 10 pmWithout a Trace lost 340,000 heads but still bested SVU, 11.86 mil to 10.18 mil. (Stabler & Co., however, copped the best demos.) Eli Stone not only dropped again (to 6.87 mil), but for a consecutive week was stymied by significant audience erosion over the course of the hour, to the tune of 31 percent.
Fall TV Update: The Time to Feel Dirty Sexy Is Now
The cast of Dirty Sexy Money, like their ABC brethren at Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone, still anxiously await word on a back nine pick-up for the prime-time sudser's second season. And if it doesn't come soon, the Darlings will have to cash out. Speaking with TVGuide.com via satellite on Wednesday morning, Seth Gabel and William Baldwin (aka Jeremy and Patrick) confirmed that they were wrapping production ...
Did Bad Nudes Scratch Cheetah Girls from Macy's Parade?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has said, "Thanks, but no thanks" to the Cheetah Girls, dropping the Disney-branded act from this year's event in the wake of seminude photos of one group member — Adrienne Bailon, 25 — surfacing on the Internet. Officially, Macy's reps tell the New York Daily News that ...
Mega Buzz on Grey's, House, Lost, NCIS and More!
Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor answer your questions. As always, you may direct your own spoilery needs to megascoop@tvguide.com. Having Denny appear on one episode of Grey's Anatomy, because Izzie's memories were triggered by a case, is one thing. But to make him a ghostly fixture in her life and carry on some kind of romance from beyond the grave is beyond ridiculous. — EvieMATT: I hear you. Getting it on with a ghost is so circa-1981 Barbara Hershey. Now, if s-e-x between living, breathing humans is what floats your boat — and lord knows the pickings are slim if you only watch Grey's, Ghost Whisperer and Supernatural these days — Drs. Owen Hunt and Cristina Yang might soon move beyond spontaneous necking and into full-on boinking. As Kevin McKidd himself tells me, "At the end of the day, this is Grey's Anatomy, so you can bet good money on it!" (Read my full Q&A with "McArmy" on Thursday. Great Scot, he gave up crazy Journeyman scoop!) As for Izzie and Denny, that "ghost story" isn't ending any time soon, seeing as Jeffrey Dean Morgan still has a few more appearances left (says EW's Ausiello). I've missed Chase and Cameron on House, and was thrilled to see them in significant roles again. Are they more involved in future episodes? — ShaneMICKEY: Though the much-touted "hostage" episode airing Nov. 25 is kind of the Thirteen Show (Olivia Wilde is great in it), Chase and Cameron do ...
Ratings: CSI: Miami Es en Fuego!
Monday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ETEntering its penultimate week, Dancing with the Stars averaged 19.73 million total viewers over its 90-minute run. Combining for second place, CBS' Big Bang Theory (9.7 mil) dropped 300K from last week's series high, while How I Met Your Mother scored a season-high 9.84 mil. At 6.8 mil, Chuck was up nine percent, while Terminator tacked on 120 thou to hit 5.3 mil. Gossip Girl dipped 112K to hit a new series low of 2.88 mil. 9 pmTwo and a Half Men delivered a season's best 15.23 million, while lead-out Worst Week (10.37 mil) gained 650K. Samantha Who? (11.12 mil) was up a hair. Heroes slipped 240K to redefine its series low: 7.59 mil. It was followed by Prison Break (5.89 mil, up nine percent) and Tree Hill (2.73 mil, a measly audience in any era). 10 pmCSI: Miami marked 150 episodes by surging 13 percent week-to-week to hit 15.39 million, its largest audience since the season opener. Boston Legal dropped 370K, to 8.43 mil, while the recently cancelled Worst Enemy spied a new worst: 3.99 mil.
Mega Minute: House's Unlikely Hero, Smallville's Lois Update & Ghost Whisperer
Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute: • When hostages are taken on House, who takes one for Team Princeton-Plainsboro? Get a preview. • Will Smallville's Lois fight for "her man" when Lana returns to town? Erica Durance offers an answer in a brand-new video. • What other surprises are in store for Ghost Whisperer's Melinda and Jim?Watch this week's MMM after the jump!
Supernatural Casting Scoop: Is Teen Dean to Your Liking?
Following this Thursday's episode, the CW's Supernatural (like sister show Smallville) is taking a several-week break, returning with new episodes on or around Jan. 15. That's the bad news. The good news is that shortly after the series comes back, fans will get a big treat: a teenaged Dean. And filling Jensen Ackles' shoes for the flashback will be Brock Kelly, TVGuide.com has learned. In "After School Special," which is slated to air Jan. 29, Supernatural will offer a peek at ...
Should Fans Hold Out Hope for a Longer-Lasting Lipstick?
Or, to employ a different pun: Is NBC's Jungle expedition not necessarily over? Get the latest word, after the jump.
Ratings: Obama Is a Winner for 60 Minutes
This Sunday's ratings highlights: • Leading out of CBS' late-running Chargers-Steelers game coverage, Steve Kroft's sit-down with president-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave 60 Minutes its largest audience since at least 1999 — 24.5 million total viewers. That number could swell once the markets which broke in at 8 pm/ET with The Amazing Race are factored out. • NBC won the night with its coverage of the Cowboys-'Skins game, which averaged 17 mil. • CBS placed second for the night with Amazing Race (12.25 million), Cold Case (12 mil) and The Unit (9.8 mil). • While ABC's Desperate Housewives (16.5 mi) enjoyed a week-to-week gain of 840 thou, Extreme Makeover (10.2 million viewers) and Brothers & Sisters (10.07 mil) each dipped. • Fox's The Simpsons (8.52 mil, +360K), King of the Hill (seven mil, +250K) and American Dad (6.78 mil, +170K) all saw increases, while Family Guy held steady at 8.52 mil.
VIDEO: Is CSI: Miami's Delko Hot for the New M.E.?
It's not what CSI: Miami's Eric and Calleigh 'shippers want to hear, but from where new cast member Megalyn Echikunwoke sits, Dr. Tara Price might end up playing spoiler to the long-simmering romance romance 'tween the two CSIs. "Sorry to break it you fans, but ...
Exclusive Video: Britney Spears Pokes Fun at Her Father
It's Britney Spears like you have never seen her before, as the pop star turns comedienne to deliver what appears to be a dead-on impression of her cell phone-addicted pop, Jamie, in between takes of her recent video for "Womanizer" (hence her being costumed as a sexy secretary). This candid moment comes from Britney: For the Record, a documentary airing Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10 pm/ET, exclusively on MTV. Says Britney, "I wanted to make this film because ....
