My Own Worst Enemy
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Enemy and Lipstick are Gone; What's Next to Worry About?
Word slipped out late yesterday that NBC was axing both Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy from its schedule, but there's some good news today: There are reports that both shows will at least get to air their remaining episodes in their current time slots. Lipstick will have 13 episodes and is wrapping production on them this week, while Enemy will end after nine episodes.
According to The Futon Critic, Friday Night Lights could take over the Lipstick slot in January, to which I can really only say "hooray!"
TV Tonight: My Own Worst Enemy
The third and final piece of NBC's Monday night sci-fi block falls into place tonight, when My Own Worst Enemy makes its debut.
The show stars Christian Slater as Edward, a man who has volunteered for an experimental government program . .
First Look: My Own Worst Enemy
This Fall, NBC is creating a spy sandwich — or, as Ben Silverman put it, "a male hero sandwich" — by slotting in the new Christian Slater drama My Own Worst Enemy after Chuck and Heroes on Monday nights. I got a brief look at the show with a few clips at TCA this month, and now those clips have finally turned up online.
The show stars Slater as Henry Spivey .
Buzz News Roundup, 6/23
- Alfre Woodard will play Christian Slater's boss on NBC's series My Own Worst Enemy, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- The indie film Nailed, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, has stopped production for the fourth time, citing more financial problems, Variety reports.
- The Financial Times is reporting that there could be a Beatles edition of Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
- Katie Cassidy won't be returning to Supernatural, TV Guide reports.
- Jennifer Egan's novel The Keep will be adapted for the big screen, writes ComingSoon.
- Billboard is reporting the news that Amy Winehouse has emphysema, according to her father.
- You can now watch full episodes of ABC shows on Veoh.com, Reuters reports.
- Blake Lewis is the latest American Idol contestant to lose his record deal, according to the New York Post.
NBC's Fall Schedule: My Take
NBC started off this year's Upfronts more than a month early this afternoon, kicking off the frenzy of Fall TV announcements with its no-frills presentation (which took the form of either a PowerPoint presentation or a conference call, depending on where you were). While the format of the announcements wasn't thrilling, the content will give us much to speculate about over the next few months. Here are some of my initial thoughts:
- I think Save Friday Night Lights said this one best: Touchdown!
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Christian Slater Could Take Over Lead in The Forgotten
So My Own Worst Enemy didn't work out so well for Christian Slater, but that hasn't deterred the actor from taking another stab at TV. Slater is now in negotiations to star in ABC's Fall drama series The Forgotten.
The drama, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, focuses on a group of amateur investigators who try to track down people who go missing.
TV Casting News: Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Lucas, and More
The newest round of casting news includes a new role for a former 90210-er and a project that could put Freddie Prinze Jr. back on TV at the same time as wife Sarah Michelle Gellar, so read on!
- Freddie Prinze Jr. is hopping to an ABC comedy pilot called No Heroics, which is based on a comic series and revolves around a team of B-list superheroes living in our world. Prinze's role is Bradley (superhero name: Ultimatum), the tormenter of the B-list squad's leader: "An A-list superhero, Bradley is a handsome, cocky and egotistical Alpha male who has all the women and fame and money a guy could want."
TV Critics Love Mad Men, Hate Most New Shows
It was already pretty clear that Fall 2008 wasn't the shining beacon of good television we all wanted after the writers' strike, but the latest installment of TV Week's critics' poll pretty much drives the message home. Only one new show, HBO's True Blood, managed to crack the top 10, while all but one show on the list of worst series was a product of Fall '08.
Mad Men took first place on the best list, jumping up from second last time it was eligible.
The Votes Are In: The Best New TV Show and Character of 2008
For my best of 2008 series, I asked you to pick the best new TV show and new character of 2008. One of the decisions was easy, while the other was a fight to the finish. Who came out on top?
What to TiVo: Monday
- Fox is new with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Prison Break
- NBC is new with Chuck, Heroes, and My Own Worst Enemy
- CBS is new with The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Worst Week, and CSI: Miami
- ABC has I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown and is new with 20/20
- The CW has repeats of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
- MTV is new with The Hills and The Hills Aftershow
- VH1 is new with Real Chance of Love
- Comedy Central has repeats of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
- Late-night highlights include Adam Sandler on Late Show with David Letterman on CBS; Kate Winslet, Dame Edna, and Sheryl Crow on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC; and Amy Adams, Eddie Izzard, and John Legend on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC
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