If it’s Thursday, this must be the mailbag.
CBS Announces Fall Plans
The official word: CBS announced today its new 2012-2013 primetime schedule, ordering four new series and making four key time period moves to further enhance television’s top-rated schedule. CBS will finish the season as America’s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years, leading in viewers by the widest margin of any…
TNT/TBS Program Plans
The official word: Two of cable’s most successful brands are once again paving the way to the future with a bold, industry-leading strategy. According to the vision laid out by executives during the annual Upfront presentation today in New York, TBS and TNT will undertake a major transformation over the next two years, evolving from…
PBS Announces New Programming
The official word: The runaway British hit CALL THE MIDWIFE, a new drama that depicts midwifery in 1950s London, kicks off the PBS 2012 fall season with a six-part Sunday-night run that begins September 30. A production of BBC Worldwide and Neal Street Productions, MIDWIFE further strengthens PBS’ hold on quality Sunday night programs and…
Rock Hall Sets Grateful Dead Exhibit Tie-Ins
Or should that be tie-dye-ins? Anyway, the official word: In conjunction with its newest exhibit, Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip powered by McIntosh, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has announced a range of free public programs that explore the significance and legacy of the Grateful Dead, including interviews with Hall of…
Syfy News, Including Returns of "Warehouse 13," "Alphas"
Those series will be back July 23. The full, official word: Featuring a record number of primetime original programming hours, Syfy’s hot Summer 2012 will be highlighted by the premiere of the new unscripted series School Sprits (from executive producer Mark Burnett), Insane or Inspired? and Paranormal Highway (working title) starring Jack Osbourne; new seasons…
ABC adds 10 series to 2012-13 lineup; drops “Missing,” “GCB,” others
By Rich Heldenfels Beacon Journal popular culture writer ABC plans to add 10 new series to its schedule in 2012-13, including four in the early fall. It is shaking up the schedule on most nights. For example, scheming soap Revenge will move to 9 p.m. Sunday, between Once Upon a Time and the new 666…
Fox Finally Confirms Britney, Lovato as "X Factor" Judges
The official word: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning worldwide pop icon Britney Spears and singer, songwriter and actress Demi Lovato will join L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell as judges on THE X FACTOR, the hit singing competition series returning this fall on FOX. Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history. Her…
Fox moving “Glee” to Thursdays, making Tuesdays all-comedy, putting sports on Saturday night
May 14, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels, Television
ox announced five new series — three comedies and two dramas — for its 2012-13 season on Monday. But the biggest news may be its moving Glee from Tuesdays to Thursdays in the fall.
Mixed Notes – May 14
Some thoughts about "Smash," "Mad Men" and "Survivor." Also, this is the week when the broadcast networks announce their fall lineups, and I will be posting those announcements as they are made. You can see NBC’s below, and Fox’s is due this morning. Many of the details have already come out (as you can see, for…
Fox New Season Announcement
The official word: Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Networks Group; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, today unveiled the FOX primetime schedule for the 2012-2013 television season to the national advertising community during its annual Programming Presentation at the Beacon Theatre. “Television continues to be the most vibrant, emotionally rich platform in the…
NBC New Season Announcement
The official word: NBC announced today an ambitious new primetime lineup for the 2012-13 primetime season that combines one of the top-quality returning lineups on television with a new fall edition of the red-hot musical competition "The Voice" and a crop of six new scripted series in the fall and four at mid-season. Highlights of…
Casinos and Popular Culture: Often a Good Bet
May 14, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels, Television
Every time a new casino opens in a place like Cleveland, the ancient aura of a casino fades a little.
Johnny Carson more than just a TV memory
In a new documentary about talk-show legend Johnny Carson, comedian Drew Carey describes his first appearance on Carson’s Tonight Show and begins choking up.
