This Week on TV (9/27-10/3)
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(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)
MONDAY (9/27)
- House (FOX, 8 p.m.): “House and Cuddy confront the workplace ramifications of their relationship.” If the show tanks after this pairing, it’s all on them.
- Hoarders (A&E, 10 p.m.): “A teacher takes her hoarding lifestyle into the classroom.” Some call that hoarding, others call that an oversized class.
- Weeds (Showtime, 10 p.m.): “To retrieve her kidnapped son, Nancy has a showdown with Cesar in a Skee-Ball museum.” The one with the most Chuck E. Cheese tickets in the end wins.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (9/24)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, FOX, HBO, Showtime, The CW, So You Think You Can Dance, Renewals,
Here’s an update on the shows you’ll be seeing more of in the months to come:
EXTENSIONS
- Hellcats (CW) - Six more scripts ordered
- One Tree Hill (CW) - Six more scripts ordered
RENEWALS
- Army Wives (Lifetime) - Season 5
- The Big C (Showtime) - Season 2
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO) - Season 2
- Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime) - Season 3
- Dual Survival (Discovery) - Season 2
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Wednesday Ratings: Modern Family’s Welcome Return
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, America’s Next Top Model, Survivor, Ratings,
ABC didn’t win the night, but it had what the 18-49s wanted to watch: Modern Family. The Emmy-award winning comedy returned last night to its best demos to date. Unfortunately, that half hour wasn’t enough for the network. CBS wound up taking wins in both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- Survivor: Nicaragua (12.5 million, 4.0/12 in 18-49) easily won its hour.
- The Middle (2.6/8) had 8.8 million laughing.
- Approximately 8.6 million (2.0/6) checked out the debut of Undercovers.
- Better with You (8 million, 2.5/7) retained most Middle‘s numbers.
- A new installment of Hell’s Kitchen (2.9/8) fired up 6.6 million.
- America’s Next Top Model (1.3/4) turned in 2.8 million.
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Tuesday Ratings: CBS and FOX Split Evening
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Several shows saw success on Day 2 of the fall television schedule. Glee earned big numbers despite the lack of a lead-in; NCIS remained strong despite being in its eighth season; and DWTS drew a lot of interest for a simple results show. In the end, CBS was a winner with the viewers while FOX was on top with the demos.
8pm
- NCIS (19.4 million, 4.0/11 in 18-49) had the most viewers of the evening.
- Glee (12.3 million, 5.5/16) had its second-best demos to date.
- Dancing with the Stars* (2.6/7) recapped 12 million.
- The Biggest Loser (2.9/8) averaged 7.2 million over two hours.
- One Tree Hill (0.9/3) pulled in 1.8 million.
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American Idol Announces 10th Season Judges
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip,
As suspected, American Idol announced on Wednesday that Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are definitely on board as judges in the upcoming 10th season. Alum Randy Jackson, who has weathered every judging change without batting an eye, will be returning to the series to join them. The only surprise to the panel comes in the form of Jimmy Iovine, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Record.
From their comments, one may infer that J-Lo plans to be the new “nice judge” in the same vein as Paula Abdul. “For nine years I’ve enjoyed watching artists compete to get a meaningful chance to achieve their dreams,” she said. “I know from my own experience how hard it is to succeed, and I’m looking forward to discovering and nurturing that spirit in the many American Idol contestants I look forward to meeting this year.”
Steven Tyler, on the other hand, seems poised to become the new Simon Cowell of the panel. “If you don’t like what I say don’t get mad, get better.”
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Glee’s New Scene-Stealer: Who is Dot Jones?
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Glee’s second season opener gave fans plenty to Tweet about (Chord Overstreet and Charice are adorable, Finn Hudson is on the brink of becoming terminally uncool and Quinn’s back on the top of the Cheerios heap), but one newcomer is getting a lot of unexpected buzz following the Tuesday premiere. Her name is Dot Jones, her character is Coach Beiste and we’ve got the sneaking suspicion she’s the new breakout star on the show.
Jones enjoyed major screen time in her debut episode, setting up several juicy possibilities straightaway. She clearly has an enemy in Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester (a dynamic you can expect to get very interesting indeed), but possibly a friend in the form of much-maligned Glee club coach Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison). We know very little about Coach Beiste, but we can explore the actress formerly unknown as Dot Jones.
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American Idol Announcing New Judges Via Live Webcast
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UPDATE: There were no new surprises. Tyler and Lopez were officially announced as the new judges.
American Idol is still campaigning to become more Internet-friendly with their latest scheme. In an unprecedented move, the reality series plans to announce its new judging panel (already a foregone conclusion) via live video.
Anytime after 1 p.m. ET today, fans may access the Idol website to watch host Ryan Seacrest announce the panel, which is rumored to consist of Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler, pop diva Jennifer Lopez and old faithful Randy Jackson. If you keep watching even after Seacrest’s out, you’ll see the first press conference with the new panel.
Or, you could just catch our recap of all the news and stay up-to-date with our American Idol 10 posts.
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Recap: Glee’s Season 2 Premiere
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Glee’s highly-anticipated second season premiered on Tuesday night, and we’ve got all the details. The press has been staking out the set for months, the song list has been picked apart and talked about for weeks and the new faces have been plastered all over the Internet since the show’s first season closed. But somehow, Glee still managed to give us a few surprises. Keep reading to get the full recap (so if you haven’t seen it already, turn back now!)…
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Monday Ratings: Dancing with the Stars a Winner for ABC
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The first official night of the fall television season saw five new shows vying for our attention. Despite good starts from Hawaii Five-0, Mike & Molly and The Event, Dancing with the Stars remained strong for ABC. Meanwhile, Lone Star proved a position post-House doesn’t necessarily mean ratings gold.
8pm
- Dancing with the Stars had 21.3 million (5.1/13 in 18-49) checking out the situation.
- House (10.7 million, 4.2/11) was down nearly 6 million from last fall.
- How I Met Your Mother (3.6/10) kicked things off with 8.8 million; Rules of Engagement (3.1/8) attracted 8.4 million.
- Chuck’s premiere drew 5.8 million (2.0/6).
- 90210 returned to 1.8 million (0.9/3).
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American Idol 10: Online Auditions Available to the Public
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Video,
The tenth season of American Idol doesn’t premiere until January, but there’s no reason you should have to go without. The online auditions, an Idol first which was just implemented this year, are available for public viewing. Why wait to hear all the terrible singing…and, if you’re lucky, that rare moment of brilliance?
Of course, you won’t be hearing any soul-crushing feedback from Simon Cowell…but neither will any other Idol fans. View the video above to get just a small taste of what you’ll be hearing when you watch the online auditions.
Parents who absolutely don’t want their kids to
expose themselves may take advantage of the “Parent Takedown” link, which provides a short, pop-up form requesting video removal.
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