First Look: TLC's Extreme Couponing Returns for Season Four
Exclusive: Jimmy Kimmel Live Producer on Their Harrowing Week in Brooklyn
Jimmy Kimmel has already braved Oprah, the White House Correspondents Dinner and the Emmy Awards this year — so why not cap it off with a hurricane in New York? Of all the weeks to be broadcasting live from New York City, Jimmy Kimmel Live happened to be in Brooklyn for a week of shows when Hurricane Sandy hit.
Led By The Walking Dead, Cable Ups Its Game Vs. Broadcast This Fall
The zombie apocalypse has upended the entire TV business. AMC's The Walking Dead is now the No. 1 entertainment series on TV among adults 18-49 — a landmark accomplishment for a cable show, particularly in the fall.The first three episodes of The Walking Dead's Season 3 have attracted at least 6.5 million viewers in that key advertiser demographic, beating everything else on TV — even mainstream hits like Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory.
Watch My Show: Phineas and Ferb's Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh Answer Showrunner Survey
There are 104 days of summer vacation, but Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb has already been on many more adventures than that — nearly 175, and counting. The hit animated series' latest episode ("This is Your Backstory"), which premieres this Friday at 9/8c, explores the life of evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz via an odd reality show hosted by his giant human robot, Norm. Phineas and Ferb has become a major franchise for Disney, spawning merchandise, theme park attractions, a TV-movie, soundtracks and soon (in 2014), a feature film. The brainchild of Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Phineas and Ferb balances the story of two young stepbrothers who go on adventures via their fantastical inventions with the tale of their pet platypus Perry, a secret agent who fights the bumbling Doofenshmirtz. The show's rich backstory, pop culture parodies and recurring irreverent gags have made Phineas and Ferb a hit with adults as well as kids. Povenmire and Marsh filled out our TV Guide Magazine showrunner survey to explain why watching Phineas and Ferb should be what we do today.
Sarah Shahi to Guest Star on NBC's Chicago Fire
Fairly Legal star Sarah Shahi will soon be heating things up on NBC's Chicago Fire. The actress has signed on to appear in at least five episodes of the Dick Wolf-produced drama....
The Late Show That Almost Wasn't: The Backstory to Letterman's Hurricane Shows
Nevermind the hurricane, the show must go on — and it did Monday night at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where David Letterman hosted CBS' Late Show to an audience of zero. "It was very strange for all of us to be standing there and watching the show, with all of it looking the same, except for...
Exclusive: Disney Channel to Premiere New Princess Franchise Sofia the First
Disney Channel will roll out Disney's first "little girl princess" franchise, Sofia the First, via a new animated TV movie set to air next month. Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess will premiere...
First Look: How One of TLC's Extreme Cheapskates Freezes His Assets — Literally
This could be the most unusual profile yet on TLC's Extreme Cheapskates. This week's episode (Tuesday at 10/9c), introduces viewers to Roy, who literally freezes his assets to prevent his wife from spending money.
Exclusive: Disney XD Celebrates 'Pranksgiving' With Two New Shows
It's April Fools in November on Disney XD, which is celebrating the art of the practical joke throughout the month, including the launch of new hidden camera series Just Kidding. The show, hosted by YouTube personality Zach Fox, launches on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7/6c. The channel will also start airing episodes of sister Disney Channel's Code: 9.
Exclusive: G4 to End Attack of the Show and X-Play
As G4 finalizes plans for a channel makeover in 2013, the young male-skewing network will conclude the runs of its two signature series, Attack of the Show and X-Play. Both long-running shows will wrap up production at the end of this year.Attack of the Show and X-Play will continue to roll out new episodes through December...
Despite Their Efforts, Friday Night's Not All Right For The Networks
The networks still aren't lighting up Friday nights. Attempts this fall to reclaim the night with original scripted programming were over before they even began: Fox punted Touch to January; NBC yanked Whitney and Community at the very last minute; and the first cancellation of fall was CBS' Friday drama dud Made in Jersey."It all comes back to a lot of changing viewership habits," says Andy Kubitz, ABC Entertainment Group's executive vice president of program planning and scheduling. "People aren't staying around to watch TV on Fridays."Viewership on the night has grown fragmented...
Fall TV Analysis: The No. 1 TV Network Is Now The DVR
There's a new No. 1 network in primetime, and no, it's not NBC. Or CBS. Or any of the traditional networks. If the digital video recorder were a network — with you, the viewer, as chief programmer — it would rank as tops among total viewers and in the key young-adult demographics.
First Look: One of TLC's Extreme Cheapskates Gets By Without Using the Toilet
You think you're frugal? You've probably got nothing on the people profiled in TLC's new series Extreme Cheapskates, which is back for a second episode tonight at 10/9c. TLC has ordered six episodes of the show, which features penny pinchers as they dumpster dive and reuse toilet paper, among other things, to save a few bucks.
TNT Orders Six Episodes of Frank Darabont's Period L.A. Noir Drama
The ambitious L.A. noir drama developed by The Walking Dead's Frank Darabont has landed a series order at TNT. The cable network has ordered six episodes of the untitled show, which stars Walking Dead alum Jon Bernthal as Joe Teague, an ex-Marine turned LAPD cop during the city's rough-and-tumble 1940s.
Watch My Show: Nashville's Callie Khouri Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Nashville executive producer Callie Khouri has not only spent time living in Nashville, she's also married to a decorated music industry vet — Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician/record producer T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart). It's those bona fides that give the Thelma and Louise screenwriter the cred to create her first TV show. The music-heavy new drama (Wednesdays, 10/9c, ABC), starring Connie Britton as an aging country superstar and Hayden Panettiere as her young, pop-centric rival, was named best new show by just about every critic this fall. Khouri answered our showrunner survey to explain why we should saddle up to Nashville...
How Scripted TV Is Covering the Election
Norman Lear's ears must be burning. Rather than shy away from the most contentious presidential race in recent memory, a handful of TV shows are addressing the November election head-on — all while using Lear's groundbreaking 1970s sitcoms, like All in the Family, as a template for how to incorporate politics....
Watch My Show: Ben and Kate's Dana Fox Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Dana Fox was working on New Girl last year when she came up with the idea of developing a show loosely based on her brother, Ben (he's currently an ad exec but years ago was a bit of a free spirit). The siblings' real-life relationship forms the basis of Fox's Ben and Kate, (Tuesdays, 8:30/7:30c). Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson star as the brother-sister duo who bicker but ultimately lean on each other for support. Fox filled out our showrunner survey to explain why Ben and Kate deserves some brotherly love....
Mockingbird Lane's Bryan Fuller: Don't Count Out a Series Order Just Yet
Bryan Fuller isn't giving up on Mockingbird Lane. Now that NBC plans to air the pilot as a special later this month, it appeared that the network had thrown in the towel on its Munsters redux. But Fuller—who's in Canada overseeing NBC's upcoming take on Hannibal—tells TV Guide Magazine that he remains bullish on Mockingbird, and thinks Halloween is a perfect time to get viewers on board. "Such a different show merits a different way of getting it out to the audience," he says. "There's been tremendous support to get it out there and get people to see it, and have them make up their own minds," he says. Fuller's modern take on The Munsters—starring Jerry O'Connell and Portia de Rossi as Herman and Lily Munster, and Eddie Izzard as Grandpa—wasn't ordered to series but instead will air as a one-hour special on Oct. 26 at 8/7c. That could be the end of the long-percolating project, which had been in the works for years...
Exclusive: TNT Cancels Reality Competition Series The Great Escape
TNT has decided not to move forward with a second season of The Great Escape, TV Guide Magazine has learned. The series was TNT's first foray into reality competition, and kicked off a commitment by the cable network to get into unscripted programming in a big way. But...
Exclusive: HGTV Orders 91 More Episodes of House Hunters International
Can't get enough of guilty TV pleasure House Hunters International? Have no fear: TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively that HGTV just ordered a whopping 91 additional episodes of the show — making a grand total of 598 episodes produced by Leopard Films USA since 2009.
Exclusive: The Hub Goes Wall-to-Wall Transformers Prime on November 1
As Season 2 of Transformers Prime comes to a close, the robots in disguise are taking over The Hub for a full day. The kids' network will announce the "26-Hour Transformers Prime Network Takeover" on Thursday at New York Comic-Con. Starting at 5:30/4:30c on Thursday, November 1 and all the way up to the season two finale on...
Community's New Showrunners On The Show's Future and Replacing Dan Harmon
It's the first day of October and a sweltering 108 degrees on the Paramount lot, where NBC's fan favorite sitcom Community films. And yet, meeting for a coffee near the show's soundstage, new executive producers Moses Port and David Guarascio aren't breaking a sweat. Community has already shot half of its 13 episodes for fall, and Port and Guarascio have...
