Price Is Right' for Carey

By Kimberly Nordyke

July 24, 2007

Drew Carey is stepping into Bob Barker's shoes as the new host of CBS' "The Price Is Right."

The actor-comedian said Monday during a taping of another long-running CBS show, "Late Show With David Letterman," that he has officially signed on to take over as host of the game show, ending months of speculation about who would replace Barker.

"It's a done deal; I'm the new host of 'The Price Is Right,' " Carey told Letterman to applause from the audience as Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra played the game show's theme song.

Carey added that the deal was finalized only 15 minutes before he sat down to talk with the "Late Show" host. He also said he's not sure when he's going to start working on "Price" but joked that "my girlfriend was (already) on the phone with a personal shopper from Bergdorf's."

"Well, history says that this will be a nice long career for you as the host of 'The Price Is Right,'" Letterman said before agreeing with Carey's comment that "it's fun doing a show for years and years, isn't it?"

Rest of the article can be found here:

TV Break: Oprah on Ellen, dont miss it.

Thursday, July 19 OPRAH WINFREY It's a daytime dream come true! For the first time ever, OPRAH WINFREY sits down with Ellen! The fun starts with Ellen and Oprah's "road trip" adventure. What disco classic does Ellen get Oprah to belt out with her on the road? Don't miss a priceless television moment you're sure not to see anywhere else! Plus, now that Ellen and Oprah are neighbors, Ellen recounts her run-ins with Steadman around town and gives Oprah some "good neighbor" presents! Then, Oprah talks about the overwhelming reaction she received to her part in the coming out episode of Ellen's sitcom and discusses what led her to want to be a part of it. And, you won't want to miss Ellen's hysterical makeover of the cover of "O" magazine, and watch Ellen escort Oprah and her two cocker spaniels to the dog park across the street! The two also discuss the motivations that led Oprah to open The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. And, who does Oprah favor in the upcoming Presidential election? Ellen asks the question and gets the honest answer. Also today, Ellen's fantastic dancing audience has more than a few celebrity look-a-likes! Tune in to find out what nearly famous faces are tearing up the dance moves. And, Ellen reads your letters on the air in another edition of the always-surprising WRITE ON with a special surprise celebrity appearance! http://ellen.warnerbros.com/newsletter/4/071607/

Movies Opening Today

Shrek the Third is in theaters today! Don't know who Shrek is? Check out the trailer! Hopefully this one is better than the second, although I think nothing tops the original.
( Do you know the Muffin Man?)





Also opening today: (Click the Title to view the trailer.)

The Wendell Baker Story (Trendy Featured Movie)
Captivity
Even Money
Fay Grim
Once
Severance

Fox Announces Fall Line Up 2007-2008.

Today was Fox's turn to announce their line up for the upcoming season. Click here for the descriptions of the new shows. New shows are in bold. I have Cannes Festival news coming up. :)

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: FALL 2007
(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY
8:00 pm PRISON BREAK
9:00 pm K-VILLE

TUESDAY
8:00 NEW AMSTERDAM
9:00 HOUSE

WEDNESDAY
8:00 BACK TO YOU
8:30 ’TIL DEATH
9:00 BONES

THURSDAY
8:00 ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

FRIDAY
8:00 THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN
BAND (working title)
9:00 NASHVILLE (working title)

SATURDAY
8:00 COPS
8:30 COPS
9:00 AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS
BACK
11:00 PM MADtv
MIDNIGHT TALK SHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00 THE OT (NFL post-game)
8:00 THE SIMPSONS
8:30 KING OF THE HILL
9:00 FAMILY GUY
9:30 AMERICAN DAD


FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: BEGINNING JANUARY 2008
(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY
8:00 K-VILLE (January)/PRISON BREAK (Spring)
9:00 24

TUESDAY
8:00 AMERICAN IDOL
9:00 HOUSE

WEDNESDAY (January)
8:00 BACK TO YOU
8:30 ’TIL DEATH
9:00 AMERICAN IDOL

WEDNESDAY (Spring)
8:00 BACK TO YOU
8:30 THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES (working title)
9:00 AMERICAN IDOL Results Show
9:30 ’TIL DEATH

THURSDAY
8:00 ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
9:00 CANTERBURY’S LAW

FRIDAY (Spring)
8:00 BONES
9:00 NEW AMSTERDAM

SATURDAY
8:00 COPS
8:30 COPS
9:00 AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS
BACK
11:00 PM MADtv
MIDNIGHT TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY (Spring)
7:00 KING OF THE HILL
7:30 AMERICAN DAD
8:00 THE SIMPSONS
8:30 FAMILY GUY
9:00 THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES

CW Announces Fall Line Up

I forgot this little network. CW yesterday announced their upcoming line up. You can read about the shows here. New shows are in bold.

Following is The CW's 2007-2008 prime-time schedule.

Monday
8-8:30 pm Everybody Hates Chris
8:30-9 pm Aliens in America
9-9:30 pm Girlfriends
9:30-10 pm The Game

Tuesday
8-9 pm Beauty and the Geek
9-10 pm Reaper

Wednesday
8-9 pm America's Next Top Model
9-10 pm Gossip Girl

Thursday
8-9 pm Smallville
9-10 pm Supernatural

Friday
8-10 pm Friday Night SmackDown!

Sunday
7-7:30 pm CW Now
7:30-8 pm Online Nation
8-9 pm Life is Wild
9-10 pm America's Next Top Model

CBS Announces Fall Line Up

You can read descriptions of new shows and such over at tvguide.com. New shows are in bold. Tomorrow is Fox's announcement.





CBS TELEVISION NETWORK 2007-2008 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

MONDAY
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 The Big Bang Theory
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 Rules of Engagement
10:00 CSI: Miami

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 pm NCIS
9:00-10:00 pm THE UNIT
10:00-11:00 pm CANE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 pm KID NATION
9:00-10:00 pm CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 pm CSI: NY


THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 pm SURVIVOR
9:00-10:00 pm CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
10:00-11:00 pm WITHOUT A TRACE

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 pm GHOST WHISPERER
9:00-10:00 pm MOONLIGHT
10:00-11:00 pm NUMB3RS

SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 pm CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 pm CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 pm 48 HOURS: MYSTERY

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 pm 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 pm VIVA LAUGHLIN
9:00-10:00 pm COLD CASE
10:00-11:00 pm SHARK

In addition to the new series for Fall, the network announced the pick up of three programs for midseason, including the four-time Emmy Award-winning The Amazing Race, the comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine, starring Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the provocative new drama Swingtown.

TV Break: More '24' Through 2009

Great news to me! Although I thought this was already known with that huge deal he signed last year... This news comes as Fox is prepared to announce their fall line up Thursday. That is the last of the major network announcements with CBS today. Monday was NBC, Tuesday was ABC.

'24's' number up through 2009

By Nellie Andreeva

May 16, 2007

With the countdown clock ticking till Fox's Thursday upfront presentation, the network has picked up real-time drama "24" for two more seasons. The unusually late renewal for the Emmy-winning "24," from Real Time Prods., Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV, will keep Jack Bauer saving the day through the 2008-09 season. Series star Kiefer Sutherland already is locked to stay with the show through May 2009 under a three-year, eight-figure deal Sutherland inked last year with 20th TV (HR 4/10/2006). "We're re-creating the series," executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon said. "It is going to be a real-time thriller. Beyond that, it's an open book."

The rest of the article can be read at The Hollywood Reporter.

More T.V. News-Inside Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Spoofing Star Wars

When Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" decides to jump to Hyperspace with the upcoming release of Robot Chicken: Star Wars fans can look forward to seeing their favorite characters and movie moments satirized and tweaked as the show's creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich only know how.

The creative duo first met when Senreich, who was still an editor at ToyFare magazine, asked Green for an interview about his custom-made dolls he made for the cast of his show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." "The next thing you know we were buddy-buddy sending each other toys back and forth through the mail that we couldn't find," Senreich says. "And it was right around the time all the Star Wars prequels were coming out. The toy market was hitting big and we were geeking out."

You can read the rest of the article here. Robot Chicken airs Sundays during Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network.

TV Just Got a lot 'Whiter,'

He is right though...

George Lopez, the first Latino to lead a television series successfully, isn't laughing. "TV just became really, really white again," he said.

ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant.

"The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again.

That explanation was painful to hear, Lopez said, considering the way the network has shuffled his show over the years -- four different time slots in five years -- and putting it up against "American Idol" time and time again.

It all contributed to the show's low ratings, a point not lost on Lopez who noted that this season his show out-performed two freshman comedies that were renewed: "Notes from the Underbelly" and "Knights of Prosperity."

"I’ll take the good and the bad," Lopez said. "I took the five years of good and I did a lot with the good. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. I shared all of that with America—every secret I had. Every personal feeling. Every emotion. Everything was open to the show. And what happens?"

Lopez said he attributed the cancellation in part to the fact that the show is produced by Warner Bros. Television, and not ABC Television Studios. Using some colorful language that cannot be printed in a family newspaper, Lopez scoffed in particular at another ABC pickup: "Cavemen," about two brothers and one best friend, described as sophisticated cave dudes living in modern-day Atlanta, who will continually find themselves at odds with contemporary society.

"I get kicked out for a...caveman and shows that I out-performed because I’m not owned by [ABC Television Studios]...So a...Chicano can't be on TV but a...caveman can?" Lopez said. "And a Chicano with an audience already? You know when you get in this that shows do not last forever, but this was an important show and to go unceremoniously like this hurts. One hundred seventy people lost their jobs."

For his part, Lopez will be fine. He has an HBO special and a movie coming in the summer, and a deal with Warner Bros. to produce television movies.

"They dealt with us from the bottom of the deck," Lopez said. "Which is hard to take after what was a good run."

** Editor's update: Whoa! Hold your fire, "ATJ" fans!

No sooner did we report the cancellation of the Jim Belushi comedy "According to Jim" that we heard from seemingly everyone who watches the show that we were wrong, wrong, wrong. Well, they may be right, the show might very well be renewed after all. But ABC won't confirm that. We'll keep checking back.

--Maria Elena Fernandez

L.A. Times Blog

TV Break: ABC Announces Fall Line Up

Yes its that time where the major next works announce which shows will and will not be coming back. ABC this morning released there line up. Sad to say that a good show is over and done but more about that in another post. Yesterday was NBC and tomorrow will bring CBS's announcement. Good luck to the rest of the shows out there. They shows in bold are new. Cashmere Mafia, Notes from the Underbelly and October Road will premiere after Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor conclude their fall seasons. You can go to TV Guide.com for descriptions of the new shows.

MONDAY:
8:00 pm Dancing with the Stars
9:30 pm Sam I Am (new comedy series)
10:00 pm The Bachelor

TUESDAY:
8:00 pm Cavemen (new comedy series)
8:30 pm Carpoolers (new comedy series)
9:00 pm Dancing with the Stars the Results Show
10:00 pm Boston Legal

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 pm Pushing Daisies (new drama series)
9:00 pm Private Practice (new drama series)
10:00 pm "Dirty Sexy Money (new drama series)

THURSDAY:
8:00 pm Ugly Betty
9:00 pm Grey's Anatomy
10:00 pm Big Shots (new drama series)

FRIDAY:
8:00 pm Men in Trees
9:00 pm Women's Murder Club (new drama series)
10:00 pm 20/20

SATURDAY:
8:00 pm Saturday Night College Football

SUNDAY:
7:00 pm America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00 pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 pm Desperate Housewives
10:00 pm Brothers & Sisters

TV Break: NBC's Fall 2007 Line Up

Here is NBC's Line Up for the upcoming Fall Season. You can read all about the new shows they have coming out here. Why can't Medium stay put? NBC please pick a night for the damn show. As soon as I was getting used to it coming on Wednesdays, there they go moving it to Sunday @ 9 p.m. And you can say goodbye to Friday Night Lights. It's certain death to any t.v. show that comes on Friday nights. Oh well.

NBC's Upcoming Schedule

Monday
8-9 p.m. Deal or No Deal
9-10 p.m. Heroes
10-11 p.m. Journeyman

Tuesday
8-9 p.m. The Biggest Loser
9-10 p.m. Chuck
10-11 p.m. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Wednesday
8-9 p.m. Deal or No Deal
9-10 p.m. Bionic Woman
10-11 p.m. Life

Thursday
8-8:30 p.m. My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 p.m. 30 Rock
9-9:30 p.m. The Office
9:30-10 p.m. Scrubs
10-11 p.m. ER

Friday
8-9 p.m. 1 vs. 100/The Singing Bee
9-10 p.m. Las Vegas
10-11 p.m. Friday Night Lights

Saturday
8-9 p.m. Dateline NBC
9-11 p.m. Drama Series Encores

Sunday (Fall 2007)
7-8 p.m. Football Night in America
8-11 p.m. NBC Sunday Night Football

Sunday (January 2008 )
7-8 p.m. Dateline NBC
8-9 p.m. Law & Order
9-10 p.m. Medium
10-11 p.m. Lipstick Jungle

TV Break: More 'Dirt' to Come in 2008.

FX Turns More 'Dirt,' Reaps 'Riches'

New series will return in '08; 'Rescue Me' moving

Zap2It.com

May 8 2007

FX has decided that once was not enough for its new series "Dirt" and "The Riches."

The cable network has picked up both shows for a second season after they delivered ratings in line with some of FX's veteran shows. Both are scheduled to return sometime next year.

Additionally, FX has decided to move the new season of "Rescue Me" from Tuesday to Wednesday nights starting in June and set a July premiere date for its legal drama "Damages," starring Glenn Close.

"We're very proud to have managed, in the toughest possible competitive environment, to launch 'Dirt' and 'The Riches' -- two highly original series that have resonated with our audience as strongly as 'The Shield' and 'Rescue Me,'" FX president John Landgraf says. "FX now has six original dramas, more than any network in the history of cable television, cementing the network's status as a leader in quality original series."

Both "Dirt," which drew a cumulative 5.2 million viewers per week (over multiple airings) earlier this season, and "The Riches," which is averaging 5.9 million cumulative viewers, have posted ratings numbers similar to recent seasons of "Rescue Me" and "The Shield." Both shows also draw about two-thirds of their audience from the adults 18-49 demographic.

In addition to picking up the two new shows, FX has set its schedule for the rest of 2007-08. "Rescue Me" will premiere Wednesday, June 13, a day later than previously announced, and remain on Wednesdays throughout the summer. "Damages," which stars Close as a powerful attorney and also features Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan and Ted Danson, will follow on Tuesday, July 24.

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" will kick off its third season in September, with "Nip/Tuck" and "30 Days" scheduled for later in the year. New seasons of "The Shield," "Dirt" and "The Riches" will roll out in the first half of 2008. 3

Link:
zap2it.com

To bad we have to wait almost year just to see what happens to Lucy Spiller and crew.

TV Break: Another reason why Medium should have stayed on Mondays @10 p.m.

and why t.v. shows of popular movies is not always the best idea.

NBC's 'Real Wedding' crashes

'Criminal Intent' fills spot for next two weeks

By Zap2It.com

The black hole that is NBC's 10 p.m. Monday timeslot has claimed another victim.

The network has pulled its unscripted series "The Real Wedding Crashers" from the time period, effective immediately. For the remaining two Mondays of the season, new episodes of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" will air in the post-"Heroes" spot; the "CI" episodes will then repeat in the show's usual Tuesday home the following night.

For those keeping score at home, "The Real Wedding Crashers" is now the third casualty of the 10 p.m. Monday slot on NBC this season. Aaron Sorkin's backstage drama "Studio 60" and Paul Haggis' "The Black Donnellys" had previously occupied the hour, and both fell victim to lackluster ratings. Similar to issues ABC has had with "Lost" in past seasons, the audience for "Heroes" just doesn't seem to stick around once the show ends.

"The Real Wedding Crashers," inspired by the 2005 Vince Vaughn-Luke Wilson movie and produced by "Punk'd" mastermind Ashton Kutcher, debuted to an audience of about 6.75 million people and a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating on April 23. Its audience has steadily shrank since then, falling to just over 5 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in the 18-49 demo this week.

There's a chance NBC will air the remaining "Wedding Crashers" episodes this summer, but no firm plans as of Wednesday afternoon.

Links:
jam! Showbiz