A big news day yesterday if you are a fan of television! First off, we have news of the date ABC will bring back Lost. 2010 will mark the start of the sixth and final season of the series. That date has been set for February 2nd. Where we will have a two hour season premiere to kick things off. Looks like we might be set for one amazing ending when this one returns with so many faces returning in this final season including Ian Somerhalder and Emilie de Ravin.
Also announced yesterday by Oprah is the end of her syndicated talk show. She will end her series in September 2011. The date currently set for the end is September 9th, 2011, which is the day after her twenty-fifth anniversary. Over twenty years, and it is time to bring it to an end. I haven’t watched in years, minus a few times when she had some of my favorite celebrities as guests. Will you miss Oprah?
This is the time of year when shows are picked up or kicked to the curb. Southland was canceled weeks before their first episode of season two aired, which was a shocking move made by NBC. They had already filmed six episodes for the new season. Not long after the cancellation though TNT decided to come in and save the day, picking up the series. The new season will air there.
Dollhouse though is not so lucky. News came down yesterday that the series was being cancelled. This is no surprise. It airs on a Friday night for one, and it is on Fox for another. They are known for canceling low rated series quickly, especially those they put in the Friday night death slot. Eliza Dushku never seems to have any kind of luck with keeping a television show.
Dushku had the following to say about it on her Twitter:
Hear it here. Hey, that’s really why I started twitter, the rumors/news IS true: Dollhouse will not cont. past these 13 eps :(. BUT… There’s always a but… I can’t express enough– this has been one of the MOST rewarding experiences of my career. Thank you guys!
What do you think of Dollhouse’s cancellation? Bad move by Fox or not?
It seems Rebecca Romijn can’t catch a break when it comes to television shows. Her latest, Eastwick, has just been canceled by ABC. Her last project a couple of years ago, Pepper Dennis, was canned at the end of a short mid-season, and this one looks to be on its way out. I hadn’t caught Eastwick myself this season, but it sounded promising. ABC has ordered more scripts for the latest Jerry Bruckheimer series starring Christian Slater, The Forgotten. Always been a fan of his work, and I keep meaning to check this one out.
With Eastwick on its way out, it looks like ABC might be ready to make some changes to its schedule. One that is being tossed around a bit is moving Ugly Betty out of its Friday death slot, where it seems to have held its own. No official word on if or when this will happen, but Ugly Betty might end up moving from Friday at 9/8c to Wednesday night at 10/9c. If I remember correctly, this will put it in the time slot immediately following Lost when it comes back in January. That is if Lost remains in its time slot.
Yes, another actor trying to make it as a singer after finding great success on the screen. You always have to wonder about this because not every actor can sing. There are exceptions to this of course, but this isn’t about that right now. Actress Leighton Meester has her first music video out for her song Somebody To Love.
The music video and song features Robin Thicke as well as she spends the video trying to seduce him. The actress currently is one of the stars of Gossip Girl, and the gossipers have now headed to college, and there has been all kinds of mayhem since that happened. We have word of a threesome in the works! Check out the video for Somebody To Love below. What do you think?
Looks like it is a bit of a Bon Jovi weekend here on Celebrity Today. Yesterday, I talked about their new world tour and the premiere of their documentary on Showtime, When We Were Beautiful, which is also the title of one of the songs on their new album The Circle. I admit fully to being a fan of this rock band from Jersey. I have been a fan of theirs practically since the beginning. I remember hearing Runaway on the radio, even if I was only eight years old. Twenty-five years, Jon Bon Jovi has worked hard to put his vision out there with his band mates. He is their leader, and this band was his vision.
In this documentary that first premiered at Tribeca back in April, takes us into their lives for a brief period of time at the end of their last tour for their record Lost Highway. We see them on the road and on stage as they talk candidly about their lives and what it is like to be in a rock band. Jon himself calls it a lonely existence. He and his bandmates are taken from their families each and every tour for weeks at a time, and at the end of the day all they want is to go home to their families. Jon is married and the father of four kids. His band mates have families of their own.
When We Were Beautiful takes us on a journey through their lives, and we see being a rock star isn’t all glamour and perfection. It is a lot of hard work, and Jon Bon Jovi is the one in control of it all. An intimate look at the man and his friends that have been by his side from the very beginning, and if it was even possible it made me love this band I already love even more.
Yes, folks you’re reading right. The CW has decided to give full season orders to two of its series, Vampire Diaries and the all new imagining of Melrose Place. It is no real big surprise that Vampire Diaries was picked up. That series has had the best opening of the season with its numbers since its premiere. Vampires are still a hot ticket, and this one with a set of brothers bouncing back and forth is getting watched.
As for Melrose Place, this one has been struggling since the very beginning, but it isn’t dead in the water yet. The network is hoping that the return of Heather Locklear will make things pick up for the series in a big way, so they are putting faith into the series and picking it up now before her return in November. She is set to make her first appearance on the November 17th episode.
What do you think? Are you ready for more Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place?
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Yes, folks that were waiting for the second season premiere of Southland to hit on October 23rd. You now have nothing to wait for. Before the second season has a chance to premiere, NBC is pulling the plug on the series. That’s right. They canceled it yesterday out of nowhere. Production on the series was shut down when they have already produced six episodes for this season. In fact, they were shooting an episode just Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles.
Southland premiered in ER’s old time slot last season, and it was quickly picked up for a second season, even though its ratings didn’t look to be the best out there. With Leno now taking over the 10pm hour, Southland had moved into a Friday night time slot. The cancelation did come as a shock to those working on the series, and the people behind the series still believe in the program. They are currently looking for a new network to take Southland on. Apparently, Southland was too adult of a series for the 9pm hour.
The series starred Ben McKenzie, who you might remember as the loveable bad boy from Fox’s The OC. What do you think of this sudden cancelation? Did you watch Southland? Were you planning to tune in when it returned on October 23rd? Right now, Dateline is set to retain that time slot.
I’m disappointed that NBC no longer has the time periods available to support the kind of critically-acclaimed series that was for so many years, a hallmark of their success.
All the readers of this blog know I’m a huge fan of the Showtime series, Californication. We are only two episodes into season three, but we already know now that there will be a season four of the popular series. That decision was made based on the performance of the first episode. Ratings shot through the roof, and Showtime just couldn’t let this series go.
This season, Hank is dealing with his lady love being on the opposite side of the country while trying to raise his daughter and find a way to make money, whether that is selling his latest novel or working as a professor. Something that will most certainly pose some problems for the sex crazed author.
Californication airs on Sunday nights at 10pm on Showtime. What do you think? Are you ready for another season of the series already? Twelve more episodes of the series will hit Showtime in 2010. Check out the preview for the current season below. This season is full of new faces that will certainly make things interesting.
Well, folks we have our first canceled show of the year! That honor is going to The Beautiful Life, which premiered only a couple of short weeks ago. This series came to us from Ashton Kutcher, and it was plagued with problems over the summer when one of the series stars, Mischa Barton, had some problems that landed her in rehab for a brief time. Some thought her role would be recast before the season started.
However, Mischa remained involved, and the series went to air. Now, production was halted on Friday while the seventh episode was being shot. After only one million tuned in to see this week’s episode. Not a high turnout at all. The plug was quickly pulled, and a new series will be put in its place. I didn’t catch the series myself, but I know it was one of the hyped series of the summer, and with Mischa’s off-screen antics, you would think some would tune in, but it didn’t work out that way. No further episodes of the series will air.
Earlier this week, Glee became the first full season pick-up of the year over on Fox. What do you think? Was the plug pulled on The Beautiful Life too soon?
If you look at the news out of the Hollywood, it seems to be the return of the 80s cartoon with news about Voltron and Masters of the Universe both topping movie news this week. Last week, Warner Bros. dropped it option on Masters of The Universe.
There has already been one movie version of the popular 80s cartoon. However, we know remakes are all the rage in Hollywood these days. Looks like we might see a new Masters of the Universe after all. Sony and Columbia Pictures look to be in talks to pick up the film option. Talks are on-going and nearly wrapped up it seems.
Not sure I’m too keen on this one after the first movie, even if it was cheesy fun. As for Volton, lawsuits might keep that one from being made. That isn’t shocking either. Lawsuits over things are almost as big remakes these days. What do you think?
