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Worst TV Ideas of the Decade

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Networks can be very stupid — whether it’s hiring bad actors, grossly overscheduling the newest reality hit, or chucking quality programs, we’ve lost out on some gems and have been subjected to too much drivel in the last ten years.…

The End of Oprah

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The floodgates in daytime TV are officially open. After 25 years, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will end its run on Sept. 9, 2011, Winfrey announced to staffers at her Chicago-based Harpo production company on Thursday.
Whether that means Winfrey will…

Oprah Leaving Broadcast TV?

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

The net is abuzz with rumors that Oprah will not renew her deal with CBS and will instead move her long-running, much-beloved talk show to another network or to her new network OWN, depending on your source.
With OWN’s start…

Halloween Countdown: The Spookiest TV Episodes

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Rabbit rabbit — happy October. We’re feeling it here, as the weather has experienced an unexpected dip from warm and drowsy to biting cold. But we’ll go with it, because the sudden chill perfectly presages Halloween. And to kick off…

‘Amazing Race 15′ Route Revealed!

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Wow, I cannot even believe that we’re on the fifteenth incarnation of this show. But of course, it’s the most inspiring out of the reality fare, so that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Just, surprising.
EW has the scoop on…

LISTOLOGY: Emmys Round-up

Monday, September 21st, 2009

The Good:
“The year in…” — reviews of the top moments in comedy, drama, and reality TV. But these segments were far too short. My favorite part of the older Oscars would be the full clips they’d include of selected…

Multicamera Comedy Staging A Comeback

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

As the Aughts began, television experienced a slew of single-camera sitcoms, like Scrubs, My Name is Earl, Malcolm in the Middle, and The Office. But this year, THR reports, multicamera is creeping back into primetime comedy.
While there’s contention over…

CBS/Pepsi Video Ad to Debut in EW

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

And here I thought those inserts that played the Sopranos theme song — the precursor to the boogie-down-birthday cards — were cool. In an unprecedented move, CBS and Pepsi are teaming up to put a video ad inside Entertainment Weekly…

Was Chima Evicted from ‘Big Brother’, or Did She Quit?

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

EW is here to help clear up the confusion after journalist Chima Simone… well, we’re not quite sure what happened. As you’ll read below, while CBS says that the producers had to take action to remove Simone from the environment…

HIMYM Spoilers: Robin/Barney, A Musical Episode, and The Mother

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Thanks to ONTD for reposting this great interview with How I Met Your Mother co-creator Carter Bays, in which he discusses the big changes coming in Season 5, especially the fallout of a) Robin and Barney finally deciding to try…