Well I haven’t been blogging about the show (mainly bc I dont think I watched it live once…) but I am sooo happy Joshua won, I thought he was the most improved and impressive dancer this year. So hoorah!! If you missed it my favorite part of the finale was when all of my favorite dancers (IVAN!!!) came back and did a little dance thinger to Please Don’t Stop the music (aka they did their own things and then took the choreography from Idol Gives Back) This is a super bad version of it but here it is!
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.
So all the major websites are reporting this and I think it’s pretty exciting. The Emmys will most likely be adding a new award to the ceremonies in Sept. Reality Host award! That’s right we might get to see Ryan Seacrest up there accepting an award for his hosting duties. Lets be realistic tho Phil Keogan will probably win since thats the only reality show that wins anything at the Emmys. (I still love you Amazing Race!!). Should be interesting.
(Maybe Heidi Klum? — DEF not the guy who hosted Kid Nation can we say awkward?)
Apparently Travis from season two is choreographing the group numbers at auditions. EEEEEHHH!! I am so excited. I think that AI should take a page from SYTYCD. SYTYCD has continually brought back their past performers to help the newest dancers competing. Why doesn’t AI bring some old contestants to be the mentors too? Come on, Kelly Clarkson!? I’m sure she has some great advice for them
In other random news…a press conference with President Bush about the economy is on here, and in the middle of it KNBC accidentally put on a commercial for a warehouse clear out auction (COME ON DOWN) hahah then they realized it and put Bush back on…I thought it was hilarious.
From Cynopsis this morning — for anyone who thinks they can dance *haha or for that matter anyone who just wants to get on tv*
Casting Call: FOX’s reality competition series So You Think You CanDance will premiere its fourth edition this summer and will begin a national search for dancers this week. The auditions open in Dallas this Thursday, 8a at McFarlin Memorial Auditorium at Southern Methodist University. Other cities include Charleston on January 31; Salt Lake City on February 4; Washington, D.C. on February 21; Los Angeles on March 6; and Milwaukee on March 20. Registration begins at 8a in each city. Applicants who are traveling to cities for the auditions should plan on staying at least two days following their auditions for callbacks. Additional information can be found at www.fox.com/dance .
Hollywood Reporter is reporting *ha* that the producers of High School Musical are going to produce a new musical for MTV. A bunch of people I’ve never heard of are set to be in it (except Autumn Reeser from The OC! ahaha) — but most interesting is that one of the names on the cast list is none other then Neil Haskell –cutie from So You Think You Can Dance this past summer. It has to be him right? Click below to read the rest of the story
I drove past the strikers today on the way back to work after lunch. I think it’s great that the writers have a union standing up for them. I beeped my horn and gave a big thumbs up. Although I hope it doesn’t last too long — I’ll miss my shows come January.
Some other news round ups — rumor has it that if the strike does last as long as it did back in 88 (22 weeks OUCH), then CBS might bring Big Brother back in March! Yeaah for that.
I’ve also heard that apparently in the Hollywood Round for AI (which starts this week) some contestants will be able to use musical instruments — which would be great for those who do, but a hindrance perhaps on those who don’t? Who knows — we shall see.
Also, rumor has it that the season 4 of SYTYCD might be combining their tour with the finalists of AI7 — might work out? Who knows.
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