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Holiday TV Sneak Peek, Part 2
Holiday TV is upon us, my friends! Though many shows already had their holiday and Thanksgiving episodes, there are still plenty of series with a festive themed episode coming up, including NBC's Thursday night comedy lineup. Check out the photos for a glimpse into Christmas future!
Link Time! Janet Jackson to Open Up on TV About Michael
- Janet Jackson will be talking about her brother in a new primetime special — TV Squad
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey are invading NBC's Mercy. Seriously. — The Ausiello Files
- Ryan Seacrest is letting regular people grab money from celebs for his new show Bank of Hollywood — Vulture
- Here's a guide to all of the guest stars during November sweeps — TV.com
- George Clooney's top 10 movies — Rotten Tomatoes
- CBS picks up five more episodes of Accidentally on Purpose — HitFix
- Michael Jackson's This Is It takes No.
What's Your Favorite New Fall TV Comedy?
By now, all the pilots for the most anticipated new shows have premiered, and I've already picked my faves and permanent TiVo residents. There have been some really strong freshmen comedy shows that run the gamut from romantic, musical, slapstick to pregnancy, including Glee, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Community, Accidentally on Purpose, and Bored to Death.
Which comedy is your new fave?
Five Minutes With Accidentally on Purpose's Ashley Jensen
New sitcom Accidentally on Purpose premieres tonight on CBS, with Jenna Elfman in the lead role as a San Francisco movie critic who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand (Elfman went totally Method: she just announced her real-life pregnancy). Playing her best friend? British actress Ashley Jensen.
TCA Tidbits: Living Dead, Emmy Controversy, and Skittles
After announcing that Let's Make a Deal will be back, CBS kept things trucking at TCA with some controversy, a few digs at NBC, and a bizarre marketing ploy. Read on for highlights.
- The day's most hotly contested panel was the session for the Emmys, at which executive producer Don Mischer attempted to explain the reasoning behind the decision to "time shift" eight awards (aka, give them out in a special ceremony before the regular Emmys).
Pilot Watch: Accidentally on Purpose
The networks have announced their Fall schedules, but which series will be worth watching? Throughout the Summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. Note that a lot can change before a show actually makes it to air, so these aren't reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now.
First Look: CBS's Fall Shows
A Jenna Elfman comedy, a medical show led by a former Moonlight star, a legal drama with Julianna Margulies, and a spinoff of NCIS will be coming our way this Fall courtesy of CBS, which announced its programming plans on Wednesday. But there's no reason to wait till Fall to see if any of these series look appealing — I've got photos and clips after the jump.
One thing these shows have going for them is strong casts: I'm curious to see if Alex O'Loughlin and The L Word's Katherine Moening can keep Three Rivers from being just another medical show, and I'm rooting for Jenna Elfman (and can't wait to see Ashley Jensen again) in Accidentally on Purpose.
CBS's Fall Plans: Four New Series and a Rescue of Medium
CBS swooped in after NBC canceled Medium and picked up the Patricia Arquette drama at its Upfront this morning. Medium joins four other new dramas on CBS's Fall schedule, which seems downright reasonable after, say, ABC's 11 new series.
CBS's newcomers are the NCIS spinoff with LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell; Three Rivers, a medical drama about organ transplants headed by Moonlight's Alex O'Loughlin; The Good Wife, starring Julianna Margulies as an attorney who goes back to work after her husband's public scandal; and Accidentally on Purpose, a comedy starring Jenna Elfman as a movie critic who gets pregnant from a one-night stand.
TV Casting News: Ashley Jensen, Miranda Otto, Skeet Ulrich
In addition to learning about two of the leads in the CW's Body Politic, there's plenty of other casting news making me smile today, including:
- Ugly Betty's Ashley Jensen is jumping to the CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose, which stars Jenna Elfman as a woman who finds herself suddenly pregnant after a fling with a younger man. Betty producer Silvio Horta confirmed that Jensen won't be a regular on the show next year but said she's still "a member of the Ugly Betty family" and could pop up from time to time.
- The ethereal Miranda Otto has been cast as one of the leads in A Marriage, a drama from the My So-Called Life creators about "a marriage that works." Bruce Greenwood will play her husband, with Kay Panabaker and Nick Eversman as their children.
- I was glad to see that Dirty Sexy Money's Zoe McLellan had landed a role in the political drama House Rules, but what's even crazier is who else has a role: Anna Chlumsky, the My Girl girl!
Other Search Results
What to TiVo: Monday
- ABC is new with The Bachelor and Castle
- CBS is new with How I Met Your Mother, Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami
- FOX is new with House and 24
- NBC is new with Chuck and Heroes
- The CW is new with One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected
- A&E is new with Hoarders
- ABC Family is new with The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Make It or Break It, and Greek
- Bravo is new with Kell on Earth
- Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
- E! is new with Bank of Hollywood
- FX is new with Damages
- MTV has repeats of America's Best Dance Crew and True Life, and is new with The Buried Life and My Life as Liz
- Showtime is new with Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, and La La Land
- VH1 has repeats of For the Love of Ray J 2 and Let's Talk About Pep, and is new with the season premiere of Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp
- Late-night highlights include Emma Roberts on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Jamie Foxx and Garry Marshall on Lopez Tonight on TBS; Sandra Bullock on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Eric Dane, Kourtney Kardashian, and The Bravery on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Pierce Brosnan on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS; and Stephen Colbert on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC
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