Image by azipaybarah via Flickr This is what I’m thinking: * Talk about burning the candle at both ends. For the past three days, Channel 4’s Joe Arena has been anchoring at 5 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The 5:30 p.m. shift formerly was anchored by Lia Londa, who left for a job in Rochester [...]
Image by Mirka23 via Flickr Location, location, location. It’s the key in real estate and it can be key in TV series. For 20 seasons, “Law & Order” and its sister shows, “SVU” and “Criminal Intent,” were set in New York City, where they took full advantage of the eight million stories available in [...]
Image via Wikipedia Talk about no ordinary competition. The heavily-promoted new ABC series “No Ordinary Family” is facing TV’s most-watched series in “NCIS” on CBS and one of TV’s most-talked about series in Fox’s “Glee.” And to make matters even worse, it premieres at 8 tonight opposite the Britney Spears episode of “Glee.” With that [...]
Image by life is good (pete) via Flickr This is what I’m thinking: * Can Ryan Fitzpatrick bring Buffalo Bills fans back in their seats next to the TV? The switch at quarterback from Trent Edwards to Fitzpatrick may just be the spark needed – for Channel 4. Because last week’s lopsided loss in [...]
Image via Wikipedia In this economy, maybe Tom Selleck and Dana Delany will be enough to keep TV viewers at home on a Friday night. At least that’s what CBS and ABC are hoping for as the two TV veterans headline some good-looking old style TV shows. While Delany’s Friday show isn’t yet on [...]
Image via Wikipedia It is Fake Vomit and Poop Night on network TV as CBS and NBC trot out new potentially insulting comedies. First up is the crappy William Shatner (see right) series on CBS, named for the Twitter feed and best-selling book “Sh-t My Father Says.” It airs at 8:30 p.m. on Channel [...]
Image via Wikipedia The one ABC program that wasn’t available for early review was the Jerry Bruckheimer legal drama “The Whole Truth” starring old TV pros Maura Tierney (“ER”) and Rob Morrow (“Northern Exposure,” “Numbers”). It premieres at 10 tonight on Channel 7 opposite the much lighter and sillier CBS legal show, “The Defenders.” [...]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Lia Lando has left Channel 4 after almost three months as a temporary anchor to take an anchor job in Rochester, where she lives. According to sources, Lando has signed to become an anchor at WHEC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Rochester. Sources said that Lando gave the Buffalo station a [...]
Image via Wikipedia After a fantastic, award-winning season, “Glee” better step up rather than rest on its laurels. That’s because starting next week the Fox sensation will go head-to-head with ABC’s superhero series, “No Ordinary Family.” The “Glee” team realizes it faces a challenge because it has no ordinary episode planned for next Tuesday [...]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife One of the foundations of the Fox hit show “House” has been the often contentious relationship between brilliant Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) and hospital administrator Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein). Of course, you increasingly knew that underneath all the disagreements about medical testing and risky diagnosis, they loved [...]