Is Betty moving out again? That’s what the following is indicating to us…
Short Circuit and Early Edition star Fisher Stevens is joining Ugly Betty recurring role of Mr. Z., Betty’s new landlord.
The role is said to call for Stevens to be dry and sarcastic and that the producers were looking for a “New York actor who could go head-to-head with America Ferrera.”
Good call? Anyone you can think of that’s better for the role?
It’s official: Gregory Itzin is returning to 24 as ker-azy ex-president Charles Logan for a multi-episode arc.
Logan will be back towards the end of the 8th season when President Taylor enlists the help of Logan with an escalating diplomatic crisis.
Logan was last seen in at the end of season 6 after being stabbed to near-death by former wife Martha. Exec producer Howard Gordon says the opportunity to watch Jones and Itzin go head-to-head “was simply too compelling to pass up.”
Last night the Yankees again beat the Phillies to take a 3-1 World Series lead. FOX, on the other hand, is 4-0 for the series.
FOX again took the nights honors between 8-11p, drawing a 7.7 rating and 22 million viewers with a nice lead in from the close Packers- Vikings game.
ABC’s lineup performed better than last week up against the Baseball coverage with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pulling a 3.4 18-49 rating, Desperate Housewives rising to a 4.9 rating and Brothers & Sisters steady with a 3.3 rating.
CBS was downvs. last week with The Amazing Race pulling a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating, Three Rivers steady (but low) with a 1.7 rating, and Cold Case dropping to a series low 1.6 rating.
There wasn’t an NFL game on NBC last night so it went with Football Nght in America at 7, which averaged an anemic 0.6 rating and 2.6 million viewers. At 8, NBC went with the movie “National Treasure” which averaged a 1.6 rating and 4.8 million viewers between 8-11 pm.
Sherlock Holmes is the new sponsor of Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borsteins ” The Almost Live Comedy Show”, which is set to air on FOX Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8:30 p.m.
Microsoft recently pulled out of its partnership with Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein due to the special having content that does not “fit with the Windows brand,”
The “Almost Live Comedy Show” was announced earlier this month as part of a major marketing partnership Microsoft had sealed with a wide range of News Corp. properties to promote the launch of the computer giant’s new Windows 7 operating system,
But, upon viewing a rough cut of the show, Microsoft ended the partnership due to the special’s content (which is no different to Family Guy’s).
Several media outlets are confirming that TNT has indeed picked up cancelled NBC drama ‘Southland’. The show will begin airing against The Jay Leno Show on January 12th at 10pm
The drama series, starring Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz was in limbo after it was cancelled prior to the start of its second season. This led to John Wells (E.R), the executive producer of the show to shop the remaining 6 completed episodes to other networks.
TNT is, of course a Time Warner network and Southland is a WB produced show so a deal was likely to go ahead. The series will be shown in its entirety on TNT, starting with the original 7 episodes that aired on NBC and then showing the 6 brand new episodes that are in the can. TNT is expected to begin airing them after Christmas.
via Press Release:
“This is a great win for fans of SOUTHLAND and a perfect opportunity to introduce the series to new viewers,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “It’s also another outstanding example of how TNT has established itself as the go-to place for the best dramas on television.”
“We are extremely pleased that TNT has acquired all 13 episodes of SOUTHLAND, giving devoted fans the opportunity to watch a show that they passionately support,” said Peter Roth, president of Warner Bros. Television.
“We’re delighted that TNT has stepped forward to pick up SOUTHLAND. We are all extremely proud of the show,” Wells said.
FOX’s coverage of the World Series Game 3 came through for FOX on Saturday night, beating out ABC’s coverage of two College Football games.
The World Series coverage was on 9-11pm and averaged a 4.3 rating and 14.3 million viewers, winning the night for FOX.
FOX’s Coverage of the rain delayed Baseball at 8/ The Cleveland Show also won the 8pm hour, averaging a 2.4 rating and 8 million viewers. ABC’s College Football Coverage took second place between 8-11pm, averaging a 1.8 rating and 5.7 million viewers. A CSI Miami repeat was third for CBS, pulling in just under 5 million viewers and a 0.9 rating. NBC’s coverage of the Notre Dame/Washington State College Football game was last between 8-11 pulling just a 0.5 rating and 2.2 million viewers.
At 9, CBS was third with a CSI rerun which drew a 1.0 rating and 5.4 million viewers. A new 48 Hours Mystery was also third at 10 for CBS, pulling a 1.3 rating and 6.5 million viewers.
So the first Friday of November sweeps saw House substitued in for Dollhouse on FOX and Smallville hit season highs on The CW.
Ghost Whisperer won the 8pm hour for CBS, bringing in 8.3 million viewers and a 2.0 rating. Law & Order was second for the peacock, pulling a 1.4 rating and 7 million viewers beating out Supernanny on ABC, which drew just under 5 million viewers and a 1.3 18-49 rating. Smallville posted season highs in both viewers (2.6 million) and adults 18-49 (1.2) for The CW. A rerun of House was last in the hour, bringing in 3.4 million viewers and a 1.1 rating, which is still over 30% more than the Fox’s Friday 8pm average.
At 9pm, Medium took over for the eye, bringing in 7.7 million viewers and a 1.8 rating. NBC’s Dateline was second, pulling just under 8 million viewers and a 1.7 18-49 rating. A second ‘House’ rerun was third in the 9pm hour for FOX, out-rating the ratings challenged ‘Dollhouse’ By over 50% compared to last week. An America’s Next Top Model encore was last for the CW, pulling a 0.5 rating and just under 1.3 million viewers.
CBS continued to win at 10 with Numb3rs, which pulled a 1.8 rating and 7.7 million viewers to end the night. 20/20 was second for the alphabet, with a 1.6 rating and just under 7 million viewers. The Jay Leno Show posted series lows for NBC (1.2 rating, 5 million viewers) , who may be regretting this move already.
Someone more age appropriate is heading to Courteney Cox’s neighbourhood – Scott Foley (The Unit, Felicity, Scrubs).
It really doesn’t take much investigative work to figure out how this happened… Foley was Sean, Elliott’s bf on Scrubs. The creator of Scrubs is Bill Lawrence. The Co-creator of Cougar Town is…….Bill Lawrence. And for those noobs who don’t already know, Lawrence is real-life married to Cougar Town and Scrubs actress, Christa Miller.
A good casting? I think so. Foley does comedy well and is the right amount of goofy for Cougar Town. Good times….
America loves Stan Smith……or at least FOX does. (OR they have to get the most out of Seth MacFarlane’s reported $100million contract).
The show, now airing its fifth season, has done well for the network on FOX’s Animation Domination Sunday’s averaging around a 3.5 rating this season. Let’s put that in perspective. It’s outrates Dollhouse, Brothers, Bones, Lie To Me, Fringe, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee and Til Death. It’s number 5 for FOX (minus Idol & Sports) so this really comes as no surprise.
The show is produced by 20th Century FOX TV and stars Seth and Rachael MacFarlane.
On a night which saw the Yankees draw even with the Phillies by winning game 2 of the series, it was FOX which won its first Thursday of the season.
FOX once again was number 1 for the whole of primetime with a 5.8 rating and just under 19 million viewers.
At 8pm, Survivor Samoa started the night for CBS in second place, pulling in a 3.7 rating and 12.5 million viewers, down vs last week. FlashForward dropped to a series low for ABC, pulling just a 2.7 rating and 9 million viewers on its 6th outing. Fourth placed was NBC’s combination of Community and Parks and Recreation with a 2.1 rating for each and an average 5.2 million viewers. The Vampire Diaries was last for The CW, but still pulled a 2.0 rating A18-49, a 2.3 A18-34 and just over 4 million viewers for the minnows.
9pm saw Grey’s Anatomy take second for ABC, down slightly from last week to a 5.1 rating and just over 13 million viewers.. The Office was even with last weeks 4.2 rating (8 million viewers) and 30 Rock (6 million viewers) was down .2 to take third for NBC. CSI was also down a tick vs. last week to take fourth for CBS with a 3.4 rating and just over 15 million viewers. The CW ended its night in last place with Supernatural, drawing a 1.3 rating.
At 10, Private Practice kept ABC in second, drawing a 3.6 rating and beating out The Mentalist which drew a 3.5 (even with last week). Leno came fourth with a 1.6 to end the night for NBC.
