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Lost season 6

This is good news for fans that love so much that they can’t wait for the next season, but hate the fact that it’s the last, can take a bit of solace in the fact that season six will go one hour longer than originally planned. According to Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello on Twitter, “ABC confirms that Lost’s sixth and final season will total 18 hours, including two-hour premiere and two-hour finale.”

We still don’t want Lost to ever end, but hey, at least it’s something!

Read More | Michael Ausielle on Twitter

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Joss is back with a vengeance, apparently Folks over at Dollhouse are already two weeks into plotting its next season, and creator Joss Whedon could care less about the major budget cut this time around.

“I just wanted to die of tiredness. About two hours after starting to talk to the writers about story, I was back with such a vengeance, and so energized and so pumped because we really understand the show now. We understand what works, and what didn’t work so well or what we weren’t so thrilled about. We don’t have the onus of trying to be a big hit sitting on our shoulders. We can just be ourselves. And so the stories we’re breaking are pure, and exciting, and everybody’s on-board in the room, and it’s never flowed better.”

Yoohoo—do you hear that, Fox?

“Really, just every meeting is like, ‘What’s the most fun we can have with this actor?’ about the whole cast. All I can say—‘cause I’m gonna be Mr. Un-Spoiler—is that we’re having a crazy amount of fun, and usually, that tends to translate onto the screen,” he tells EW.

Click to continue reading Small Budget Won’t Get in Whedon’s Way


Burn Notice Season 2 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Burn Notice (Season 2)
  • Everwood (Season 2)
  • Family Guy (Volume 7)
  • The FBI Files (Season 3)
  • Generation Kill  **Blu-ray**
  • Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
  • John Adams  **Blu-ray**
  • Lost (Season 1)  **Blu-ray**
  • Murdoch Mysteries (Season 1)
  • Saving Grace (Season 2)
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Season 2)

Click to continue reading TV on DVD: June 16, 2009

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Kiefer Sutherland and Freddie Prinze Jr.

The Big Apple won’t be the only new thing 24 fans see next year. In addition to setting Season 8 in New York (most of the show will actually be filmed in LA), the producers will be spicing up the line-up with a list of new cast members.

Katee Sackhoff: The Battlestar Galactica star has just been cast to play Dana Walsh, data analyst in CTU’s NYC branch. Walsh - who’s romantically involved with agent Davis Cole (see below) - also comes with a secret. (Natch.)

Click to continue reading 24 Lines Up Cast for Season 8

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Designing WomenHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Cities of the Underworld (Season 3)
  • The Closer (Season 4)
  • Designing Women (Season 1)
  • Gunsmoke (Season 3, Vol. 2)
  • The Invisibles (Series 1)
  • Jeeves & Wooster (Complete Series)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Season 9)
  • Land of the Lost (Complete Series)
  • The Mod Squad (Season 2, Vol. 2)
  • UFO Hunters (Season 2)
  • The Universe (Season 3)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Already itching to start a new TV season? Well here are a few of FOX shows scheduled to debut over 2009-2010.

Brothers
This half-hour comedy starring former New York Giant Michael Strahan will air on Fridays this fall. This lead-in (you can see the obvious similarities) focuses on a retired and financially-strapped football player who moves back home with his parents (Carl Weathers and The Shield‘s CCH Pounder). Daryl “Chill” Mitchell plays his wheelchair-bound brother.

Click to continue reading Preview Several of FOX’s New Shows

Read More | Futon Critic

America's Got Talent

Okay - so most of our favorite shows are gone now. But that doesn’t mean our summer has to completely suck.

Never got a chance to watch during the regular season? Here’s your chance to catch up! Like to see people embarrass themselves? Then might be the perfect summer treat! Missing both American Idol and Dancing with the Stars? Then is just the ticket for you!

Hopefully our detailed guide can assist you in the weeks to come.  We have compiled information from the five major networks and included the days, times and premiere dates for this season’s programs.

(NOTE: This schedule has been updated as of June 29. Don’t be surprised to see changes in the weeks to come.)

Click to continue reading 2009 Summer Television Schedule


True Blood Season 1 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • 8 Simple Rules (Season 2)
  • 24 (Season 7)
  • Dragon Ball Z (Season 9)
  • Friday Night Lights (Season 3)
  • The Guild (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • Peyton Place (Part One)
  • Sister, Sister (Season 2)
  • True Blood (Season 1)
  • WWE: Wrestlemania XXV (25th Anniversary)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

Read More | Amazon

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come. Several shockers in this edition!!

RENEWALS

  • Better Off Ted (ABC) - Season 2
  • Bones (FOX) - Seasons 5 & 6
  • Castle (ABC) - Season 2
  • Chuck (NBC) - Season 3
  • Cold Case (CBS) - Season 7
  • Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E) - Season 5
  • Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E) - Season 7
  • Dollhouse (FOX) - Season 2

Click to continue reading TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (5/18)

Read More | Entertainment Weekly

So You Think You Can Dance

(You can view TV Envy’s Programming Schedule here.)

MONDAY 5/18)

  • 24 (FOX, 8pm):  Two-hour finale. “Jack reaches an emotional breaking point.” I would advise everyone to stay out of head-butting range from Bauer.
  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 9pm):  Season premiere. “Jillian Harris, the 29-year-old Canadian who was a runner-up for the heart of 2009 Bachelor Jason Mesnick, gets a new perspective on the rose ceremony.” She plans on being much more selective about those she jumps into hot tubs with hands stems to.
  • Table for 12 (TLC, 9pm):  “The Hayes family embarks on a 420-mile road trip to Canada.” The free health care will make up for the cost in gas.
  • Gotti’s Way 2 (VH1, 10:30pm):  “While in therapy, Debbie realizes a need for boundaries on her relationship with Irv.” The audience at home will still be allowed full access though.

Click to continue reading This Week on TV (5/18-5/24)


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