This Week on TV (10/26-11/1)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, 30 Rock, Heroes, Top Chef

(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)

MONDAY (10/26)

• Heroes (NBC, 8pm):  “Claire and Gretchen go through hazing, but they’ve got other problems facing them.” They could just be blackballed from the entire network.
• Trauma (NBC, 9pm):  “Tyler and Boone are called to a Halloween party that has gone haywire.” Every year, someone takes “Dead Man’s Party” literally.
• Gossip Girl (CW, 9pm):  “Elsewhere, Dan is rattled when he watches one of Olivia’s on-screen sex scenes.” No one wants to think about Lizzie Maguire having sex.

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This Week on TV (10/12-10/18)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, MTV, NBC, 30 Rock, Heroes, Nip/Tuck

(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)

MONDAY (10/12)

• Heroes (NBC, 8pm):  “Sylar tries to remember who he was in the past.” The creepy killer on a hit show?
• Gone Too Far (MTV, 10pm):  Series premiere. “This documentary series from Adam Goldstein (a.k.a. DJ AM) premieres as he travels to his hometown of Philadelphia to stage a surprise intervention with a 23-year-old heroin addict who won’t go into rehab without a fight.” Finally, something of substance from MTV.
• The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo, 10pm):  Season finale. “More stress comes in the form of a disenchanted Taylor, who threatens to walk away from Team Zoe for good, triggering a relapse or Rachel’s vertigo.” Employees—you put them on a reality show, and they’re still never satisfied.

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Getting Into Character: Rose McGowan on Nip/Tuck

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, FX, Nip/Tuck, Gossip, Spoilers

Oh my, Katee Sackhoff—how you have changed.

Although the blonde Battlestar Galactica star originated the role of Dr. Teddy Rowe on Nip/Tuck, scheduling conflicts have a resulted in a new actress…and a new hair color.

When the FX program resumes next week, viewers will see Rose McGowan (Charmed) taking over Sackhoff’s anesthesiology duties. The new Teddy Rowe will be around to get Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) fired up for a handful of episodes.

Season 6 of Nip/Tuck debuts Wednesday, Oct. 14 @ 10:00.

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TV on DVD: October 6, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, CBS, FX, FOX, MTV, NBC, PBS, Medium, Nip/Tuck, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Ally McBeal (Season 1, Complete Series)
• Blood Ties (Season 2)
• Bones (Season 4)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas  **Blu-ray**
• The F Word (Series 3)
• Get Smart (Season 4)
• The Hills (Season 5, Part 1)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas  **Blu-ray**
• Ken Burns: The National Parks - America’s Best Idea
• Lark Rise to Candleford (Season 1)
• Man v. Food (Season 1)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Season 5)

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Casting Corner: Vampire Diaries, The Simpsons and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, FX, FOX, The CW, 30 Rock, Gossip, Spoilers

Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:

The Vampire Diaries: It’s gonna be a different world for Jasmine Guy. The actress has now graduated from student at A Different World‘s Hillman College to grandmother on the CW series. (How old does that make me??)  The 47-year-old will be related to Bonnie Bennett (Katerina Graham).

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The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, 30 Rock, 24, Amazing Race, The, American Idol, ER, Family Guy, Lost, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, Features

Could the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards be another year for firsts?

Around this same time last September, the execs of basic cable were thrilled to see one of their own finally win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (Mad Men). Meanwhile, producers of reality fare saw an award given to one of their hosts (Jeff Probst). So which other category could be covered during this round? Animation.

For the first time since 1961 (when The Flintstones were still on air), an animated program has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. So will Family Guy finally go where The Simpsons has never gone before? Not if the six other contenders have anything to say about it!

So who won? Who lost? Which funnyman took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor since Jeremy Piven wasn’t even nominated? Read our West Coast play-by-play account of this evening’s telecast and find out!

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: An Exclusive Season 4 DVD Clip

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, FX, DVD, Video

Not yet ready for tonight’s premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Then maybe this video will get you warmed up.

In this exclusive clip from the program’s Season 4 DVD package, Dennis Reynolds (actor Glenn Howerton) does his best Alistar Cooke to present a unique rendition of his steamy memoir. (I’m not entirely sure Masterpiece Theater ever looked like this.) This bonus feature from the three-disc set is a companion piece to last October’s episode: “Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life.”

Season 5 of Philadelphia airs Thursdays @ 10:00 on FX. You can also pick up Season 4 which was just released on DVD this week..

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TV on DVD: September 15, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, NBC, Grey's Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• The Big Bang Theory (Season 2)
• Bonanza (Season 1, Vol. 1 & 2)
• Crash (Season 1)
• CSI: Miami (Season 7)
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special)
• Dragon Ball (Season 1)
• Fame (Season 1 & 2)
• Fear Itself (Season 1)
• Grey’s Anatomy (Season 5)
• Heartland (Season 1, Part 1)
• The IT Crowd (Season 3)
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 4)

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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (9/8)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, FX, PBS, TNT-HD, Cancellations, Renewals

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

RENEWALS

• Giuliana & Bill (Style) - Season 2
• Leverage (TNT) - Season 3
• Mad Men (AMC) - Season 4
• The Singing Bee (CMT) - Season 2

CANCELLATIONS

• Reading Rainbow (PBS) - The program aired its last episode on August 28.
• Rescue Me (FX) - The seventh and final season will air in 2011.

(To get a look at TV Envy’s 2009 Fall Programming Schedule, click here.)

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This Week on TV (9/7-9/13)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Bravo, Cable, FX, FOX, America's Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance

(To get a look at TV Envy’s 2009 Fall Programming Schedule, click here.)

MONDAY (9/7)

• At Full Volume with Johnny Colt (Travel, 9pm):  “Johnny Colt of Black Crowes fame ventures to Thailand, where he finds himself in a Muay Thai boxing match.” My money’s on Johnny. He’s a little bit Hard to Handle.
• The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo, 10pm):  “The red-carpet pressure’s on when Rachel allows a stunned Brad full responsibility to give high fashion to actress Anne Hathaway for fashion’s biggest night—the Oscars.” That’s Ba-na-nas.
• Hoarders (A&E, 10pm):  “A woman who has over 75 living and dead cats in her home, which is full of cat feces and urine-soaked furniture and carpets.” Later, it was discovered the woman had actually invaded the cats’ home.

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