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- George Clooney is signing on to exec-produce Delta Blues (with an Elvis impersonator cop!) for TNT — TV Squad
- January Jones will star in the Nicolas Cage thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps — Coming Soon
- The Short Circuit remake gets a director — MTV Movies Blog
- Those DirectTV ads with Chris Farley and David Spade suffer some backlash — E! Online
- Kristin Davis talks the Sex and the City sequel — Hollywood Crush
- Lots of photos from this past weekend's CMJ Festival — Stereogum
- Weezer and Lil Wayne's collaboration "Can't Stop Partying" is pretty darn catchy — Idolator
- Check out this list of the best rock-'n'-roll movies — Rotten Tomatoes
- Author Augusten Burroughs is working on two new TV series, one for CBS and one for Showtime — Movieline
- Norah Jones plays a pirate in her new music video — HitFix
- Just in time for Halloween: The 5 scariest TV episodes ever — TV.com
- Plus, 10 girl-power inspired costumes (Bella Swan made the list!) — TresSugar
Hawaii Five-O Returning to TV
Book 'em, Dano! Hawaii Five-O is coming back to CBS. The network is currently at work developing a 2.0 version of the classic cop series, and the writers behind it include two of the guys from Fringe, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.
CBS Scores Another Daily Show Alum: Rob Riggle
CBS's comedy department is starting to look a little like The Daily Show, Primetime Edition. Current Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle has just signed a deal to create and star in a half-hour CBS comedy, following a similar deal by Samantha Bee and Jason Jones last week.
Riggle is committed to The Daily Show through the end of the year, but after that, he'll make the jump to CBS to start working on his show.
Hawaii Five-O: Oh, No, Not Another Remake!
Who needs original ideas when you can revisit the hits of the past? From Knight Rider to The Streets of San Francisco, that seems to be TV's strategy these days — and now we can add the classic cop show Hawaii Five-O to the list. The long-running TV show is going to be remade at CBS, with the fictional Hawaiian police department now being run by the son of one of the original cops.
Pilot Watch: Worst Week
The networks have announced their Fall schedules, but which of the series will actually be worth watching? This Summer, as the networks release their pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. A lot can change before a show makes it to air — especially this year, when the writers' strike severely gummed up the production of pilots — so consider these just some quick thoughts on how the shows look now.
First Look: Flashpoint on CBS
If Swingtown is a step outside the box for CBS, the network's other Summer drama, Flashpoint, seems like a perfect fit. It's a cop show, set in a specialized unit that "rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens," and it should slip in nicely with the network's crime-of-the-week brand.
The show, which premieres July 11, came to CBS under rather unusual circumstances.
Sneak Peek: Swingtown's Premiere Episode
You know, I really want to like CBS' Swingtown, which premieres tonight at 10 p.m. I didn't make it one of my Top Ten Reasons to Keep Your TV On This Summer for nothing. But, unfortunately, the network's promo department doesn't seem to be doing the show many favors.
Buzz News Roundup, 5/21
- Variety reports that Spike Lee plans to make a feature-length documentary about Michael Jordan to premier at next year's Cannes Film Festival.
- The Telegraph reports that the voice cast members of The Simpsons will receive $500,000 per episode for the next 22-episode season.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, John Grisham's bestseller Playing for Pizza will be adapted for the big screen.
- Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta and others have joined Michael Cera for the comedy Youth in Revolt, writes ComingSoon.
- CBS will stream a number of archived television shows online, including Twin Peaks and The Love Boat, reports The Wall Street Journal.
- According to Variety, there will be a Rupert Wainwright-directed indie drama titled Waco, based on the 1993 stand-off at Waco, Texas.
- Janet Jackson is gearing up to do a tour, kicking off in Vancouver on September 10, Billboard writes.
- Will Smith will produce a remake of France's smash hit comedy Welcome to the Sticks, Zap2It reports.
- Reuters reports that Sharon Osbourne has signed on to star in VH1's reality show Rock of Love Girls: Charm School, teaching contestants "about etiquette, fashion and manners."
- Zap2It has the news that John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor are in talks to join Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic thriller 2012.
The CBS Fall Schedule: My Take (Plus Video!)
CBS revealed its plans for Fall at the upfronts this morning, including more comedy and a few high-profile drama series. Now that I've had the chance to mull the schedule over, here are some of my thoughts:
- CBS' decision to expand into a second night of comedy has to be good news for fans of traditional sitcoms, which CBS already did more of — and arguably does better — than any other network at this point. While the descriptions for Project Gary (pictured above) and Worst Week didn't wow me on paper, I'm curious to check out the full shows for myself.
- I wouldn't have pegged CBS as a network for remakes of shows from other countries (that tends to be more NBC's bag), but that's what three of their new series are: The Ex List is imported from Israel, Worst Week is based on a BBC comedy, and Eleventh Hour was originally a BBC miniseries starring Patrick Stewart.
- Hooray for How I Met Your Mother!
The CBS Fall Schedule: Five New Series, No Vampires
CBS took its turn at the 2008 upfronts this morning, revealing a slate that boasted five new shows — and the cancellation of a couple of fan favorites. Chief among them: Moonlight, the network's Friday night vampire drama, which in recent weeks had fans organizing a blood drive in its honor. I wonder if stakes and cloves of garlic will soon be arriving at CBS' door?
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