ABC has pulled Day Break and Show Me the Money from its programming. Doubtful either will come back.
Help Me, Help You also had its new episode this week pulled from the schedule due to low ratings.
ABC has decided to not try to use Lost to lead into a show anymore as it hasn't worked in two years and will move the show to 9pm CST when it returns from the planned hiatus. A nice side effect: it won't air against American Idol.
Sadly, the promising Knights of Prosperity will air against Idol-- and will probably get trounced and cancelled quickly.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Awards Season Has Begun
The AFI Top Ten TV programs of the year were:
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
Elizabeth I
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
The Office
South Park
24
The West Wing
The Wire
Not a bad list. The panel of critics, AFI trustees, academics, and industry professionals chose from the best fictional narrative programming of the year to compile their ten best. The discussions for the list are secret in order to preserve the list and allow the panel to debate freely. That's probably why the list includes only the best-- and not weird calls like the Golden Globes and Emmys can have.
Speaking of the Golden Globes, the major TV-related nominations were:
Best Drama Series
24
Big Love
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
Lost
Best Actress in a Drama:
Patricia Arquette
Edie Falco
Evangeline Lilly
Ellen Pompeo
Kyra Sedgwick
Best Actor in a Drama:
Patrick Dempsey
Michael C. Hall
Hugh Laurie
Bill Paxton
Kiefer Sutherland
Best Comedy:
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds
Best Actress in a Comedy:
Marcia Cross
Felicity Huffman
America Ferrera
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mary-Louise Parker
Best Actor in a Comedy:
Alec Baldwin
Zach Braff
Steve Carell
Jason Lee
Tony Shalhoub
Supporting Actress:
Emily Blunt
Toni Collette
Katherine Heigl
Sarah Paulson
Elizabeth Perkins
Supporting Actor:
Thomas Hayden Church
Jeremy Irons
Justin Kirk
Masi Oka
Jeremy Piven
And here we see some of the problems with a five-nominee process with an eventual winner: you just can't win. Where's Deadwood? Sally Field? The Shield? Kyle Chandler? Michael Chiklis? Scrubs? My Name is Earl?
I think the AFI has it right by picking ten shows to say were the cream of the crop for the year-- many of which need a little recognition.
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
Elizabeth I
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
The Office
South Park
24
The West Wing
The Wire
Not a bad list. The panel of critics, AFI trustees, academics, and industry professionals chose from the best fictional narrative programming of the year to compile their ten best. The discussions for the list are secret in order to preserve the list and allow the panel to debate freely. That's probably why the list includes only the best-- and not weird calls like the Golden Globes and Emmys can have.
Speaking of the Golden Globes, the major TV-related nominations were:
Best Drama Series
24
Big Love
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
Lost
Best Actress in a Drama:
Patricia Arquette
Edie Falco
Evangeline Lilly
Ellen Pompeo
Kyra Sedgwick
Best Actor in a Drama:
Patrick Dempsey
Michael C. Hall
Hugh Laurie
Bill Paxton
Kiefer Sutherland
Best Comedy:
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds
Best Actress in a Comedy:
Marcia Cross
Felicity Huffman
America Ferrera
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mary-Louise Parker
Best Actor in a Comedy:
Alec Baldwin
Zach Braff
Steve Carell
Jason Lee
Tony Shalhoub
Supporting Actress:
Emily Blunt
Toni Collette
Katherine Heigl
Sarah Paulson
Elizabeth Perkins
Supporting Actor:
Thomas Hayden Church
Jeremy Irons
Justin Kirk
Masi Oka
Jeremy Piven
And here we see some of the problems with a five-nominee process with an eventual winner: you just can't win. Where's Deadwood? Sally Field? The Shield? Kyle Chandler? Michael Chiklis? Scrubs? My Name is Earl?
I think the AFI has it right by picking ten shows to say were the cream of the crop for the year-- many of which need a little recognition.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Premieres & Notables Dec 18- Dec 24
It's the week before Christmas, so not much is new. Use this time to catch up on the tapes, DVR shows, DVDs, books, magazines, etc that have piled up since September. Or hang with your family/friends.
Monday, 12/18
Identity, NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Penn Jillette (of "Penn & Teller" and Penn & Teller's Bullsh**!) hosts this game show where contestants try to match character traits to 12 strangers. Sounds lame, but Jellette is a fantastic entertainer. May be worth checking out. This show airs on NBC every night this week; 8 pm on Monday and 7 pm on Tues-Fri.
Jenna ("Pam") Fisher of The Office is a guest on Craig Ferguson's late night show.
Saturday, Dec 23
FX has a 13-hour block of Christmas-themed episodes of various shows:
6 am-6:30: Dharma and Greg
6:30 am- 9:00: Spin City
9:00 am- 11:00: Fear Factor
11:00 am- 2:30 pm: Married With Children (Classic Episodes "It's a Bundyful Life Pt 1 & 2" guest starring Sam Kinison air 11:30-12:30).
2:30 pm-5:00: King of the Hill
5:00 pm- 7:00: That '70s Show
Sunday, 12/24
It's a Wonderful Life; NBC. 7 pm CST
The classic holiday movie.
Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; G4. 6:30 pm
If you're not into the "Ho ho ho" thing.
And lots of marathons. I'll list what TV Guide has, but it may be best to check out the marathons you may be interested in online at the network website just to be sure.
Nickelodeon: 16 hours of seasonal cartoons starting at 5 am.
Discovery: 18 hours of Dirty Jobs starting at 8 am.
AMC: 18 hours of the classic Miracle on 34th Street, beginning at 11 am.
ABC Family: 12 hours of Rankin Bass classics; 11 am.
Speed: 15-1/2 hrs of Nascar Beyond the Wheel; noon.
TV Land: 24 hours of Christmas episodes of classic shows; 5 pm.
TBS: The yearly 24-hour non-stop airing of A Christmas Story; 7 pm.
FX: Ice Age-- interspersed with other programming-- for 20 hours; 7 pm.
Court TV: 4 hours of COPS; 7 pm.
Or there's football of course. I may finally check out the man who's kicked major ass for me in Fantasy Football all year, LaDainian Tomlinson, when his Chargers face the Seahawks at 3:15 pm. He's been on a massive record-breaking year, and from what I've seen and heard others say about him, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. No BS touchdown dances and "look at me, look at me" shenanagins; just an amazing player who lets his work speak for him.
Sadly, I won't be personally invested in the game as I just lost my semi-final game this week (not LT's fault-- my receivers suuuuucked) and my work league will not enjoy my presence in the Championship game. Boo!
But I all but wrapped up the Championship in my other league (with a monster performance by Mr. Tomlinson). Pray for a low-performing game tomorrow night with the Bengals vs. the Colts. I've got 80 points on my opponent, but she's got three heavy-hitters in the game to my one decent player.
Monday, 12/18
Identity, NBC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Penn Jillette (of "Penn & Teller" and Penn & Teller's Bullsh**!) hosts this game show where contestants try to match character traits to 12 strangers. Sounds lame, but Jellette is a fantastic entertainer. May be worth checking out. This show airs on NBC every night this week; 8 pm on Monday and 7 pm on Tues-Fri.
Jenna ("Pam") Fisher of The Office is a guest on Craig Ferguson's late night show.
Saturday, Dec 23
FX has a 13-hour block of Christmas-themed episodes of various shows:
6 am-6:30: Dharma and Greg
6:30 am- 9:00: Spin City
9:00 am- 11:00: Fear Factor
11:00 am- 2:30 pm: Married With Children (Classic Episodes "It's a Bundyful Life Pt 1 & 2" guest starring Sam Kinison air 11:30-12:30).
2:30 pm-5:00: King of the Hill
5:00 pm- 7:00: That '70s Show
Sunday, 12/24
It's a Wonderful Life; NBC. 7 pm CST
The classic holiday movie.
Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; G4. 6:30 pm
If you're not into the "Ho ho ho" thing.
And lots of marathons. I'll list what TV Guide has, but it may be best to check out the marathons you may be interested in online at the network website just to be sure.
Nickelodeon: 16 hours of seasonal cartoons starting at 5 am.
Discovery: 18 hours of Dirty Jobs starting at 8 am.
AMC: 18 hours of the classic Miracle on 34th Street, beginning at 11 am.
ABC Family: 12 hours of Rankin Bass classics; 11 am.
Speed: 15-1/2 hrs of Nascar Beyond the Wheel; noon.
TV Land: 24 hours of Christmas episodes of classic shows; 5 pm.
TBS: The yearly 24-hour non-stop airing of A Christmas Story; 7 pm.
FX: Ice Age-- interspersed with other programming-- for 20 hours; 7 pm.
Court TV: 4 hours of COPS; 7 pm.
Or there's football of course. I may finally check out the man who's kicked major ass for me in Fantasy Football all year, LaDainian Tomlinson, when his Chargers face the Seahawks at 3:15 pm. He's been on a massive record-breaking year, and from what I've seen and heard others say about him, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. No BS touchdown dances and "look at me, look at me" shenanagins; just an amazing player who lets his work speak for him.
Sadly, I won't be personally invested in the game as I just lost my semi-final game this week (not LT's fault-- my receivers suuuuucked) and my work league will not enjoy my presence in the Championship game. Boo!
But I all but wrapped up the Championship in my other league (with a monster performance by Mr. Tomlinson). Pray for a low-performing game tomorrow night with the Bengals vs. the Colts. I've got 80 points on my opponent, but she's got three heavy-hitters in the game to my one decent player.
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