Update from the Upfronts

Well this week is the TV Upfronts in NYC. Very exciting. Not all of the networks have presented their final schedules, but we def. know what the lineup will be for a few of them. Here is alll the scoop (compiled from Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Watch with Kristin, Ausiello at TV Guide, and The Futon Critic — you can find the links to all of them over there to the right)

(please be patient as it will take me awhile to compile all this information!!)

CBS:

Picked up SIX new series which include:

• Project Gary - A guy in his 30’s gets divorced, re-enters the dating pool and is forced to stay in touch with his ex-wife whom he hates because they have kids.
• Worst Week - A single camera comedy series based on the British limited run
  series about a couple’s nightmarish week before their wedding dealing with family and in-law politics.
• Eleventh Hour – A U.S. version of a British Miniseries. The series follows the adventures of a professor who is an adviser to a government scientific agency that troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting scientific endeavor. He is joined by a female government operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as he has made powerful enemies through his work.
• The Mentalist - A dramatic series about a guy with psychic abilities who works as an independent contractor for the police.
• The Ex-List- A dramatic series based on an Israeli series about a woman who tracks down all of her exes after a psychic tells her that she has already met the man she is going to marry.
• Harper’s Island – Horror story that unfolds during the course of a season as a group of friends meet on an island off the Seattle coast for a destination wedding.

CANCELLED on CBS:

• Moonlight
• Shark
• Cane
• Jerico
• Kid Nation

RENEWED on CBS:

• The Unit
• The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Rules of Engagement
• How I met your Mother
• Cold Case
• Criminal Minds
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: New York
• Ghost Whisperer
• NCIS
• Numb3rs
• Without a Trace
• Survivor

NBC

PICKED UP (*W is for Winter):

• MY OWN WORST ENEMY -“The Bourne Identity” meets “Jekyll & Hyde” and centers on a mild-mannered suburban dad (Slater) who learns that his alter ego is a spy.
• KATH & KIM – A comedy series based on the hit Australian sitcom about a divorced woman, KATH, with a married daughter out of the house who dating a great guy and looking terrific. Just as things are about to get really serious with her boyfriend, KATH’s daughter KIM leaves her perfectly nice husband and moves in with her mother, upending her life.
  
• KNIGHT RIDER
• SNL Thursday Night Live – During the Elections
  
• CRUSOE -Adaptation of the classic novel follows a shipwrecked man and his loyal manservant as they struggle to survive on an island fraught with natural and man-made perils.
  
• W* THE PHILANTHROPIST – A dramatic series about an iconoclastic billionaire who looks
  for ways to distribute his wealth and help people by using all of his
  resources, regardless of the risk.
  
• W* THE OFFICE SPIN-OFF- TBD
  
• W* MERLIN – Merlin & his friend Prince Arthur grow up in Camelot where magic has been banned
  
• W* KINGS – A modern-day re-imagining of the historical story of King David, featuring a strong leader who unites two previously divisive factions.

CANCELLED on NBC:

• Las Vegas
• Bionic Women
• Journeyman

RENEWED on NBC:

• Chuck
• Heroes
• The Biggest Loser
• Law & Order:SVU
• Lipstick Jungle
• Deal or No Deal
• MY Name is Earl
• 30 Rock
• The Office
• ER
• LIFE
• W*Celebrity Apprentice
• W*Friday Night Lights (will be on DIRECT TV first)

ABC

PICKED UP:

• Life on Mars – A U.S. adaptation of the BBC series about a 21st century detective who is mysteriously transported back to the 1970′s.

CANCELLED:

• Big Shots
• Cashmere Mafia
• Men in Trees
• October Road
• Women’s Murder Club

RENEWED:

• Boston Legal
• Brothers & Sisters
• Desperate Housewives
• Dirty Sexy Money
• Eli Stone
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Lost
• Private Practice
• Pushing Daisies
• Ugly Betty

FOX:

PICKED UP:

• Dollhouse - A group of agents working for a shadowy organization are programmed with certain talents and personality traits for specific missions. Between assignments, they reside in a compound called the Dollhouse where their memories are wiped clean. When one member of the group becomes self-aware, she starts trying to find answers to who she really is and the company’s mysterious purpose.
• The Fringe - A dramatic series centering on a young female FBI agent who unites with a brilliant, and perhaps crazy institutionalized research scientist. Together, they confront powerful and unexplained phenomena.

CANCELLED:

• K-Ville
• New Amsterdam

RENEWED:

• Prison Break
• Terminator

THE CW:

PICKED UP:

• 90210 - A contemporary version of the 1990′s FOX teen-driven soap opera. The main family consists of a grandmother who was a huge star in the 1970′s, her do-gooder son and his athletic wife who are in the their late 30′s and their two teenagers. Their sixteen year old daughter is an aspiring and talented actress and their adopted son is also sixteen, highly intelligent, but with lingering behavioral issues.
• Surviving the Filthy Rich – The story follows a young smart woman who is fired from her job at a tabloid newspaper, only to be hired by a very wealthy man to be the live-in tutor and life coach for his teenage granddaughters.

CANCELLED:

• Life is Wild
• Alien’s in America

RENEWED:

• America’s Next Top Model
• One Tree Hill
• Reaper
• Gossip Girl
• Supernatural
• Smallville

Um OMG Prison Break News

Ok so this is just breaking on TV Guide, and luckily I was home on my lunch break so I could bring it to you guys — but DR. SARAH TANCREDI is ALIVE. That’s right folks, Sarah Wayne Callies, is coming back!! Ausiello has all the scoop RIGHT HERE

Best of Spoiler Ask

Except…no Spoiler chat this week? What? But there were some great little tidbits in Ask Ausiello.

Question: Kind of going crazy here. Can you find out what the deal is with Prison Break? The season finale aired Monday, and there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not it’s ever coming back. — Mike
Ausiello: Much to my surprise, I’m hearing a fourth season is pretty much a lock. Go figure.

Kristin: Well — I guess we will find out what happens to our boys. I hope its kinda a short season. We don’t want this show to end on a drawn out fourth season. Let’s wrap up this story and end it while it’s on top. eh?

Question: I love Gossip Girl! Is it coming back this fall? — Tammy
Ausiello: Try this summer. Although nothing’s official, I’m hearing the CW is strongly considering bringing the show back in July/August with an original run of episodes. And that’s in addition to the five new episodes we’re getting beginning April 21. For more on when (or if) your favorite shows are returning, see my Strike Recovery Chart.

Kristin: This summer? Huh? Are they trying to compete with the Olympics? Or did they just not order up any other shows for this summer because of the strike? Then again, The OC (sigh RIP) started in the summer and it kicked ass so who knows.

Question: How’s it looking for Friday Night Lights? — Kevin
Ausiello: Not great. NBC gaveTaylor Kitsch permission to take a major role in the forthcoming X-Men spin-off Wolverine, which essentially KO’s any chance the show had of coming back this season.

Kristin: WAAHHHHHH Did you guys sign the petition and send your lightbulbs yet?

The shows are back!!! (soon!)

According to Ausiello, we have return dates for some of our favorite shows!

Feb 27th
Men in Trees (11 new episodes left)

March 24th
The Hills

April 10th
The Office – 6 new episodes

April 14th
One Tree Hill (4 new episodes remain) – 6 additional episodes

APRIL 13th
Desperate Housewives – 7 new episodes

APRIL 20th
Brothers & Sisters – 4 new episodes

APRIL 21
Gossip Girl – 5 new episodes

APRIL 24th 
Grey’s Anatomy – 5 new episodes
Ugly Betty – 5 new episodes

APRIL/MAY
Lost (5 New episodes Left) – 5 additional episodes

No New Episodes until the Fall:
Dirty Sexy Money (3 new episodes remain)
Heroes
Private Practive
Pushing Daises

TBD:
Friday Night Lights
Prison Break

PS – I have been incrediably remiss in blogging Brothers&Sisters, I will get back on that ASAP!!

Season (Series?) Finale of Prison Break

So the show hasn’t been picked up yet — hence why it might be the Series Finale.

There is a chase; Whistler is running away from Michael and Linc in a car. They are now out of the cars…and Whistler contacts Susan and they are now fucked. Houston jersey boys dad is asked to pull his car over so they can inspect it. Sucre was beaten to a bloody pulp, they want to know where Scofield is. Michael calls Susan and they arrange another pick up place.

Prison Break — 30 seconds.

The thirty seconds begin. Luchero, Bellick, and TBag make a run for it and they shoot to kill Luchero. The other two surrender. This looks like it is all Michael’s plan. We see Sucre locked in the detention center. Luchero was shot like 4 times but he is still alive. The other guys are freaking out and Michael tells them — this is the plan. So I guess he is planning to escape while they are detaining the other people.

Linc is running thru the woods and he calls Sucre, who can’t answer the phone because he is detained. AHHH.. Linc gets a call from the Houston jerseys dad who is by what looks like the get away car. Bellick is strangled and he confesses that they got there via a tunnel under Lucero’s room. What an idiot. The guards are on their way and Michael and the rest of them make their escape.. Michael is out of the tunnel, Whistler is out, Mahone is out, and Houston jersey is out!! Bellick confesses to everyone who escaped. What a puss. They start lining up everyone to check and see if they are there. I kinda can’t watch I am too nervous. AHHH hahahh there is a hole in the fence, the boys are gone!! YES!

The boys are escaping and the guards are not far behind. Ut oh the people on the bus are reporting what happened to the police and they say they can recognize Linc. Whistler hurts his ankle; the boys make it to the beach. They are digging up something. Oh Jesus he lost his book. Mahone asks linc to hold onto a photo of his kid and Linc says screw you. Houston boy can not swim too well…ut oh. The boys are basically making themselves invisible with breathing tanks underwater. Back at camp Bellick is getting the shit kicked out of him because he doesn’t know where Michael is. The boys continue to swim. Looks like the guys are waiting for Sucre and a boat – but he is detained so that’s not gonna happen. Ut oh.

Houston’s dad realizes that Sucre didn’t get the boat out. The guards realize they escaped via the ocean. All of the guys are struggling. A boat is on the way — but who is it?? Houston’s dad is there to save the day. The boys get into the boat. Whistler tells Michael he appreciates his help. Back at jail, Luchero is still alive, and Bellick is still getting the crap kicked out of him. They take TBag out back. He sees the book and he takes it. Houston goes home to his family. I hope that stays a happy ending. Now we have a high speed chase because they are tracking them, nice.

The chase continues, and the end up at some shack during a shoot out. The warden tells them to let Sucre out. The guys escape again. TBag is still being harassed. OH JESUS. TBag spots Sucre and says that he knows everything. Linc decides to make his own terms. Houston and his dad run into a road block. The guards find out who Sucre is. OH NO! Mahone says goodbye. Linc says no way. He is going to kill him, for killing his father. Whistler tries to escape, and in the meantime so does Mahone. OH JESUS, Whistler gets in a car and drives away.

Season finale next week!!

Prison Break

The guys are working on the escape plan. They have 24 hours to dig out from where they are. Michael tells Linc about how the rest of the motley crew that is coming with them, and he asks Linc to think of a way to distract the guards. Bellick is obnoxious. The team continues to dig dig dig until ut oh its raining. The spot where they are digging is caving in easily since the rain, so they have to leave….TONIGHT. AHHH hahaha

Prison Break “If he doesn’t take you…I will”

We begin with Michael finding out that TBag is now in on the escape plan “the work downstairs requires two hands” haahha. The crew has to dig thru this tunnel thing — this doesn’t look good. Michael says two days until they escape (which means what 7 episodes!?) Ut oh guy who’s name i can’t remember Sammy who now has a gun just put it to the other guy who’s name I can’t remembers Luchero’s head!!! He doesn’t kill him but he basically says that he is running the place now. Sammy announces to the group that he is running things now. He offers a case of Rum to the guy who brings him Michael Scofield.

Prison Break – “That bitch is crazy — she cut Sarah’s head off”

Well it has been a LONG time since we last saw Michael Scofield.

The episode picks up with Michael being informed that there is a new man in charge of the jail. He interrogates Michael about the attempted escape, but Michael doesn’t say anything. They put hit in something called the hot box? huh? It basically looks like a giant metal cage made of wires and saran wrap. Linc and the girl who’s name I can’t remember Sophia— Whistler’s GF walk out of the hospital and we are visited by the girl who’s name I cant remember who is bad. Alex and the other woman I can’t remember her name but she gives him a coin from her father. She gives him a super awkward hug. I guess he is going back to prison. AWW Linc gets to see LJ. “That bitch is crazy — she cut Sarah’s head off” hahah LJ so young.

Monday Night TV

OK so this weeks Prison Break was a long two hours. But it did not disappoint. Although I can admit I HATE that this show is in Panama, its all dirty and grimy and honestly it makes the show hard to watch its just so much more gory — and its on at 8pm what what? Although its hard to watch, its hard not to watch — i found myself freaking out and not wanting to watch but peeking thru my eyes *which clearly my hands were covering lol* Totally suprised about the chick with the short hair coming back to save Alex — is it all for real? We will find out. He does play a great drug addict tho. Totally shocked at the whole twist in the end with Whistler knowing “Gretchen” what what? And the previews for next week look INTENSE.

The Hills - It’s the Young Hollywood party and Whitney is in charge! Oh looks it’s Heidi’s 21st bday — who knew she wasn’t 21 yet. Audrina and Justin Bobby go to see the Ruse at the viper room (oddly enough when I went to go see Onerepublic at The Roxy some guy handed all of us a copy of their demo and i didn’t listen to it. woops) I’m sure the people love how audrina the secretary at epic is saying she can give their cd out. The only person i recognized at this young Hollywood party was Emmy Rossum. Oh and now Hilary Duff. AHhh Love that they played that song “alll around the world” which was totally the song for the premier of the OC when they had the fashion show. Is it sad that I know that? Ahahahah one of the Ruse members “likes her” I bet the producers totally set that shit up too. I miss Lo they need to make her a series regular.
Next Week: Heidi & Lauren have a confrontation! woaaah Lauren says “I want to forgive you and I want to forget you” LOVE IT.

Heroes: Ok let me just preferance that this has been the first episode of Heroes that I really truley enjoyed. Angela Petrelli is alive? The company could be the good guys? And how about the Dream team of Matt, Nikki, Nathan and Surish (kinda weird?) Flying Boy Boyfriend finding out about Claires HRG secret…Hiro’s story finally having some meaning — because FRIGGIN KENSEI IS THIS ADAM GUY THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WEEKS. SHUT UP. hahah great episode, let’s hope it continues.