Ah, Lindsay Lohan. Will you ever stay out of trouble? Maybe if you stayed in rehab you might. Lindsay served 84 minutes in jail yesterday for a DUI. Apparently she received no special treatment. Another deathwatch clock seems to tick quietly somewhere…
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NBC may not be King of the Nielsen Ratings just yet, but we know good television when we see it, and the Peacock has returned in full force with a dominating presence that includes the top three shows and five of the top six. HBO, on the other hand, is experiencing the opposite, with the departure of “The Sopranos,” “Deadwood” and “Rome.” Add to that the fact that our list features a whopping 10 new entries — five of which are freshmen — and you’ve got one heck of a Power Rankings shakeup. Much of this has to do with so many shows being on hiatus until next year, but whatever the cause, it’s nice to see some much-needed change to a usually familiar lineup. And, hey, don’t miss the list of our favorite shows which are currently on hiatus (and are therefore ineligible for the Top-20), our farewell to “The Sopranos,” and our stable of Honorable Mentions.
Check out the list here, then come back and let us know how we did…or if we missed any of your favorites!
…Fox has decided to pull “24” from their schedule until the writer’s strike has concluded and the show’s remaining still-unfilmed episodes can be completed.
Okay, maybe that’s a good thing for fans of the show. Fair enough.
What I find most interesting about Fox’s revised January schedule, however, is that they have so much faith in the new Parker Posey sitcom that they’ve buried it on Friday nights and teamed it with re-runs of “‘Til Death.”
Wow. That good, huh?
I didn’t love the pilot, but, still, I was keeping my hopes up because it’s coming from the Paladino camp, a.k.a. the home of “Gilmore Girls.” Now, though, I’m starting to get worried…
Whether you’re a casual TV viewer or a full-fledged couch potato, you probably know about the WGA writer’s strike that’s currently gripping the entertainment industry. Even at the risk of having both my livelihood and my viewing habits upset, as a writer myself (albeit not of scripts, although I do have a few projects I’ve been working on), I’m unequivocally on the side of the Writer’s Guild members in this battle; I’d prefer that it come to a conclusion sooner than later, of course, but when it comes right down to it, I want it to last until the writers get a decent share of the profits from the material they’ve worked so hard on. Besides, like I don’t have enough TV-DVD sets to hold me over ’til it reaches an agreeable conclusion…?
If you don’t really know what’s going on, there are plenty of places to get the scoop from a journalistic perspective, but I think you’ll get much more insight if you take info straight from the horse’s mouth, i.e. from some of the individuals who are actually doing the striking, and the best place to start is at at Mark Evanier’s blog. I don’t think I’ve seen a more succinct explanation anywhere as to why the striking writers are, well, in the right.
Other perspectives:
* Ken Levine
* Brian K. Vaughan
* Joss Whedon
Alas, however, “The Office” has gone dark.
For the latest and greatest (or most depressing) updates on how things are going, check out DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, where Nikki Finke provides about the best coverage that the ‘net has to offer. For alternate blog coverage, there’s also “Scribe Vibe” (Variety) and The Huffington Post.
Oh, and I wasn’t going to offer up this info first-hand, but since someone at Variety has broken the news, I’ll go ahead and link to it: I might not have much of a TCA Press Tour to attend in January.
Damn. But if that’s the way it’s gotta be, then that’s the way it’s gotta be.
Go, WGA!
Who didn’t see this one coming? As previously reported, Dog the Bounty Hunter got himself into some good old fashioned trouble when a taped phone call from him to his son that was filled with racial slurs was leaked by The National Enquirer. Now, the A&E network has pulled “Dog the Bounty Hunter” from its lineup indefinitely. It’s not like Dog really had any other direction to go but down, really. D-list celebs often do. But really, never trust a dude whose betrothed looks like him in drag. Zing!
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