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Fox Fall Schedule: Two New Shows This Fall

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:33 PDT

Fox revealed its Fall TV schedule at the 2008 upfronts this morning, announcing two new shows and the two-hour "telefilm" 24 prequel that will air in November before the regular (much delayed) new season of the show starts up again in January 2009.

The Fox show getting the most buzz this upfront season (and the basket in which Fox is placing all its eggs) is the J.J. Abrams drama Fringe (featuring Joshua Jackson - yay, Pacey!) which will follow House (in a new spot) on Tuesday nights. The other new addition to the schedule is the scripted comedy Do Not Disturb (formerly known as The Inn) which is directed by Jason Bateman.

Coming up mid-season? More sci-fi including Dollhouse from Joss Whedon and two new animated comedies: The Cleveland Show (the Family Guy spinoff) and Sit Down, Shut Up from Arrested Development's Mitchell Hurwitz.

Here's Fox's official press release, and to check out the full schedule and descriptions of the new shows, just

read more. All caps = new show ** = new timeslot MONDAY 8:00 p.m. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 9 p.m. Prison Break TUESDAY 8 p.m. House** 9 p.m. FRINGE WEDNESDAY 8 p.m. Bones 9 p.m. 'Til Death 9:30 p.m. DO NOT DISTURB THURSDAY 8 p.m. The Moment of Truth 9 p.m. Kitchen Nightmares FRIDAY 8 p.m. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader 9 p.m. Don't Forget the Lyrics! SATURDAY 8 p.m. Cops 8:30 p.m. Cops 9 p.m. America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back 11 p.m. MADtv Midnight Talkshow SUNDAY 8 p.m. The Simpsons 8:30 p.m. King of the Hill 9 p.m. Family Guy 9:30 p.m. American Dad Mid-season: SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, DOLLHOUSE, 24, American Idol, Hell's Kitchen, SECRET MILLIONAIRE, HE CLEVELAND SHOW Here's how Fox describes the new shows: Fringe From J.J. Abrams (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind Star Trek,Mission: Impossible III and Alias comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality. When an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (newcomer Anna Torv) is called in to investigate. After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, Boston Legal), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP (John Noble, Lord of the Rings), our generation's Einstein. There's only one catch: he's been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER (Joshua Jackson, Dawson's Creek) in to help. When Olivia's investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES, CHARLIE FRANCIS and ASTRID FARNSWORTH will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth. Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb (working title) is a hilarious workplace comedy set at one of New York City's hottest and hippest hotels: The Inn. Named one of the Big Apple's "10 Best Places to Stay," The Inn is just that the "in" place to be, with its chic dcor, stylish staff and celebrity clientele. Behind the scenes, however, the upstairs/downstairs dynamic tells quite a different story. The hotel's top-notch reputation and sophisticated look is due in large part to NEAL (Jerry O'Connell) at least in his opinion. Although The Inn's charismatic owner R.J. (guest star Robert Wagner) takes all the credit, Neal is the egotistical, hyper-stylish, detail-oriented general manager who will do whatever it takes to keep the hotel and its employees up to his standards. RHONDA (Niecy Nash, Reno 911!) is the head of Human Resources who also keeps Neal's demands in check. She's brash, fabulous and brutally honest and runs the HR department from her bullpen downstairs with a set of rules that are all her own. Rhonda does her best to keep the back of the house in line and the front of the house out of trouble. At the front desk handling check-in while wearing 6-inch Manolos is NICOLE (Molly Stanton), an aging model who is svelte, cynical and slightly starving. Fresh from Nebraska is JASON (Brando Eaton), the nave bellman who would prefer to work behind-the-scenes, but was hired to show off his chiseled face and perfect pecs at the front of the hotel. The downstairs staff includes MOLLY (Jolene Purdy), a reservations clerk who dreams of pop-singer stardom as much as she craves to be part of the action upstairs; and LARRY (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), the head of housekeeping who spends more time on the phone cleaning up his messes at home than he does cleaning up after the guests upstairs. Dollhouse Joss Whedon, creator of groundbreaking cult favorites Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly returns to television and reunites with fellow Buffy alumna Eliza Dushku for a thrilling new drama, DOLLHOUSE. ECHO (Dushku) is an "Active," a member of a highly illegal and underground group who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined to a secret facility known as the "Dollhouse," Echo and the other Actives including SIERRA (Dichen Lachman) and VICTOR (Enver Gjokaj) carry out engagements assigned by ADELLE (Olivia Williams), one of the Dollhouse leaders. The engagements cater to the wealthy, powerful and connected, and require the Actives to immerse themselves in all manner of scenarios romantic, criminal, uplifting, dangerous, comical and the occasional "pro bono" good deed. After each scenario, Echo, always under the watchful eye of her handler BOYD (Harry Lennix), returns to the mysterious Dollhouse where her thoughts, feelings and experiences are erased by TOPHER (Fran Kranz), the Dollhouse's genius programmer. Echo enters the next scenario with no memory of before. Or does she? As the series progresses, FBI Agent PAUL SMITH (Tahmoh Penikett) pieces together clues that lead him closer to the Dollhouse, while Echo stops forgetting, her memories begin to return and she slowly pieces together her mysterious past. Dollhouse revolves around Echo's blossoming self-awareness and her desire to discover her true identity. But with each new engagement, comes a new memory and increased danger inside and outside the Dollhouse. Secret Millionaire Secret Millionaire is a dramatic unscripted series that takes America's wealthiest individuals away from their lavish lifestyles, sprawling mansions and private planes and places them undercover into some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. Shot under the guise of a documentary, the series reveals the dramatic personal return that millionaires will get when they leave their fortunes to invest in those less fortunate. Challenged with living on minimum wage, the millionaires will immerse themselves in situations beyond their comprehension. They will work side-by-side with community members and befriend those in need to decide who should ultimately receive their gifts of a lifetime. The millionaires will be touched by the people they meet. Some will inspire with their dedication to helping others, while others will relay stories of overcoming tremendous odds. On the final day, the Secret Millionaires meet with the chosen recipients and reveal their true identity and intention: to give them at least $100,000 oftentimes more of their own money and to change their lives forever. Secret Millionaire will engage viewers in important social issues, extol the virtues of volunteerism and change the lives of disadvantaged people and the philanthropists who helped them in unexpected ways. The Cleveland Show Many years ago, CLEVELAND BROWN (voiced by Mike Henry) was a high school student madly in love with a beautiful girl named DONNA. Much to his dismay, his love went unrequited, and Donna wound up marrying another man. Cleveland once told Donna he would always love her, and if this man ever done her wrong, he'd be there when she called. Well, this man done her wrong. Donna's husband skipped town with another woman, leaving Donna with a daughter and a baby. Now she's come to Cleveland and offered him another chance at love. Unattached after the Loretta-Quagmire debacle and true to his word, Cleveland joyously accepts and he and CLEVELAND JR. move to Stoolbend, VA, to join their new family. Once in Stoolbend, Cleveland has a few surprises in store for him, including a flirtatious new stepdaughter, a 5-year-old stepson who loves the ladies, as well as a collection of neighbors that includes a loudmouth redneck couple, a British family seemingly stuck in the Victorian era and a family of bears living at the end of the block. Family Guy was only the beginning. Get ready for The Cleveland Show (working title)! Sit Down, Shut Up From Emmy Award-winning writer Mitchell Hurwitz (Arrested Development) and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Two and a Half Men) comes Sit Down, Shut Up (working title), an animated comedy that focuses on the lives of eight staff members at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town (Go Baiters!) who never lose sight of the fact that the children must ALWAYS come second. We watch them grapple with their own egos, needs and personal agendas, their petty insecurities and prejudices, unrequited loves, and ruthless battles for power and that's just at the staff meeting. SUE SEZNO (Kenan Thompson), a woman who frequently says "no," is the acting principal of the school (the actual principal is recovering from a series of unfortunate accidents that might be seen as escape attempts). Then there's Vice Principal STUART PROZACKIAN (Will Forte) who has a terrifically positive and upbeat attitude... possibly from the performance-enhancing medication he's been secretly put on by the other teachers. There is one educator who feels the focus should be on academics, but despite the old adage, at this school, those who can teach, teach gym and that's where LARRY SLIMP (Jason Bateman) has been exiled to. Immensely frustrated, Larry nurses a crush on science teacher MIRACLE GROHE (Maria Bamford), a woman whose superficial grasp on science is balanced by her superficial grasp on spirituality. Rounding out the staff is the aging German teacher WILLARD DEUTSCHEBOG (Henry Winkler), a deeply defeated man whose yearbook quotation reads "If I believed in reincarnation, I'd kill myself tonight." Uptight HELEN KLENCH (Cheri Oteri) is a librarian whose life's work in research and archiving can now be surpassed by the average Google search from the average cell phone. Proud ANDREW SAPIEN (Nick Kroll) is the flamboyant drama teacher. ENNIS HOFFTARD (Will Arnett) is a fellow teacher and a self-obsessed body builder who yearns to be thought of as a "cool dude" by his students. And finally there's HAPPY (Tom Kenny), the plotting secretive custodian who's assumed to be Hispanic despite the fact that his real name is Muhannad Sabeeh Fa'ach Nuaba. With a distinctive new look a combination of animation against a live-action backdrop Sit Down, Shut Up is a series for the young and old at heart. It lampoons modern society while exposing the dreams, flaws and struggling humanity of our first and most formative authority figures: teachers. Photos courtesy of Fox

Jason Bateman, Niecy Nash Team for Fox Comedy

BuzzSugar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:34:32 PDT

I love when people I like team up to make some cool new project happen, and that seems to be the case with Fox's new comedy pilot The Inn. I was excited enough to see that Reno 911!'s Niecy Nash was cast in the lead of the comedy. Sweetening matters further was its creator and writer, Arrested Development alum - and possessor of one of the best names in Hollywood -Abraham Higginbotham. And now there's word that Jason Bateman will be directing the show's pilot episode.

That's an awful lot of comedy talent in one little show. Of course, there's all the Arrested Development goodness from Bateman and Higginbotham. And Nash has been one of my top two favorite characters on Reno! for, well, forever (the other one is Wendi McLendon-Covey, a.k.a. Deputy Clementine Johnson). If Nash can bring even a smidgen of the crazy/funny she offers up in Reno!, I'm sold.

I admit I wasn't too excited about the pilot from its description: an Upstairs, Downstairs-style show set in a swanky New York hotel. It just reminded me a little too much of Welcome to the Captain over on CBS. But with Nash in front of the camera and Bateman behind it, I'll definitely give it a try if it makes it through the pilot phase and becomes a series. You?

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The Stanford Inn: The Ultimate Spot For Fall Relaxation

CasaSugar — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:20:42 PDT

The Stanford Inn, an eco-friendly resort in Mendocino, CA, offers an idyllic escape from high-speed city life. Burrowed in a thick redwood forest and overlooking an amazing seascape of the Pacific, the Stanford Inn is a quintessential Fall relaxation spot for nature aficionados (and is pet friendly, too).

When I stayed there recently, I found the air quality to be unlike anything I have ever smelled: a fresh, dewy mix of the salty sea and redwood trees. All of the rooms have ocean views and overlook the large vegetable garden, which supplies ingredients to the the Ravens' Restaurant, an acclaimed organic, vegetarian restaurant.

Link Time: A Caribbean Getaway, DIY Wall Art, and Tips For Finding the Right Pillow!

CasaSugar — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:47:19 PST

Tour the lush grounds of a surprisingly affordable inn nestled in the Caribbean jungle. - Garden Design
Paper bird cutouts serve as bold wall decor in this incredibly chic Tribeca apartment. - Houzz
Save cash with these seven budget-savvy bathroom makeover tips. - Country Living
Cozy up with this gallery of modern fireplace designs. - California Home + Design
Try your hand at making this woodland monogram art. - Craft
Banish sleepless nights with these tips for finding the right pillow for you. - Stylelist Home
Marvel at this horse stable turned kitchen. - House Beautiful

Take a Look Back at Our Favorite Hotels of the Year

Elka Karl — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:00:44 PST

Whether you're an international jet-setter or an armchair traveler, exploring beautiful hotels never gets old. Some of these hotels may become destinations for you in the next year, while others may be ones you visit in your daydreams. I know that I've found plenty of inspiration from these destinations this year. From the funky to the fabulous, come take a look at some of the great hotels, inns, and lodges we've toured this year.

See Robert Pattinson's Christmas Eve Pub Night With Pals

Allie Merriam — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:45:35 PST

Robert Pattinson was able to spend his holiday break at home in London with friends and family. On Saturday, he linked up with some old pals for an evening at a pub! He was seen chatting with friends, including one brunette girl, while drinking a couple beers at the Sun Inn. He stayed out until past midnight, but apparently still spent Christmas Sunday morning with his parents Clare and Richard. Robert left his childhood home this morning, though, already looking toward his next fun night coming up on New Year's Eve.

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Would You Decorate Your Tree to Reflect Your Profession?

CasaSugar — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:30:40 PST

Aside from being the focal point of Christmas decor, trees also carry a lot of sentimentality. Think about the ornaments on your tree and the story behind each one. Still, some people crave a decorating scheme that tells even more of a story. One way to achieve this is by decorating with objects that reflect your profession, like the bright red saucepans and rolling pins on this tree in Paula Deen's Savannah Beach House Ya'll Come Inn. Though this look might not be for everyone, it certainly sparks ideas for how to experiment with unconventional Christmas tree decor. Cast your vote below to tell us if this is a look you could get behind!

Home Away From Home: The Porches Inn

Lizzie Fuhr — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:00:17 PDT

With Fall upon us, I've been dreaming of the Northeast and all the gorgeous warm colors the season brings to the leaves. Tucked into the Berkshires, North Adams, MA is an artsy town, home to the Fall Foliage Festival in early October. But where to stay for the main event? Look no further than The Porches Inn.

Porches was inspired by MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, "a visionary array of galleries and performance spaces taking root in a sprawling 19th-century mill complex." The 47 rooms of Porches take inspiration from the MASS MoCA by combining striking bold colors with the town's historical mill worker, all re-imagined into a contemporary design. Come take a peek at this sweet inn!

How to Have an Old-Fashioned, Fun, and Frugal Christmas

LearnVest — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:15:49 PST

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy!

Ray-Bans aren't the only piece of the past worth revisiting.

There are also old-school photos, discreetly boozy drinks and Judy Garland. Let's go ahead and combine all three: It's Retro Christmas.

This year, we're planning to enjoy what we call "Retro Christmas": A return to holidays past, when the season was about togetherness rather than excess gifts, affection rather than perfection.

Although scaling down our celebrations means spending less money, that's not the point.

We’ve put together our plan for making this year special . . . and focused on elegance, simplicity and genuine holiday spirit. In the end, our goal is to spend time with the people we care about. Of course, while we call this "Retro Christmas," you can adjust most of our tips for whatever winter holidays you celebrate (except maybe for our advice on ornamenting your tree).

Here's to Christmas in sepia!

Gift as a Group

To make gift-giving as meaningful as possible, concentrate on quality rather than quantity. So, instead of buying something just because you need to get a gift, get one that you know will be cherished, even if that means going in with a group of family or friends.

One easy aid is Share a Gift, a website that allows people to make donations toward a communal gift. It uses PayPal and organizes money better than the usual cash collection.

Read on for more tips for a retro Christmas.

Casa Capsule: Fashionable Art, Fall Wedding Inspiration, and Celebrity Decorating Style

Elka Karl — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:00:45 PDT

Artist Don Oehl is taking you on a private tour of his gallery exhibit!
Get inspired by some unusual Fall wedding decorating ideas.
Modern metal gates make a major first impression.
Book a superstyling international bachelor pad.
What celeb shares your decorating style? This quiz will help you discover the answer.
This chic bedroom was designed by a busy mom and graphic designer.
Tour Atlanta's Stonehurst Place, a beautiful, art-filled, eco inn.
Um, have you seen Rachel Zoe's new home? It is ba-na-nas.