USA Network Cancels ‘The Dead Zone’, ‘4400’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, Cancellations,
TV Guide is exclusive reporting today that the plugs have been pulled on both The Dead Zone and The 4400. Dead, which had been on the the USA Network for six seasons, had its last airing on September 16. This was also the same date of 4400’s Season Four finale.
Although a reason was not stated, creator Scott Peters acknowledged the cancellation of The 4400 on the show’s message board. Meanwhile, fans of The Dead Zone have been working on their own online petition.
While I admittedly had not watched either series, I was actually bummed to hear the news. How could I not support any program that had Farmer Ted (a.k.a. Anthony Michael Hall) as its lead? And I only just learned today that The 4400 was (supposedly) set in Seattle. Just that fact alone should give the program a permanent time slot on USA’s schedule.
Keep Farmer Ted! Keep 4400! Go Seahawks!
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Another Death Affects ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Family
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, News,
Another week, another unfortunate story for the participants of Dancing With The Stars.
Early this morning, Marie Osmond’s 90-year-old father, George, passed away. Just last night, Donny Osmond was on Entertainment Tonight talking about a large family reunion scheduled for later this week. Members of the 125-member clan were being flown into Chicago for a special appearance on Oprah. Friday’s episode is now currently up in the air (as is Marie’s attendance on tonight’s DWTS results show).
This news comes one month after Jane Seymour’s mother died in England. Marie Osmond often commented that she and Jane had bonded over this tragedy; Marie lost her own mother, Olive, just three years ago.
Of course, bad news has not been limited to the dancers on the show—several DWTS performers have experienced family emergencies as well. Gloria Estefan cancelled her performance last month after her mother suffered an intestinal rupture. The following week, Jennifer Lopez was forced to adjust her taping schedule when her grandmother passed away.
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‘Viva Laughlin’ Canceled; ‘The Amazing Race’ Returns
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, CBS, Cancellations,
Hugh Jackman has had hits in the theaters (X-Men) and on Broadway (The Boy from Oz), but his mark on television will have to wait. Jackman served as the executive producer of Viva Laughlin—the first significant cancellation of the fall season.
Yes, you could argue that Nashville technically earned that dubious honor, but Fox claimed the show was returning in October (yeah—I know it’s gone). Then there was that small CW show, Online Nation. The pseudo-news program that really didn’t exist was just replaced by reruns of Aliens in America. Regardless, I can safely say that Viva was the first ‘scripted’ show to go kaput.
After only one week on air (granted, there were two episodes), CBS put the brakes on the musical drama. Many who saw Thursday’s overnight ratings predicted this day would come—though I’m not sure they imagined it would arrive so soon. Unfortunately, Viva’s second dismal performance last night drove the nail in its coffin.
The good news from all of this? Fans of The Amazing Race will get to see their beloved show return even earlier than expected. It will now take over the vacant 8pm Sunday time slot starting November 4th (a CSI rerun will warm the spot until then). While I feel bad for Hugh Jackman, I’d happily take Phil Keoghan over him any day of the week.
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‘Dancing With The Stars’ Deals With Another Family Emergency
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip, News, Rumors,
According to E! Online, another Dancing With The Stars performer has had to make a last minute schedule change. Jennifer Lopez, who was to pretape a performance on Tuesday, had to step up her plans due to a ‘family emergency’. Instead of forcing the producers to find new talent, Lopez apparently recorded her song tonight.
This would be the second Tuesday in a row the DTWS results show had a singer deal with a family issue. Gloria Estefan canceled her performance last week because her mother suffered an intestinal rupture. Two weeks before that, Jane Seymour was absent due to the death of her mother. No further details were given regarding Jennifer Lopez’s situation.
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Another ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Cancellation Due To Family Illness
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Dancing With The Stars, News,
Just two weeks ago, we were reporting of a death in the family for competitor Jane Seymour. Now the Dancing With The Stars producers are facing another cancellation. Singer Gloria Estefan, who was scheduled to perform on this Tuesday’s results show, has flown to Miami to be with an ailing relative. Her mother, Gloria Fajardo, is currently listed in critical condition after suffering an intestinal rupture.
In addition to her DWTS performance, Estefan has cancelled appearances on The Tonight Show and Ellen. It is not known at this time who might be performing in her place tomorrow night.
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FOX’s ‘Nashville’ Moved Off Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX,
Well—we can’t exactly call it a cancellation at this point….so let’s just call it a slow death.
FOX’s new series, Nashville, is temporarily being set aside after just two airings. The reality show (and I use ‘reality’ to describe this show like I would use it to describe Laguna Beach) followed a group of music industry hopefuls trying to make it big in Nashville. Unfortunately, viewers weren’t following them.
Refusing to admit they have the first fall flame-out, the network is simply putting the show on hold until ‘sometime’ in October. Re-runs of K-Ville will temporarily fill its time slot until two-hour episodes of The Next Great American Band take over on October 19th.
Ironically, some critics believe K-Ville may be the first show canceled this year. If that’s the case—what will backup Nashville then?
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Donal Logue is Back!
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, ABC, FOX,
Despite the cancellation of The Knights of Prosperity, Donal Logue is not out of a job. Quite the contrary, as Fox just announced that Logue will next be seen in the comedy Hackett. I’ve been a fan of Logue’s since I saw him in a little independent film called The Tao of Steve and was thrilled when he came to TV in Grounded for Life... only, I didn’t end up liking Grounded too much because it never really “clicked” with me. Knights of Prosperity grabbed my interest, but the premise quickly dwindled. I haven’t given up on Logue though and I’m glad to see him returning to television after the failed Knights. The comedy co-stars Rachel Boston and Morgan Murphy, with Logue playing a “bad-boy literary luminary” who leaves his Yale teaching career and ends up teaching at a public school in Ohio. Barry Sonnenfeld is set to direct.
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Clay Aiken Fans Saved Jericho?
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Drama, Music, Reality, CBS, FOX, American Idol, Rumors,
Can you believe that Clay Aiken is trying to take credit for the revival of the canceled series Jericho? Apparently, Aiken was a big fan of the show and rallied on his blog for his faithful fans (known as Claymates) to take action. He told The Houston Chronicle, “The show Jericho... I loved it. I started blogging about it on my fan site. It got canceled, and I blogged about how upset I was. I said, ‘The Claymates can do anything. How do we get this show back on the air?’” Was Aiken’s message to his fans the impetus that got the whole peanut craze started? If you recall, once the show was canceled, lots o’ peanuts made their way to the CBS offices in reference to a line from the show. Lo and behold, the net announced that Jericho would be coming back to the air waves. The power of nuts. And Claymates, it seems. Aiken said, “Honestly, within a week [the Claymates] had organized a campaign amongst Jericho fans to send nuts to CBS. It kind of started in that place. And it’s back on the air! It just blows my mind.” Hmmm. Is Clay Aiken taking too much credit for the show’s return? Does he have that crazy a fanbase that they will just do whatever he commands? I’m not so sure I’m a believer.
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Scrubs—Renewed or Cancelled?
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, NBC, Scrubs, Cancellations, Ratings, Renewals,
I have been through a mini-hell today, as one TV news site reported that Scrubs would not be returning next year. Then people started commenting that the show was, in fact, getting renewed. So, I headed over to Kristin Veitch at E! Online (she is a Scrubs fanatic as well and a reliable source)—she reports that she “heard from reliable inside sources that Scrubs has been picked for 18 episodes for next season by NBC.” She will provide more updates as she learns more, but was pretty sure the show would continue on Thursdays, although she was uncertain about whether the show would be a midseason offering or start in the fall. I have read plenty of critiques about Scrubs not living up to previous seasons, which is true in some ways, but it is still a solidly funny show and a lot better than some of those cheesy comedies currently on the air. Besides, it would be tragic for fans if the show wasn’t able to wrap things up. 18 more episodes? I’ll take it! By the way, Zach Braff will be hosting the season finale of Saturday Night Live on May 19th. I think I’ve died and gone to heaven—although I’m hoping that Jason Bateman will also pop over to SNL during Braff’s hosting gig. Sigh.
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Wedding Crashers Fizzles
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Cancellations, Ratings,
NBC’s 10 p.m. time slot produces another casualty. The lighter fare hidden camera show (courtesy of Ashton Kutcher), Wedding Crashers is the latest casualty. You may recall that this time also killed off much-hyped Studio 60 and The Black Donnellys. After just two showings, the show, based on the premise of the film, Wedding Crashers, has been yanked from the schedule. For the next two Mondays, Law & Order: Criminal Intent will take the 10:00 spot. Not to worry, Law & Order fans… these same new episodes will also air on the usual Tuesday night that you typically watch Criminal Intent. Given lead-in Heroes’ success, you would think some of the audience would stick around for the next show. The Real Wedding Crashers pulled in a weak debut audience of 6.75 million people, then the numbers tanked for the following week. A glimmer of hope for the few fans of this new series—NBC may air the remaining episodes over the summer.
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