Post archive for ‘News’
The Prime Times: Part Labrador, Part Russell Crowe Edition
Television news and scoop, right off the grill:
- The next season of Dexter will feature laudable thespians Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Eli Stone).
- A failed FOX pilot was rescued by A&E: the cable network ordered 13 episodes of Breakout Kings, a drama about an [...]
The Prime Times: Get Your Fill Edition
Yes, this installment of The Prime Times is chock-full of fortifying TV scoop. Yumm-o!
- Steven Spielberg is in talks with FOX to develop a dinosaur drama! (That sentence begged for an exclamation point.) The project, tentatively titled Terra Nova, would see a family from the future travel to prehistoric times. But obviously, [...]
The Prime Times: Post “Lost” Edition
Lordy lordy, do I have a ton of news items to share. Let’s waste no time:
- Most excitingly, William Keck at TV Guide reports that Terry O’Quinn (Lost‘s Locke) is pitching a series in which he and Michael Emerson (Ben) star [...]
The Prime Times: Self-Potato Edition
- In today’s biggest news, ABC has announced that this season would be Ugly Betty‘s last. This is truly a loss. Ugly Betty was not only savvy and sharp, not only funny and endearing, but also insightful and surprisingly ponderous. Plus, it featured Latinos in lead roles and won both GLAAD [...]
The Prime Times: Vai Com Deus Edition
Here are the latest news items from the idiot-box world:
- Lost finally has a return date—the final season will premiere with a two-hour installment on Tuesday, February 2, at 9/8c on ABC.
- Chuck‘s return date was also announced today. The action-comedy will return with two episodes on Sunday, January 10, and then another one the following [...]
The Prime Times: Peacock Overload Edition
Here’s this week’s batch of freshly-baked television news:
- Two big names will “sho” up on Showtime: Laura Linney will star in The C Word, a half-hour comedy series about a woman who turns her life around following a cancer diagnosis; and William H. Macy will star in Shameless, a comedic drama [...]
The Prime Times: Lawn Mower Meets Foot Edition
I can’t even fit all the news that’s fit to print into one blog post, but here are some of this week’s most interesting tidbits:
- Some of the shows that premiered this week got impressive ratings. FlashForward scared up 12.41 million viewers. (I realize now that there’s no space in that [...]
The Prime Times: Big Names Edition
Tonight’s top stories:
- As if I weren’t already excited about ABC’s new comedy Modern Family (previously previewed on this here blog), here comes the news that bona fide movie stars Elizabeth Banks and Edward Norton will guest-star in multiple episodes. Banks was on Scrubs, but Norton does television? What the what?
- Unfortunately, American [...]