Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML wanted to know all about the upfronts on this week’s podcast. We talk about CBS’s bold move switching Survivor out of Thursdays to make room for the Big Bang Theory. (A move that Survivor creator Mark Burnett is not too happy about, by the way.) Scott also wonders why Jim
Book ’em, Danno. That’s what Global said when it came to buying the much buzzed Hawaii Five-O remake (starring Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan, above) as word starts to leak out on the annual Canadian TV buying spree south of the border.Some industry watchers felt things would be less giddy this May after a year
You can see the Glee influence in this high energy clip from the just announced CW fall series Hellcats. You can see it but you can’t hear it. This is Glee for those who feel smart, edgy dialogue (or basically any dialogue) just gets in the way. “Shake it like you’re from Memphis!”
Two new shows designed to boost the self esteem of young girls everywhere cracked the skinny CW schedule for 2010-11. Hellcats is a coming of age story (what else) about a pre-law stunner (Aly Michalka, left with Robbie Jones) who has to become a cheerleader to get her degree. Seriously. Eat your heart out, Sue
The Good Guys jumps across the hood of the buddy cop curve Wednesday night at 8 p.m. The Fox cop show stars Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) and Colin Hanks (Roswell) as a pair of mis-matched detectives and will return in its regular Monday timeslot starting June 7. Fox is so high on it they’ve
The big news out of Wednesday morning’s CBS upfront announcement wasn’t so much about the five fall shows as the time slot changes. Survivor, Thursdays at 10 for a decade, moves to Wednesday nights. The Big Bang Theory slides over to Thursdays to anchor a new night of comedy. CSI: NY moves to Fridays and
ABC stands for “Airlift a Bunch of Canadians” as news of their Fall 2010-11 schedule becomes official Tuesday. Several Canucks, including Shaun Majumder (22 Minutes), Matthew Perry (Friends), Elisha Cuthbert (24), Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls) and Jennifer Finnigan (Close to Home) have landed key roles on new ABC series. They join Will Arnett (Fox’s Running Wilde),