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Re: TV of 2011

#26 Post by Murdoch » Fri May 13, 2011 6:26 pm

I know Chuck has a really loyal fanbase and all, but I just don’t understand the appeal

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#27 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri May 13, 2011 7:22 pm

Really glad Treme is being renewed, I'm digging the 2nd season almost more than the first.


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#29 Post by dad1153 » Sun May 15, 2011 4:00 pm

CBS Cancels "S***! My Dad Says," "The Defenders" and "Mad Love".

NBC Unveils 2011-2012 Primetime Schedule. Preview Clips of NBC's New Season Programming.

For a guy that made his bones programming adult smart for Showtime ("Dexter," "Tudors," "Weeds," etc.) Robert Greenblatt's first schedule as NBC chief sure looks brain-dead, formulaic and with too much (55%) reality programming. At least "Chuck" has been banished to 8PM Fridays where it won't do much damage (except to the show that follows it, "Grimm.")

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#30 Post by HistoryProf » Sun May 15, 2011 5:37 pm

Nice to see Blue Bloods graduating to a "lock to return" from on the bubble. it really improved over the course of the season, with a very strong finale.

I don't know what to think about the Prime Suspect retool with Maria Bello. Dame Mirren has some awfully big shoes to try and fill for those of us who loved the original - though I suppose in America we are few. Nothing against Ms. Bello, but i don't think i'd have picked her for that role.

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#31 Post by dad1153 » Mon May 16, 2011 10:03 am

FOX Unveils 2011-2012 Schedule. Highlights: Spielberg's "Terra Nova" will air Mondays at 8PM ("House" moves to 9), JJ Abrams' "Alcatraz" replaces "Terra Nova" midseason (flipping time slots with "House"), "The X-Factor" will have the same times/days as "American Idol" and "Fringe" remains on Fridays at 9PM.

The network also cancelled "America's Most Wanted" after 23 years on the air (downgraded to four specials per year).

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#32 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon May 16, 2011 10:25 am

dad1153 wrote:The network also cancelled "America's Most Wanted" after 23 years on the air (downgraded to four specials per year).
They did this before in '95 for similar reasons I believe, and it came back rather quickly.

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#34 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon May 16, 2011 4:41 pm

I am suddenly feeling extremely murderous

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#35 Post by domino harvey » Mon May 16, 2011 5:09 pm

I thought he already had been for at least three series

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#36 Post by colinr0380 » Mon May 16, 2011 5:20 pm

This calls for a calming cigarette break!


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#38 Post by HistoryProf » Tue May 17, 2011 8:31 pm

flyonthewall2983 wrote:
dad1153 wrote:The network also cancelled "America's Most Wanted" after 23 years on the air (downgraded to four specials per year).
They did this before in '95 for similar reasons I believe, and it came back rather quickly.
that was due to viewer outrage though...somehow I don't think that will be happening this time. the internets have changed that landscape quite a bit....


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#40 Post by dad1153 » Wed May 18, 2011 9:39 am

CBS Unveils 2011-2012 Primetime Schedule. Highlights: JJ Abrams' "Person of Interest" gets the 9PM Thursday time slot ("CSI" moves to Wednesdays at 10), "The Good Wife" moves to Sundays at 9 after "Amazing Race" and "Rules of Engagement" moves to Saturdays at 8PM because either (a) CBS wants to appeal to viewers with scripted fare or (b) kill the show. I say 'B.'

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#41 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sun May 29, 2011 9:42 pm

NBC's Awake. Looks interesting, hopefully it'll survive it's mid-season start.

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#42 Post by Zumpano » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:55 pm

This past week's South Park: potential series finale? sign of new direction? just a comment on their current creative situation and their viewers' insatiable demands? Certainly the best episode they've produced in a while...

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#43 Post by knives » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:05 pm

They're contracted until 2013 so they have to pump out at least one more season, but they have over the past year expressed their boredom with the series and this is probably caused by that.

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#44 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:57 am


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#45 Post by tarpilot » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:04 am

It's not available in my country WHAT IS IT

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#46 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:05 am

The promo for a new sitcom called Work It, where beefy men dress as women because there's no jobs for men out there. It is even worse than that description makes it sound

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#47 Post by tarpilot » Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:10 am


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#48 Post by knives » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:44 pm

That joke, right? I honestly swore that sort of sit'com' went out of style a decade or so ago.

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#49 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:47 pm

domino harvey wrote:The promo for a new sitcom called Work It, where beefy men dress as women because there's no jobs for men out there. It is even worse than that description makes it sound
I'm [-o< that someone is blogging about behind-the-scenes stuff about this. Someone inferred that the creator works for SNL and is a writer on 30 Rock, which leads me to believe NBC is out to destroy the competition.

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#50 Post by Tom Hagen » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:56 pm

I've loved this "How the States Got Their Shapes" thing on the History Channel this spring.

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