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Finding darkness at comedy’s core

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:28:01 +0000

Steve Jablonsky has scored 178 episodes of ‘Desperate Housewives,’ including the two-hour finale, ‘Give Me the Blame/Finishing the Hat.’

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CW to bow fall sked in October

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:28:00 +0000

‘Beauty and the Beast’

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iCarly: TV Series Ending; No Season Six

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:58 +0000

All good things must come to an end. Nickelodeon has announced that iCarly is ending after five seasons but there’s a big finish in the works.

Starring Drake Josh’s Miranda Cosgrove, iCarly follows teenager Carly Shay as she creates a successful web series with the help of her best friends, Sam (Jennette McCurdy) and Freddie (Nathan Kress). Noah Munck is another good friend, Gibby, and Jerry Trainor plays Spencer, Carly’s older brother and legal guardian.

We suspected that the show might be getting ready to end when iCarly was renewed for a fifth season in April 2011. Though iCarly is one of the most popular shows on cable, the series was renewed for just 13 episodes. Like all shows about teens growing up, the actors eventually start to outgrow their roles and it’s time to move on.

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Cosgrove plans to attend USC in the fall. McCurdy will star in another Dan Schneider series and Munck has a new pilot, both with Nickelodeon. The cable channel has also ordered a new series called Wendell Vinnie in which Trainor will play a goofball uncle to a conservative 12-year-old.

To end the iCarly series, the cast and crew will film a special sometime next month and Nickelodeon plans to will air in November.

Of the show ending, Schneider told TV Guide, “Everyone at iCarly has been like family to me for five years… When we film our very last scene, there will be a lot of crying, I know. But I also know that in television, you don’t want to over-stay your welcome. I want to go out the way we are — on a creative high-note.”

Though there won’t be any new episodes after November’s finale, iCarly will continue to air on Nickelodeon in reruns.

What do you think? Are you sorry that iCarly is ending? Would you like to see the characters return someday?

Image courtesy Nickelodeon.

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103 Ending or Cancelled TV Shows for the 2011-12 TV Season

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:56 +0000

Has your favorite TV show been cancelled? Will it be back for the 2012–2013 TV season? If your favorite is on the list below, you have our condolences.

This list encompasses shows that have been cancelled so far, covering those that have gotten the ax (or walking papers) between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. In some cases, the last episodes of some shows aired months earlier but the network didn’t get around to canceling the series until later. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, try the 2010–2011 listings, the 2009–2010 listings, or maybe you’ve gotten lucky!

Now, let’s take a moment to bow our heads and remember these fallen TV series…

Latest additions: Breakout Kings, I Just Want My Pants Back, and iCarly.

101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC)
We’ll never find out what the rest of the “ways” were. The last episode of the competition series aired on July 26, 2011.

Against the Wall (Lifetime)
This family cop drama didn’t catch on with a large enough audience so it was canned after one season on the air. The last episode aired in September.

Alcatraz (FOX)
The ratings started off strong but faded over the course of the season. It’s been cancelled and all 13 episodes have aired.

All-American Muslim (TLC)
This docu-series follows the lives of five Lebanese American Muslim families who live in Dearborn, Michigan. The show started off with decent ratings and positive reviews. Viewership had declined significantly by the end of the eight episodes so it wasn’t renewed.

Allen Gregory (FOX)
Co-created by and starring Jonah Hill, this animated series aggravated lots of people but didn’t keep enough of them coming back week after week. FOX aired all seven episodes and there won’t be any more.

Are You There Chelsea? (NBC)
This sitcom started out okay but quickly lost steam over the course of 12 episodes.

Awake (NBC)
It started out strong and had good reviews but viewers tuned out over time. It won’t be back.

Bent (NBC)
Execs contended that they weren’t burning through the six episodes when they aired them in three weeks. Regardless, the sitcom won’t be back for a second season.

Best Friends Forever (NBC)
The peacock network pulled the plug on future airings of this sitcom due to low ratings.

Bored to Death (HBO)
Starring Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson, this show revolves around a man with writers block. The ratings dropped a lot in season three so HBO opted not to give it a fourth season.

Blue Mountain State (Spike TV)
There won’t be a fourth season of the football comedy as the cable channel has decided to focus on reality programming.

Breaking Bad (AMC)
Walter and Jesse have been given their walking papers. The final 16 episodes will be broken up between 2012 and 2013.

Breaking In (FOX)
The sitcom was saved once from cancellation but won’t be rescued again.

Breakout Kings (AE)
The show lasted for two seasons. The ratings started out strong enough but declined over the course of the 23 episodes.

Buried Treasure (FOX)
Leigh and Leslie Kelso may continue travelling the country in search of rare antiques but they won’t be seen on FOX.

Camelot (Starz)
The ratings weren’t great and there would have been production challenges in making a second season so the cable channel pulled the plug. The drama lasted 10 episodes.

Cash Cab (Discovery)
The game show that gave taxi passengers a chance to win cash prizes has ended after seven years on the air.

CHAOS (CBS)
A comedic action series, this show was delayed until late in the season. When it finally debuted, few noticed. CBS burned off most of the episodes on Saturday nights.

Charlie’s Angels (ABC)
The original series was a big success for ABC but this one flopped. Production was shut down after eight episodes and the show was cancelled.

Chuck (NBC)
Has there ever been a time when this TV show wasn’t in danger of being cancelled? NBC decided to renew it for a fifth and final season of 13 episodes, giving the cast and crew ample time to craft a series finale.

The Closer (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick supposedly made the decision to end this top-rated series after seven seasons on the air. Though Brenda Leigh Johnson will depart, some of the characters will continue in a spin-off called Major Crimes.

Combat Hospital (ABC)
This series was a disappointment for the network and they only aired 12 of the 13 episodes. They cancelled the show and Shaw Media, who produces the show, couldn’t find another American outlet to help pay for a second season.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Current TV)
Using the same name from his long-running MSNBC show, Olbermann lasted less than a year before parting ways with Current TV.

CSI: Miami (CBS)
After 10 seasons, David Caruso can give back the sunglasses. The show ended with 232 episodes total.

Damages (DirecTV)
The show was picked up for two seasons when FX dropped it. It turns out that season five will be the show’s last. The final 10 episodes will air during the summer of 2012.

Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Rather than wait until the ratings dropped any further, the network has agreed to close down Wisteria Lane after eight seasons on the air.

Dragon Ball Z Kai (Nick)
This animated series ended after one season and 97 episodes. It’s being replaced Dragon Ball GT.

Ebert Presents: At the Movies (PBS)
Continuing the format of film criticism that was made popular by Ebert and Gene Siskel, this weekly program reviews a number of new and classic films. It didn’t find enough financial support and ended up being put on hiatus.

Escape Routes (NBC)
Sponsored by Ford, this competition series didn’t garner much interest on Saturday nights.

Eureka (Syfy)
Based on the ratings, this show was apparently too expensive to continue producing. The fifth and final season will air in mid-2012. After the cancellation announcement came down, the cable channel ordered an additional episode to allow Eureka some sort of proper finale.

Expedition Impossible (ABC)
This summer reality competition lasted 10 episodes and one season but the network apparently felt that a second season was, well, impossible.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Ty Pennington and his crew are getting a little rest. The network has cancelled the reality show but will still air it as occasional specials.

Fear Factor (NBC)
Joe Rogan won’t have to witness any more disgusting stunts. NBC has dropped it again.

The Finder (FOX)
This Bones spin-off stumbled out of the gate and just never caught on. It’s been cancelled after 13 episodes.

The Firm (NBC)
This highly-promoted legal series was a ratings disappointment.

Free Agents (NBC)
The second NBC series of the new fall season to be pulled, this Hank Azaria sitcom fell to a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic, despite much stronger lead-ins. For whatever reason, audiences just rejected this one.

Friends with Benefits (NBC)
The peacock network delayed this sitcom until the middle of the summer, an indication that they had no faith in it. The ratings were indeed terrible and they only aired 12 of the 13 episodes.

GCB (ABC)
Not enough viewers were interested in watching this dramedy about a former mean girl who returns home to Texas.

A Gifted Man (CBS)
Starring Patrick Wilson, this show had a lot of viewers but not enough young ones for CBS.

Good Vibes (MTV)
The animated series had a bumpy ride to the small screen, having started as a pilot of FOX. Unfortunately, the ratings weren’t high enough to warrant a second season.

H8R (The CW)
Hosted by Mario Lopez, this reality series matched celebrities with regular people who dislike them in the hopes of changing their perception. Few were interested.

The Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV)
This high school series was barely renewed for a second season and the ratings only got worse in year two. Despite leaving some shocking and unresolved storylines without a conclusion, RJ and his pals won’t be back.

Harry’s Law (NBC)
Kathy Bates and company won’t be back for new cases next year. The series attracted a lot of viewers but not enough in the key demo.

HawthoRNe (TNT)
Starring Jada Pinkett Smith, this medical drama lasted three seasons and ended on a major cliffhanger. Sadly it’s been cancelled and won’t be back.

House (FOX)
After eight seasons, the decision has been made to end the venerable medical series.

How to Be a Gentleman (CBS)
The sitcom did decently by most standards but CBS has big hit comedies and new ones have to meet a high standard. CBS cut the season order to nine episodes, shut down production, and shipped the show to the Saturday night graveyard.

How to Make It in America (HBO)
Ben and Cam try to make it in the fashion industry but their show didn’t make it past season two.

Hung (HBO)
Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) may be popular with the ladies but the cable channel tiered of his company. They’ve cancelled the show after three seasons and 30 episodes.

I Hate My Teenage Daughter (FOX)
Not many people watched this sitcom and the network pulled it prematurely.

I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV)
A dramedy about teens in Brooklyn, this series started out with big ratings but they didn’t last. It’s been cancelled.

iCarly (Nickelodeon)
One of the most popular shows on cable television, iCarly will end with a special that will air in November 2012.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC)
A comedy about a worker who bluffs his way into a senior sales position lasted for two seasons and just 12 installments.

I’m in the Band (Disney XD)
The comedy about a 15-year-old who joins his favorite adult band ended after two seasons and 41 episodes. The last one aired on December 9, 2011.

In Plain Sight (USA)
The cable channel has announced that season five will the last for Mary McCormack and company.

In the Flow with Affion Crockett (FOX)
The comedy sketch show ran during the summer months and didn’t generate much interest. It’s been canned and all six episodes have aired.

It’s Worth What? (NBC)
Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, this game show ran for one season and nine episodes.

The Joy Behar Show (CNN)
Her cable show has come to an end but you can still see outspoken Behar weekday mornings on The View.

Karaoke Battle USA (ABC)
The winner of season one will be the only winner that this series ever has. The sixth and final episode aired on September 16, 2011.

The Life Times of Tim (HBO)
The cable channel cancelled the animated show after two seasons but then resurrected it for a third round of 10 episodes. They’ve now dumped it again.

Lopez Tonight (TBS)
George Lopez’s sitcom ran for six seasons but his late-night talk show barely lasted two before being cancelled.

Love Bites (NBC)
This anthology series about amour was conceived to revolve around two women in search of love. Off-camera problems created delays, what aired was very different, and most people ignored it.

Luck (HBO)
The drama boasted lots of talented actors but not many viewers cared enough to watch. After three horses died during the production of season two, the cable channel shut down the series.

Make It or Break It (ABC Family)
The cable channel gave the TV series just eight episodes for season three. It turns out that those will be the end.

Mama’s Boys From the Bronx (TLC)
The reality show was pulled from the schedule after just two weeks. It’s been cancelled, according to one of the show’s stars.

Man Up! (ABC)
This series was a ratings disappointment and dropped nearly every week it was on the air. ABC pulled it after eight episodes had aired and released the remaining five online.

Man vs Wild (Discovery)
After seven seasons and 76 episodes, the adventures of Edward Michael “Bear” Grylls have come to an end — at least on this show.

Man, Woman, Wild (Discovery)
Special Forces survival expert Mykel Hawke and his savvy journalist wife Ruth England took on many challenges but didn’t make it to season three. The last episode aired on January 19th.

The Marriage Ref (NBC)
Hosted by Tom Papa, this non-scripted show last two seasons and 20 episodes.

The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark)
The daytime show started as a syndicated series and was nearly cancelled but was picked up by Hallmark as part of a bigger deal. It wasn’t a success for Hallmark so they’ve canned it.

Memphis Beat (TNT)
Jason Lee and company won’t be back for a third round of episodes. The show was cancelled after two seasons on the air.

Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Though beloved by some critics and viewers, this drama never caught on with a big audience and lasted just two seasons.

Minute to Win It (NBC)
The game show won’t be back for another round. It lasted two seasons and 66 episodes.

Mistresses (BBC America)
A show about a group of female friends, this TV series ended in February after three seasons on the air.

Missing (ABC)
A former CIA Agent goes searching for her missing son but didn’t find enough viewers.

Napoleon Dynamite (FOX)
The cult movie was very popular in its day but not enough people were interested in seeing an animated version.

The Nate Berkus Show (syndicated)
The interior designer will finish out his second season but there won’t be a third year of episodes.

The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC Family)
This drama left viewers with cliffhangers but the ratings just weren’t good enough for them to make any more episodes.

NYC 22 (CBS)
We won’t get to see these police rookies become seasoned cops.

One Tree Hill (The CW)
This venerable series has continued to endure despite some major cast changes. The network decided to pull the plug following the ninth and final season of 13 episodes.

Pan Am (ABC)
Like the Pan Am airline, this TV show will fade into history.

The Playboy Club (NBC)
This NBC TV series stumbled right out of the gate and was pulled after three episodes. It wins the distinction of being the first network TV series to be cancelled of the fall crop.

Prime Suspect (NBC)
The remake stumbled right out of the gate and the ratings just got worse. NBC aired all 13 episodes and had no reason to order any more.

The Protector (Lifetime)
A drama about a single-mom police detective, this TV series never caught on with a big audience and the cable channel decided not to order a second season.

Re-Modeled (The CW)
The network thought this might be a good show to pair with America’s Next Top Model. The network was wrong.

The Revolution (ABC)
The network replaced venerable soap opera One Life to Live with this self-help show and daytime viewers stayed away in droves.

Ringer (The CW)
This Sarah Michelle Gellar series started out strong but the ratings fell as viewers tuned out.

The River (ABC)
The thriller series left viewers “up the creek” with plenty of unanswered questions.

¡Rob! (CBS)
Rob tried to fit in with his new family but the network didn’t think his show was a good fit with the network.

The Rosie Show (OWN)
The Rosie O’Donnell talk show only lasted five months on the air before being cancelled.

The Secret Circle (The CW)
It looked like this show would be a good companion for The Vampire Diaries but many viewers tired of it and tuned out.

The Sing-Off (NBC)
The a capella competition ran for two successful seasons during the holidays but the third aired last fall and did very poorly.

Skins (Channel 4 in UK)
It’s been announced that the series will end with season seven. It will be broadcast in early 2013.

Skins (MTV)
There was an uproar from some parents groups when this show premiered. That died off and so did viewer interest. It certainly didn’t help that many sponsors pulled their ads from the show. The cable channel cancelled it after one season.

State of Georgia (ABC Family)
The sitcom’s ratings were terrible so it was no surprise that the cable channel cancelled it after all 12 episodes had aired.

Take the Money and Run (ABC)
A pair of regular people try to keep a suitcase filled with cash hidden from a team of cops and detectives. Not enough people were interested so it’s been cancelled.

Terra Nova (FOX)
An expensive series to produce, Terra Nova registered only mediocre ratings so the network ultimately decided to cancel it.

Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (TBS)
This sitcom was based on Perry’s 2008 film comedy of the same name. It lasted for five seasons and 140 installments. The series ending aired on November 18, 2011.

Unforgettable (CBS)
A female police detective that remembers almost everything. CBS cancelled it after one season and 22 episodes.

Upstairs Downstairs (BBC One)
The revival of the classic UK series lasted for just nine episodes and two brief seasons.

Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC)
Airing on Friday nights, this feel-good genealogy program lasted for three short seasons.

Who’s Still Standing? (NBC)
Hosted by Ben Bailey, this trivia game show lasted for nine episodes and one short season.

Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
After four seasons, the three Russo kids have competed and one was crowned as the wizard of their generation. The series finale aired on January 6th.

Work It (ABC)
This sitcom premiered to poor reviews and ratings. The numbers got even worse in week two so the network pulled it off the air. The extra episodes may surface over the summer if ABC has an empty slot.

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Report: Loretta Lynn Indeed a Teen Bride, but Not as Underage as She Previously Claimed

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:54 +0000

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Celebrities not being forthcoming about their age? Say it ain’t so?!

But count us gobsmacked that one of those offenders is Loretta Lynn, especially given her legendary life story.

Legend might be the key word here.

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According to a published report, it turns out the country music icon is actually three years older than what she’s been telling people all her life, which would effectively quash her claim to have married at the age of 13—an account chronicled in the 1980 biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter—though it wouldn’t change the fact that she was still a teen bride.

Previously, Lynn was thought to be 77 years old, but the new revelations, which surfaced after a search of her birth certificate at Kentucky’s Office of Vital Statistics in Frankfort, revealed the singer is actually 80, born April 14, 1932—not 1935 as she led folks to believe.

Not only that, but the investigation also uncovered a marriage license signed by Lynn and two affidavits filed in 1965 by her mother, Clara Marie Ramey, and S. W. Ward Jr., who was not related, which listed the same birth date. Further proof was discovered in the Kentucky Historical Society, which kept a digital copy of the 1940 census, that stated Melvin Webb, the singer’s father, had a daughter named Loretta aged 7.

Put it all together and Lynn was actually 15, not 13 years old (which would have been illegal under Kentucky law) when she swapped vows with 21-year-old Oliver Lynn Jr., better known as Doolittle Lynn, on Jan. 10, 1948.

What’s a few years, give or take?

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Of course, as anyone knows from seeing the 1980 movie that won Sissy Spacey a Best Actress Oscar for playing her, Lynn had four children by the time she was 18 (make that 20 now).

Nancy Russell, Lynn’s rep, was out of the office and could not be reached for comment. But the Blue Kentucky Girl did discuss her age, albeit obliquely, in her 2001 memoir, aptly titled Coal Miner’s Daughter.

“When I was born, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president for several years. That’s the closest I’m gonna come to telling my age in this book, so don’t go looking for it,” she wrote. “I’m trying to make a living singing songs. I don’t need nobody out there saying, ‘She don’t look bad considering she’s such-and-such years old.’”

We’re pretty sure the controversy won’t affect the upcoming Broadway musical version of Coal Miner’s Daughter slated to star Zooey Deschanel in the title role.

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So True? So False? Did Justin Bieber Break Up With Selena Gomez Via Twitter?!

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:54 +0000

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Is this some kind of cruel joke?!

Our jaws dropped when we read that Justin Bieber decided to call it quits with longtime girlfriend Selena Gomez, and over a tweet no less! (Way worse than a Post-It, if you ask us.)

“Thank you for the time I had with you but now I have to move on,” the tweet—which has since been deleted—read. So what does that mean?!

Are one of Hollywood’s top couples really done? Are the PDA pics never to be seen again?

Try to gain control of that Bieber fever, lovebirds, because this rumor is…

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So false! Whew!

The “Boyfriend” singer’s rep told Gossip Cop that it was a “fake tweet—never on his account or from him.”

It might sound like someone’s just doing some damage control, but that’s not the case here. A website called Celebrity Tweet archives all of the different posts celebs send out on their Twitter handle (even the deleted ones), and that mysterious breakup tweet is nowhere to be found.

Super weird, huh?

At least Jelena is still going strong, that’s all that matters.

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‘American Idol’ Finalist Phillip Phillips Requires Emergency Surgery: Doctors

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:52 +0000

American Idol finalist Phillip Phillips, who has suffered from ongoing kidney problems throughout the competition, has been ordered by doctors to undergo “immediate” surgery.

The singer refused treatment when he returned to his hometown of Leesburg, Ga., last weekend in order to adhere to the show’s rigorous shooting schedule. And sources inside the production tell The Hollywood Reporter that Phillips has been experiencing pain “so severe” that he’s been granted permission to sit out the weekly high-concept (and physically exhausting) Ford video shoots for several weeks now.

“I’ve been sick, so they gave me those days to rest,” Phillips told THR when asked about his absence. The network has no comment on Phillips’ health status.

Phillips received emergency medical treatment in March for extreme abdominal pain but made it back in time for the Top 13 results show. He’s a favorite to take the title when the winner is announced May 23 on Fox.

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‘Jericho’ Producer on Revival Talks: ‘We’d Be Ecstatic’

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:27:42 +0000

Will Jericho live to see another day?

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Reports surfaced that the hourlong drama that starred Skeet Ulrich and ran on CBS from 2006-08 may be revisited on Netflix.

When The Hollywood Reporter recently asked Common Law executive producer Karim Zreik — who worked on Jericho as a co-EP when it was on the air — about the prospects, he was all for it.

“We’d be ecstatic if that happened,” he says. “From what I hear, sides are talking. I wish I knew more. As you know, the fanbase of that show were incredible and they’ve all started reaching out since this report came out. It’s exciting and I know the cast is excited too.”

Jericho, which centered on the residents of a fictional Kansas town in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States, has had a unique run. After initially getting the axe after one season, CBS brought back the cult favorite for a second round before canceling it for good.

Zreik wasn’t worried about going back into the Jericho world and creating more stories to tell.

“Story-wise, [Jericho] has been living on in the comic book world,” he says. “It’s all the writers from the series led by Dan Shotz. We’ve done three issues already. Story-wise, we’ve got ample story to tell, that’s not a concern. I think we’re just waiting to see if a deal can be brokered.”

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TBS nabs MLB wild-card games

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:27:23 +0000

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‘Grey’s’ closes season strong for ABC

bryansarnold — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:27:21 +0000

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