He’s a wealthy Beverly Hills oil prince. She’s a crusading environmentalist. Can two former high school sweeties bridge a world of difference to reignite an old flame? Will Arnett and Keri Russell star in Running Wilde, a new comedy from Arrested Development creator Mitchel Hurwitz announced Monday as part of the 2010-11 Fox schedule.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains drew an overnight, estimated 2.9 million viewers across Canada to Global Sunday night according to preliminary data from BBM Canada. The finale was up against a busy night of sports with the first game of the Stanley Cup semi-finals—featuring the Cinderella Montreal Canadiens vs. the equally charmed Philadelphia Flyers—scoring close to
UPDATE: For a play-by-play of Monday’s NBC upfront event in New York, including gags from the likes of Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon and famed yuckster Jeff Gaspin, go here. And go here for Alan Sepinwall’s eye witness HitFix account of the NBC and Fox upfront marathon.Remember NBC? They used to be a TV network. It
This week is upfront week in New York, with the U.S. broadcast networks announcing their selections for fall. Fox went first this morning and the network hopes to continue spreading Glee next season. In a conference call with critics this morning, Fox chairman Peter Rice and programming president Kevin Reilly announced they’ll platform Glee–the No.
Sandra is the Jay Leno of Survivor. She flies under the radar because everyone makes the dangerous mistake of underestimating her. But she’s a true street fighter, and when cornered, finds a way to emerge on top. As she said, while her husband goes off to war, she goes off to make money on Survivor.
Lot of buzz today about the demise of NBC‘s long-running courtroom drama Law & Order. After promises were apparently made to keep it on the air another half season or so, NBC pulled the plug. Its 20 season run ties it with CBS oater Gunsmoke for TV‘s longest-running drama.L&O boss Dick Wolf apparently isn‘t happy
On this week’s touchy-feely episode, the remaining castaways got to welcome back an old, cherished friend. Yes, a product placement sponsor. It was some sort of phone gizmo, so nourishing on a game like Survivor. You could use it to text “OMG! Colby is SSINF! LOL!”This was also the show where loved ones are flown
Think Habsmania hasn’t gripped all of Canada? Wednesday night’s Montreal Canadiens triumph over the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh game of their quarterfinal series drew 4,239,000 on CBC according to overnight estimates from BBM Canada. That more than doubled CTV’s American Idol take the same night (2,034,000) and tripled the audience